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panning more than 200 miles to the Canadian border and 400 miles west to the Great Lakes, vast portions of New York State pose absolutely no

resemblance to the world famous New York City. East of Manhattan is Long Island, the largest island adjoining the continental U.S. with miles of suburbs and beaches.

To the north, the Hudson River is a setting of small towns and country estates. Albany – the state capital, is the beginning the upstate area which include the Adirondacks, farmlands and lively small cities.

The first settlers in the area now known as the State of New York were Dutch settlers in the colony known as New Amsterdam, beginning in 1613. The English traded the modern-day country of Suriname for New Amsterdam in 1664; they renamed it New York, after the Duke of York, the future King James II. New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. It was the 11th state to ratify the United States Constitution, on July 26, 1788.

New York was the third largest state in population after California and Texas. It contains the country's largest Dominican population (concentrated in Upper Manhattan) and largest Puerto Rican population (concentrated in the Bronx).

Brooklyn and the Bronx are home to many Black Americans and Queens has a large population of Latin American origin, as well as the state's largest Asian-American population.

Italian-Americans make up the largest ancestral group in Staten Island and Long Island, followed by Irish-Americans. Manhattan's leading ancestry group is Irish-Americans, followed by Italian-Americans.

Albany and southeast-central New York are heavily Irish-American. In Buffalo and western New York, German-Americans are the largest group; in the northern tip of the state, French-Canadians.

Overall, 62 percent of New Yorkers are White, while almost 16 percent are Black American. Fifteen percent are Hispanic and almost six percent of the state’s residents are Asian.

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