How Populous is NYC?
Big enough to fit 8 states into it
by Jason Kottke Aug 11, 2016
by Jason Kottke Aug 11, 2016
The population of NYC is equal to the combined populations of
Vermont, Alaska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, and West Virginia. Here’s what that looks like on a map.
Put another way: 16 US Senators represent as many people in those
states as a fraction of one of New York States’ Senators represent the
population of NYC. A Senator from Wyoming represents 290,000 people
while one from New York represents 9.8 million people…and in California,
there are 19 million people per Senator. That gives a Wyoming resident 65 times the voting power of a California resident.
The Small-State Advantage in the United States Senate
The Constitution has always given states with small populations a lift, but the scale of the gap has grown in recent decades
The Constitution has always given states with small populations a lift, but the scale of the gap has grown in recent decades
These 62 senators represent about one-fourth
of the people in the United States
So do these 6 senators.
Over-representation in the Senate is among the reasons why the smallest states (and their local governments) received more federal aid per capita in 2010.
| People per senator |
Aid per capita |
|
|---|---|---|
| New York* | 9,790,000 | $3,170 |
| Texas | 13,030,000 | 1,740 |
| California | 19,020,000 | 1,790 |
| People per senator | Aid per capita |
|
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 290,000 | $4,180 |
| Vermont | 310,000 | 3,270 |
| North Dakota | 350,000 | 3,220 |
| Alaska | 370,000 | 4,680 |
| South Dakota | 420,000 | 2,640 |
| Delaware | 460,000 | 3,700 |
| Montana | 500,000 | 2,840 |
| Rhode Island | 530,000 | 2,800 |
| New Hampshire | 660,000 | 1,790 |
| Maine | 660,000 | 2,700 |
| Hawaii | 700,000 | 1,850 |
| Idaho | 800,000 | 1,950 |
| West Virginia | 930,000 | 2,610 |
| Nebraska | 930,000 | 1,710 |
| New Mexico | 1,040,000 | 3,310 |
| Nevada | 1,380,000 | 1,340 |
| People per senator |
Aid per capita |
|
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1,430,000 | 1,520 |
| Kansas | 1,440,000 | 1,750 |
| Arkansas | 1,470,000 | 2,200 |
| Mississippi | 1,490,000 | 2,900 |
| Iowa | 1,540,000 | 1,930 |
| Connecticut | 1,800,000 | 2,150 |
| Oklahoma | 1,910,000 | 2,140 |
| Oregon | 1,950,000 | 2,050 |
| Kentucky | 2,190,000 | 2,250 |
| Louisiana | 2,300,000 | 2,960 |
| South Carolina | 2,360,000 | 1,790 |
| Alabama | 2,410,000 | 1,800 |
| Colorado | 2,590,000 | 1,520 |
| Minnesota | 2,690,000 | 2,050 |
| Wisconsin | 2,860,000 | 1,880 |
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