The
Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, is an area consisting of five counties in
westernWestern New York refers to the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, and surrounding suburbs. Some historians, scholars and others consider the Western New York border to be at the Monroe–Orleans County line...
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, anchored by the city of
RochesterRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...
. As of the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, the MSA had a population of 1,037,831 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 1,030,495).
- Livingston
Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 64,328. It is named after Robert R...
- Monroe
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 735,343. It is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America. Its county seat is the city of Rochester....
- Ontario
Ontario County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The county seat is the City of Canandaigua. The population of Ontario County in the 2000 census was 100,224, up from 95,101 at the 1990 census....
- Orleans
Orleans County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 44,171. The county seat is Albion...
- Wayne
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. State of New York. It is part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War...
- Greece
Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 United States census, the town had a total population of 94,141. The town motto is "Discover the Promise."...
(town)
- Irondequoit
Irondequoit is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the coterminus town-CDP had a total population of 52,354...
(town)
- Brighton
Brighton is a census-designated place in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 35,584 at the 2000 census. The CDP takes its name from locations in the county.Town of Brighton is a town south of the City of Rochester...
(census-designated place)
- Brighton
Brighton is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 35,588 at the 2000 census.-History:The Town of Brighton, located on the southeast border of the city of Rochester, was originally settled approximately 1790, and formally established in 1814—earning it recognition as one...
(town)
- Chili
Chili is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 27,638 at the 2000 census.The Town of Chili was established in 1822 from part of the Town of Riga.North Chili was a stop on the Underground Railroad.-History:...
(town)
- Gates
Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York. The town is named after General Horatio Gates.The population was 29,275 at the 2000 census. Gates-North Gates census-designated place is located within the town's boundaries....
(town)
- Henrietta
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Rochester. The population was 39,028 at the 2000 census. Established in 1818, the town is named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath, daughter of Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British...
(town)
- Perinton
Perinton is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 46,090 at the 2000 census.The Village of Fairport, New York is within the town on the Erie Canal. Perinton is adjacent to the village of East Rochester , and the towns of Victor , Macedon , Pittsford , and Penfield ....
(town)
- Penfield
Penfield is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 34,645 at the 2000 census, increasing 14.6 percent from 1990....
(town)
- Pittsford
Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States and is an affluent suburb of Rochester. The population was 27,219 at the 2000 census.The Town of Pittsford was incorporated in 1827...
(town)
- Webster
Webster is a town in the northeast corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 37,926 at the 2000 census....
(town)
- Arcadia
Arcadia is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 14,889 at the 2000 census.The Town of Arcadia is on the south border of the county and is east of Rochester NY.- History :The town was first settled around 1791....
(town)
- Canandaigua
Canandaigua is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA, of which it is the county seat. The population was 11,264 at the 2000 census. The name Canandaigua is derived from the Iroquois word "Kanandarque" which means "chosen spot."The City of Canandaigua, the Ontario County seat, is located next to...
(city)
- Farmington
Farmington is a town located in the northern part of Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 10,585 at the 2000 census. Farmington is about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester, NY...
(town)
- Geneva
Geneva is a city in Ontario and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. Some claim it is named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland...
(city; partial)
- Greece
Greece is a suburban community and census-designated place in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 14,614 at the 2000 census.Greece is a suburb of the City of Rochester in the Town of Greece.-Geography:...
(census-designated place)
- Ogden
Ogden is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 18,492 at the 2000 census.The Erie Canal passes through the Town of Ogden.-Geography:...
(town)
- Parma
Parma is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 14,822 at the 2000 census.The Town of Parma was organized in 1808, named after Parma in Italy.-Geography:...
(town)
- Sweden
Sweden is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is located on the west border of the county. The Erie Canal passes through the northern part of the town and Route 19 is a major north-south highway. The population was 13,716 at the 2000 census.- History :This town was part of...
(town)
- Albion
----Albion is a town in Orleans County, New York, USA. The population was 8,042 at the 2000 census. The town was named after a village in the town....
(town)
- Albion
Albion is a village in Orleans County, New York, USA. The population was 7,438 at the 2000 census. The village is centrally located in the county and is partly in both the towns of Albion and Gaines. It is the county seat of Orleans County and is about 30 miles west north-west of the City of...
(village)
- Avon
Avon is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The town is in the northern part of the county, south of Rochester. The population was 6,443 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the river Avon...
(town)
- Brockport
Brockport is a village located in the Town of Sweden in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 8,103 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Hiel Brockway, an early settler....
(village)
- Canandaigua
Canandaigua is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 7,649 at the 2000 census. The name is a native word for "the chosen spot" or "the chosen place."...
(town)
- Clarkson
Clarkson is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 6,072 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Matthew Clarkson.The Town of Clarkson is on the west border of the county and is west of the City of Rochester.-History:...
(town)
- East Rochester
East Rochester is a coterminous town and village located southeast of the City of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The village, home to about 6,700 people, is bounded by Pittsford to the west and south and Perinton to the north and east. The southern boundary is delimited by New York State...
(village and town)
- Fairport
Fairport is a village located in the town of Perinton which is part of Monroe County, New York. Fairport is a suburb east of Rochester. It is also known as the "Crown Jewel of the Erie Canal"...
