Rockland County, New York (NY)

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• • 203,73862.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 59,93618.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 36,86211.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 19,2475.9%Asian alone
  • 5,1411.6%Two or more races
  • 6270.2%Some other race alone
  • 2380.07%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $569,290

Here:	$569,290
State:	$393,458

Townhouses or other attached units: $398,096

Here:	$398,096
State:	$728,436

In 2-unit structures: $474,611

Here:	$474,611
State:	$650,471

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $292,325

Here:	$292,325
State:	$808,879

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $289,187

Here:	$289,187
State:	$916,967

Mobile homes: $45,039

Here:	$45,039
State:	$82,547

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 12
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 32
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 43
• Auto thefts: 0

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $10,001 (2.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $10,001 (2.2%)

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Rockland County is $1003 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1133 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1406 a month.

Cities in this county include: Ramapo, Clarkstown, Orangetown, New City, Spring Valley, Nanuet, Pearl River, Monsey, Stony Point, Suffern.

2018 air pollution in Rockland County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 5.5 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Orange County , Sullivan County, Pennsylvania , Union County, Pennsylvania .

Current college students: 17,843
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 42.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 69,780 (59.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 13,8302010 or later
• 15,3302000 to 2009
• 14,7211990 to 1999
• 14,6781980 to 1989
• 8,3721970 to 1979
• 12,692Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 32.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 54.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 58,814
• One, attached: 9,564
• Two: 8,378
• 3 or 4: 8,535
• 5 to 9: 7,051
• 10 to 19: 3,855
• 20 to 49: 2,899
• 50 or more: 6,433
• Mobile homes: 1,462

Housing units in Rockland County with a mortgage: 45,364 (771 second mortgage, 6,230 home equity loan, 214 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23,692

Religion statistics for Rockland County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Rockland County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Tropical Storm Isaias, Incident Period: August 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4567, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4085: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4085, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4020: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4020, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3328: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3328, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 13, 2010 to March 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1899: April 16, 2010, FEMA Id: 1899, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2007 to April 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1692: April 24, 2007, FEMA Id: 1692, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

3.57% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($77,859 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($968 average AGI)

Rockland County:	0.03%
New York average:	0.05%

2.09% relocated from other counties in New York ($46,247 average AGI)
1.44% relocated from other states ($30,644 average AGI)

Rockland County:	1.44%
New York average:	1.80%

from Kings County, NY	0.38% ($68,967 average AGI)
from Westchester County, NY	0.37% ($91,631)
from Bergen County, NJ	0.31% ($84,874)
from Orange County, NY	0.30% ($62,868)
from Bronx County, NY	0.29% ($64,145)
from New York County, NY	0.24% ($130,133)
from Queens County, NY	0.18% ($72,617)

4.84% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($87,849 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($887 average AGI)

Rockland County:	0.06%
New York average:	0.10%

1.92% relocated to other counties in New York ($27,663 average AGI)
2.86% relocated to other states ($59,298 average AGI)

Rockland County:	2.86%
New York average:	2.73%

to Bergen County, NJ	0.50% ($212,801 average AGI)
to Orange County, NY	0.45% ($63,668)
to Westchester County, NY	0.30% ($98,120)
to New York County, NY	0.27% ($85,900)
to Bronx County, NY	0.18% ($56,077)
to Kings County, NY	0.17% ($39,891)
to Queens County, NY	0.15% ($61,919)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 16.1
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 16.4

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 3.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Rockland County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 56,057 (8,303 living alone), Female householders: 45,367 (12,732 living alone)

• 63,628 spouses (63,127 opposite-sex spouses), 3,672 unmarried partners, (3,547 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 122,393 children (118,811 natural, 1,949 adopted, 1,633 stepchildren), 5,413 grandchildren, 4,374 brothers or sisters, 4,738 parents, 378 foster children, 9,090 other relatives, 4,855 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,824

Size of family households: 23,495 2-persons, 16,023 3-persons, 18,637 4-persons, 8,148 5-persons, 3,992 6-persons, 6,764 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 21,035 1-person, 3,010 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 100 4-persons.

76,565 married couples with children.
8,234 single-parent households (2,183 men, 6,051 women).

57.8% of residents of Rockland speak English at home.
13.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
22.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,525,709,000 ($5,196 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $109,343,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $620,094,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $354,703,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,583,000
Federal grants: $376,408,000
Federal procurement contracts: $110,596,000 ($86,889,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $61,325,000 ($16,669,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $35,884,000
Federal Government insurance: $225,054,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-49 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 25.25 millions of gallons per day (86% from ground, 14% from surface)

• Year house built in Rockland County, New York
• 2,8562014 or later
• 2,7022010 to 2013
• 7,1112000 to 2009
• 8,8671990 to 1999
• 12,1421980 to 1989
• 17,8181970 to 1979
• 23,5361960 to 1969
• 14,0361950 to 1959
• 3,8811940 to 1949
• 14,0421939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Rockland County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockland County, New York
• 3491 room
• 2892 rooms
• 2,7043 rooms
• 4,3814 rooms
• 6,5665 rooms
• 9,9796 rooms
• 11,6007 rooms
• 14,8308 rooms
• 18,3589+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockland County, New York
• 1,5501 room
• 1,5752 rooms
• 6,6553 rooms
• 10,3594 rooms
• 4,4225 rooms
• 2,8776 rooms
• 1,5227 rooms
• 9548 rooms
• 2,4549+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Rockland County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Rockland County, New York
• 349no bedroom
• 3,5161 bedroom
• 8,4622 bedrooms
• 19,9753 bedrooms
• 26,9394 bedrooms
• 9,8155+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rockland County, New York
• 1,550no bedroom
• 9,9201 bedroom
• 10,0462 bedrooms
• 5,4913 bedrooms
• 2,2214 bedrooms
• 3,1405+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Rockland County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rockland County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 867no vehicle
• 16,8061 vehicle
• 30,4102 vehicles
• 13,5223 vehicles
• 5,5044 vehicles
• 1,9475+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Rockland County in renter-occupied apartments
• 9,343no vehicle
• 12,8001 vehicle
• 8,1792 vehicles
• 1,5373 vehicles
• 3754 vehicles
• 1345+ vehicles

91.4% of Rockland County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 203,360
• Other state: 40,002
• Northeast: 26,349
• Midwest: 4,656
• South: 5,112
• West: 3,885

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 5,256
• Number of aged recipients: 1,433
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,823
• Number of recipients under 18: 440
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,736
• Number of recipients older than 64: 2,080
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,016
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,633

Rockland County on our top lists:

• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #74 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #82 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"