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New York Metropolitan Area - Definition and Overview |
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The metropolitan area of New York City, also called Greater New York or Greater New York City encompasses the New York--Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY--NJ--CT--PA Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA). The total population of the New York Metropolitan Area is 21,199,865 (as of 2000).
The metropolitan area includes New York City, most of northern New Jersey, nine counties in New York State, southwestern Connecticut, and a small part of Pennsylvania.
Populations of counties and cites within the metropolis
New York and Pennsylvania
- Dutchess County, New York — 280,150
- Long Island, NY — 2,753,913
- New York, NY — 8,008,278
- Bronx County, New York — 1,332,650
- Kings County, New York — 2,465,326
- New York County, New York — 1,537,195
- Putnam County, New York — 95,745
- Queens County, New York — 2,229,379
- Richmond County, New York — 443,728
- Rockland County, New York — 286,753
- -PA — 387,669
- Orange County, New York — 341,367
- Pike County, Pennsylvania — 46,302
New Jersey
- Bergen-Passaic, NJ — 1,373,167
- Jersey City, NJ — 608,975
- Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ — 1,169,641
- Monmouth-Ocean, NJ — 1,126,217
- Newark, NJ — 2,032,989
- Essex County, New Jersey — 793,633
- Morris County, New Jersey — 470,212
- Sussex County, New Jersey — 144,166
- Union County, New Jersey — 522,541
- Warren County, New Jersey — 102,437
- Trenton, NJ — 350,761
Connecticut
- Bridgeport area, CT — 459,479
- Danbury area, CT — 217,980
- New Haven-Meriden, CT — 542,149
- Middlesex County, Connecticut (part) — 19,112
- New Haven County, Connecticut (part) — 523,037
- Bethany — 5,040
- Branford — 28,683
- Cheshire — 28,543
- East Haven — 28,189
- Guilford — 21,398
- Hamden — 56,913
- Madison — 17,858
- Meriden — 58,244
- New Haven — 123,626
- North Branford — 13,906
- North Haven — 23,035
- Orange — 13,233
- Wallingford — 43,026
- West Haven — 52,360
- Woodbridge — 8,983
- Stamford-Norwalk, CT — 353,556
- Waterbury area, CT — 228,984
New York PSMA
Total : 12,068,148
- Long Island, NY — 2,753,913
- New York City, NY — 8,008,278
- Bronx County, New York — 1,332,650
- Kings County, New York — 2,465,326
- New York County, New York — 1,537,195
- Queens County, New York — 2,229,379
- Richmond County, New York — 443,728
- Rockland County, New York — 286,753
- Westchester County, New York — 923,459
- Putnam County, New York — 95,745
Source: [1] (http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t3.html), Table 1.
See also: United States metropolitan area
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Example Usage of Metropolitan |
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mercurie80: @impossiblecat That's only a little under twice the population of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area alone! |
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