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The Bronx
is the northmaist o the five
burghs
o
New York Ceety
. Coextensive wi
Bronx Coonty
, it wis the last o the 62
counties
o
New York State
tae be incorporatit. Locatit north o
Manhattan
an
Queens
, an sooth o
Westchester Coonty
, the Bronx is the anerlie burgh that is locatit primarily on the
mainland
(a vera sma portion o Manhattan, the
Marble Hill
neebourheid, is pheesically locatit on the mainland, due tae the reroutin o the
Harlem River
in 1897). The Bronx's population is 1,455,444 in 2015,
[1]
The burgh haes a laund aurie o 42 square mile (109 km
2
), makkin it the fowert-lairgest in laund aurie o the five burghs, the fowert maist populatit, an the third-heichest in
densitie o population
.
[2]
[3]
- ↑
a
b
"State & County QuickFacts ? Bronx County (Bronx Borough), New York"
. United States Census Bureau. Archived frae
the original
on 18 Julie 2011
. Retrieved
24 Mairch
2016
.
- ↑
U.S. Census Bureau
,
County and City Data Book:2007
Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 12, 2008. New York County (Manhattan) wis the naition's densest-populatit coonty, follaeed bi Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County, Queens County an San Francisco, Californie.
- ↑
While the Bronx haes an aurie o anerlie 42 square mile (109 km
2
), it haes mair residents than the 665,000 square mile (1,700,000 km
2
) o
Alaska
an
Wyoming
combined, accordin tae Table 348 o the
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008
Rankit auries o the burghs frae
U.S. Census Bureau
,
County and City Data Book:2007
Table B-1, Area and Population, retrieved on July 13, 2008.