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Utica (/ˈjuːtɪkə/ (listen)) is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county chair of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city and sixth-most populous metro Place in New York, its population was 62,235 in the 2010 U.S. census. Located on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, it is approximately 95 miles (153 kilometers) west-northwest of Albany, 55 mi (89 km) east of Syracuse and 240 mi (386 km) northwest of New York City. Utica and the comprehensible city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area comprising everything of Oneida and Herkimer Counties.

Formerly a river settlement inhabited by the Mohawk Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy, Utica attracted European-American settlers from New England during and after the American Revolution. In the 19th century, immigrants strengthened its turn as a layover city in the company of Albany and Syracuse upon the Erie and Chenango Canals and the New York Central Railroad. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city’s infrastructure contributed to its skill as a manufacturing middle and defined its role as a worldwide hub for the textile industry. Utica’s 20th-century political sullying and organized crime gave it the nickname “Sin City.”

Like other Rust Belt cities, Utica underwent an economic downturn dawn in the mid-20th century. The downturn consisted of industrial fade away due to offshoring and the suspension of textile mills, population loss caused by the relocation of jobs and businesses to suburbs and to Syracuse, and poverty associated with socioeconomic stress and a sad tax base. With its low cost of living, the city has become a melting pot for refugees from war-torn countries just about the world, encouraging addition for its colleges and universities, cultural institutions and economy.