Fitting a complex population pattern into a tidy statistical box is no easy feat, but this U.S. Census Bureau map is up to the challenge.
Top 10 Metropolitan Areas$5.7 trillion84.3 million Note: figures in chained 2009 dollars Not surprisingly, New York City and its surrounding area is the breadwinner here with an annual economic output of $1.43 trillion – the largest for any city in the United States. Impressively, the GDP of...
Professor Emeritus of History, University of Illinois at Chicago. Author ofChallenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920;and others. Perry R. Duis•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have ext...
Writer, coauthor of the introduction toChicago Death Trap: The Iroquois Theatre Fire of 1903. Cathlyn Schallhorn•All Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experienc...
Niagara Falls, city, regional municipality of Niagara, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies on the west bank of the Niagara River, opposite Niagara Falls, New York. Development of the city, which was named Elgin in 1853, began with the completion in 185