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Rochester, NY Metro Area

The Rochester, NY metro area is made up of 5 counties in New York: Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, and Orleans, largest first. About 1,056,149 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 0.9% fewer than in April 2020.

Livingston County, outlyingMonroe County, centralOntario County, centralOrleans County, outlyingWayne County, outlyingRochester
Central Outlying 5 counties in New York
Population, July 2025
1,056,149 0.9% fewer than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
5: 2 central, 3 outlying
Land area
2,928 sq mi (7,583 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
State
New York
Combined statistical area
Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY
CBSA code
40380
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Counties in the Rochester, NY metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Monroe CountyCentral750,50671.1%
Ontario CountyCentral113,13010.7%
Wayne CountyOutlying91,2508.6%
Livingston CountyOutlying61,4385.8%
Orleans CountyOutlying39,8253.8%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Rochester208,772 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 2 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Batavia, NY Micro Area58,416 people
  2. Seneca Falls, NY Micro Area32,883 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Batavia, NY Micro Area31 mi west
  2. Seneca Falls, NY Micro Area45 mi southeast
  3. Auburn, NY Micro Area55 mi east
  4. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metro Area66 mi west
  5. Corning, NY Micro Area76 mi south

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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