COUNTRY PROFILES USA NEW YORK STATE A condensed version will appear in the VinIntell November 2014 No 22 edition. November 2014 Table of content ................................................................................................................................ Page 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 5 2. DEMOGRAPHICS .............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 Geography ............................................................................................................................... 5 Area ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Land boundaries .............................................................................................................................. 5 Coastline.......................................................................................................................................... 6 Climate ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Terrain ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Elevation extremes ......................................................................................................................... 7 Natural resources ............................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 People and Society .................................................................................................................. 7 Ethnic groups .................................................................................................................................. 7 Languages........................................................................................................................................ 8 Religions .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Population ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Age structure ................................................................................................................................... 9 Median age ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Population growth rate ................................................................................................................... 9 Birth rate ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Death rate ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Life expectancy at birth ................................................................................................................... 9 See table above. ............................................................................................................................ 10 Literacy .......................................................................................................................................... 10 School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) ................................................................ 10 Urbanisation .................................................................................................................................. 10 2.3 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 10 Telephones - main lines in use ...................................................................................................... 10 Internet users ................................................................................................................................ 11 Airports ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Railways ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Roadways ...................................................................................................................................... 11 2 | P a g e Waterways .................................................................................................................................... 11 Ports and terminals ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 Environment.......................................................................................................................... 12 Current issues ............................................................................................................................... 12 3. GOVERNMENT............................................................................................................................... 13 Government type .......................................................................................................................... 13 Capital ........................................................................................................................................... 13 Disputes - international ................................................................................................................ 13 None .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Refugees and internally displaced persons ................................................................................... 13 Illicit drugs ..................................................................................................................................... 14 Corruption ..................................................................................................................................... 14 4. ECONOMIC SITUATION ................................................................................................................. 15 Gross State Product (GSP) ............................................................................................................. 15 GSP - real growth rate ................................................................................................................... 15 GSP - per capita (PPP) ................................................................................................................... 15 Industries ...................................................................................................................................... 15 Labor force - by occupation .......................................................................................................... 15 Unemployment rate ...................................................................................................................... 16 Distribution of family income - Gini index .................................................................................... 16 Exports .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Exports – commodities ................................................................................................................. 16 Exports – partners ......................................................................................................................... 17 Imports .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Imports – commodities ................................................................................................................. 18 Imports – partners ........................................................................................................................ 18 Commercial bank prime lending rate ........................................................................................... 19 Inflation rate (consumer prices) ................................................................................................... 19 5. AGRICULTURE................................................................................................................................ 19 Land use ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Irrigated land ................................................................................................................................. 20 Total renewable water resources ................................................................................................. 21 Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) .......................................................... 22 6. WINE INDUSTRY ...........................................................................................................................