Rockland County, New York

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Orange
Namesake: A descriptive name
Seat: New City (1798–)
Land area: 174 square miles
Population (2020): 338,329
Population (historic): 6,353 (1800); 11,975 (1840); 25,213 (1870); 38,298 (1900); 59,599 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1910; 1920–2020
Subdivisions: 19 villages; 17 CDPs; five towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,163 (13.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $5,662
Average outbuilding value (1930): $6,129

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 831
Average farm size (1920): 25.6 acres
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New City

 
Namesake: A descriptive name
Founding: 1798 (founding); 1876 (post office)
Population (2020): 34,135
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 796 (6.7%)
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