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LOCATION

NEW YORK

Capital: Albany State abbreviation/Postal code: N.Y./NY Nickname: Empire State Origin of name: In honor of the Duke of York

New York was the 11th state in the USA; it became a state on July 26, 1788.

NEW YORK Area - 54,475 square miles [New York is the

27th largest state in the USA]Population - 18,976,457 (as of 2000) [New York is the third most populous state in the USA, after California and Texas

Name for Residents - New YorkersState Fruit: Apple

State Animal: Beaver State Fish: Trout State Tree: Sugar Maple

MAIN PRODUCTS New York's agricultural outputs are dairy products, cattle and other

livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, and apples. Its industrial outputs are printing and publishing, scientific instruments, electric equipment, machinery, chemical products, and tourism.

•SUGAR MAPLE

BEAVER TROUT

NEW YORK FLAG New York's official flag was adopted in

1901. The flag has a deep blue background. It pictures Liberty (she symbolizes freedom) and Justice (she symbolizes justice before the law). Liberty is holding a pole with a liberty cap, and has a discarded crown at her feet (which represents freedom from Britain after the Revolutionary War). Justice is blindfolded and is holding the scales of justice. A shield between them pictures the sun, hills, and 2 boats sailing on the Hudson River. Over the shield there is a globe and a bald eagle. Under them all is a white, flowing ribbon that reads "EXCELSIOR."

19,490,297 304,059,724

New York's Five Boroughs at a Glance

Jurisdiction Population Land Area

Borough of... County of

estimate for square square

1-Jul-08 miles km

1. Manhattan New York 1,634,795 23 59

2. Brooklyn Kings 2,556,598 71 183

3. Queens Queens 2,293,007 109 283

4. the Bronx Bronx 1,391,903 42 109

5. Staten Island Richmond 487,407 58 151

City of New York 8,363,710 303 786

State of New York 19,490,297 47,214 122,284

Source: United States Census Bureau [74][75][76]

STATE FLOWER

The rose, in all its variety and color, was made the State flower in 1955. Roses have been appreciated throughout the centuries and are considered one of the most popular and widely cultivated flowers in the world today, with over 150 species and more than 20,000 hybrids available.

STATE BIRDBLUE BIRD

IMPORTANT PEOPLE Theodore Roosevelt was born in

New York City on October 27, 1858 (he was the 26th US President, serving from 1901 to 1909).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park on January 30, 1882 (he was the 32th US President, serving from 1933 to 1945).

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

Michael Jeffery Jordan basketball player, Brooklyn

Barbra Streisand singer, actress, NYC