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BASIC INFORMATION
New York
Geographic Entities 2010 Census Census 2000 Features 2010 Census
American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Areas 11 11 Address Range-Feature Names 1,581,376
Block Groups 15,464 15,079 Address Ranges 1,356,672
Census Blocks 350,169 298,506 Area Landmarks 5,293
Census Tracts 4,919 4,907 A
rea Water 23,628
Congressional Districts (108th - 112th) 29 29 Edges 1,624,291
Counties and Equivalents 62 62 Feature Names 1,566,022
County Subdivisions 1,023 1,022 Linear Water 46,742
Elementary School Districts 14 43 Point Landmarks 20,309
Places 1,189 1,050 Primary and Secondary Roads 12,217
Secondary School Districts 3 3 Roads 445,948
State Legislative Districts (Lower) 150 150 Topological Faces 513,587
State Legislative Districts (Upper) 62 61 Topological Faces - Area Hydrography 39,897
Unified School Districts 669 676 Topological Faces - Area Landmarks 18,890
Voting Districts 14,926 13,374
2010 Census Population: 19,378,102 (3
rd
)
Land Area: 47,126.4 square miles (30
th
)
Density: 411.2 persons per square mile (7
th
)
Capital: Albany
Became a State: July 26, 1788 (11
th
)
HISTORY
The area of New York was part of the original territory of the United States. When
originally chartered in 1664, it included a much larger area. A portion was sold to
create New Jersey in 1664, and title claims were ceded in 1682 to Delaware an
d
Pennsylvania. In 1780, New York ceded area to the United States that became part
of the Northwest Territory in 1787. New York ratified the U.S. Constitution on July
26, 1788; it was the 11
th
of the original 13 states to join the Union. In 1791, New
York consented to the statehood separation of Vermont; in 1792, it sold area
along Lake Erie (the Erie Triangle) to Pennsylvania, to assume generally
the same
boundary as the present state.
Census data for New York are available beginning with the 1790 census. The 1790
census data do not include population included in present-day Pennsylvania or
Vermont. These areas were enumerated as parts of those states, although the Erie
Triangle and all of the state of Vermont legally were part of New York at the time
of the census.
AMERICAN INDIAN AREAS
New York has eight federally recognized American Indian reservations. There is
one tribal designated statistical area (TDSA). There are also two state recognized
reservations.
Bordering States: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
International Border: Canada
Abbreviation: NY
ANSI/FIPS Code: 36
METROPOLITAN AND MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND RELATED
STATISTICAL AREAS
New York has 12 metropolitan statistical areas, 15 micropolitan statistical areas, 2
metropolitan divisions, and 6 combined statistical areas.
COUNTIES
There are 62 counties in New York. The five counties that comprise New York city
(Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond) are governmentally consolidated
with the city. The remaining 57 counties are functioning governmental units, each
governed by a board of supervisors, county legislature, board of representatives, a
legislative board, or a board of legislators.
COUNTY SUBDIVISIONS
There are 1,023 county subdivisions in New York known as minor civil divisions
(MCDs). There are 932 towns with functioning, but not necessarily active
governmental units.
PLACES
New York has 1,189 places; 617 incorporated places and 572 census designated
places. The incorporated places consist of 62 cities and 555 villages. Ci
ties are
independent of any town or American Indian reservation. Villages are dependent
within county subdivision.
