Remains of Early New York

The New York metropolitan area, also called the Tri-State area and sometimes referred to as Greater New York or Metro New York, is the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a gross metropolitan product of over US $2.6 trillion. It is also the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km2). Among the most populous metro areas in the world, New York is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the only one with more than 20 million residents, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. The core of this vast area, the New York metropolitan statistical area, includes New York City and much of Downstate New York (Long Island as well as the lower Hudson Valley), northern and central New Jersey (including that state's eleven largest municipalities), and Southwestern Connecticut. Broader definitions of the metropolitan area include the satellite cities of Poughkeepsie, New York; Trenton, New Jersey; and New Haven, Connecticut and their suburbs. The urban region's combined statistical area also includes portions of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The New York metropolitan area's coastline constitutes one of the fastest-warming urban ocean shorelines in the world. The New York metropolitan statistical area was in 2020 the most populous in the United States, with 20.1 million residents, or slightly over 6% of the nation's total population. The combined statistical area includes 23.6 million residents as of 2020. It is one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world.