(village)
- Geneseo
Geneseo is the name of a town and its village in Livingston County in western New York, USA. The town's population is approximately 9,600, of which about 7,600 live in the village...
(town)
- Hamlin
Hamlin is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 9,355 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hamlin is in the northwest part of the county and is the second largest town in area in the county.- History :...
(town)
- Hilton
Hilton is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,856 at the 2000 census. The community was named for the Rev. Charles A. Hilton.The Village of Hilton is within the Town of Parma.-History:...
(village)
- Livonia
Livonia is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 7,286.The Town of Livonia contains a village, also called Livonia. The town is on the eastern border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Lyons
Lyons is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 5,831 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Lyons , France....
(town)
- Macedon
Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 8,688 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the ancient Macedonian Kingdom of Macedon, the birthplace of Alexander the Great....
(town)
- Manchester
Manchester is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,258 at the 2000 census. The town was named after one of its villages.The Town of Manchester includes a village called Manchester. The town is northeast of Canandaigua, NY....
(town)
- Medina
Medina is a village in New York, United States. The population was 6,415 at the 2000 census. The village was named by its surveyor. It is part of the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area....
(village)
- Mendon
Mendon is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 8,370 at the 2000 census.The Town of Mendon is on the south border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Murray
Murray is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,259 at the 2000 census.The Town of Murray is on the east border of the county, northwest of the City of Rochester.- History :Murray was first settled around 1809....
(town)
- Newark
Newark is a village in Wayne County, New York, U.S., 30 miles east by south of Rochester. The population was 9,682 at the 2000 census....
(village)
- North Dansville
North Dansville is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 5,738 at the 2000 census.The Town of North Dansville is in the southeast part of the county.- History :The first settlers arrived around 1795....
(town)
- Ontario
Ontario is a town in the northwest corner of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,778 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Great Lake on its northern border.- History :...
(town)
- Palmyra
Palmyra is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 7,672 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the ancient city Palmyra in Syria....
(town)
- Phelps
Phelps is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 7,017 at the 2000 census. The town is named after one of the original proprietors.The Town of Phelps contains a village called Phelps. Both are north of Geneva, New York....
(town)
- Ridgeway
Ridgeway, New York is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,886 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from "Ridge Road," an important highway in the 19th century....
(town)
- Riga
Riga is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,437 at the 2000 census.The Town of Riga is southwest of the City of Rochester on the western border of the county...
(town)
- Shelby
Shelby, New York is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 5,420 at the 2000 census.The Town of Shelby is located in southwest corner of Orleans County.- History :...
(town)
- Sodus
Sodus is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 8,949 at the 2000 census. The town takes its name from a native word for the bay in the eastern part of the town: "Assorodus," meaning "Silvery water."...
(town)
- Victor
Victor is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,977 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, a hero of the War of 1812.The Town of Victor contains a village, also called Victor...
(town)
- Walworth
Walworth is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 8,402 at the 2000 census. The name comes from Reuben Walworth, a state official.The Town of Walworth is on the west border of the county and is east of Rochester, NY....
(town)
- Webster
Webster is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,216 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster....
(village)
- Wheatland
Wheatland is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,149 at the 2000 census. By 2007, this had fallen to an estimated 4,960...
(town)
- Williamson
Williamson is an Upstate New York town in the northwest part of Wayne County, New York, U.S. on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The population was 6,777 at the time of the 2000 census. The town is named after Charles Williamson, a land agent of the Pultney Estate...
(town)
- Avon
Avon is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,977 at the 2000 census. The village is named after the River Avon. ....
(village)
- Barre
Barre is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,124 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Barre, Massachusetts.The Town of Barre is on the south border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Bloomfield
Bloomfield is a village in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2000 census.The Village of Bloomfield is in the Town of East Bloomfield and is west of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...
(village)
- Bristol
Bristol is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,421 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Bristol County, Massachusetts by settlers from New England....
(town)
- Butler
Butler is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,277 at the 2000 census.The Town of Butler is on the east border of the county and is west of Syracuse, New York.- History :Settlement began in 1803....
(town)
- Caledonia
Caledonia is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census .The Town of Caledonia contains the Village of Caledonia. The town is in the northwest part of the county and is southwest of Rochester, NY.- Community Amenities :Caledonia's high school...
(town)
- Caledonia
Caledonia is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,327 at the 2000 census. The name refers to Scotland.The Village of Caledonia is located inside the Town of Caledonia and is southwest of Rochester, Monroe County....
(village)
- Canadice
Canadice is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,846 at the 2000 census.The Town of Canadice is in the Finger Lake district of New York and is in the southwest part of its county.- History :...
(town)
- Carlton
Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada....
(town)
- Churchville
Churchville is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,887 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Samuel Church, an early settler....
(village)
- Clarendon
Clarendon is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Clarendon, Vermont.The Town of Clarendon is in the southeast part of the county...
(town)
- Clifton Springs
Clifton Springs is a village located in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 2,223 at the 2000 census. The village takes its name from local mineral springs....
(village)
- Clyde
Clyde is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,269 at the 2000 census.The Village of Clyde is in the Town of Galen and is northeast of Geneva, NY...
(village)
- Conesus
Conesus is a town in Livingston County, New York , United States. The population was 2,353 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a native word meaning "Berry place."...
