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New York City Vital Statistics

Trivia

The Great New York City Trivia & Fact Book by B. Kim Taylor

"This is where to look for Woody Allen's real name, the date the first sales tax was imposed on the city, which sport was all the rage in 1879, how many names NYC's telephone directory contained in 1880, what Mayor Giuliani's father did for a living, and how the Chunky bar got its name."

   
Population
Metropolitan area: 8,643,437 (1998)
City population: 7,420,166 (1998)
  • Bronx 1,195,599
  • Brooklyn 2,267,942
  • Manhattan 1,550,649
  • Queens 1,998,853
  • Staten Island 407,123

Area Codes
Manhattan: 212
Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, & Staten Island: 718
Wireless (eg beepers, cellular phones): 917

Weird facts
Garbage produced/day: 26,400,000 pounds
Total area: 301 square miles
Area of Manhattan: 22.7 square miles

More facts
Check out New York City fast facts for more interesting statistics.

Source: Concise Columbia Encyclopedia


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