New 2020 Census data released Thursday shows New York City’s population increased to 8.80 million, up from 8.17 million in 2010.
The process counted 62.1 million Hispanics, representing 18.7% of the United States population. A 23% growth rate since 2010.
Specifically in New York State, the number of Latinos increased to 531,110 and they represent a fifth of the population.
The populations of the nation’s 10 largest cities saw a significant increase in the past decade, but eight of those 10 grew at a faster rate this decade compared to the last.
In New Jersey, Newark remains the largest city with 311,449 residents, growing 1.8%. Jersey City’s population increased by nearly 6%, but it remains the second largest in the Garden State with 292,449 residents.
Jersey City’s development has been explosive over the past decade, but Newark has grown too, enough to remain the most populous city in the state.
In the Garden State, the number of Latinos increased to 447,431, a record high.
The state of Connecticut in the 2020 Census also shows an increase of more than 144 thousand people of Latino origin.
Census numbers are important for redistricting, and both cities encouraged residents to return their census forms last year.
However, statistics indicate that in the future, Jersey City is likely to overtake Newark, which has been the largest city in the state since the 1850s.
“Population growth in this decade occurred almost entirely in metropolitan areas,” said Marc Perry, senior demographer with the Census Bureau.
“Texas is a good example of this, where parts of the Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas Fort Worth, Midland and Odessa metropolitan areas saw population growth, while many of the state’s other counties saw population declines. “.
The population in metropolitan areas grew 8.7% since 2010, while the country’s population grew from approximately 308.7 million in 2010 to 331.4 million, an increase of 7.35%. This is the slowest population growth since 1930-1940, the decade of the Great Depression.
The United States also became more diverse over the past decade, with the white population declining for the first time.
The new figures offered the most detailed portrait yet of how the country has changed since 2010, and will surely spark an intense partisan battle for representation at a time of deep national division and struggles for voting rights. The numbers could help determine House control in the 2022 elections and provide an electoral advantage for years to come. The data will also shape how the $ 1.5 trillion in annual federal spending is distributed.
The figures show continued migration south and west at the expense of the Midwest and Northeast counties. The proportion of the white population fell from 63.7% in 2010 to 57.8% in 2020, the lowest on record, although whites remain the most prevalent racial or ethnic group.
However, that changed in California, where Hispanics became the largest racial or ethnic group, growing to 39.4% from 37.6% during the decade, while the proportion of whites fell from 40.1. % to 34.7%.
“The American population is much more multiracial and much more racially and ethnically diverse than we have measured in the past,” said Nicholas Jones, a Census Bureau official.
The new figures offer states the first opportunity to redesign their political districts in a process that is expected to be particularly brutal, since control over Congress and the public powers is at stake. It also provides the first opportunity to see, in a limited way, how well the Census Bureau met its goal of counting all residents during the pandemic.
“The data we release today meets our standards for high-quality data,” said Acting Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin.
Even before it began, the count was challenged by an attempt at political interference from the Trump administration’s failed efforts to add a citizenship question to the census form, a move critics feared would have a chilling effect on turnout. of immigrants or Hispanics. The effort was stopped by the Supreme Court.
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