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New York (Manhattan) Sectors
Population & Density 1800-1910

Population                          
  1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 Land Area
Lower East Side 15,394 23,010 30,812 59,827 106,196 171,776 234,427 279,208 309,032 339,430 455,173 542,061 1.45
Lower West Side 45,095 73,963 90,894 125,480 172,589 230,427 234,122 218,086 232,694 208,267 207,467 226,299 2.50
Central         22,273 102,893 309,151 397,501 541,147 648,473 710,851 756,508 7.34
North       11,808 11,652 10,451 27,958 47,497 81,800 245,046 476,602 806,674 9.19
Total 60,489 96,973 121,706 197,115 312,710 515,547 805,658 942,292 1,164,673 1,441,216 1,850,093 2,331,542 20.47
                           
Population per Square Mile (Density)                    
1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 Land Area
Lower East Side 10,651 15,920 21,319 41,394 73,476 118,850 162,198 193,182 213,817 234,849 314,931 375,048 1.45
Lower West Side 18,004 29,530 36,290 50,098 68,906 91,998 93,474 87,071 92,903 83,151 82,831 90,350 2.50
Central         3,036 14,023 42,133 54,174 73,751 88,378 96,879 103,102 7.34
North       1,285 1,268 1,138 3,044 5,171 8,905 26,676 51,884 87,816 9.19
Total 2,955 4,737 5,945 9,628 15,274 25,181 39,351 46,025 56,887 70,394 90,366 113,881 20.47
                           
Source: US Census Bureau data. Research by Todd Gardner of the US Census Bureau, supplemented by Demographia.    

Key to Ward Locations
Ward Location
1 Lower West Side
2 Lower West Side
3 Lower West Side
4 Lower West Side
5 Lower West Side
6 Lower West Side
7 Lower East Side
8 Lower West Side
9 Lower West Side
10 Lower East Side
11 Lower East Side
12 North
13 Lower East Side
14 Lower West Side
15 Lower West Side
16 Central
17 Lower East Side
18 Central
19 Central
20 Central
21 Central
22 Central

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