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Seal of New York
The bluebird is the state bird of New York.
The bluebird is the state bird of New York.
The rose is the state flower of New York.
The rose is the state flower of New York.
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Category: Geography & Travel
Capital:
Albany
Population:
(2020) 20,201,249; (2023 est.) 19,571,216
Governor:
Kathy Hochul (Democrat)
Date Of Admission:
July 26, 17882
U.S. Senators:
Charles E. Schumer (Democrat)
Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat)
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New York, constituent state of the United States of America, one of the 13 original colonies and states. New York is bounded to the west and north by Lake Erie, the Canadian province of Ontario, Lake Ontario, and the Canadian province of Quebec; to the east by the New England states of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey; and to the south by Pennsylvania. The capital is Albany. Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading state in nearly all population, cultural, and economic indexes. Its displacement by California beginning in ...(100 of 8095 words)

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