City_of_New_York
The City of New York is composed of 5 boroughs or counties:
:1). Manhattan - New York County, population 1,487,536
:2). Bronx - Bronx County, population 1,203,789
:3). Brooklyn- Kings County, population 2,300,664
:4). Queens - Queens County, population 1,951,598
:5). Staten Island - Richmond County, population 378,977
(Population figures from 1990 United States Census,
see http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt)
The population of the City of New York is estimated around 7.5 million, with the population of the entire metropolitan area at around 20 million.