(town)
- Dansville
Dansville is a village in the town of North Dansville in the eastern part of Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the census, the village population was 4,832. The village is named after Daniel Faulkner, an early settler. Interstate 390 passes next to the west side of the village.-...
(village)
- East Bloomfield
East Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,361 at the 2000 census.The Town of East Bloomfield is in the western part of the county, south of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Gaines
Gaines is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,740 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, who defended the area during the War of 1812....
(town)
- Galen
Galen is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,439 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the classical physician Galen.The Town of Galen is on the south border of the county and west of Syracuse, New York....
(town)
- Geneva
----Geneva is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,289 at the 2000 census. The actual source of the name is ambiguous.The Town of Geneva is in the southeastern part of the county and borders the City of Geneva.- History :...
(town)
- Gorham
Gorham is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,776 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Gorham.The Town of Gorham is at the south border of the county, southeast of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Groveland
Groveland is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,853 at the 2000 census.The Town of Groveland is centrally located in the county, south of Geneseo.- History :...
(town)
- Holley
Holley is a village in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 1,802 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :The village of Holley was incorporated in 1850...
(village)
- Honeoye Falls
Honeoye Falls is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 2,595 at the 2000 census. The village includes a small waterfall on Honeoye Creek, which flows through the village and gives it its name....
(village)
- Hopewell
Hopewell is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,346 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hopewell is in the north central part of the county, east of the City of Canandaigua.-History:...
(town)
- Huron
Huron is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Huron Indians.The Town of Huron is in the northeastern part of the county and is east of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Kendall
Kendall is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,838 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Amos Kendall, the U.S...
(town)
- Leicester
Leicester is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 2,287 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Leicester Phelps, an early inhabitant....
(town)
- Leicester
Leicester is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 469 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Leicester Phelps, an early inhabitant.The Village of Leicester is located inside the Town of Leicester.- History :...
(village)
- Lima
Lima is a town in Livingston County, New York, U.S. The population was 4,541 at the 2000 census. The name is a shibboleth, .The town of Lima is in the northeast part of the county, south of Rochester...
(town)
- Lima
Lima is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,459 at the 2000 census.The Village of Lima is in the Town of Lima and is nineteen miles south of the city of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(village)
- Livonia
Livonia is a village located in the Town of Livonia, Livingston County, New York, at the intersection of US Route 20 and Route 15. The population was 1,373 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Livonia is located at ....
(village)
- Lyndonville
Lyndonville is a village in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 862 at the 2000 census. The name was selected because some of the early settlers were from Lyndon, Vermont...
(village)
- Lyons
Lyons is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 3,695 at the 2000 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Lyon , France....
(village)
- Macedon
Macedon is a village located in the Town of Macedon in Wayne County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,496....
(village)
- Manchester
Manchester is a village located within the Town of Manchester in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,475 at the 2000 census. The village was named after Manchester in England....
(village)
- Marion
Marion is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,974 as of the 2000 census. It is named after Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. It is an interior town near the center of the county, about 20 miles east of Rochester, New York and 50 miles west of Syracuse, New...
(town)
- Mount Morris
Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census. The town and village were named after Robert Morris, the financier of the American Revolution....
(town)
- Mount Morris
Mount Morris is a village located in the Town of Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 3,266 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after Robert Morris....
(village)
- Naples
Naples is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,441 at the 2000 census.The Town of Naples contains a village, also called Naples...
(town)
- Naples
Naples is a village in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,072 at the 2000 census.The Village of Naples is in the Town of Naples...
(village)
- Nunda
Nunda pronounced to the out of towner as "none day", is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,017 at the 2000 census...
(town)
- Nunda
Nunda is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 1,330 at the 2000 census.The Village of Nunda is located on the west side of the Town of Nunda. Note: the town and village name is pronounced "None-day."- History :...
(village)
- Ossian
Ossian is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 751 at the 2000 census. Ossian is a figure in Celtic mythology....
(town)
- Palmyra
Palmyra is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 3,490 at the 2000 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Palmyra in present-day Syria.The Village of Palmyra is in the Town of Palmyra...
(village)
- Phelps
Phelps is a village in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,969 at the 2000 census. The village is named after an original proprietor, Oliver Phelps....
(village)
- Pittsford
Pittsford is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. It is named after Pittsford, Vermont, the native town of a founding father....
(village)
- Portage
Portage is a town in the southwest corner of Livingston County, New York, USA. The town is near the south end of Letchworth State Park. The name of the town stems from the need to portage canoes around the falls of the Genesee River.- History :...
(town)
- Red Creek
Red Creek is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 521 at the 2000 census. The name is from the creek flowing past the village.The Village of Red Creek is in the eastern part of the Town of Wolcott...
(village)
- Richmond
Richmond is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,452 at the 2000 census. The town is on the western border of the county, south of Rochester.- History :...
(town)
- Rose
Rose is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,442 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Robert S. Rose, an early landowner of the town....
(town)
- Rush
Rush is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 3,603 at the 2000 census.The Town of Rush is a suburb of Rochester located in the southwest part of the county.-Geography:...
(town)
- Rushville
Rushville is a village in Ontario and Yates Counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 621 at the 2000 census.Most of the Village of Rushville is within the Town of Potter in Yates County and a small part is in the Town of Gorham in Ontario County.- History :Elisha Gilbert was the...
