Every figure on the infographic is listed here with the page it came from and the exact words on that page. The "then" figure is the one closest to September 2001 that the source publishes; where that is the 2000 census or a 2002 survey, the label says so. The "now" figures were gathered in early September 2026; the jail population was updated to fiscal 2026 on October 8, 2026. Each label identifies its reference period. Percent changes are computed from the two values shown, by script, and are nominal unless the row says otherwise. Figures whose source page could not be fetched during research were left out rather than estimated.
Research and coding were done with Anthropic's Claude Code under the author's direction. Each figure was required to come from a fetched page with a verbatim quote; the quotes are reproduced below unedited.
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Census Estimates April 2020 July 2020 July 2021 July 2022 July 2023 July 2024 July 2025 New York City 8,804,190 8,751,188 8,447,958 8,362,665 8,433,834 8,596,825 8,584,629
Calculation and caveats. The 2000 count is the decennial census total (P001001). The 2025 figure is the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025, as reproduced in the Department of City Planning's July 2026 population estimates table; the bureau's May 14, 2026 press release confirms New York City's 2024 to 2025 change. The 2020 census count of 8,804,190 is from the 2020 redistricting file (P1_001N).
Confidence. High. Both figures are Census Bureau counts or estimates.
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Calculation and caveats. Shares are computed from the census counts in the API responses: 2000, 2,801,267 non-Hispanic white of 8,008,278 (35.0%); 2020, 2,719,856 of 8,804,190 (30.9%). Asian: 780,229 to 1,373,502 (9.7% to 15.6%). Hispanic: 2,160,554 to 2,490,350. Non-Hispanic Black: 1,962,154 to 1,776,891. The 2020 census changed how race questions were coded, so the categories are close but not identical across the two counts.
Confidence. High for the counts; the 2000 to 2020 race categories are not strictly comparable.
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Calculation and caveats. The 2000 figure is the sum of eight age cells from Summary File 1 (male and female, under 5, 5 to 9, 10 to 14 and 15 to 17): 276,635 + 286,155 + 270,582 + 157,253 + 264,243 + 274,960 + 260,234 + 150,207 = 1,940,269. The 2024 figure is the ACS 1-year profile estimate DP05_0019E, with its published share of 19.6%. The 2024 ACS estimates are controlled to the Census Bureau's Vintage 2024 population estimates, which the bureau later revised upward by about 120,000 in Vintage 2025, so the 2024 count of children may be slightly understated; the share is less affected.
Confidence. High. The 2000 total is a sum of published cells, not a single published number.
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Calculation and caveats. 2000: Summary File 3 table P037, bachelor's, master's, professional and doctorate degrees for men (396,819 + 175,082 + 90,076 + 34,151) and women (437,739 + 222,074 + 66,573 + 24,319) = 1,446,833 of 5,276,946 people 25 and over, 27.4%. 2024: ACS 1-year profile DP02_0068PE. Income figures are Census 2000 P053001 and ACS 2024 DP03_0062E. Real change uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York-area Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items, series CUURS12ASA0), annual averages of the monthly values fetched from the BLS API; see data/cpi_ny_annual.json.
Confidence. High. Same universe and definition in both.
Over the past decade (2001–2010), overall LE at birth in NYC increased 3 years from 77.9 to 80.9 years.
This has surpassed the high of 82.6 years from 2019 and 2023.
Calculation and caveats. The 2001 figure is from the Health Department's Epi Research Report on life expectancy (PDF text extracted locally; the report's own series begins at 77.9 for 2001 and is corroborated by the Mayor's Office chart PDF of Dec. 11, 2012 and a PubMed abstract). The 2023 figure is the final value cited in the department's Nov. 20, 2025 press release, which also reports a provisional 83.2 for 2024. The report does not state whether deaths of city residents in the attacks are included in the 2001 life table; if they are, the 2001 figure is depressed by a few tenths of a year.
Confidence. High.
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Calculation and caveats. BLS series SMS36935610000000001 (New York City total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted), values in thousands, pulled from the BLS public API. July 2026 is flagged preliminary by BLS. Private-sector figures are series SMU36935610500000001, not seasonally adjusted.
