About the New York Regional Office

The New York Regional Office of the U.S. Census Bureau is part of the Field Directorate. The field division plans and directs the collection of national sample survey, census, and other data, at the local level. Data are collected through a flexible field organization of regional census offices in 12 major cities across the country. The offices employ part-time interviewers who gather data by direct contact with the public. During major censuses, the division administers temporary regional census centers, district offices, and other offices.

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The New York Regional Office encompasses 19 counties within the states of New York and New Jersey. It is a small geographic area that is densely populated and largely urban. Census 2000 population for the New York portion of this area is 11,972,403, and the population for the New Jersey portion is 5,062,783. Far more than any other region of the country, this area is a "vertical" region, with a great percentage of our population living in structures with more than two housing units.

New York City, t consists of five counties or boroughs. Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, in combination with the New York City Boroughs, comprise our portion of the New York State. In Suffolk County there are two American Indian Reservations - Poospatuck and Shinnecock.

The northern 10 counties of New Jersey - Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren - comprise the remainder of the New York region.