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The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a gross metropolitan product of over US$2.6 trillion, [10] and the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, [11] [12] encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km 2). [13]
Throughout this period, New York City remained a hub for immigrants, with the foreign-born population peaking at 37.51% in 2010. Overall, these trends reflect the transformation of New York City into an increasingly multicultural metropolis, with a progressive homogenization of the proportions of the different racial groups that live in the city.
The Jewish population in New York City exploded from 80,000 Jews in 1880 to 1.5 million in 1920, as Jews from Eastern Europe fled pogroms and discrimination. [100] The Jewish population peaked at 2.2 million in 1940. A large portion of the population suburbanized after World War II, [94] as a part of the larger trend of White flight.
Based on data from the 2020 census, New York City comprises about 43.6% of the state's population of 20,202,320, [4] and about 39% of the population of the New York metropolitan area. [246] The majority of New York City residents in 2020 (5,141,539 or 58.4%) were living in Brooklyn or Queens, the two boroughs on Long Island. [ 247 ]
City of New York population by year [1] [2] [3]; 1656: 1,000 1690: 6,000 1790: 33,131 1800: 60,515 1810: 96,373 1820: 123,706 1830: 202,589 1840: 312,710 1850: ...
It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River. The Bronx, the only New York City borough not primarily located on an island, has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km 2 ) and a population of 1,472,654 ...
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New York County, coterminous with the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the most densely populated U.S. county, with a density of 70,825.6/sq mi (27,345.9/km 2) as of 2013. In 1910, it reached a peak of 101,548/sq mi (39,208/km 2). The county is one of the original counties of New York State.