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Queens
Queens County, New York | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°45′N 73°52′W / 40.750°N 73.867°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| City | New York City |
| County | Queens County |
| Settled | 1683 |
| Named for | Catherine of Braganza |
| Government | |
| • Borough President | Donovan Richards (D) |
| • District Attorney (Queens County) | Melinda Katz (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 181.5 sq mi (470.0 km2) |
| • Land | 108.7 sq mi (281.6 km2) |
| • Water | 72.8 sq mi (188.4 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,405,464 |
| • Density | 22,120/sq mi (8,542/km2) |
| Demonym | Queensite[3] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EST) |
| ZIP Code format | 110xx, 111xx, 113xx, 114xx, 116xx |
| Area code(s) | 718, 347, 929, 917 |
| Website | Official Website of the Queens Borough President |
Queens is a borough of New York City and a county of New York State. It was named for Catherine of Braganza, the Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England.
Queens is in western Long Island. The East River separates it from Manhattan in the east and The Bronx in the north. Queens' only land boundary with another New York City borough is with Brooklyn in the south and west. Jamaica Bay separates most of Queens from its Rockaway Peninsula in the south. Nassau County lies to the east. Until 1899, Nassau County was part of Queens County.
About 2.4 million people live in Queens and it is the largest borough of New York City in size and second in population (after Brooklyn). According to the United States census, Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the USA. That means that it has the most people from different kinds of places, religions, and ethnic groups of any place in the USA. Large parts of Queens are urban and an equal part is suburban.
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ↑ ""P1: TOTAL POPULATION"". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ↑ "What we learned: 2019 — New Yorkers are everywhere, like it or not". New York Daily News. December 31, 2019.
- ↑ "Borough of Manhattan, New York - Map and Latitude Longitude GPS Coordinates". Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.