New York metropolitan aurie
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Metropolitan aurie | |
New York-Newark-Bridgeport New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area (CSA) | |
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| Coordinates: 40°48′31″N 74°1′13.39″W / 40.80861°N 74.0203861°W | |
| Kintra |  Unitit States |
| States |  New York,  New Jersey,  Connecticut,  Pennsylvania |
| Lairgest ceety | New York Ceety |
| Ither Ceeties | Newark Jersey Ceety Yonkers Paterson Bridgeport Elizabeth Stamford New Haven Waterbury Clifton Norwalk Danbury New Rochelle Passaic |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30,670 km2 (11,842 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 509 m (509-0 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 22,085,649 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Ranked 1st in the US | |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 212, 646 917, 718, 347, 917, 929, 516, 631, 914, 845, 570, 203, 201, 551, 862, 973 |
The New York metropolitan area, kent as Metropolitan New York, Greater New York, or the Tri-State area an aa, is the maist populous metropolitan area in the Unitit States an is ane o the maist populous in the warld an aa. The metropolitan area is defined bi the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical area (MSA), wi a population o 18,897,109 as o the 2010 census.[1] (aboot 1 in 16 Americans) as o 2010. The MSA is further subdividit intae fower metropolitan diveesions. The 23-coonty metropolitan area includes ten coonties in New York State (those coincidin wi the five burghs o New York Ceety, the twa coonties o Long Island, an three coonties in the lawer Hudson Valley); 12 coonties in Northren an Central New Jersey; an ane coonty in northeastren Pennsylvania. The lairgest urbanised area in the Unitit States is at the heart of the metropolitan area, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT Urbanised area (estimatit tae hae a population o 18,319,939 as o 2008 an an area o 6,720 square miles). The region serves as the hert o the Northeast megalopolis an aa.
This wider region includes the lairgest ceety in the Unitit States (New York Ceety), the five lairgest ceeties in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey Ceety, Elizabeth, Paterson an Trenton) an sax o the seiven lairgest ceeties in Connecticut (Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk & Danbury). The total land area o the extendit metropolitan area is 11,842 sq mi (30,671 km2).
Definitions
[eedit | eedit soorce]The coonties an coonty groupins constitutin the New York metropolitan area are leetit belaw wi 2009 U.S. Census Bureau estimates o their populations.
New York-Northren New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical area (19,069,796)
- New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Diveesion (11,732,233)
- Kings Coonty (Brooklyn), NY
- Queens Conty, NY
- New York Coonty (Manhattan), NY
- Bronx Coonty, NY
- Richmond Coonty (Staten Island), NY
- Westchester Coonty, NY
- Bergen Coonty, NJ
- Hudson County, NJ
- Passaic Coonty, NJ
- Rockland Coonty, NY
- Putnam Coonty, NY
- Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Diveesion (2,875,904)
- Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (2,335,390)
- Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Diveesion (2,126,269)
Cultur
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sports teams
[eedit | eedit soorce]Leetin o the professional sports teams in the New York metropolitan area
- National Basketball Association (NBA)
- Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
- Major League Baseball (MLB)
- New York Mets
- New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium is the hame o the New York Yankees
- Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
- Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB)
- National Football League (NFL)
- National Hockey League (NHL)
- American Hockey League (AHL)
- East Coast Hockey League (ECHL)
- Major League Soccer (MLS)
- Arena Football League (AFL)
- Major League Lacrosse (ootdoor) (MLL)
- World Team Tennis (WTT)
Media
[eedit | eedit soorce]The New York Ceety metropolitan area is the heidquarters o sindry weel kent media companies, sic as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fox News, ABC, CBS an NBC. Local television channels include WCBS-TV (CBS 2), WNBC (NBC 4), WNYW (Fox 5), WWOR (MyNetwork), WABC (ABC), WPIX (The CW), WPXN (Ion), WNET (PBS), NY1, an NYCTV. Radio stations servin the area include: WNYC, WFMU, WABC, an WFAN. Efter the World Trade Center wis destroyed, frae whilk mony broadcastin TV an radio stations uised tae transmit their signals, the Empire State Building wis waled as the new location tae transmit their signals.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Population Change for the Ten Most Populous and Fastest Growing Metropolitan Statiscal Areas: 2000 to 2010" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Mairch 2011. p. 6. Retrieved 12 Apryle 2011.