The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-18
THE Census OF new YORK
Total Population of the Metropolis
Announced as 3,437, POP.
1t Includes the Five Boroughs of
Manhattan. Bronx, Brooklyn, Rich
Large Increase Over the Enumera-
tion OF IS30-The Count Complete.

A bulletin issued at the Census Bureau
this morning gave the figures for the pop
uIation of the boroughs of Brooklyn, Rich
mond. and Queens, of Greater New York,
as l 1866 which when added TO the fig
ures of the population of the boroughs OF
Manhattan and the Bronx. issued Thurs
day, make the total population of Great
er New York 3,437. POP.
The official count follows: Brooklyn Dor
ough, 1,166,5S2: Richmond borough, 67,021
Queens borough, 1898: total for Brook
Ign, Richmond. and Queens boroughs, l.
1856. 602.
Under the act of 1894. the towns of Flat
bush Flatlands. Gravesend. and New Ut
recht were absorbed by the city of Brook
Ign, the town of Flatbush becoming the
Twenty-ninth ward. the town of New Ut
recht the Thirtieth ward. and the towns of
Ffatlands and GTayesend the Thirty first
ward Of that city. The city thus became
coeXtensiVe with Kings county On Jan
uary 1, 1898, the city OF Brooklyn bacar..a
the borough of Brooklyn, one of the five
boroughs of Greater New York. By COM
pairing the population of the borough in
1900 q, 1922 with the population of
Kings county in 1890 (858, 547}, numerical
increase of 32S, 035 is shown in this area,
representing an increase of 39.12 during the
decade.
Richmond county, or what is commonly
known as Staten Island became the bor-
ough Of Richmond of Greater New York
on January J. 1895. The population of the
county in 1890. was 81, 693. which compar-
ed with the population of the borough on
June ], 1900 (67 ODD, gives an increase for
the decade of 15,32S, or 1855 per cent
Queens borough of Greater New York was
organized January / 1898. from what was
Long Island City, the towns of Flushing
Jamaica, and Newtowp and a small portion
only CT the town of Hampstead all OF
which were civil divisions of Queens coun-
" The remaining towns OF the county,
oyster Bay, North Hampstead, and the
greater part OF the town of Hampstead
were taken to, form the new county or
Nassau The First ward of Queens Dor
ough comprises what was formerly Long
Island City, the Second ward what wac
formerly NewtoWn. the Third ward what
WAS formerly Flushing town, the Fourth
ward what was formerly Jamaica town.
and the Fifth ward that part of Hemp
stead town included in the borough OF
Queens
II is impossible to state definitely the
population in 1890 of that part of the town
Of Hampstead taken into the borough, but
IL oIueT 70 GtttEUulAES approximately, the
increase in population since 1880 in the
area which is now comprised within the
limits OF the borough of Queens. it can
be assumed that one-fifth OF the popula-
ton of the town Of Hampstead was con-
tanned IN that portion of the town now
comprised within the borough. On this
basis the area now constituting the Dor
Cugh of Queens had in 1890 an approximate
population of S7,050, as against popula-
ton in 1900 Of 152 999, showing an increase
during the decade of e., 949. or 1916 Ter
cent.
The following summary shows the re-
suits Of the count for the FIVE boroughs
comprising Greater New York the popu-
lation Of the boroughs of Manhattan and
Bronx having been announced on August
16 1909;
Manhattan borough, 1850 093; Bronx
borough. 200, SOY: Brooklyn borough. 1885,
$50; Richmond borough. 67.G21; Queens
borough. 152. 9e9. Total, 3,437, 202.
It is practically impossible to figure the
popula ton in 1890 of the territory lying to
the west Of the East River. which was an
nexed to New York on January /. 1898
but the population OF the area now COM
priSing Greater New York in 1890 may be
assumed to have been. approximately, ?
As2,591. AS the population for Greater
New York in 1900 is 3437, 2G2 there has
been an approximate increase during the
decade of 944,611 or $3.50 per cent