New York City

:This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, New York (disambiguation) and New York.

Trivia

• New York City finally reached the 8 million population mark in the 2000 census; the population had crossed the 7 million mark in the 1940 census.
• With over 8 million residents, New York City has a larger population than 39 US states. It has more than twice the population of Los Angeles, the second largest city in the country, and more than 27 times the population of Buffalo, the second largest city in the state of New York.
• If each borough — Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island — were to become an independent city, they would rank as the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, and 42nd largest cities in the U.S., respectively.
• Approximately two out of five New York State residents live in New York City.
• The official name of New York City is just New York, it is called New York City to distinguish it from the state, thus addresses (specifically in Manhattan) are listed as New York, New York, not New York City, New York. It is the only city in the US that shares the exact same name as the state it is in.