Is Long Island a rich area?

There are also some poor people in Long Island, but generally speaking, the residents here are mainly white, and their consumption level is higher than that in most parts of the United States.

Long Island is an island in the southeast of new york. It extends from northeast to east at the Hudson Estuary190km wide19 ~ 37km with an area of 4,463 square kilometers. Long Island has the East River in the west, the Long Island Strait in the north, and the Atlantic Ocean in the east and south, separated from Manhattan Island and the mainland. Covering an area of 4,356 square kilometers, it is long from east to west and narrow from north to south. The south bank beach stretches and has been transformed into a park; There are a series of sand bars along the coast, which is a leisure resort for sightseeing.

There are no large lakes and rivers on the island, and the water supply mainly depends on groundwater and precipitation (annual average 1060mm). The island is divided into four administrative districts: Queens and Brooklyn in the west belong to new york, New York, with a population of 4.64 million; Nasu County and Suffolk County in the east-central region belong to new york metropolitan area with a population of 2.32 million. The first two districts are dominated by clothing, printing, chemistry, electric power, electronics and other industries.

The latter two counties still retain the characteristics of suburban agriculture, with well-developed vegetable planting, poultry raising and fishery. Suffolk county has a national atomic energy research laboratory. Long Island is well-developed with many tunnels and bridges connecting it with Manhattan in the center of new york. JFK International Airport, the largest airport in new york, is at the southern end of Queens, and la guardia airport is at the northern end.

general situation

There are many famous institutions of higher learning in Long Island, such as Hofstra University, State University of New York at Stony Brook and Long Island University.

Long Island is one of the most densely populated areas in the United States. The census in 2000 proved that the population of East Long Island exceeded one million, while the total population of the whole Long Island (including two urban areas in new york) exceeded eight million.

The above content comes from Baidu Encyclopedia-Long Island