(village; partial)
- Savannah
Savannah is a town in the southeast portion of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,838 at the 2000 census. Savannah is west of Syracuse, New York...
(town)
- Scottsville
Scottsville is a village in southwestern Monroe County, New York, United States, and is in the northeastern part of the Town of Wheatland. The population was 2,128 at the 2000 census. The village is named after an early settler, Isaac Scott.- History :...
(village)
- Seneca
Seneca is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. The town is named after a group of local natives....
(town)
- Shortsville
Shortsville is a village in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census.The Village of Shortsville is in the southwest part of the Town of Manchester and is north of Canandaigua, NY.-History:...
(village)
- Sodus
Sodus is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 1,735 at the 2000 census.The Village of Sodus is near the center of the Town of Sodus and lies between Rochester and Syracuse. The village contains the government center for the Town of Sodus.- History :The village area was...
(village)
- Sodus Point
Sodus Point is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a nearby body of water, Sodus Bay. It is considered within the larger Rochester metropolitan area....
(village)
- South Bristol
South Bristol is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,645 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from its separation from the Town of Bristol.The Town of South Bristol is in the southwest part of the county...
(town)
- Sparta
Sparta is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.The Town of Sparta is in the southeast part of the county and is north of Dansville, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Spencerport
Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester, New York. The population count was 3,559 at the 2000 census.The Village of Spencerport is within the Town of Ogden and is a village on the Erie Canal....
(village)
- Springwater
Springwater is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 2,322 at the 2000 census.The Town of Springwater is in the southeast part of the county.- History :The first settlers arrived around 1807...
(town)
- Victor
Victor is a village located in within the Town of Victor in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,433 at the 2000 census.The Village of Victor is in the southeast part of the town and is southeast of the City of Rochester.- History :...
(village)
- West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,549 at the 2000 census.The Town of West Bloomfield is on the county's western border and is south of the City of Rochester.- History :...
(town)
- West Sparta
West Sparta is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 1,244 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the Town of Sparta....
(town)
- Wolcott
Wolcott is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,692 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Governor Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut....
(town)
- Wolcott
Wolcott is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,712 at the 2000 census. The name is from a former governor of Connecticut....
(village)
- Yates
Yates is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,510 at the 2000 census. The town in named after Joseph C. Yates, a governor of New York.The Town of Yates is in the northwest part of the county...
(town)
- York
York is a town in western Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,219 at the 2000 census.The Abbey of the Genesee in the town's hamlet of Piffard is locally famous due to the production of Monk's Bread.- History :...
(town)
- Belcoda
- Beulah
Beulah is a female given name from the Hebrew word meaning "married", and may refer to:-People:*Beulah , a UK-based female singer-songwriter*Beulah Bondi , American actress...
- Gananda
Gananda, New York, is a small "master planned community" located in Wayne County, New York, about a half-hour outside of the city of Rochester, New York. Gananda is considered a community because it does not have its own zip code; it consists of a small portion of the adjoining towns of Walworth...
- Garbutt
Garbutt, New York is a hamlet located between the village of Scottsville and the hamlet of Mumford. It sits at the intersection of Scottsville-Mumford Road and Union Street in the Town of Wheatland. The history of Garbutt illustrates how the vicissitudes of economic fortune can reduce a thriving...
- Mumford
The hamlet of Mumford lies on the west side of the Town of Wheatland, south of Oatka Creek on NY 36 and south of the terminus of NY 383.-History:The story of Mumford has been written by several local historians...
- Pultneyville
Pultneyville is a hamlet located in the Town of Williamson, Wayne County, New York, USA. Framing the mouth of Salmon Creek, it is on the northern border of the town, the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The hamlet was originally laid out in 1806 and is listed with the National Register of Historic...
- West Walworth
West Walworth is a hamlet in the southwest corner of the town of Walworth, Wayne County, New York, United States.Originally settled in the early 1800s, its cemetery contains the gravesites of two Revolutionary War veterans, Nathaniel Palmer and Ebenezer Still...
- Wheatland Center
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 1,037,831 people, 397,303 households, and 262,131 families residing within the MSA.
The
Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data. As part of the United States Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about...
, is an area consisting of five counties in
westernWestern New York refers to the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, and surrounding suburbs. Some historians, scholars and others consider the Western New York border to be at the Monroe–Orleans County line...
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, anchored by the city of
RochesterRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. The Rochester metropolitan area is the second largest economy in New York State, behind the New York City metropolitan area. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and...
. As of the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, the MSA had a population of 1,037,831 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 1,030,495).
Counties
- Livingston
Livingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 64,328. It is named after Robert R...
- Monroe
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 735,343. It is named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America. Its county seat is the city of Rochester....
- Ontario
Ontario County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The county seat is the City of Canandaigua. The population of Ontario County in the 2000 census was 100,224, up from 95,101 at the 1990 census....
- Orleans
Orleans County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 44,171. The county seat is Albion...
- Wayne
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. State of New York. It is part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario, forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War...
Places with 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
- Greece
Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 United States census, the town had a total population of 94,141. The town motto is "Discover the Promise."...
(town)
- Irondequoit
Irondequoit is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the coterminus town-CDP had a total population of 52,354...
(town)
Places with 25,000 to 50,000 inhabitants
- Brighton
Brighton is a census-designated place in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 35,584 at the 2000 census. The CDP takes its name from locations in the county.Town of Brighton is a town south of the City of Rochester...