Confidence. High. July 2026 is preliminary and subject to revision.
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Calculation and caveats. 2000: Summary File 3 table P030, 'Worked at home' 92,151 of 3,192,070 workers 16 and over (2.9%); public transportation 1,684,850 (52.8%). 2024: ACS 1-year profile DP03_0024PE (worked from home) and DP03_0021PE (public transportation), both of workers 16 and over. Both surveys ask about the usual means of travel to work in the reference week.
Confidence. High. Same universe and question in both.
2001 13.0 -33% 74,100 -26%
Wall Street's securities industry bonus pool reached a record $49.2 billion in 2025, up 9% from the previous year
Calculation and caveats. The 2001 row of the State Comptroller's Wall Street bonus chart reads '2001 13.0 -33% 74,100 -26%' (pool in billions, change, average bonus, change). The 2025 figures are from the comptroller's March 2026 release. Not adjusted for inflation. Real change uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York-area Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items, series CUURS12ASA0), annual averages of the monthly values fetched from the BLS API; see data/cpi_ny_annual.json.
Confidence. High.
In 2002, the median monthly gross rent, which includes utility payments, was $788, while the median monthly contract rent, which excludes tenant payments for utilities, was $706 (Table 11).
In 2023, the median monthly rent for all renter-occupied units was $1,641.
Calculation and caveats. Both figures are the median monthly contract rent for all renter-occupied units in the Housing and Vacancy Survey's selected initial findings: Table 11 of the 2002 report and Table 6 (citywide, 2023) of the 2023 report, whose text calls it 'the median monthly rent for all renter-occupied units'. The 2002 median gross rent, including utilities, was $788. Not adjusted for inflation. The survey was redesigned by the Census Bureau for 2021, with a new sample and questionnaire; HPD presents the series as continuous. Real change uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York-area Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items, series CUURS12ASA0), annual averages of the monthly values fetched from the BLS API; see data/cpi_ny_annual.json.
Confidence. High. Same survey, same rent definition.
Last year, 35.3 million domestic and international visitors spent $21 billion, supporting 226,100 jobs and producing $731 million in tax revenues for the city, NYC & Company said.
Total visitation grew modestly to 65 million visitors, up 0.7% over 2024
Calculation and caveats. The 2002 count is the closest full-year figure with a fetched source; NYC & Company's 2003 statement put 2002 at 35.3 million, up 0.3% from 2001, which implies about 35.2 million for 2001. The 2025 count is from NYC Tourism + Conventions' annual report release. The tourism bureau's visitor counts are estimates and its methodology has been revised over the years; treat the comparison as indicative.
Confidence. Medium for the early figure, which comes from a news report of the tourism agency's number. High for 2025.
The 2002 Executive Budget is $39.5 billion, a decrease of $1.0 billion from the forecasted results for 2001.
$125.8 billion budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027
Calculation and caveats. The fiscal 2002 figure is the total stated in the Message of the Mayor accompanying the executive budget released in April 2001, the last budget document before the attacks; the Council adopted the budget in June 2001 and the February 2002 financial plan later put fiscal 2002 spending at $41.3 billion. The fiscal 2027 figure is the Council's announcement of the adopted budget. Not adjusted for inflation. Real change uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York-area Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items, series CUURS12ASA0), annual averages of the monthly values fetched from the BLS API; see data/cpi_ny_annual.json.
Confidence. High for both documents. The fiscal 2002 figure is the executive proposal rather than the adopted total.
The population living below Chambers Street more than doubled to 49,000 in 2014, from 22,700 in 2000.
Estimated Number of Residents 70,000 70,000 70,000 Downtown Alliance
Calculation and caveats. The 2000 population is the state comptroller's figure for the area below Chambers Street. The 2026 figure is the Alliance for Downtown New York's estimate on its Q2 2026 fact sheet (Aug. 2026). Unit counts are from the Alliance's Q2 2026 residential market sheet and year-end review.
Confidence. High for the population figures. The unit count for 2000 comes from a table whose PDF text is jumbled; medium.
