Metropolitan New York Airports
2001 statistics - Metropolitan New York
The New York - New Jersey metropolitan region consists of the five
New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond (Staten
Island), and the Bronx; the four suburban New York counties of Nassau,
Suffolk, Rockland and Westchester; and the eight northern New Jersey counties
of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, and Union.
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COUNTY
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Population 2001
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% of regional population
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Airport
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MAP
2001 |
% of regional air service
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Brooklyn (Kings Co.)
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2,465,286
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14.7
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Queens
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2,224,516
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13.2
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JFK and LaGuardia |
51.3
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61.2
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Manhattan (NY Co.)
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1,541,150
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9.2
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Bronx
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1,337,928
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8.0
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Richmond
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450,153
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2.7
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Nassau
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1,334,648
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7.9
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Suffolk
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1,438,973
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8.6
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Mac Arthur (1)
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2.0
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2.4
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Westchester/Rockland
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1,217,455
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7.2
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8 NJ counties
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4,813,845
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28.6
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Newark |
30.5
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36.4
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Total
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16,823,954
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100.0
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83.8
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