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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 five districts of the city Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) over the same period. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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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 five districts of the city Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) over the same period. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The three tables illustrate changes in the
population
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 of New
York
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City
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 between 1800 and 2000, with a particular focus on
Manhattan
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 and the four other districts: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.
Overall
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, New
York
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City
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's
population
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 increased dramatically over the two centuries.
While
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Manhattan
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initially
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 accounted for the vast majority of residents, its proportion declined substantially, with the other four districts collectively becoming home to more than four-fifths of the
city
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's
population
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 by 2000. In 1800, New
York
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City
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 had a total
population
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 of just 79,216, of whom 60,515 lived in
Manhattan
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, representing 76% of the total. Over the following century, the
city
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's
population
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 surged to approximately 3.4
million
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,
while
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Manhattan
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 experienced a more than thirtyfold increase, reaching 1,850,093 residents. Despite
this
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 remarkable growth, its share of the
overall
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population
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 fell to 54%. By 2000,
Manhattan
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's
population
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 had declined to approximately 1.5
million
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, accounting for only 19% of the
city
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's total.
In contrast
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, the combined
population
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 of the other four districts rose dramatically from just 18,701 in 1800 to nearly 1.6
million
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 in 1900.
This
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 upward trend continued throughout the twentieth century, with their
population
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 quadrupling to approximately 6.5
million
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 by 2000.
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, their share of New
York
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City
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's
population
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 climbed from 24% to 81%,
while
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 the
city
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's
overall
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population
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 reached just over eight
million
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words population, york, city, manhattan, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "changes" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "dramatically" was used 2 times.
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