Vacancy jumped from 4.8% in early 2001 to 13% in Q2 2002, and hovered there for several years, reaching a high of 13.7% in Q4 2004.
Downtown's overall vacancy rate finished Q2 at 22.3%, unchanged from the first quarter and down 0.5% year-over-year.
Calculation and caveats. Both vacancy rates are from the Alliance for Downtown New York: the 2011 State of Lower Manhattan report for early 2001 and the Q2 2026 real estate report. Inventory is Cushman & Wakefield's figure as reproduced on the Alliance fact sheet. The employment comparison spans a 2018 change in how government jobs are counted. The early-2001 rate in the 2011 report predates the Alliance's current Cushman & Wakefield-based series, so the two ends may rest on slightly different building inventories.
Confidence. High for vacancy. Medium for the employment comparison.
In 1966, construction began on the World Trade Center complex, including twin supertall skyscrapers measuring 1,368 feet (417 m) and 1,362 feet (415.1 m) in height.
1 | One World Trade Center | ... | 1,776 (541) ... 2 | Central Park Tower | ... | 1,550 (472) | 98 | 2019 ... 3 | 111 West 57th Street | ... | 1,428 (435) | 85 | 2021 ... 4 | One Vanderbilt | ... | 1,401 (427) | 62 | 2019 ... 5 | 432 Park Avenue | ... | 1,397 (426) | 85 | 2015 ... 6 | 270 Park Avenue | ... | 1,388 (423) | 60 | 2025 ... 7 | 30 Hudson Yards | ... | 1,270 (387) | 73 | 2019 ... 8 | Empire State Building | ... | 1,250 (381) ... 9 | Bank of America Tower | ... | 1,200 (366) | 55 | 2008 ... 10 | 3 World Trade Center | ... | 1,079 (329) | 80 | 2018 ... 11 | 53W53 | ... | 1,050 (320) ... 12= | Chrysler Building | ... | 1,046 (319) | 77 | 1930 ... 12= | The New York Times Building | ... | 1,046 (319) | 52 ... 14 | Brooklyn Tower | ... | 1,035 (315) ... 2022 ... 15 | The Spiral | ... | 1,031 (314) | 66 | 2022 ... 16 | One57 | ... | 1,004 (306) | 75 | 2014 ... 17 | 520 Fifth Avenue | ... | 1,002 (305) | 76 [ H ] | 2026 ... 18 | 35 Hudson Yards | ... | 1,000 (305) | 72 | 2019
Calculation and caveats. Counted from the Wikipedia list of completed buildings by height: the twin towers (1,368 and 1,362 feet), the Empire State Building (1,250) and the Chrysler Building (1,046) in 2001; 17 completed buildings at or above 1,000 feet in 2026, with 520 Fifth Avenue topped out and not counted. The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat database could not be fetched.
Confidence. Medium. Source is a maintained encyclopedia list, not the tall-buildings council.
The city reached a high in police staffing at the turn of the millennium (Figure 7). In 2000, the city's 40,285 uniformed police officers represented a 49.7% increase over the 26,913 officers in 1980.
Uniform Headcount Fiscal 2026 Budgeted Full-Time Positions: 35,025 Fiscal 2027 Budgeted Full-Time Positions: 35,370 Actual Headcount as of April 2026: 34,497 Vacancy Rate as of April 2026: 1.5 percent
Calculation and caveats. The 2000 peak is from a Manhattan Institute report drawing on city data; Vital City reported the FY2000 high as 40,280 and the City Comptroller's 2002 audit describes a required peak of 40,710. The April 2026 actual is from the Council Finance Division's report on the NYPD's fiscal 2027 executive budget.
Confidence. Medium for 2000 (secondary sources, consistent with each other). High for 2026.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today appointed United States Marine Lieutenant General Frank Libutti in the newly-created post of Deputy Commissioner of Counter-Terrorism.