(census-designated place)
- Brighton
Brighton is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 35,588 at the 2000 census.-History:The Town of Brighton, located on the southeast border of the city of Rochester, was originally settled approximately 1790, and formally established in 1814—earning it recognition as one...
(town)
- Chili
Chili is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 27,638 at the 2000 census.The Town of Chili was established in 1822 from part of the Town of Riga.North Chili was a stop on the Underground Railroad.-History:...
(town)
- Gates
Gates is a town in Monroe County, New York. The town is named after General Horatio Gates.The population was 29,275 at the 2000 census. Gates-North Gates census-designated place is located within the town's boundaries....
(town)
- Henrietta
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Rochester. The population was 39,028 at the 2000 census. Established in 1818, the town is named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath, daughter of Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British...
(town)
- Perinton
Perinton is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 46,090 at the 2000 census.The Village of Fairport, New York is within the town on the Erie Canal. Perinton is adjacent to the village of East Rochester , and the towns of Victor , Macedon , Pittsford , and Penfield ....
(town)
- Penfield
Penfield is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 34,645 at the 2000 census, increasing 14.6 percent from 1990....
(town)
- Pittsford
Pittsford is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States and is an affluent suburb of Rochester. The population was 27,219 at the 2000 census.The Town of Pittsford was incorporated in 1827...
(town)
- Webster
Webster is a town in the northeast corner of Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster. The population was 37,926 at the 2000 census....
(town)
Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants
- Arcadia
Arcadia is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 14,889 at the 2000 census.The Town of Arcadia is on the south border of the county and is east of Rochester NY.- History :The town was first settled around 1791....
(town)
- Canandaigua
Canandaigua is a city in Ontario County, New York, USA, of which it is the county seat. The population was 11,264 at the 2000 census. The name Canandaigua is derived from the Iroquois word "Kanandarque" which means "chosen spot."The City of Canandaigua, the Ontario County seat, is located next to...
(city)
- Farmington
Farmington is a town located in the northern part of Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 10,585 at the 2000 census. Farmington is about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester, NY...
(town)
- Geneva
Geneva is a city in Ontario and Seneca counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 13,617 at the 2000 census. Some claim it is named after the city and canton of Geneva in Switzerland...
(city; partial)
- Greece
Greece is a suburban community and census-designated place in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 14,614 at the 2000 census.Greece is a suburb of the City of Rochester in the Town of Greece.-Geography:...
(census-designated place)
- Ogden
Ogden is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 18,492 at the 2000 census.The Erie Canal passes through the Town of Ogden.-Geography:...
(town)
- Parma
Parma is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 14,822 at the 2000 census.The Town of Parma was organized in 1808, named after Parma in Italy.-Geography:...
(town)
- Sweden
Sweden is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The town is located on the west border of the county. The Erie Canal passes through the northern part of the town and Route 19 is a major north-south highway. The population was 13,716 at the 2000 census.- History :This town was part of...
(town)
Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants
- Albion
----Albion is a town in Orleans County, New York, USA. The population was 8,042 at the 2000 census. The town was named after a village in the town....
(town)
- Albion
Albion is a village in Orleans County, New York, USA. The population was 7,438 at the 2000 census. The village is centrally located in the county and is partly in both the towns of Albion and Gaines. It is the county seat of Orleans County and is about 30 miles west north-west of the City of...
(village)
- Avon
Avon is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The town is in the northern part of the county, south of Rochester. The population was 6,443 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the river Avon...
(town)
- Brockport
Brockport is a village located in the Town of Sweden in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 8,103 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Hiel Brockway, an early settler....
(village)
- Canandaigua
Canandaigua is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 7,649 at the 2000 census. The name is a native word for "the chosen spot" or "the chosen place."...
(town)
- Clarkson
Clarkson is a town in Monroe County, New York, USA. The population was 6,072 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Matthew Clarkson.The Town of Clarkson is on the west border of the county and is west of the City of Rochester.-History:...
(town)
- East Rochester
East Rochester is a coterminous town and village located southeast of the City of Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The village, home to about 6,700 people, is bounded by Pittsford to the west and south and Perinton to the north and east. The southern boundary is delimited by New York State...
(village and town)
- Fairport
Fairport is a village located in the town of Perinton which is part of Monroe County, New York. Fairport is a suburb east of Rochester. It is also known as the "Crown Jewel of the Erie Canal"...
(village)
- Geneseo
Geneseo is the name of a town and its village in Livingston County in western New York, USA. The town's population is approximately 9,600, of which about 7,600 live in the village...
(town)
- Hamlin
Hamlin is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 9,355 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hamlin is in the northwest part of the county and is the second largest town in area in the county.- History :...
(town)
- Hilton
Hilton is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,856 at the 2000 census. The community was named for the Rev. Charles A. Hilton.The Village of Hilton is within the Town of Parma.-History:...
(village)
- Livonia
Livonia is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 7,286.The Town of Livonia contains a village, also called Livonia. The town is on the eastern border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Lyons
Lyons is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 5,831 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Lyons , France....
(town)
- Macedon
Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 8,688 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the ancient Macedonian Kingdom of Macedon, the birthplace of Alexander the Great....
