New York City NYC, often called the City of New York or simply New York NY, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over about 302.6 square miles 784 km2, New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the U.S. state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Source: Wikipedia