Niagara Falls, New York

City
	Location in Niagara County and the state of New York.
	Coordinates: 43°6′N 79°1′W / 43.100°N 79.017°WCoordinates: 43°6′N 79°1′W / 43.100°N 79.017°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Niagara
Settled	1679; 346 years ago
Incorporated as a city	March 17, 1892; 132 years ago
Government
• Type	Strong mayor-council
Area
• City	16.83 sq mi (43.58 km2)
• Land	14.09 sq mi (36.48 km2)
• Water	2.74 sq mi (7.10 km2) 16.37%
• Urban	366.7 sq mi (949.7 km2)
Elevation	614 ft (187 m)
Population (2020)
• City	48,671
• Rank	NY: 14th (2020)
• Density	3,455/sq mi (1,334/km2)
• Urban	948,864 (US: 50th)
• Urban density	2,660/sq mi (1,028/km2)
• Metro	1,166,902 (US: 48th)
• CSA	1,243,944 (US: 47th)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	14301-14305
FIPS code	36-51055
GNIS feature ID	0970406
Demonym	Niagarian ; Niagara Fallsite
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Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡrə/ ny-AG-ra) is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States.

As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 48,671, down from the 50,193 recorded in the 2010 census.^[2]

It is across the Niagara River, across from the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and named after the famed Niagara Falls which they share. The city is within the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Western New York region.

Niagara Falls, New York Media

The Niagara Falls mill district downriver from the American Falls, 1900
The contaminated neighborhood of Love Canal received national attention in 1978.
Cataract Commons, Niagara Falls, New York
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Niagara falls fallen industry
Niagara Falls Convention Center (NFCC)
The Cave of the Winds building in the winter
The Niagara Gazette is the city's daily newspaper.
The current Niagara Falls station opened in 2016
Whirlpool Rapids bridge, 1983