Monroe County is a

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in the

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, located along

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's southern shore. As of 2022, the population was 752,035, according to Census Bureau estimates. Its

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and largest city is Rochester. The county is named after

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, the fifth

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. Monroe County is part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is part of the

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region of the state.

History

When counties were established in the Province of New York in 1683, the present Monroe County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of the State of New York as well as all of the present State of

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and, in theory, extending westward to the

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. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of

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, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of

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, and the county included the western part of the

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and the area west of the West Branch of the

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. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of the State of New York. The county was named for

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, colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to

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. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the

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, the name of Tryon County was changed to

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in order to honor the general,

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, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of

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, replacing the name of the hated British governor. In 1789, Ontario County was split off from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany, Cattaraugus,

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, Genesee,

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, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans,

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, Yates, and part of Schuyler and Wayne counties. Genesee County was created by a splitting of Ontario County in 1802. This was much larger than the present Genesee County, however. It contained the present Allegany, Cattaraugus,

, Niagara, Orleans,

, and portions of

and Monroe counties. Finally, Monroe County was formed from parts of Genesee and Ontario counties in 1821. DevelopmentOfTheTownsOfMonroeCountyNY

Geography

According to the

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, the county's total area is , of which is land and (52%) is water. Monroe County is in Western State of New York's northern tier, northeast of

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and northwest of

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. The northern county line is also the state line and the border of the United States, marked by

. Monroe County is north of the

Adjacent counties

* Wayne County - east * Ontario County - southeast * Livingston County - south * Orleans County - west * Genesee County - southwest

Major highways

* * * * *

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New York State Route 18 New York State Route 18 (NY 18) is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs parallel to the south shore of Lake Ontario for most of its length between Niagara County, New York, Niagara County and ...

New York State Route 19 New York State Route 19 (NY 19) is a north–south state highway in Western New York in the United States. It is the longest state highway in that region, and the only other one besides NY 14 to completely transect the sta ...

New York State Route 31 New York State Route 31 (NY 31) is a state highway that extends for across western and central New York (state), New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with New York State Route 104, NY ...

* New York State Route 31F *

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New York State Route 33A New York State Route 33A (NY 33A) is an east–west state highway mostly located in Monroe County, New York, in the United States. The route is just over long and serves as an alternate route of New York State Route 33, NY 33 bet ...

New York State Route 36 New York State Route 36 (NY 36) is a north–south state highway in the western part of New York (state), New York in the United States. The highway extends for from the New York–Pennsylvania border, Pennsylvania state line at Trou ...

New York State Route 64 New York State Route 64 (NY 64) is a north–south state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York in the United States. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with New York State Route 21, NY 21 in th ...

New York State Route 65 New York State Route 65 (NY 65) is a north–south state highway located in the western portion of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) and NY 5 in the Ontario ...

New York State Route 96 New York State Route 96 (NY 96) is a northwest–southeast state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an interchange with Interstate 86 (Pe ...

New York State Route 104 New York State Route 104 (NY 104) is a east–west state highway in Upstate New York in the United States. It spans six counties and enters the vicinity of four cities—Niagara Falls, Lockport, Rochester, and Oswego—as it foll ...

New York State Route 153 New York State Route 153 (NY 153) is a long north–south state highway located in the eastern suburbs of Rochester, New York, in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at NY 96 in the village of Pittsford. I ...

New York State Route 250 New York State Route 250 (NY 250) is a north–south state highway in the eastern portion of Monroe County, New York, in the United States. It extends for just over from an intersection with New York State Route 96, NY 96 in ...

New York State Route 251 New York State Route 251 (NY 251) is an east–west state highway in western New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with New York State Route 383, NY 383 in Scottsville, New York, Scottsville, Monroe ...

New York State Route 252 New York State Route 252 (NY 252) is an east–west state highway south of Rochester, New York, Rochester in Monroe County, New York, in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with New York State Ro ...

* New York State Route 259 *

New York State Route 286 New York State Route 286 (NY 286) is an east–west state highway in the vicinity of the city of Rochester, New York, in the United States. It links Rochester to its eastern suburbs and to western Wayne County. The western terminus o ...

