The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, and Algonquin people who hunted fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson River.
The Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century-among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia- but none settled there until 1624.
According data of source called population history of New York from 1790-1990 it shows approximately over one million between 1800-1890 for these reason the number more close is option A. 2.5 million.