How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New YorkRiis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York; Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York
Number of acres in New York City 24,890
" " Manhattan Island 12,673
" " Tenth Ward 110
" " Eleventh Ward 196
" " Thirteenth Ward 107
Density of population per acre in 1880, New York City 48.4
Density of population per acre in 1880, Manhattan Island 92.6
Density of population per acre in 1880, Tenth Ward 432.3
Density of population per acre in 1880, Eleventh Ward 350.9
Density of population per acre in 1880, Thirteenth Ward 353.2
Density of population per acre in 1890, New York City (census) 60.08
Density of population per acre in 1890, Manhattan Island
(census) 114.53
Density of population per acre in 1890, Tenth Ward (census) 522.00
Density of population per acre in 1890, Eleventh Ward
(census) 386.00
Density of population per acre in 1890, Thirteenth Ward
(census) 428.8
Density of population to the square mile in 1880, New
York City (census) 30,976
Density of population to the square mile in 1880, Manhattan
Island (census) 41,264
Density of population to the square mile in 1880, Tenth
Ward (census) 276,672
Density of population to the square mile in 1880, Eleventh
Ward (census) 224,576
Density of population to the square mile in 1880, Thirteenth
Ward (census) 226,048
Density of population to the square mile in 1890, New
York City (census) 38,451
Density of population to the square mile in 1890, Manhattan
Island (census) 73,299
Density of population to the square mile in 1890, Tenth
Ward (census) 334,080
Density of population to the square mile in 1890, Eleventh
Ward (census) 246,040
Density of population to the square mile in 1890, Thirteenth
Ward (census) 274,432
Number of persons to a dwelling in New York, 1880
(census) 16.37
Number of persons to a dwelling in London, 1881 (census) 7.9
Number of persons to a dwelling in Philadelphia, 1880
(census) 5.79
Number of persons to a dwelling in Brooklyn, 1880
(census) 9.11
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