Manhattan

Manhattan is an island borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. With a 2000 population of 1,537,195 living in a land area of 22.96 square miles (59.47 km²), it is the most densely populated county in the United States at 66,940 residents per square mile (25,846/km²). The borough consists of Manhattan Island, Roosevelt Island, Randalls Island, almost 1/10th of Ellis Island the above-water portion of Liberty Island, several much smaller islands, and a small section on the mainland adjacent to the Bronx.