New York metropolitan area
Population rank Urbanized area State ( s ) 2010 population
1 New York-Newark NY - NJ - CT 18,351,295
48 Bridgeport-Stamford CT - NY 923,311
61 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA - NJ 664,651
72 New Haven CT 562,839
89 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh NY 423,566
128 Trenton NJ 296,668
185 Waterbury CT 194,535
201 Danbury CT - NY 168,136
429 Twin Rivers-Hightstown NJ 64,037
453 Middletown NY 58,381
457 Kingston NY 57,442
Geography -- Urban areas of the region
Downtown Stamford in Fairfield County , Connecticut The New Haven Green Historic District in Connecticut was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1970 . [ 75 ] The combined statistical area is a multicore metropolitan region containing several urban areas . Aerial view of Newark , Essex County , New Jersey 's most populous city Public Library in Yonkers , Westchester County , New York Barnum Museum in Bridgeport , Fairfield County , Connecticut 's most populous city Paterson , Passaic County , New Jersey , known as the `` Silk City '' , [ 76 ] seen here from Garret Mountain Reservation , is a prime destination for a diverse pool of international immigrants . [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Allentown in Lehigh County is Pennsylvania 's largest city within the New York metropolitan area .
The New York metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, at 4,585 sq mi (11,880 km2). The metropolitan area includes New York City (the most populous city in the United States), Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of New York; the five largest cities in New Jersey: Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison, and their vicinities; and six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut: Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury, and their vicinities. The New York metropolitan area remains, by a significant margin, the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (20.3 million residents in 2017) and the Combined Statistical Area (23.7 million residents in 2016). It is the largest urban agglomeration in the Americas and the tenth largest in the world. The New York metropolitan area continues to be the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States, with the largest foreign-born population of any metropolitan region in the world. The MSA covers 6,720 sq mi (17,405 km2), while the CSA area is 13,318 sq mi (34,493 km2), encompassing an ethnically and geographically diverse region. The New York metropolitan area's population is larger than that of the state of New York, and the metropolitan airspace accommodated over 130 million passengers in 2016. As a center of many industries, including finance, fintech, international trade, news and traditional media, real estate, education, fashion, entertainment, tourism, biotechnology, law, and manufacturing, the New York City metropolitan region is one of the most important economic regions in the world; in 2015, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of nearly US$1.60 trillion, while in 2015, the CSA had a GMP of over US$1.83 trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only nine nations and seven nations, respectively. In 2012, the New York metropolitan area was also home to seven of the 25 wealthiest counties in the United States by median household income, according to the American Community Survey. According to Forbes, in 2014, the New York City metropolitan area was home to eight of the top ten ZIP codes in the United States by median housing price, with six in Manhattan alone. The New York Metropolitan Area also houses five of the top ten richest places in America, according to Bloomberg. These are Scarsdale, NY; Short Hills, NJ; Old Greenwich, CT; Bronxville, NY; and Darien, CT.