New York

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New York
State
State of New York
Banner Seal
Eik-name(s):  The Empire State
Motto(s):  Excelsior (in Laitin)[1] Ever upward
Anthem: "I Love New York"
Map o the Unitit States wi New York hielichted
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Province o New York
Admittit tae the Union	26 Julie 1788 (11t)
Caipital	Albany
Lairgest ceety	New York Ceety
Lairgest metro	New York metropolitan aurie
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Andrew Cuomo (D)
• Lieutenant Governor	Kathy Hochul (D)
Legislatur	State Legislatur
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	State Assemmly
Judiciar	New York Coort o Appeals
U.S. senators	Chuck Schumer (D) Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
U.S. Hoose delegation	21 Democrats 5 Republicans 1 Vacant (leet)
Area
• Total	141,300 km2 (54,555[2] sq mi)
Area rank	27t
Dimensions
• Length	530 km (330 mi)
• Width	455 km (285 mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Highest elevation (Mount Marcy[3][4][5])	1,629 m (5,344 ft)
Lowest elevation (Atlantic Ocean[4][5])	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	19,453,561[6]
• Rank	4th
• Density	159/km2 (416.42/sq mi)
• Density rank	7th
• Median hooseaud income	$64894[7]
• Income rank	15th
Demonym(s)	New Yorker
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Nane
• Spoken leid	Inglis 69.6% Spaingie 15.2% Cheenese 3.1% French 1.6% Roushie 1.2% Italian 0.9% Yiddish 0.7% Hindi/Urdu 0.6% Arabic 0.5% Korean 0.5%[8]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastren)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
USPS abbreviation	NY
ISO 3166 code	US-NY
Trad. abbreviation	N.Y.
Latitude	40° 30′ N to 45° 1′ N
Longitude	71° 51′ W to 79° 46′ W
Website	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.

1. ↑ "New York State Motto". New York State Library. 29 Januar 2001. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2007. Archived 2009-05-24 at the Library of Congress Web Archives
2. ↑ "Land and Water Area of States (2000)". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2008.
3. ↑ "Marcy". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived frae the original on 1 Februar 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
6. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. 29 Januar 2020. Retrieved 29 Januar 2020.
7. ↑ "Median Annual Household Income—2017". Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2019. Retrieved 8 Apryle 2019.
8. ↑ "Language spoken at home by ability to speak English for the population 5 years and over—2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". Archived frae the original on 13 Februar 2020. Retrieved 24 Januar 2016. Archived 2020-02-13 at Archive.today