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* New York State Route 404 *

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New York State Route 531 New York State Route 531 (NY 531) is an east–west controlled-access highway, freeway located in Monroe County, New York, United States. The route extends for from the far northwestern suburbs of Rochester, New York, Rochester to the ...

New York State Route 590 New York State Route 590 (NY 590) is a north–south controlled-access highway, freeway located in the eastern suburbs of Rochester, New York, in the United States. The route is a northward extension of Interstate 590 (I-590) that ...

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Government and politics

Monroe County was chartered as a municipal corporation by the

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in 1892 and rechartered under New York's Municipal Home Rule Law in 1965. From

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1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

, Monroe County voters voted for the Republican candidate in every presidential election apart from

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. Democratic candidate

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was able to win the county in 1912 when the Republican vote was divided between then incumbent president

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and former president

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. Monroe County voted for incumbent Democratic presidents

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(

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) and

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(

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). From

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

, Monroe County voted for the Republican candidate in all presidential elections except for

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's Democratic landslide in

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. In

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

, incumbent Democratic president

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won Monroe County, despite having lost in the county to Republican

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. Monroe County went back to voting Republican in

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and

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, but has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate every time from

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onwards, including the

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election. In 2020,

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received the highest percentage of the vote for a Democrat since

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's 1964 landslide. In recent years, the urban area's traditional partisan dynamic appears to have begun shifting in the Democratic Party's favor at the local level. A Democrat won the 2017 race for county sheriff for the first time in decades, in 2019 Democrat Adam Bello was elected county executive after over 30 years of Republican control, in 2020 democrats Samra Brouk and Jeremy Cooney flipped state senate districts long held by the GOP, and the traditionally Republican county legislature is now split 16-13 in favor of the Democratic Party. This matches a broader national trend of increased Democratic success in suburban areas.

Executive branch

The county's executive branch is headed by the county executive, Adam Bello. The executive's office is on the first floor of the county office building on West Main Street in Rochester. The county clerk is Jamie Romeo, a Democrat. The county was exclusively governed by a board of supervisors for the first 114 years of its history. In 1935, the position of county manager, appointed by the board, was approved by popular referendum. In 1983, the position was replaced by a county executive, directly elected by popular vote, with expanded powers (e.g., veto). In 1993, the legislature enacted term limits for the executive office of 12 consecutive years to start in 1996.

Sheriff

The Monroe County Sheriff's office (MCSO) provides law enforcement and has the constitutional authority to operate the county jail and provide civil functions. As with most counties in New York, the MCSO also performs a range of police services and provides physical and operational security to the courts. The MCSO is led by a

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who is elected by the residents of Monroe County, serving a 4-year term. The sheriff is considered the highest

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official in the county, followed by an appointed

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and subordinate

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. The Monroe County Sheriff is Todd K. Baxter, a Democrat. Organizationally, the office is composed of numerous bureaus, each responsible for a given scope of functional operations. The jail bureau is the largest component of the sheriff's office, overseeing an inmate population of around 1,000. Under the New York State Constitution, the sheriff is the

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of the county jail. The police bureau of the sheriff's office operates a sizable road patrol force which serves municipalities within Monroe County that do not independently enforce traffic. They are also responsible for primary police patrols at the

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and parks throughout the county. Deputies assigned to the marine unit patrol the coastline of

as well as

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. The police bureau further employs a mounted unit, bomb squad, SWAT team, hostage recovery, criminal investigations,

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, and

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units. The court security bureau provides security at the Hall of Justice as well as at the state appellate court building. In 2011, the uniforms were named the 2011 Public Safety Uniform Award in the County Sheriff's/Police Department category by the North American Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD).

Legislative branch

The county's legislative branch consists of a 29-member county legislature which replaced the earlier 43-member board of supervisors on January 1, 1967. Members meet in the legislative chambers on the fourth floor of the county office building. All 29 members of the legislature are elected from districts. There are 16 Democrats and 13

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. The president of the legislature is Yversha Román, a Democrat. In 1993, the legislature enacted term limits of 10 consecutive years to start in 1996. Legislators can return to the office after not being in the legislature for a term. Since the enacting of term limits, as of 2024 four legislators (Stephanie Aldersley, Karla Boyce, Calvin Lee, Jr., and Robert Colby) returned after previously leaving due to the term limit; Boyce was reelected again three times; Lee and Colby were appointed to fill vacancies before subsequently being reelected themselves; and Aldersley was appointed before being defeated for reelection.

