Misconception

Which choice best reflects New York State’s Misconception?

• The decennial Census count and annual population estimates are produced for different purposes and should not be treated as identical measures.
• Because about 43% of the state’s 2025 estimated population lived in New York City, equating the entire state’s population with NYC is inaccurate.
• Census population vintages can revise estimates for earlier years when new data become available.
• New York combines a very large metropolitan concentration in the southeast with smaller metropolitan centers and sparsely populated northern areas.