The Finger Lakes region, located in the state of New York, is a beautiful and diverse area of America. A Finger Lakes vacation is one you will always remember for many reasons. You can rent a fully equipped cabin on one of the many tributaries of the Finger Lakes and enjoy boating, water skiing, great fishing, and taking in the many sites.
Some of the most scenic roads to drive on can be found in Adirondack Park in New York State. With quaint towns, beautiful scenery, lakes and rivers for fishing and water sports and mountains for skiing it is easy to find plenty to see and do.
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The New York metropolitan area or Tri-State Region is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world. The metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) , with an estimated population of 18,815,988 (roughly 1 in 16 Americans) as of 2007. The MSA is further subdivided into four metropolitan divisions. The 23-county metropolitan area includes ten counties in New York State (those coinciding with the five boroughs of New York City, the two counties of Long Island, and three counties in the lower Hudson Valley); twelve counties in Northern and Central New Jersey; and one county in northeastern Pennsylvania. The largest urbanized area in the United States is at the heart of the metropolitan area, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT Urbanized Area (with a population of 17,799,861 as of the 2000 census).
Based on commuting patterns, the Office of Management and Budget also defines a wider region consisting of the New York metropolitan area plus five adjacent metropolitan areas. The area is known as the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, New York-New Jersey-Connecticut-Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area (CSA) , with an estimated population of 21,961,994 as of 2007. About one out of every fifteen Americans resides in this region, which includes seven additional counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, and is often referred to as the Tri-state Area and less commonly the Tri-State Region (leaving out Pennsylvania). However, the New York City television designated market area (DMA) includes Pike County, Pennsylvania, although no part of Pennsylvania is considered to be part of the New York Metropolitan Area as far as local broadcasting, news, advertising and general public opinion.
This wider region includes the largest city in the United States (New York), the five largest cities in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Paterson and Trenton) and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut (Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk & Danbury). The total land area of the extended metropolitan area is 11,842 sq mi (30,671 km 2 ).
Components of the metropolitan area
The counties and county groupings comprising the New York metropolitan area are listed below with 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates of their populations.
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (18,815,988)
- New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (11,582,569)
- Kings County (Brooklyn), NY (2,986,235)
- Queens County, NY (2,841,600)
- New York County (Manhattan), NY (1,593,200)
- Bronx County, NY (1,357,589)
- Richmond County (Staten Island), NY (464,573)
- Westchester County, NY (940,807)
- Bergen County, NJ (902,561)
- Hudson County, NJ (603,521)
- Passaic County, NJ (499,060)
- Rockland County, NY (292,916)
- Putnam County, NY (100,507)
- Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division (2,808,064)
- Suffolk County (1,474,927)
- Nassau County (1,333,137)
- Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (2,303,709)
- Middlesex County (789,516)
- Monmouth County (635,952)
- Ocean County (558,341)
- Somerset County (319,900)
- Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division (2,152,978)
- Essex County, NJ (791,057)
- Union County, NJ (531,457)
- Morris County, NJ (490,593)
- Sussex County, NJ (153,130)
- Hunterdon County, NJ (130,404)
- Pike County, PA (56,337)
In addition to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, the following Metropolitan Statistical Areas are also included in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (total pop. 21,903,623):
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area (902,775)
- Fairfield County (903,291)
- New Haven-Milford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area (846,766)
- New Haven County (846,766)
- Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (667,742)
- Orange County (372,893)
- Dutchess County (294,849)
- Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area (366,256)
- Mercer County (366,256)
- Torrington, CT Micropolitan Statistical Area (190,071)
- Litchfield County (190,071)
- Kingston, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area (182,693)
- Ulster County (182,693)
The area is frequently categorized and referenced according to geographic factors:
- The Five Boroughs (New York City Proper)
- Long Island (Divided by water from other three suburban regions, but not including Kings and Queens Counties, which, though technically on Long Island, are part of New York City)
- North Jersey (Metropolitan areas found in the state of New Jersey; divided by state line and water from rest of area)
- Hudson Valley (Lower Hudson Valley suburbs of Westchester, Putnam and Rockland Counties; and Mid-Hudson exurbs of Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties; features strictly controlled development north of I-287)
- Connecticut (Only Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties are metropolitan; divided by state line)
All five areas can be (and often are) further divided. For instance, Long Island can be divided into the South and North Shores (usually when speaking about Nassau County), Western Suffolk, and the East End. The Hudson Valley and Connecticut are sometimes grouped together and referred to as the Northern Suburbs, largely because of the shared usage of Metro-North Railroad.
Sixty-three percent of the population (13,730,534) lives in the 43% of the land area that is east of the Ambrose Channel/The Narrows/Hudson River; Thirty-seven percent of the population (8,128,296) lives in the 57% of the land area that is west of the Ambrose Channel/The Narrows/Hudson River.
Urban areas of the region
The combined statistical area is a multicore metropolitan region containing several urban areas.
Principal cities
The following is a list of principal cities in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport Combined Statistical Area with 2005 U.S. Census Bureau estimates of their population. Principal cities are generally those where there is a greater number of jobs than employed residents.
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island MSA
- New York City (8,143,197)
- Newark, New Jersey (280,666)
- Edison, New Jersey (100,499)
- White Plains, New York (56,733)
- Union, New Jersey (55,326)
- Wayne, New Jersey (55,150)
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (50,143)
- Trenton-Ewing MSA
- Trenton, New Jersey (84,639)
- Ewing, New Jersey (37,237)
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA
- Bridgeport, Connecticut (139,008)
- Stamford, Connecticut (120,045)
- Norwalk, Connecticut (84,437)
- Danbury, Connecticut (78,736)
- Stratford, Connecticut (49,943)
- New Haven-Milford MSA
- New Haven, Connecticut (124,791)
- Milford, Connecticut (53,045)
- Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown MSA
- Poughkeepsie, New York (30,355)
- Newburgh, New York (28,548)
- Middletown, New York (26,067)
- Kingston MSA
- Kingston, New York (23,067)
- Torrington Micropolitan Area
- Torrington, Connecticut (35,995)
Transportation
Commuter rail
The metropolitan area is partly defined by the areas from which people commute into New York City. The city is served by three primary commuter train systems plus Amtrak.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), an agency of New York State. It has two major terminals at Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan and Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, with a minor terminal at Long Island City station and a major transfer point at Jamaica station in Queens.
Metro-North Railroad (MNRR), the second busiest commuter railroad in the United States, is also operated by the MTA, but in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation and New Jersey Transit. Its major terminal is Grand
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