New York City

The Big Apple

  • Motto: Ever Upward (Excelsior)

  • Flora: London Plane (Platanus × acerifolia)

  • Fauna: Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

  • Song: "Empire State of Mind"

⭐ New York City, NY

  • Population: 8,804,190

  • Founded: 1624

  • Former State: New York (now Upstate)

  • Counties: New York, Queens, Kings, Bronx, Richmond

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If New York City was admitted as a state today, it would be the 12th largest by population, between New Jersey and Virginia.