(ANSA) - NEW YORK, AUGUST 19 - The Big Apple has become bigger. According to the data of the latest census, the population of New York City in ten years has increased by 8%, from eight million and 170 thousand inhabitants to eight million and 800 thousand. New York residents have risen in numbers despite the talk of a population decline for years.
The data reveals that all five municipalities of the city have grown, Brooklyn and Queens are the most populous, while the Bronx broke the record of 1970 to almost one million and 500 thousand residents. According to the new census, New York City alone has 44% of the entire population of the state.
In general, the upward trend has affected many of the major cities in the United States, while the opposite trend has affected rural areas. The US is also an increasingly diversified country, with the white population decided for the first time with respect to the so-called minorities. (HANDLE).