+ New York State

+ Aimee Welton ELED 3140 October 18, 2011

+ Population Densities New York State’s population is almost 19.4 million people – ranked number 3 in the country behind California and Texas New York City houses almost half of that with a population of almost 8.1 million residents. New York City is by far the most populous city in the country. The next largest city is Los Angeles with 3.8 million people. Tennessee’s largest city is Memphis with 676 thousand inhabitants The next largest city in New York State is Buffalo with 261 thousand residents. In comparison Knoxville has 185 thousand residents

+ Albany is the state capital because it was the location of the first Dutch settlement in New York – Fort Orange Almost 98 thousand people live in Albany Albany is located close to the eastern border almost in the middle of the state State Capital building

+ State History Italian Giovanni da Verrazano, sailing for France, discovered New York Bay in Verrazano-Narrows Bridge 1624, Fort Orange established, first permanent Dutch settlement in what is now Albany Fort Orange Dutch settlers purchased Manhattan Island from the Algonquin indians for trinkets - they called it New Amsterdam 1664 – English conquered New York and made it a colony 1776 – New York declared independence and became 11th of the original 13 states of the federal union – First capital of the United States – George Washington inaugurated here New York is famous for many things: Ellis Island, The Erie Canal, Broadway, Wall Street, Niagra Falls, The Statue of Liberty, NYPD – New York’s finest, The Empire State Building, The first women’s rights convention, Buffalo chicken wings, The Catskill and Adirondack Mountains…

+ Fast Facts Statehood – July 26, 1788 Motto – Excelsior – Ever Upward State bird – Bluebird State Flower – Rose State Tree – Sugar Maple State Capital - Albany

+ New York State Agriculture In comparison Tennessee’s agriculture only ranks in the top 10 nationally for the production of Tobacco which comes in 4th Agriculture Facts Milk is leading agricultural product of New York National rankings for crop production 2 nd Pumpkins, apples, maple syrup 3 rd Wine and juice grapes, cabbage 4 th Tart Cherries, Pears, Sweet corn, snap beans 5 th Fresh Market Veggies

+ The Economy of New York State Tennessee shares one economic strength with New York State - Tourism Largest % of jobs are in the service sector Leads the country in number of fortune 500 companies 8 of top 10 securities firms (stocks/bonds) NYC’s biggest industry is publishing Tourism, fashion, entertainment, telecommunications, and finance are some of the leading money makers in the state Manufacturing includes: Printed materials, apparel, food, machinery, chemicals, paper, electrical equipment computer equipment The New York Stock Exchange Tourism - Adirondack Mountains

+ Land Mass of New York State 27 th largest state with 54, 555 square miles of land and water Alaska ranks number 1 with 664,988 square miles Tennessee has 42,144 square miles of land and water, ranking number 36 in the nation

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