Steve’s Barking: New York City population and high tax rate

 New York City has the highest tax rate in the nation counting state and local taxes, so why is NYC the most densely populated city and area in the whole US of A.

Year     Population

1940.   7,454995

1950.    7891957

1960     7781984

1970     7894862

1980     7071639

1990     7322564

2000     8008278

2010     8175133

2020     8804190

2024     8480000  *

*   Wow 400,000 drop in population in 4 years

(1) From 1940 to 1990 figures taken from Boston University

(2) From 2000 to 2024 figures taken from google AI.

** This crazy blogger Summarized that perhaps high taxes are not chasing people away from NYC. But the city Officials have to be careful because of the law, the law of Diminishing returns and if persons can make almost as good a life in other parts of the country there is a good chance of moving out.