Intelligence and Counterterrorism 250,968 255,179 262,022 257,769 266,488 4,466
Calculation and caveats. The 'Intelligence and Counterterrorism' program area in the Council Finance Division's fiscal 2027 report: $266,488 thousand proposed for FY2027; FY2025 actual $255.2 million. Because the program area also covers the Intelligence Bureau, which existed in 2001 as the Intelligence Division, the 2001 side is shown as 'no counterterrorism bureau' rather than zero, and no percent change is computed. A separate 'Security/Counter-Terrorism Grants' area, federally funded, was $161.1 million in FY2025 actual spending.
Confidence. High for the 2027 figure. The 2001 comparison is qualitative.
Table 1. FY 2004 UASI Grant Program | Urban Area | State | Grant Award | Amount | (in millions) | Defined Urban Area* | Core County(ies)/ | Parish** | New York | NY | $47,007,064 | City of New York; Counties of | Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester; | Port Authority of New York and New | Jersey
Under the FY 2025 awards, New York is set to receive $22,069,395 in UASI funding, representing an 85.9 percent cut from 2024's award of $156,131,176.
Calculation and caveats. Both figures are Urban Area Security Initiative awards to the New York urban area, which includes the city, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties and the Port Authority: fiscal 2004 from the Office of Justice Programs' award table ($47,007,064) and fiscal 2024 from the governor's Sept. 30, 2025 release ($156,131,176; the release's table puts the city's own share at $118,451,583). The fiscal 2025 dispute and fiscal 2026 target allocation ($142,481,143, FEMA notice of funding opportunity) are described in the caption. Amounts are nominal. Fiscal 2004 was a low year: the fiscal 2003 supplemental had given the area $125 million, so a 2003 baseline would show a much smaller increase. Real change uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics' New York-area Consumer Price Index (CPI-U, all items, series CUURS12ASA0), annual averages of the monthly values fetched from the BLS API; see data/cpi_ny_annual.json.
Confidence. High for both documents.
In 2002, 97,296 NYPD stops were recorded.
Calculation and caveats. Annual stop counts as compiled by the NYCLU from NYPD data. 2002 is the first year with published totals. No 2025 total had been posted as of Sept. 2026. Stop reporting in the early 2000s is widely regarded as incomplete, so the 2002 total is more likely an undercount than an overcount, which would make the decline smaller than shown.
Confidence. High.
Average Daily Inmate Population vs. Average Systemwide Length of Stay 17,524 17,562 15,530 14,490 13,934 49 51 46 44 48
The average daily population (ADP) increased by approximately two percent, from 6,823 in Fiscal 2025 to 6,954 in Fiscal 2026
Calculation and caveats. Both figures are the Department of Correction's average daily population as reported in the Mayor's Management Report: the fiscal 2002 report's five-year chart (fiscal 1998 to 2002: 17,524; 17,562; 15,530; 14,490; 13,934) and the fiscal 2026 report's average daily population of 6,954. Fiscal years end June 30, so fiscal 2001 ended two months before the attacks.
Confidence. High. Same agency measure in the same report series.
5. Currently Enrolled Members by Type | # Members | 145,275 | 15,685 | 71,417 | 56,692 | June 30, 2026 | Enrollment Data Thru:
Calculation and caveats. Enrollment and certification share from the CDC's June 30, 2026 quarterly program summary. The compensation figures are from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund's August 2026 monthly report.
Confidence. High.
343 FDNY members who made the Supreme Sacrifice
The Department has lost more than 400 members to World Trade Center illnesses.
Calculation and caveats. FDNY press releases of Sept. 8 and Dec. 9, 2025 state the 343 and 'more than 400' figures. Thirty-six more names were added to the FDNY memorial wall on Sept. 2, 2026. The NYPD figures are the 23 stated on its 9/11 tribute page and a count of the 469 names listed there as of Sept. 6, 2026. Identification figures are from the Aug. 24, 2026 Mayor's Office and medical examiner release.
Confidence. High for FDNY. Medium for the NYPD 469, which is a count of names on the official page.
