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New York City is home to more than two-fifths of the state's population. Albany, the state capital, is the sixth-largest city in the State of New York. The smallest city is Sherrill, New York, in Oneida County.
Five of New York's counties are each coextensive with New York City's five boroughs. They are New York County ( Manhattan ), Kings County ( Brooklyn ), Bronx County ( The Bronx ), Richmond County ( Staten Island ), and Queens County ( Queens ).
Of the 533 villages and 62 cities, there are 590 non-town municipalities in New York, plus five coterminous town-villages, villages that are coterminous with their town. At the time of the 2010 United States Census, [1] the state of New York had 555 villages. [2]
New York, often called New York City or simply NYC, is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs , each of which is coextensive with a respective county .
The vast metropolitan area includes New York City, the nation's most populous city; Long Island; the Mid- and Lower Hudson Valley in the State of New York; fourteen counties and eleven of the largest cities in New Jersey; and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut.
Map of Manhattan, the most densely populated borough of New York City, and the economic, cultural and administrative center of the city. New York City comprises five boroughs, an unusual form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city.
New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area). The state borders six U.S. states : Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Connecticut , Rhode Island (across Long Island Sound ), Massachusetts , and Vermont to the east.
Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely separate and independent of any county.
The following is a series of lists sorted alphabetically of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of New York.
English: Geographic map of New York state in English. Geographic limits of the map: