The first table below shows changes in the total population of New York City from 1800 to 2000. The second and third tables show changes in the population of the five districts of the city (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) over the same period. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The provided tables show the population change in New

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over a two-century period, from 1800 to 2000.

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, New

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experienced rapid population growth over the course of two centuries.

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held the largest share of residents

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, its proportion gradually declined as the other districts expanded. In 1800, New

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's total community number was just 79,216.

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accounted for 76% of

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figure, which is 60,515,

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the rest of the

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had only 24%. A century later, New

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's citizens had surged to nearly 3.5 million, and

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still took first place, witnessed a significant rise to 1,850,093 residents.

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, its share of the total

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populace had noticeably declined to 54%; the other boroughs were close behind at 46%. In 2000, New

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’s inhabitants reached 8,009,185, more than doubling since 1900. At

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point,

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’s share dropped to only 19%

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the deduction of residential to mostly 1.5 million. In sharp contrast, the population of New

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witnessed an emerging shift in public distribution away from

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to the outer districts, with 81% of the

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’s residents.