Rockland County, New York

Rockland County
County
The Hudson River looking southward from Hook Mountain State Park
Flag Seal
Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°09′N 74°02′W / 41.15°N 74.03°W / 41.15; -74.03
Country	United States
State	New York
Founded	February 23, 1798; 226 years ago (1798-02-23)[2]
Named for	Its rocky terrain
Seat	New City
Largest town	Ramapo
Government
• County Executive	Ed Day (R)
Area
• Total	199.34 sq mi (516.3 km2)
• Land	173.55 sq mi (449.5 km2)
• Water	25.79 sq mi (66.8 km2)  13%
Population  (2020)
• Total	338,329[1]
• Estimate  (2022)[3]	339,022
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code	845
Congressional district	17th
Website	www.rocklandcountyny.gov

Interactive map of Rockland County, New York

Rockland County is the second-southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York, after Richmond County. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329,^[4] making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after Nassau and neighboring Westchester Counties. The county seat and largest hamlet is New City.^[5] Rockland County is accessible via the New York State Thruway, which crosses the Hudson to Westchester at the Tappan Zee Bridge ten exits up from the NYC border, as well as the Palisades Parkway five exits up from the George Washington Bridge. The county's name derives from "rocky land", as the area has been aptly described, largely due to the Hudson River Palisades. The county is part of the Hudson Valley region of the state.

Rockland County is the smallest county by area in New York outside New York City. It comprises five towns and nineteen incorporated villages, with numerous unincorporated villages (sixteen) and hamlets. Rockland County is designated as a Preserve America Community, and nearly a third of the county's area is parkland. The county has the largest Jewish population percentage of any U.S. county, at 31.4%, or 90,000 residents.^[6] Rockland also ranked 80th on the list of highest-income counties by median household income in the United States, with a median household income of $82,534 according to the 2010 census.