Mmmm . . . Commuter Tax . . . Mmmm . . .

The Census Bureau crunched the numbers and found that New York City’s population increases by 563,000 people each day:

The Big Apple swells by 563,000 people during the day — more than any other city in the country, according to the Census Bureau’s first-ever estimates on daytime population changes.

The report tracks how the nation’s cities are affected by commuter traffic.

Officials say the data, based on the 2000 Census, can be used for planning and disaster-relief efforts.

New York’s daytime growth, while huge, is only 7 percent of the city’s population of 8 million.

Other towns that would benefit from a commuter tax included Washington, D.C. (411,000 people, or 72 percent, commute into the district), Boston (41 percent), Atlanta (62 percent), Seattle (28 percent) and Denver (28 percent).