Sometimes gang members talk to each other using just symbols. This is known as 'stacking'. And in other cases a word may have more than one slang translation, such as gun. A generic gun becomes a 'biscuit', or a 'gat'. If you're talking about a 9-mm handgun it's a 'nine', or a 'pump' for a shotguns.
The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated New York Cityâs population at 8,537,673, as of July 2016. This represented an increase of 362,500 residents (or 4.4 percent) over the April 2010 decennial census count of 8,175,133. The city has not witnessed such a robust pace of growth in over a half-century.
Its population density for 2016 is estimated at 27,806.8 people per square mile or 10,742.1 people per square kilometer, which is the densest city in the country. The population of New York City Metropolitan Area for 2016 is estimated at 19,999,127, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Since the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area population is estimated to have grown by about 431,717 or by an average annual growth rate of 0.55%.