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 | | These provinces are: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a subdivision of the Coastal Plain; the New England Upland province, the Piedmont Plateau, the Ridge and Valley province, the Appalachian Plateaus, the Adirondack province, and the St. Lawrence Valley province, all subdivisions of the Appalachian Region; and the Central Lowland, a sub-division of the Interior Plains. |
 | | New York led all the states in population from 1820 until 1963, when it was surpassed by California and then by Texas in 1994. |
 | | New York City, one of the world’s leading commercial, financial, and cultural centers, is the largest city in the United States, with a population (2005) of 8,143,197. |
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