New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area is the city and suburbs of New York City. It includes Long Island and the Mid- and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of New York. It also includes north and central New Jersey, three counties in western Connecticut and five counties in northeastern Pennsylvania.
New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY, NJ, CT, PA | |
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Coordinates: 40°48′31″N 74°1′13.39″W / 40.80861°N 74.0203861°WCoordinates: 40°48′31″N 74°1′13.39″W / 40.80861°N 74.0203861°W | |
National | United States |
States | New York New Jersey Connecticut Pennsylvania |
Principal cities | New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, Staten Island) Newark Jersey City Yonkers Paterson Bridgeport Elizabeth Stamford New Haven Allentown Waterbury Edison Norwalk Trenton Danbury New Rochelle Mount Vernon White Plains Passaic Woodbridge |
Area | |
• Total | 13,318 sq mi (34,490 km2) |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 23,632,722[1] (1st) |
• Density | 1,876/sq mi (724/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone) |
Highest elevation 4,180 ft/1,274 m (Slide Mountain (Ulster County, New York), in the Catskill Mountains). Lowest elevation 0 ft/0 m (sea level) at the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island Sound, and at Hudson River estuary waterways. |
The New York metropolitan area is the most populous in US. This includes the numbers defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (20.1 million residents)[2] and the Combined Statistical Area (23.6 million residents).[1] It is also one of the most populous built-up areas in the world, and the single largest in North America.[3][4][5]
New York Metropolitan Area Media
Part of the Palisades Interstate Park, the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades in Bergen County, New Jersey, overlooking the Hudson River, The Bronx, and Upper Manhattan in New York City
Enveloped by the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound, New York City and Long Island are home to approximately 11 million residents combined
Bear Mountain Bridge, which connects Westchester and Orange counties in New York State, across the Hudson River
High Point Monument seen from Lake Marcia at High Point in Sussex County, New Jersey, the highest elevation in New Jersey at 1,803 feet (550 m) above sea level.
A welcome sign in Garden City in Nassau County on Long Island
Westhampton, Suffolk County, New York, on the East End of Long Island in December 2008
The Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey, which was dedicated as a National Historical Park in November 2011, incorporates one of the largest waterfalls on the U.S. East Coast
Downtown Trenton in Mercer County, including the New Jersey State House topped by its golden dome, alongside the Delaware River
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – Combined Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico - 2014 Population Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 – Metropolitan Statistical Area; and for Puerto Rico - 2014 Population Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ↑ "World's Largest Urban Areas [Ranked by Urban Area Population]". Rhett Butler. 2003–2006. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ↑ "Largest Cities of the World – (by metro population)". Woolwine-Moen Group d/b/a Graphic Maps. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- ↑ "Largest urban areas in the world: 2008 All Urban Areas 2,000,000 & Over" (PDF). Wendell Cox Consultancy. Retrieved 2011-11-25.