The New York metropolitan area includes the most populous city in the United States (New York City); counties comprising Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley in New York State; the six largest cities in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, Trenton, and Clifton) and their vicinities; six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut (Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury), as well as their vicinities; and Pike County, Pennsylvania.
As per the 2010 Census, the New York City metropolitan area continues to be the most populous in the United States, by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definition (18.9 million) and the Combined Statistical Area (CSA) definition (22.1 million); it is also one of the most populous in the world. The MSA covers 6,720 sq mi (17,405 km2), while the CSA area is 11,842 sq mi (30,671 km2), encompassing an ethnically and geographically diverse region. As a center of many industries including finance, international trade, media and entertainment, tourism, biotechnology, and manufacturing, it is one of the most important economic regions in the world.
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