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.
Confidence votes 22.1K. The U.S. Census Bureau's official estimate of New York State's population on July 1, 2014 is 19,746,227. New York is the 4th most populous U.S. state, with 50.9% as many residents as California, 73.3% as many as Texas, and 99.3% as many as Florida.