Vital Statistics

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

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Population

• 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, 646

Weird facts

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

More facts

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