| World Almanac for Kids (5920 words) |
 | NEW YORK, one of the Middle Atlantic states of the U.S., bordered on the N by the Canadian provinces of Ontario and QuÉbec; on the E by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the SE by the Atlantic Ocean; on the S by New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and on the W by Pennsylvania and Ontario. |
| New York was the preeminent U.S. state in commerce and manufacturing from the early 19th century until the late 1960s, when it began to be surpassed by California; in the 1990s it continued to be a leading component of the U.S. economy and remained first in many branches of economic activity. |
| The New York City area, the state’s most important economic hub, contained the world headquarters of some of the nation’s biggest corporations, was one of the world’s principal centers of finance and international trade, and had highly influential broadcasting, publishing, and advertising industries. |
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