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New York City

This article is about the city, but you may be searching for New York (state). For other meanings, see New York (disambiguation).
New York
City
Midtown Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan with the Empire State Building (center) and Lower Manhattan with One WTC (background)
Central Park
The Unisphere, a large metal globe sculpture
Brooklyn Bridge
Statue of Liberty
United Nations headquarters building, with flags in foreground
Bright lights of Times Square
View of Yankee Stadium from the air
Flag of New York
Flag
Official seal of New York
Seal
Official logo of New York
Wordmark
Nicknames: 
The Big Apple, The City That Never Sleeps, Gotham, and others
Map
Interactive map of New York City
Coordinates: 40°42′46″N 74°00′22″W / 40.71278°N 74.00611°W / 40.71278; -74.00611[1]
Country United States
State New York
RegionMid-Atlantic
Constituent counties (boroughs)Bronx (The Bronx)
Kings (Brooklyn)
New York (Manhattan)
Queens (Queens)
Richmond (Staten Island)
Historic coloniesNew Netherland
Province of New York
Settled1624
Consolidated1898
Named forJames, Duke of York
Government
 • TypeStrong mayor–council
 • BodyNew York City Council
 • MayorEric Adams (D)
Area
[2]
 • Total472.4 sq mi (1,223.6 km2)
 • Land300.5 sq mi (778.2 km2)
 • Water172.0 sq mi (445.4 km2)
 • Metro
13,318 sq mi (34,490 km2)
Elevation
[3]
33 ft (10 m)
Population
 (2020)[4]
 • Total8,804,190
 • Rank1st in the United States
1st in New York
 • Density29,303.2/sq mi (11,314.0/km2)
 • Metro
[5]
20,140,470 (1st)
DemonymNew Yorker
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
100xx–104xx, 11004–05, 111xx–114xx, 116xx
Area code(s)212/646/332, 718/347/929, 917
FIPS code36-51000
GNIS feature ID975772
Major airportsJFK Airport
Newark Liberty Airport
LaGuardia Airport
Islip Airport
White Plains Airport
Stewart Airport
Commuter railLIRR, Metro-North, NJ Transit
Rapid transit
GDP (City, 2019)$884 billion[6] (1st)
GMP (Metro, 2020)$1.67 trillion[7] (1st)
Largest borough by areaQueens (109 square miles or 280 square kilometres)
Largest borough by populationBrooklyn (2020 census: 2,736,074)[8]
Largest borough by GDP (2019)Manhattan ($635.3 billion)[6]
Websitewww.nyc.gov
Official nameStatue of Liberty; The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, vi
Designated1984, 2019 (8th, 43rd sessions)
Reference no.Statue of Liberty - UNESCO World Heritage Centre; The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
State PartyUnited States
RegionEurope and North America
Skyline looking westwards

New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is at the southern end of the U.S. state of New York. Over 8 million people currently live in the city, and over 22 million people live in the bigger New York metropolitan area. It is the financial capital of the U.S. because it is home to the nation's stock market, Wall Street, and the One World Trade Center.

New York City is on one of the world's largest natural harbors. It is made up of five boroughs, each of which is a county of the state of New York.[9] The five boroughs—Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island—were combined into one city in 1898.[10] The city and its metropolitan area are an important place for legal immigration to the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York,[11] making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. New York has more than 3.2 million people born outside the United States,[12] the biggest foreign-born population of any city in the world as of 2016.[13][14]

New York City started as a trading post created by colonists from the Dutch Republic in 1624 on Lower Manhattan; the post was named New Amsterdam in 1626.[15] In 1664, the English controlled the city and the areas around it,[15] and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England gave the lands to his brother, the Duke of York.[16] New York was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790,[17] and has been the biggest U.S. city since 1790.[18] The Statue of Liberty welcomed millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,[19] and it is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace.[20] In the 21st century, New York has grew into a global hub of creativity and entrepreneurship[21] and environmental sustainability,[22][23] and as a symbol of freedom and cultural diversity.[24] In 2019, New York was voted the best city in the world in a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, because of its cultural diversity.[25]

