The growth of New York City from its origins as the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, to the sprawling metropolis of today.

Notes regarding the urban area and population

1) The definition of what counts as ‘New York City’ (both its population and area) is highly subjective. This is mainly due to sprawling, lowdensity suburbs typical of North American cities, as well as the varying official definitions (e.g. the Five Boroughs, the Metropolitan Statistical Area, etc.) I’ve tried to portray the city’s size in a reasonable way, but it’s by no means the only way. Other maps and statistics may vary significantly from what this video shows for this reason.

2) In the postwar era, NYC’s urban area has extended along New Jersey and Long Island beyond what is shown in the map. These are outside the map because showing them would force it to zoom to an impractically large area. These areas are still included in the population statistics where applicable, as explained in note 4.

3) The “rural area” in this video mostly consists of lowdensity suburbs after about 1970. They do not constitute contiguous built up areas, but rather areas of sporadic building. For this reason, they cannot be shown as urban. These areas are still included in the population statistics where applicable, as explained in note 4.

4) Postwar population figures are based on the New York–Newark–Jersey City Statistical Area. About 20% of this population lives in urban areas outside of the map, mentioned in note 2. A very approximate 5% also live in the lowdensity suburbs mentioned in note 3. Therefore the urban area shown in this video only contains about 75% of the population included in the 2021 population figure of 18.9m.


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