The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) 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 a land area of about 302.6 square miles , New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.The main advantages of New York are access to talent and the title of a global center of world trade.