NY Post: It may not feel like it on Atlantic Avenue or Queens Boulevard, but Brooklyn and Queens actually shed population last year while the rest of the city saw miniscule growth, according to the new projections released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. All told, the city’s overall population last year stood at 8.1 million, down 5,500 people, or just 0.07 percent, from 2003, according to the latest annual estimates. The 0.32 decline percent in Brooklyn and 0.31 percent fall in Queens was in contrast to gains in Manhattan (0.37 percent), The Bronx (0.06 percent) and Staten Island (0.60 percent). Meanwhile, the city’s soaring housing prices may have sent people scrambling for better deals in the far suburbs.
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