The counties and county groupings constituting the New York metropolitan area are listed below, with 2010 census figures:
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget utilizes two definitions of the urbanized area: the m… See more

The area is frequently divided into the following subregions:
• New York City (the primary urban center of the metropolitan region, comprising five boroughs, one of which is Manhattan, the geographic… See more

The geographical, cultural, and economic center of the metropolitan area is New York City, the most populous city in the United States and has been described as the capital of the world. The city consists of five boroughs, … See more

During the Wisconsinan glaciation, the region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the geologic … See more

As of the 2010 Census, the metropolitan area had a population of 22,085,649. The population density was 1,865 per square mile. The racial markup was 51.7% White (non-Latino), 21.7% Latino, 15.3% African-American, … See more