New York metropolitan area
most populous metropolitan area in the United States
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Summary
New York metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area[1]. It ranks in the top 0.64% of metropolitan statistical area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,747 views/month, #1 of 156).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: United States[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Instance of: megacity[5]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: New York City[6], Newark[7], Jersey City[8], Bergen County[9], Sussex County[10], Hudson County[11], Union County[12], Middlesex County[13], Monmouth County[14], Ocean County[15], Rockland County[16], Westchester County[17], Dutchess County[18], Passaic County[19]
- Commons category: New York metropolitan area[20]
- Coordinate location: 40.808611111111, -74.020277777778[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:New York metropolitan area[22]
- Population: 18,897,109[23], 19,940,274[24]
- External data available at URL: https://data.census.gov/profile/New_York-Newark-Jersey_City,_NY-NJ-PA_Metro_Area?g=310XX00US35620[25]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in the New York metropolitan area[26]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the New York metropolitan area[27]
- Native label: New York metropolitan area[28]
- Different from: New York[29], New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area[30]
- Elevation above sea level: 509[31]
- Area: 13,318[32]
- Territory overlaps: New York[33], New Jersey[34], Pennsylvania[35], New York–Jersey City–Newark urban area[36]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity: New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area[37]
Why It Matters
New York metropolitan area has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]