Fast Facts
- Population:
- 19,190,115
- Capital:
- Albany; 93,779
- Area:
- 54,556 square miles (141,299 square kilometers)
- Per Capita Income:
- U.S. $35,708
- Date Statehood Achieved:
- July 26, 1788
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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.
ECONOMY
- Industry: Printing and publishing, machinery, computer products, finance, tourism
- Agriculture: Dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, apples
—Text From National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition
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