New York
Became a state: July 26, 1788 (11th state)
Area: 54,520 sq mi (ranked 27th in size)
Population: 18,976,457 (ranked 3rd in population)
Capital: Albany
Largest City: New York City (population 8,214,426)
Bordering States: Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (water border)
Origin of state name: New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. The state was a colony of Great Britain until it became independent on July 4, 1776.
State Nickname: The Empire State
State Bird: Eastern Bluebird
State Flower: Rose
State Tree: Sugar Maple
State Gemstone: Garnet
Trivia: Woodstock Music & Art Fair (aka Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha, 0.94 mi²) dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel, in Sullivan County, is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, in adjoining Ulster County.
During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of 500,000 concert-goers. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most pivotal moments in popular music history and was listed among Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.
Abbreviation: NY
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