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The Bronx is a borough of New York City that is coextensive with Bronx County, and it is the only one of the city's five boroughs located on the mainland of the United States.

The Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, a Swedish settler who established a farm in the area in 1639, with the Bronx River later taking its name from him.

The western Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874 and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895, while Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914.

The Bronx had a population of 1,472,654 in the 2020 census, which would make it the ninth-most populous city in the United States if the borough were ranked as a city on its own.

The Bronx has roughly 495,000 households living in about 532,000 housing units, and its owner-occupancy rate of about 20% is the lowest of New York City's five boroughs.

With a population that was 54.8% Hispanic in the 2020 census, Bronx County is the only majority-Hispanic county in the Northeastern United States.

Nearly 60% of Bronx residents speak a language other than English at home, the highest rate of any New York City borough.

About a quarter of the Bronx's land area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.

The Thain Family Forest at the New York Botanical Garden is thousands of years old and is New York City's largest remaining tract of the original forest that once covered the city.

The Bronx Zoo is one of the largest metropolitan zoos in the world, and the borough is also home to Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees and the New York City FC soccer team.