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| LOCATION: |
Rockland
lies in the southeastern part of New York State, 15 miles north
of the George Washington Bridge. The Hudson River bounds it on
the east, New Jersey on the south, Ramapo Mountains on the north
and west. |
| TOPOGRAPHY: |
Mostly
level and free of slopes, except for the Ramapo Mountains on the
north and the Palisades along the Hudson River on the east. |
| ANNUAL
PRECIPITATION: |
48.89
inches of rainfall
38 inches of snow. |
| AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE: |
28.9
degrees F in January
73.7 degrees F in July |
| LAND
AREA: |
176
square miles (Except for the five boroughs of New York City,
Rockland is the smallest county in New York.) |
| POPULATION: |
286,753
(1990-2000, 8.0% increase) |
| COUNTY
SEAT: |
New
City |
| TOWNS: |
5
(largest town: Ramapo; pop. 108,905) |
| VILLAGES: |
19 |
| SCHOOL
DISTRICTS: |
8 |
| PARKLAND: |
34,275
acres (30.6 percent of land area) |
| LAKES
AND PONDS: |
600 |
| GOLF
COURSES (Public): |
5 |
| HOSPITALS: |
5 |
| COLLEGES: |
7 |
| PUBLIC
LIBRARIES: |
18 |
| MEDIAN
INCOME: |
Family,
$72,596 (1998 est.) |
| HOUSEHOLD
SIZE: |
2.86
persons (1998 est.) |
| MEDIAN
AGE: |
36.9
years (1998 est.) |
| HOUSING
UNITS: |
98,445
(1998 est.) |
| LABOR
FORCE: |
144,100
(2000) |
Source:Census
Bureau American Community Survey 1998 Profile Rockland County;
New York State Department of Labor, Division of Research and
Statistics, May 2000; Rockland County Department of Planning,
March 2001.
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