NEW YORK AREA

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16542, 9 January 1928, Page 4

NEW YORK AREA

WIDENED TO INCLUDE POPULATION OF 9,500,000 NEW YORK, Dec. 3. The creation of a new metropolitan district of New' York, including all the territory and population within a radius of approximately 40 miles of City Hall, as compared with the old 10-rnilc radius, has been announced by the Merchants’ Association of New York. The new metropolitan district has roughly a population of 9,500,000 persons. The methods used to redefine the district have been approved by the United States Census Bureau as they were laid down at a conference of commercial, trade and other organisations held recently in Washington at the call of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, according to the announcement. The nmv metropolitan, district of New York covers au area of 3765.5 square miles. It has been redefined on the basis of the economic and social activities centring in New York City, such ns commuting, delivery service, telephone service and the relative density of population. The old metropolitan district of New York embraced 1368 square miles, and had a population estimated at 8,034,349, including 2,414,301 in territory adjacent to the limits of New York City. City plan organisations at various times have proposed increasing the metropolitan district, and a radius of as much as 60 miles from City Hall has been advocate^. On the basis of the new metropolitan area the United States Census Bureau will furnish the 1927 census of manufacturing figures and likewise use the district for the purpose of the 1930 census of population.