MURDER & NON-NEGL. MANSLAUGHTER 673 649 587 597 570 539 596 496 523 471 536 515 419 335 333 352 335 292 295 319 468 488 438 391 382 309
MURDER & NON-NEGL. MANSLAUGHTER 673 649 587 597 570 539 596 496 523 471 536 515 419 335 333 352 335 292 295 319 468 488 438 391 382 309
Calculation and caveats. NYPD historical table of the seven major felony offenses, 2000 to 2025 (2025 as of Jan. 19, 2026). The 2001 murder count excludes the 9/11 victims, which the NYPD tallies separately. The NYPD's Jan. 6, 2026 release cited 305 murders for 2025; the table's later figure of 309 is used.
Confidence. High.
MTA New York City Transit ridership totaled 2.14 billion in 2001, the highest level since 1970. Subways carried 1.41 billion passengers, buses 739.5 million.
Calculation and caveats. 2001: the MTA's 2001 annual report ('Subways carried 1.41 billion passengers'). 2025: the MTA's ridership page, 1,281,883,362 annual rides, 4,001,735 average weekday. Fare figures from a 2003 Gotham Gazette report on the increase from $1.50 and the MTA's current fares page; Citi Bike figures from Lyft, the operator.
Confidence. High for ridership. The 2001 fare figure is from a news source.
2001 56,428,290 1,791,699 2,079,472 3,482,210 760,841 1,794,803 14,819,107 1,813,995 82,970,417
JFK's 2025 volume of 62.6 million passengers was a 1.0 percent decrease from its 2024 record of 63.3 million. LGA's 2025 total of 32.8 million passengers declined 2.2 percent from its 2024 record of 33.5 million. ... Its 2025 total of 47 million passengers was 4.2 percent behind 2023 (49.08 million)
Calculation and caveats. 2001: table 2.4.1 of the Port Authority's 2003 airport traffic report, total 82,970,417 across JFK, Newark and LaGuardia (JFK 29,350,052; Newark 31,100,491; LaGuardia 22,519,874). 2025: the three airports' totals as stated in the Port Authority's Feb. 6, 2026 release (62.6 + 32.8 + 47.0 = 142.4 million), summed here so the comparison covers the same three airports; the release's systemwide total of 142.7 million also includes Stewart, which the Port Authority did not operate in 2001.
Confidence. High.
SEP 2001 28,991 6,503 21,567 12,173 9,394 7,424 5,702 1,722 13,927 16,818 12,173 28,991
JUL 2026 87,478 18,879 58,206 28,643 29,563 29,272 21,101 8,171 48,151 58,835 28,643 87,478 434
Calculation and caveats. Both figures are the Department of Homeless Services monthly average census as compiled in the Coalition for the Homeless worksheet covering 1983 to the present (Sept. 2026 edition). The daily figure is from the department's Sept. 3, 2026 daily report.
Confidence. High.
On May 23, 2006, Larry Silverstein opened 7 World Trade Center, a 52-story, $700 million project, that became New York City's first LEED-certified "green" office building.
More than 83 million people who visited the Memorial from across the U.S. and around the world since its dedication on September 11, 2011.
November 13, 2013 4 World Trade Center officially opens Larry Silverstein and Janno Lieber of Silverstein Properties cut the ceremonial ribbon, along with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, 4 WTC Architect Fumihiko Maki, and other city officials.
The 9/11 Memorial Museum was dedicated on May 15, 2014, in a ceremony led by U.S. President Barack Obama and 9/11 Memorial Chairman Michael R. Bloomberg. It opened to the public on May 21, 2014.
Soaring to a symbolic 1,776 feet, deliberate reference to the year of American independence—it is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and an iconic New York landmark.
The World Trade Center Transportation Hub is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's formal name for the new PATH station and the associated transit and retail complex that opened on March 3, 2016.
Opened in June 2018, 3 World Trade Center is the second tallest building at the World Trade Center at 1,079 feet tall.
September 13, 2023 Performing Arts Center opening day.
Plans for 2 World Trade Center, a new 55-story global headquarters for American Express, were announced in 2026, with an official groundbreaking in July of that year. (Rendering: Foster Partners)
More than 83 million people who visited the Memorial from across the U.S. and around the world since its dedication on September 11, 2011. Over 24 million people who visited the Museum since it opened to the public in May 2014.