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In 1609, Henry Hudson, who worked for the Dutch East India Company, sailed up the river that now bears his
name and went as far as Albany. Five years later, a permanent settlement was established at what is now New York, but it was
originally called New Amsterdam by the Dutch governors. One of them, Peter Minuit, was said to have bought Manhattan Island
from the Indians in exchange for $24, beads, buttons, and trinkets.
Total City Population
8,008,278
Total - 18,750,415
City Black Population
2,129,762 (26.6%)
City Hispanic Population
2,160,554 (27.0%)
City Asian Population
787,047 (9.8%)
City Highlights
Times Square
Brooklyn Zoo
The Apollo Theatre
The United Nations
Colleges and Universities
New York University
Columbia
University
City University of New York
Fordham University
Hofstra University
St. John's University
Syracuse
University
Major Companies HQ
Citibank
Verizon Communications
NYSE
Rockefeller Group
Pro Sports
Teams
New York Mets
New York Yankees
New York Jets
New York Giants
New York Rangers
New York Islanders
Local Area Celebrities
James Baldwin
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Harry Belafonte
Michael Jordan
Median
Income
$40,450
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