New York, New York

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The 2000 Census showed that New York had a population of 8,008,278 people^<1>. This represents 42.15% of the total population of New York, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	New York			8,363,710	4.44% increase
2	Hempstead	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	761,101	0.68% increase
3	Brookhaven	E	52 mi [83.7 km]	488,800	9.05% increase
4	Islip	E	39 mi [62.8 km]	336,292	4.24% increase
5	Oyster Bay	E	23 mi [37.01 km]	301,474	2.57% increase
6	Buffalo	NW	296 mi [476.4 km]	270,919	7.42% decrease
7	North Hempstead	NE	16 mi [25.75 km]	226,457	1.73% increase

New York had 3,200,912 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that New York has a total area of 468.9 square miles [1,214 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 303.3 square miles [785 km²]165.6 square miles [428.8 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, New York had a 2000 population density of 26,402 people per square mile [10,194 people/km²], making it the mostly densely populated area in New York.

New York County

The coastal city of New York is primarily located in New York County and is the county seat. A portion of New York extends into Bronx County.

The county had a population of 1,540,610 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 8,008,278 people, New York contained 519% of the New York County total.

In addition, where the community of New York has a population density of 26,402 people per square mile [10,194 people/km²], New York County averages 67,088 people per square mile [25,903 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for New York County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in New York and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on New York. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for New York. Not only does the QuickFact have details about New York, it also contains a comparison between New York and the state of New York.

Click here for the New York QuickFact (QF-3651000).

The following communities are nearby New York and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Hoboken (NJ)	QF-3432250	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	40,577	5.18% increase
	Jersey City (NJ)	QF-3436000	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	241,114	0.44% increase
	Bayonne (NJ)	QF-3403580	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	57,448	7.11% decrease
	Union City (NJ)	QF-3474630	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	62,183	7.31% decrease
	West New York (NJ)	QF-3479610	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	46,472	1.54% increase
	North Bergen (NJ)	QF-3452440	N	10 mi [16.09 km]
	Kearny (NJ)	QF-3436510	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease
	Newark (NJ)	QF-3451000	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	278,980	1.99% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for New York.

A Census Quickfact is available for New York County (QF-34061).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to New York:

New York is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for New York.

The Commemorative Quarter for New York<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) New York. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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