Many districts and landmarks in New York City are well known, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist places in 2013.[26] A record 62.8 million tourists came to New York City in 2017. Times Square is the colorful area of the Broadway Theater District,[27] one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections,[28][29] and a famous area for the world's entertainment industry.[30] Many of the city's landmarks, skyscrapers,[31] and parks are known around the world. Manhattan's real estate market is one of the most expensive in the world.[32][33] New York has more Greek people outside of Greece than anywhere in the world, with many Chinatowns across the city. The New York City Subway is the biggest single-operator rapid transit system worldwide, with 472 rail stations. The city has over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, Rockefeller University, and the City University of New York system, which is the biggest urban public university system in the United States.[34] The world's two largest stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange, located on Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, and NASDAQ, headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, are both in Manhattan.

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. June 23, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2008. Search for feature ID 975772.
  4. ↑ "QuickFacts: New York city, New York". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Gross Domestic Product by County, 2019, Bureau of Economic Analysis, released December 9, 2020. Accessed December 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ "U.S. metro areas—ranked by Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) 2020 | Statistic". Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  8. ↑ "QuickFacts: Kings County, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Boroughs of New York City". Ben Cahoon. 2002. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  10. ↑ "A 5-Borough Centennial Preface for Katharine Bement Davis Mini-History". The New York City Department of Correction. 1997. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  11. ↑ Gus Lubin (February 15, 2017). "Queens has more languages than anywhere in the world—here's where they're found". Business Insider. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Place of Birth by Year of Entry by Citizenship Status for the Foreign-Born Population—Universe: Foreign-born population 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York City". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  13. ↑ "More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live in NYC Than There Are People in Chicago". HuffPost. December 19, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Population of the United Kingdom by Country of Birth and Nationality".
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "United States History—History of New York City". Retrieved September 9, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Kingston: Discover 300 Years of New York History Dutch Colonies". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  17. ↑ "The Nine Capitals of the United States". United States Senate. Retrieved September 7, 2008.
  18. ↑ "Rank by Population of the 100 Largest Urban Places, Listed Alphabetically by State: 1790–1990". U.S. Census Bureau. June 15, 1998. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  19. ↑ "Statue of Liberty". A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Statue of Liberty". World Heritage. UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992–2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  21. ↑ "Venture Investment—Regional Aggregate Data". National Venture Capital Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  22. ↑ "The Latest: China Hopes US Joins Climate Deal Quickly". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  23. ↑ Lisa Foderaro (September 21, 2014). "Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  24. ↑ Kristine Phillips (July 8, 2017). "New York mayor on Germany trip: The world should know that Americans don't align with Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  25. ↑ Will Gleason (March 11, 2019). "Citing its diversity and culture, NYC was voted best city in the world in new global survey". Time Out. Retrieved May 19, 2019. After compiling the thoughts of over 30,000 people, both from our NYC readership and half-a-world away, New York was voted the greatest city on the planet for 2019. In a hint as to why this happened, and why now, it also lead [sic] the categories of most diverse metropolis and best culture.
  26. ↑ Shields, Ann (November 10, 2014). "The World's 50 Most Visited Tourist Attractions—No. 3: Times Square, New York City—Annual Visitors: 50,000,000". Travel+Leisure. Retrieved July 12, 2015. No. 3 Times Square, ... No. 4 (tie) Central Park, ... No. 10 Grand Central Terminal, New York City
  27. ↑ "Times Square". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  28. ↑ "World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions No. 3: Times Square, New York City". Travel and Leisure. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  29. ↑ "The Most Jivin' Streetscapes in the World". Luigi Di Serio. 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  30. ↑ "New York Architecture Images—Midtown Times Square". 2011 nyc-architecture. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  31. ↑ "New York City, United States". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  32. ↑ "Manhattan, New York—Some of the Most Expensive Real Estate in the World Overlooks Central Park". The Pinnacle List. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  33. ↑ Brennan, Morgan (March 22, 2013). "The World's Most Expensive Billionaire Cities". Forbes. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  34. ↑ "City University of New York | Agency Appropriations | FY 2020 Executive Budget". New York State. Retrieved April 15, 2020.

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