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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 area in the world by urban landmass, [ 11][ 12][ 13] encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km 2 ). [ 14] The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world, the ...
The city's total area is 468.484 square miles (1,213.37 km 2). 302.643 sq mi (783.84 km 2) of the city is land and 165.841 sq mi (429.53 km 2) of it is water. [164] [165] The highest point in the city is Todt Hill on Staten Island, which, at 409.8 feet (124.9 m) above sea level, is the highest point on the eastern seaboard south of Maine. [166]
The city's land area is estimated to be 321 square miles (830 km 2). [2] However, a more recent estimate calculates a total land area of 304.8 square miles (789.4 km 2 ). [ 3 ] Icebergs are often compared in size to the area of Manhattan.
[5] [141] Despite the abundance of open land in the state, New York's population is very urban, with 92% of residents living in an urban area, [142] predominantly in the New York City metropolitan area. Two-thirds of the state's population resides in the New York metropolitan area.
New York City's per capita income in 2000 was $22,402; men and women had a median income of $37,435 and $32,949 respectively. 21.2% of the population and 18.5% of families had incomes below the federal poverty line; 30.0% of this group were under the age of 18 and 17.8% were 65 and older.
Urban area Country Built-up land area (km 2) Population Urban population density (per km 2) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (Bay Area) United States: 26,390 9,710,000 953 New York City (New York City Metropolitan Area) United States: 12,093 20,902,000 1,728 Boston–Providence United States: 9,539 7,340,000 769 Tokyo–Yokohama Japan: 8,231 ...
The skyscrapers of Center City, Philadelphia, the downtown part of the city, from the South Street Bridge. New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile. Population.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 533 square miles (1,380 km 2), of which 523 square miles (1,350 km 2) is land and 10 square miles (26 km 2) (2.0%) is water. [38] Albany County is in the east central part of New York, extending southward and westward from the point where the Mohawk River joins the Hudson River ...