2. LOCATION

3. NEW YORK Capital: Albany State abbreviation/Postal code: N.Y./NY Nickname: Empire State Origin of name: In honor of the Duke of York New York was the 11 th state in the USA; it became a state on July 26, 1788.

4. NEW YORK Area - 54,475 square miles [New York is the 27th largest state in the USA] Population - 18,976,457 (as of 2000) [New York is the third most populous state in the USA, after California and Texas27th largest state18,976,457California Texas Name for Residents - New Yorkers State Fruit: Apple State Animal: Beaver State Fish: Trout State Tree: Sugar Maple

5. MAIN PRODUCTS New York's agricultural outputs are dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, and apples. Its industrial outputs are printing and publishing, scientific instruments, electric equipment, machinery, chemical products, and tourism.agriculturaldairycattle livestockvegetablesnurseryapplespublishingchemicaltourism

6. SUGAR MAPLE BEAVER TROUT

8. NEW YORK FLAG New York's official flag was adopted in 1901. The flag has a deep blue background. It pictures Liberty (she symbolizes freedom) and Justice (she symbolizes justice before the law). Liberty is holding a pole with a liberty cap, and has a discarded crown at her feet (which represents freedom from Britain after the Revolutionary War). Justice is blindfolded and is holding the scales of justice. A shield between them pictures the sun, hills, and 2 boats sailing on the Hudson River. Over the shield there is a globe and a bald eagle. Under them all is a white, flowing ribbon that reads "EXCELSIOR."

9. 19,490,297304,059,724 New York's Five Boroughs at a Glance JurisdictionPopulationLand Area Borough of...County of estimate forsquare 1-Jul-08mileskm 1. Manhattan New York1,634,7952359 2. Brooklyn Kings2,556,59871183 3. Queens Queens2,293,007109283 4. the Bronx Bronx1,391,90342109 5. Staten Island Richmond487,40758151 City of New York 8,363,710303786 State of New York 19,490,29747,214122,284 Source: United States Census Bureau [74][75][76]

10. STATE FLOWER The rose, in all its variety and color, was made the State flower in 1955. Roses have been appreciated throughout the centuries and are considered one of the most popular and widely cultivated flowers in the world today, with over 150 species and more than 20,000 hybrids available.

11. STATE BIRD BLUE BIRD

12. IMPORTANT PEOPLE Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 27, 1858 (he was the 26th US President, serving from 1901 to 1909). Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park on January 30, 1882 (he was the 32th US President, serving from 1933 to 1945).

13. IMPORTANT PEOPLE Michael Jeffery Jordan basketball player, Brooklyn Barbra Streisand singer, actress, NYC