By James Barron
New
York City’s population reached a record high last year of over 8.6
million and has climbed 5.5 percent since 2010, according to a Department of City Planning analysis of new Census Bureau population estimates.
There were 8,622,698 people in the city last year, 447,565 more than were counted in the 2010 census.
City
demographers said the new total was the culmination of an average
annual gain not seen since the first half of the 20th century, when the
city became dominant in everything from finance to culture and
communications — and also had strong manufacturing and shipping sectors
with thousands of jobs.
Joseph
J. Salvo, the chief demographer at the planning agency, said that, in
effect, New York City added as many people as in all of New Rochelle, a
city in Westchester County, each year from 2010 to 2017. The 2010 census
put New Rochelle’s total at just over 77,000. He attributed some of the
city’s jump to housing units planned before the 2010 census that were
deferred in the recession and have been completed in the last few years.
“It’s a remarkable growth story,” Dr. Salvo said.
From
2010 to 2017, New York City led the rest of the state in population
growth, with the Bronx emerging as the fastest-growing county in the
state. The Bronx surged 6.21 percent, with 86,052 new residents.
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Source: The New York Times (via Empire Report New York)
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