(town)
- Manchester
Manchester is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,258 at the 2000 census. The town was named after one of its villages.The Town of Manchester includes a village called Manchester. The town is northeast of Canandaigua, NY....
(town)
- Medina
Medina is a village in New York, United States. The population was 6,415 at the 2000 census. The village was named by its surveyor. It is part of the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area....
(village)
- Mendon
Mendon is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 8,370 at the 2000 census.The Town of Mendon is on the south border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Murray
Murray is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,259 at the 2000 census.The Town of Murray is on the east border of the county, northwest of the City of Rochester.- History :Murray was first settled around 1809....
(town)
- Newark
Newark is a village in Wayne County, New York, U.S., 30 miles east by south of Rochester. The population was 9,682 at the 2000 census....
(village)
- North Dansville
North Dansville is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 5,738 at the 2000 census.The Town of North Dansville is in the southeast part of the county.- History :The first settlers arrived around 1795....
(town)
- Ontario
Ontario is a town in the northwest corner of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,778 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Great Lake on its northern border.- History :...
(town)
- Palmyra
Palmyra is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 7,672 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the ancient city Palmyra in Syria....
(town)
- Phelps
Phelps is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 7,017 at the 2000 census. The town is named after one of the original proprietors.The Town of Phelps contains a village called Phelps. Both are north of Geneva, New York....
(town)
- Ridgeway
Ridgeway, New York is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,886 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from "Ridge Road," an important highway in the 19th century....
(town)
- Riga
Riga is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,437 at the 2000 census.The Town of Riga is southwest of the City of Rochester on the western border of the county...
(town)
- Shelby
Shelby, New York is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 5,420 at the 2000 census.The Town of Shelby is located in southwest corner of Orleans County.- History :...
(town)
- Sodus
Sodus is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 8,949 at the 2000 census. The town takes its name from a native word for the bay in the eastern part of the town: "Assorodus," meaning "Silvery water."...
(town)
- Victor
Victor is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 9,977 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Claudius Victor Boughton, a hero of the War of 1812.The Town of Victor contains a village, also called Victor...
(town)
- Walworth
Walworth is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 8,402 at the 2000 census. The name comes from Reuben Walworth, a state official.The Town of Walworth is on the west border of the county and is east of Rochester, NY....
(town)
- Webster
Webster is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,216 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after orator and statesman Daniel Webster....
(village)
- Wheatland
Wheatland is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 5,149 at the 2000 census. By 2007, this had fallen to an estimated 4,960...
(town)
- Williamson
Williamson is an Upstate New York town in the northwest part of Wayne County, New York, U.S. on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The population was 6,777 at the time of the 2000 census. The town is named after Charles Williamson, a land agent of the Pultney Estate...
(town)
Places with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants
- Avon
Avon is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,977 at the 2000 census. The village is named after the River Avon. ....
(village)
- Barre
Barre is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,124 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Barre, Massachusetts.The Town of Barre is on the south border of the county.- History :...
(town)
- Bloomfield
Bloomfield is a village in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 1,267 at the 2000 census.The Village of Bloomfield is in the Town of East Bloomfield and is west of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...
(village)
- Bristol
Bristol is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,421 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Bristol County, Massachusetts by settlers from New England....
(town)
- Butler
Butler is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,277 at the 2000 census.The Town of Butler is on the east border of the county and is west of Syracuse, New York.- History :Settlement began in 1803....
(town)
- Caledonia
Caledonia is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census .The Town of Caledonia contains the Village of Caledonia. The town is in the northwest part of the county and is southwest of Rochester, NY.- Community Amenities :Caledonia's high school...
(town)
- Caledonia
Caledonia is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,327 at the 2000 census. The name refers to Scotland.The Village of Caledonia is located inside the Town of Caledonia and is southwest of Rochester, Monroe County....
(village)
- Canadice
Canadice is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,846 at the 2000 census.The Town of Canadice is in the Finger Lake district of New York and is in the southwest part of its county.- History :...
(town)
- Carlton
Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada....
(town)
- Churchville
Churchville is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,887 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Samuel Church, an early settler....
(village)
- Clarendon
Clarendon is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,392 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from Clarendon, Vermont.The Town of Clarendon is in the southeast part of the county...
(town)
- Clifton Springs
Clifton Springs is a village located in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 2,223 at the 2000 census. The village takes its name from local mineral springs....
(village)
- Clyde
Clyde is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,269 at the 2000 census.The Village of Clyde is in the Town of Galen and is northeast of Geneva, NY...
(village)
- Conesus
Conesus is a town in Livingston County, New York , United States. The population was 2,353 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a native word meaning "Berry place."...
(town)
- Dansville
Dansville is a village in the town of North Dansville in the eastern part of Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the census, the village population was 4,832. The village is named after Daniel Faulkner, an early settler. Interstate 390 passes next to the west side of the village.-...
(village)
- East Bloomfield
East Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,361 at the 2000 census.The Town of East Bloomfield is in the western part of the county, south of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Gaines
Gaines is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,740 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, who defended the area during the War of 1812....
(town)
- Galen
Galen is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,439 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the classical physician Galen.The Town of Galen is on the south border of the county and west of Syracuse, New York....
