New York

State o New York
State o New York
Banner	Seal
	Nickname(s): The Empire State
	Motto(s): Excelsior (in Laitin); Ever upward
	State sang(s): "I Love New York"
Offeecial leid	None
Spoken leids	Inglis 69.6%; Spaingie 15.1%; Cheenese 3.1%; French 1.6%; Roushie 1.2%; Italian 0.9%; Yiddish 0.7%; Hindi/Urdu 0.6%; Arabic 0.5%; Japanese 0.5%; Korean 0.5%;
Demonym	New Yorker
Caipital	Albany
Lairgest ceety	New York Ceety
Lairgest metro	New York metropolitan aurie
Aurie	Ranked 27t
• Tot	54,555 sq mi ; (141,300 km2)
• Width	285 miles (455 km)
• Lenth	330 miles (530 km)
• % watter	13.5
• Latitude	40° 30′ N tae 45° 1′ N
• Longitude	71° 51′ W tae 79° 46′ W
Population	Ranked 4t
• Tot	19,542,209 (2018 est.)
• Density	416.42/sq mi (159/km2); Ranked 7t
• Median hoosehauld income	$58,005 (2016) (23rd)
Elevation
• Heichest pynt	Munt Marcy; 5,344 ft (1,629 m)
• Mean	1,000 ft (300 m)
• Lawest pynt	Atlantic Ocean; sea level
Afore statehuid	Province o New York
Admission to Union	26 Julie 1788 (11th)
Govrenor	Andrew Cuomo (D)
Lieutenant Governor	Kathy Hochul (D)
Legislatur	New York Legislatur
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	State Assembly
U.S. Senators	Chuck Schumer (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D);
U.S. Hoose delegation	21 Democrats; 6 Republicans; (leet)
Time zone	Eastren: UTC −5/−4
ISO 3166	US-NY
Abbreviations	NY, N.Y.
Wabsteid	www.ny.gov

New York (/njuː ˈjɔrk/; locally [nɪu ˈjoək] or [nuː ˈjɔrk]) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic an Northeastren regions o the Unitit States an is the nation's thrid maist populous. The state haes laundmairches wi New Jersey an Pennsylvania tae the sooth, an Connecticut, Massachusetts an Vermont tae the east. The state haes a maritime mairch wi Rhode Island east o Long Island, as weel as an international mairch wi the Canadian provinces o Ontario tae the wast, an Quebec tae the north. New York is aft referred tae as New York State tae distinguish it frae New York Ceety.

New York Ceety, whilk is geographically the lairgest ceety in the state an maist populous in the Unitit States, is weel-kent for its history as a yett for immigration tae the Unitit States o Americae an its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, an manufacturin centre. Accordin tae the U.S. Department o Commerce, it is a destination o chyce for mony fremd veesitors an aw. Baith state an ceety war named efter the 17t century Duke o York, James Stuart, futur James VII o Scotland an II o Ingland.

In the bygane New York wis cried New Amsterdam, an wis pairt o the New Netherlands acause the Dutch that conquered an bocht it oreeginally. The Inglis made weir tae tak it ower an American sodgers an aw: the Inglis won the battle.