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The Northeast > New York > Geography

NEW YORKER GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Land area > Km² 127,190 [30th of 55]
Area > Percentage water 13.46 [13th of 52]
Area > Total area > Km² 141,299 [27th of 56]
Area > Total area > Miles² 54,556 [27th of 56]
Area > Water area > Km² 19,016 [7th of 52]
Capitals > Capital since 1,797
Capitals > Date of statehood 1,788
Capitals > Metropolitan population 1,147,850 [15th of 41]
Capitals > Most populous city No
Capitals > Municipal population 95,993 [32nd of 50]
Geographic centers > Location
26 miles southwest of Utica
Geographic regions
The Northeast
Land Acreage > Total 30.2 million acres [27th of 45]
Land Acreage > Total Cropland 4.3 million acres [25th of 43]
Land Acreage > Total Forest Land 18.4 million acres [12th of 44]
Land Acreage > Total Pasture or Range Land 0.7 million acres [34th of 43]
Land area 47,214 sq mi [30th of 56]
Land borders
Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut; international borders: Canada
Largest cities (with populations) New York City - 8,104,079
May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes > Number 1 [25th of 26]
Mean County Area 2,279.02 sq.km. [23rd of 49]
North American blizzard of 1996 > Snowfall accumulation totals NY
Percentage of area water 13.46% [11th of 50]
State capitals (with populations) Albany - 95,658
Tornadoes > Fatalities 21 [27th of 55]
    Tornadoes > Fatalities (per capita) 1.091 per 1 million people [34th of 55]
Tornadoes > Injuries 170 [30th of 55]
    Tornadoes > Injuries (per capita) 8.829 per 1 million people [42nd of 55]
Tornadoes > Total cost of damage $184,096,880.00 [26th of 55]
    Tornadoes > Total cost of damage (per $ GDP) $2,046.29 per $10 million of GDP [36th of 55]
    Tornadoes > Total cost of damage (per capita) $956.12 per 100 people [36th of 55]
Tornadoes > Total number 249 [30th of 55]
    Tornadoes > Total number (per capita) 1.293 per 100,000 people [44th of 55]
Total area 54,556 sq mi [27th of 50]
US National Historic Landmarks > Number 256 [1st of 51]
US National Historic Landmarks > Number, non-duplicated 255 [1st of 51]
Water area 7,342 sq mi [7th of 50]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by area; Wikipedia: List of capitals in the United States; Wikipedia: Geographic centers of the United States; US Census Bureau.; National Association of State Foresters, 2004.; US Census Bureau, 2006.; Wikipedia: List of May 2004 tornado outbreak sequence tornadoes; Wikipedia: County statistics of the United States; Wikipedia: North American blizzard of 1996; Storm Prediction Center (SPC); Wikipedia: List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state

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