(town)
- Geneva
----Geneva is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,289 at the 2000 census. The actual source of the name is ambiguous.The Town of Geneva is in the southeastern part of the county and borders the City of Geneva.- History :...
(town)
- Gorham
Gorham is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 3,776 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Nathaniel Gorham.The Town of Gorham is at the south border of the county, southeast of Canandaigua, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Groveland
Groveland is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,853 at the 2000 census.The Town of Groveland is centrally located in the county, south of Geneseo.- History :...
(town)
- Holley
Holley is a village in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 1,802 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :The village of Holley was incorporated in 1850...
(village)
- Honeoye Falls
Honeoye Falls is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 2,595 at the 2000 census. The village includes a small waterfall on Honeoye Creek, which flows through the village and gives it its name....
(village)
- Hopewell
Hopewell is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,346 at the 2000 census.The Town of Hopewell is in the north central part of the county, east of the City of Canandaigua.-History:...
(town)
- Huron
Huron is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,117 at the 2000 census. The town is named after the Huron Indians.The Town of Huron is in the northeastern part of the county and is east of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Kendall
Kendall is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,838 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Amos Kendall, the U.S...
(town)
- Leicester
Leicester is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 2,287 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Leicester Phelps, an early inhabitant....
(town)
- Leicester
Leicester is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 469 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Leicester Phelps, an early inhabitant.The Village of Leicester is located inside the Town of Leicester.- History :...
(village)
- Lima
Lima is a town in Livingston County, New York, U.S. The population was 4,541 at the 2000 census. The name is a shibboleth, .The town of Lima is in the northeast part of the county, south of Rochester...
(town)
- Lima
Lima is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 2,459 at the 2000 census.The Village of Lima is in the Town of Lima and is nineteen miles south of the city of Rochester, NY.- History :...
(village)
- Livonia
Livonia is a village located in the Town of Livonia, Livingston County, New York, at the intersection of US Route 20 and Route 15. The population was 1,373 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Livonia is located at ....
(village)
- Lyndonville
Lyndonville is a village in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 862 at the 2000 census. The name was selected because some of the early settlers were from Lyndon, Vermont...
(village)
- Lyons
Lyons is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 3,695 at the 2000 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Lyon , France....
(village)
- Macedon
Macedon is a village located in the Town of Macedon in Wayne County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,496....
(village)
- Manchester
Manchester is a village located within the Town of Manchester in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,475 at the 2000 census. The village was named after Manchester in England....
(village)
- Marion
Marion is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,974 as of the 2000 census. It is named after Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. It is an interior town near the center of the county, about 20 miles east of Rochester, New York and 50 miles west of Syracuse, New...
(town)
- Mount Morris
Mount Morris is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 4,567 at the 2000 census. The town and village were named after Robert Morris, the financier of the American Revolution....
(town)
- Mount Morris
Mount Morris is a village located in the Town of Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 3,266 at the 2000 census. The village and town are named after Robert Morris....
(village)
- Naples
Naples is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,441 at the 2000 census.The Town of Naples contains a village, also called Naples...
(town)
- Naples
Naples is a village in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,072 at the 2000 census.The Village of Naples is in the Town of Naples...
(village)
- Nunda
Nunda pronounced to the out of towner as "none day", is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,017 at the 2000 census...
(town)
- Nunda
Nunda is a village in Livingston County, New York, USA. The population was 1,330 at the 2000 census.The Village of Nunda is located on the west side of the Town of Nunda. Note: the town and village name is pronounced "None-day."- History :...
(village)
- Ossian
Ossian is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 751 at the 2000 census. Ossian is a figure in Celtic mythology....
(town)
- Palmyra
Palmyra is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 3,490 at the 2000 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Palmyra in present-day Syria.The Village of Palmyra is in the Town of Palmyra...
(village)
- Phelps
Phelps is a village in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,969 at the 2000 census. The village is named after an original proprietor, Oliver Phelps....
(village)
- Pittsford
Pittsford is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,418 at the 2000 census. It is named after Pittsford, Vermont, the native town of a founding father....
(village)
- Portage
Portage is a town in the southwest corner of Livingston County, New York, USA. The town is near the south end of Letchworth State Park. The name of the town stems from the need to portage canoes around the falls of the Genesee River.- History :...
(town)
- Red Creek
Red Creek is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 521 at the 2000 census. The name is from the creek flowing past the village.The Village of Red Creek is in the eastern part of the Town of Wolcott...
(village)
- Richmond
Richmond is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 3,452 at the 2000 census. The town is on the western border of the county, south of Rochester.- History :...
(town)
- Rose
Rose is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 2,442 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Robert S. Rose, an early landowner of the town....
(town)
- Rush
Rush is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 3,603 at the 2000 census.The Town of Rush is a suburb of Rochester located in the southwest part of the county.-Geography:...
(town)
- Rushville
Rushville is a village in Ontario and Yates Counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 621 at the 2000 census.Most of the Village of Rushville is within the Town of Potter in Yates County and a small part is in the Town of Gorham in Ontario County.- History :Elisha Gilbert was the...
(village; partial)
- Savannah
Savannah is a town in the southeast portion of Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,838 at the 2000 census. Savannah is west of Syracuse, New York...
(town)
- Scottsville
Scottsville is a village in southwestern Monroe County, New York, United States, and is in the northeastern part of the Town of Wheatland. The population was 2,128 at the 2000 census. The village is named after an early settler, Isaac Scott.- History :...
