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  2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory, which delayed Michigan's admission to the Union. Texas annexation, the 1845 incorporation of the Republic of Texas into ...

  3. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Contents. New York (state) (2023) New York, also called New York State, [ b ] is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada, and the Great Lakes. [ c ] With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most ...

  4. List of colleges and universities in New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    State University of New York at Morrisville. State University of New York Maritime College. SUNY Comprehensive Colleges. Buffalo State University. Empire State University, Saratoga Springs. State University of New York at Brockport. State University of New York at Cortland. State University of New York at Fredonia.

  5. New York State Thruway - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially "the Thruway") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.

  6. Demographics of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    In age demographics: 6.5% of New York's population were under 5 years of age, 24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Females made up 51.8% of the population. New York state has a fluctuating population growth rate, it has experienced some shrinkage in the 1970s and 1980s, but milder growth in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.

  7. List of U.S. states and territories by historical population

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    As the United States has grown in area and population, new states have been formed out of U.S. territories or the division of existing states. The population figures provided here reflect modern state boundaries. Shaded areas of the tables indicate census years when a territory or the part of another state had not yet been admitted as a new state.

  8. New York State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Capitol, the seat of the New York state government, is located in Albany, the capital city of the U.S. state of New York. The capitol building is part of the Empire State Plaza complex on State Street in Capitol Park. Housing the New York State Legislature, the building was completed in 1899 at a cost of US$25 million ...

  9. Government of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.