New
York City's Population Is Shrinking: Demographic Trends Big Apple Shrinkage
By Alexandre
Tanzi, 4/18/19. assistance by
Gregory Giroux
State could
lose seats in Congress after 2020 Census New county level population data
released by Census Bureau.
New York City is shrinking. Newly available Census Bureau
population estimates indicate the Big Apple’s population is getting smaller for
the second year in a row.
Beyond the city, more people have fled New York state than any
other over this decade and that could cause a loss in congressional
representation.
New York City’s population falls from 2016 to
2018.
2011 8,272,963
2012 8,348,032
2013 8,398,739
2014 8,437,387
2015 8,468,181
2016 8,475,976
+ 7,795
2017 8,438,271
- 37,705
2018 9,398,748
- 39,523
New York City’s five boroughs -- also classified
as counties -- have contracted by a net of almost 40,000 over the last year.
Only Staten Island is estimated to have grown.
Four of the
five counties that make up New York City saw populations fall
Queens lost
18,000
Brooklin
lost 13,600
Bronyx lost
7,600
Manhattan
lost 1,100
Source: U.S.
Census
Note: Data
from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018
About three
quarters of New York state’s counties have seen a population decline over the
past year. Only two counties grew by more than 1,000 people -- Orange County
with 2,148 residents, faster than any other, and Saratoga by 1,061.
From April
1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, domestic migration left the Empire State with 1.2
million fewer inhabitants, though foreign immigration cushioned the loss. Also
offsetting the loss, births outnumbered deaths. The overall change from April
1, 2010 is a modest gain of 164,085.
From July 1,
2017 to July 1, 2018, New York state’s population fell by 48,510 and New York
City lost 39,523.
As a result,
New York could lose congressional representation after the 2020 Census. By law,
the number of seats in the House of Representatives is capped at 435 and
population totals determine how the seats are divided nationwide.
Current
population estimates show that New York will be the only state to lose two
seats, putting it behind California, Texas and now Florida in the number of House
members.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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