(village)
- Seneca
Seneca is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2000 census. The town is named after a group of local natives....
(town)
- Shortsville
Shortsville is a village in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census.The Village of Shortsville is in the southwest part of the Town of Manchester and is north of Canandaigua, NY.-History:...
(village)
- Sodus
Sodus is a village in Wayne County, New York, USA. The population was 1,735 at the 2000 census.The Village of Sodus is near the center of the Town of Sodus and lies between Rochester and Syracuse. The village contains the government center for the Town of Sodus.- History :The village area was...
(village)
- Sodus Point
Sodus Point is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a nearby body of water, Sodus Bay. It is considered within the larger Rochester metropolitan area....
(village)
- South Bristol
South Bristol is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 1,645 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from its separation from the Town of Bristol.The Town of South Bristol is in the southwest part of the county...
(town)
- Sparta
Sparta is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.The Town of Sparta is in the southeast part of the county and is north of Dansville, NY.- History :...
(town)
- Spencerport
Spencerport is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of Rochester, New York. The population count was 3,559 at the 2000 census.The Village of Spencerport is within the Town of Ogden and is a village on the Erie Canal....
(village)
- Springwater
Springwater is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 2,322 at the 2000 census.The Town of Springwater is in the southeast part of the county.- History :The first settlers arrived around 1807...
(town)
- Victor
Victor is a village located in within the Town of Victor in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,433 at the 2000 census.The Village of Victor is in the southeast part of the town and is southeast of the City of Rochester.- History :...
(village)
- West Bloomfield
West Bloomfield is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 2,549 at the 2000 census.The Town of West Bloomfield is on the county's western border and is south of the City of Rochester.- History :...
(town)
- West Sparta
West Sparta is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 1,244 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the Town of Sparta....
(town)
- Wolcott
Wolcott is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,692 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Governor Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut....
(town)
- Wolcott
Wolcott is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 1,712 at the 2000 census. The name is from a former governor of Connecticut....
(village)
- Yates
Yates is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,510 at the 2000 census. The town in named after Joseph C. Yates, a governor of New York.The Town of Yates is in the northwest part of the county...
(town)
- York
York is a town in western Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 3,219 at the 2000 census.The Abbey of the Genesee in the town's hamlet of Piffard is locally famous due to the production of Monk's Bread.- History :...
(town)
Unincorporated places
- Belcoda
- Beulah
Beulah is a female given name from the Hebrew word meaning "married", and may refer to:-People:*Beulah , a UK-based female singer-songwriter*Beulah Bondi , American actress...
- Gananda
Gananda, New York, is a small "master planned community" located in Wayne County, New York, about a half-hour outside of the city of Rochester, New York. Gananda is considered a community because it does not have its own zip code; it consists of a small portion of the adjoining towns of Walworth...
- Garbutt
Garbutt, New York is a hamlet located between the village of Scottsville and the hamlet of Mumford. It sits at the intersection of Scottsville-Mumford Road and Union Street in the Town of Wheatland. The history of Garbutt illustrates how the vicissitudes of economic fortune can reduce a thriving...
- Mumford
The hamlet of Mumford lies on the west side of the Town of Wheatland, south of Oatka Creek on NY 36 and south of the terminus of NY 383.-History:The story of Mumford has been written by several local historians...
- Pultneyville
Pultneyville is a hamlet located in the Town of Williamson, Wayne County, New York, USA. Framing the mouth of Salmon Creek, it is on the northern border of the town, the southern shore of Lake Ontario. The hamlet was originally laid out in 1806 and is listed with the National Register of Historic...
- West Walworth
West Walworth is a hamlet in the southwest corner of the town of Walworth, Wayne County, New York, United States.Originally settled in the early 1800s, its cemetery contains the gravesites of two Revolutionary War veterans, Nathaniel Palmer and Ebenezer Still...
- Wheatland Center
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 1,037,831 people, 397,303 households, and 262,131 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 83.35% White, 10.73% African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.50% of the population.
The median income for a household in the MSA was $42,733, and the median income for a family was $50,687. Males had a median income of $36,777 versus $25,999 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the MSA was $19,626.
The Rochester NY MSA is the second largest economy & the second wealthiest region in all of NYS after the NYC MSA.
Combined Statistical Area
The
Rochester–Batavia–Seneca Falls Combined Statistical Area is made up of seven counties in western New York. The statistical area includes one
metropolitan areaIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" and "Combined Statistical Areas" . An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" . MSAs are...
and two
micropolitan areasUnited States Micropolitan Statistical Areas , as defined by the Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget, are urban areas in the United States based around a core city or town with a population of 10,000 to 49,999. The micropolitan area designation was created in 2003...
. As of the 2000 Census, the CSA had a population of 1,131,543 (though a July 1, 2007 estimate placed the population at 1,122,845).
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
- Rochester (Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, and Wayne counties)
- Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
- Batavia (Genesee County
Genesee County is a county located in Western New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 60,370. Its name is from the Seneca Indian word Gen-nis'-hee-yo meaning "The Beautiful Valley." Its county seat is Batavia.- History :...
)
- Seneca Falls (Seneca County
Seneca County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 33,342. Two villages share the duty as the county seats: Ovid and Waterloo...
)