Historic gateway to the New World, New York City welcomed millions of immigrants ashore at Ellis Island from the 1890s to the 1920s. The nation's most populous metropolis—still a major entry point—is a world center of finance, communications, fashion, and culture. Commerce has long flourished along the Hudson River, and the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 opened up a key trade route to the interior. The St. Lawrence Seaway and power projects in the north have led to industrial expansion in that part of the state.
ECONOMYIndustry: printing and publishing, machinery, computer products, finance, tourism,
Agriculture: dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, apples.Text source:
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition, 2004
