United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2017. ↑ Or Federal District in the case of Washington, D.C. ↑ Since 1898, the City of New York, New York, has comprised five boroughs with consolidated borough–county governments: •The Borough of Brooklyn and Kings County (pop. 2,629,150) •The Borough of Queens and Queens County (pop. 2,333,054) •The Borough of Manhattan and New York County (pop. 1,643,734) •The Borough of the Bronx and Bronx County (pop. 1,455,720) •The Borough of Staten Island and Richmond County (pop. 476,015) ↑ City wins census appeal; count adjusted – Houston Chronicle.