The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
THE CITl'S RAPID GROHTH.
Five Per Cent. More births Than Deaths
s-POpulation Moving Northwest.

The population Of the city Of New York
is growing more rapidly at present than
at any previous period OF the city's
history. The birth rate ia now per cent
higher than the death rate, and q largo part
of the mountaineering immigration which
comes TO New York remains hero.
By the census Of 1900 New York had 8, 4a7 :
600 population 1t has now, by Board OF
Health estimate. 3.Gs7 900, a gain Of $50 ,O0C
In three years. The gain In population
throughout the city is not, however. evenly
distributed. or the 2S0ON gain. 10000
was in Manhattan. $1,000 in the Bronx,
90 900 in Brooklyn and :o,0OO In Queens.
The gain in population in Richmond is in
considerable.
Al last years election, 800, 600 voters were
registered in New York county (Manhattan
and the Bronx against $4,000 who par
tcpated In tbs Presidential election of two
years ago. Comparison shows the curiou.
movement OF population which goes on
steadily uptown.
The First d!strict. which is on the lower
West Side, showed last year falling of
Of 900; the Third, which adjoins 1t on the
lower West Side. OF 500; the seventh, still
on the West Side. OF 500, while hs Ninth.
north of Twentieth and south Of Thirtieth
street. and just south Of the proposed new
Pennsylvania terminal Is exactly stationary,
On the lower East Side, the Second district
showed falling of OF 200 the Fourth OF
500. tho Twelfth. partly explained by the
to Of th en naa b 9r
OF 1000, and the Sixteenth district, on the
East Side, south Of Fourteenth street, of
400. The middle East Side districts, those
on or near the Bowcry. all showed either
stationary population or small gain.
street, the Eighteenth district showed
gain Of 500, and practically all the East
Side territory south Of Eifty-ninth street
In the Twentieth, Twenty-sec0nd and
Twen,{y,foqrth is stationary. The Two
sixth street, the Thirty second and the
Thirty-third, show gains, but in the River
side or Harlem districts the gains are
largest.
IN the Twenty-Hrst district, between
OF voters two years ago was 1900: last
year it was ls,O0-an increase Of 5000,
In tho Twenty-third district. which in
cludes the whole territory Of Manhattan
vile and Fort Washington north TO the
citys boundary line! there were lo,soo
the Thirty-frst district, which Includes
practically all of the territory still known
as Harlem. between Park avenue and
Eighth avenue, north Of Central Park,
mere were ll,1OU VoterE Two years ago
and 1900 last year
But these increases are Uncomfortable
when compared with the gains Of popula-
ton Indicated In Tho Rron1. The Thirty
fourth district two years ago had 100
voters; last year It showed 1880. The
Thirty-fifth district. which includes the
upper part and leas; developed section
OF The Bronx, had 1880 two years ago
and last year 28.0OO-a phenomenal in
crease, even for fsst-growing New York.
In the small annexed district In The Bronx
valley the vote two years ago was 800;
last year 1t was 1900
The tendency Of population In New York
Is distinctly northward. but il a nautical
phrase could be, with propriety, used In
what i. distinctly q land matter, Il could
be said tina, tho growth Of population In
New York Is neutrality-suspicious.. The
falling of in the downtown districts Is
accounted for by the steady reduction in
ing PURPOSES. through the lively COMPETE
ton for land for business structures.