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.

These tables give us data about the population of five different districts of New York City,
as well as
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the total population of the city between 1800 and 2000.
Overall
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, we can see that the number of citizens in New York has increased significantly over the
last
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200 years.
In addition
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, the percentage of people living in Manhattan has decreased ,
while
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in the other districts it has gone up. In 1800, 79,212 people lived in
this
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city , and 76% of these citizens lived in Manhattan.
Then
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, in 1900, it evolved to 3,437,202 in total , and 54% lived in that district.
Finally
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, in 2000, only 19% of 8,009,185 people lived in Manhattan.
On the contrary
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, other districts
such
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as Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island had risen their population. In 1800, 24% of the total residents lived there, in 1900, it was 46% and in 2000, 81%. The evolution is the opposite of that of NYC.

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Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • people
  • city
  • five
  • district
  • grow
  • growth
  • rise
  • increase
  • increase
  • rise
  • fall
  • decline
  • high
  • low
  • big
  • large
  • small
  • more
  • less
  • over time
  • by year
  • in total
  • compare
  • compared with
  • whereas
  • trend
  • pattern
  • overall
  • feature
  • note
  • point
  • difference
  • lead
  • catch up
  • late
  • early
  • century
  • decade
  • period
  • 2000
  • 1800
  • 1900
  • continuous
  • steady
  • rapid
  • fast
  • slow
  • periods
  • numbers
  • data
  • report
  • describe
  • summarise
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