Brooklyn helps NYC set population record
Photo credit: Getty Images | For the first time in more than 60 years, more people moved into New York City than out last year, a turnaround that tracks changing attitudes about the nation's biggest city and urban living more broadly, officials and researchers said on March 13, 2013. (Dec, 31, 2012)
There's a record number of people calling the Big Apple home, and Brooklyn is leading the way when it comes to new residents, according to statistics released Thursday.
The population for the city reached 8,336,697 last year, a 161,564 increase from 2010, according to census data released by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
For the first time since before 1950 there are more people moving to...