Judicial branch

* Monroe County Court * Monroe County Family Court, for matters involving children * Monroe County Surrogates Court, for matters involving the deceased

Representation at the federal level

After redistricting based on the 2020 United States census, New York's 27th district was eliminated and Monroe County went from being split between two congressional districts to being wholly contained in one:

Representation at the state level

New York State Senate

After redistricting based on the 2020 United States census, Monroe County was split among four

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districts:

New York State Assembly

After redistricting based on the 2020 United States census, Monroe County was split among eight

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districts:

Courts

Monroe County is part of * The 7th Judicial District of the

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. * The 4th Division of the

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Law enforcement

Monroe County has eleven police forces, with residents of a number of towns relying on the county sheriff for law enforcement duties.

Economy

Monroe County is a home to a number of international businesses, including

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, and

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, all of which make Monroe County their world headquarters. While no longer headquartered in Rochester,

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has its largest manufacturing facilities in Monroe County, and Bausch and Lomb was headquartered in Rochester until it was acquired by

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. Monroe County is also home to regional businesses such as

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, Roberts Communications, Inc., Holding Corp., and major fashion label

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High technology

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, the technologically recognized area of eastern New York State, has spawned a western offshoot into the Rochester, Monroe County, and

areas of New York State. Since the 2000s, as the more established companies in Rochester downsized, the economy of Rochester and Monroe County has been redirected toward

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, with new, smaller companies providing the

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necessary for business foundation. The Rochester and Monroe County area is important in the field of photographic processing and imaging as well as incubating an increasingly diverse high technology sphere encompassing

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, in part the result of private startup enterprises collaborating with major academic institutions, including the

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and

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. Given the high prevalence of imaging and

optical science Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...

among the industry and the universities, Rochester is known as the world capital of imaging.

The Institute of Optics The Institute of Optics is a department and research center at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. The institute grants degrees at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels through the University of Rochester School of Engine ...

of the

and the

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

in nearby

Henrietta Henrietta may refer to: * Henrietta (given name), a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry Places * Henrietta Island in the Arctic Ocean * Henrietta, Mauritius * Henrietta, Tasmania, a locality in Australia United States * Hen ...

both have imaging programs.

Major employers

Several industries occupy a major portion of the jobs located regionally, with health care comprising a significant portion of jobs in Monroe County. The University of Rochester (including its numerous hospitals) is the largest employer regionally with over 27,000 workers; Rochester Regional Health (parent company of Rochester General and Unity hospitals) is the second largest consisting of over 15,000. Wegmans is third with about 13,000 local employees.

Demographics

As of the

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of 2020, there were 759,443 people, 301,948 households, and 232,500 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 330,247 housing units at an average density of . The county's racial makeup was 68.6%

White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

, 15.7%

African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

, 0.3% Native American, 4.3% Asian, 0.01%

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...

, 4.0% from other races, and 7.1% from two or more races.

Hispanic The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...

or Latino of any race were 9.6% of the population. 18.6% were of

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

, 15.3%

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, 11.3% Irish and 8.3%

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

ancestry according to Census 2000. In 2007, 4.64% of the population reported speaking

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

at home, while 1.43% spoke

. There were 301,948 households, out of which 54% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

living together, 18% had a female householder with no husband present, 6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23% were non-families. The average household size was 2.37. In the county, the population was spread out, with 21% being 18 or younger, 15% from 19 to 29, 13% from 30 to 39, 11% from 40 to 49, 14% from 50 to 59, 12% from 60 to 69, and 13% who were 70 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. 52% of the population was

Female An organism's sex is female ( symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction. A female has larger gametes than a male. Females and ...

, and 48% was

Male Male (Planet symbols, symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or Egg cell, ovum, in the process of fertilisation. A male organism cannot sexual repro ...

The median income for a household in the county was $62,103. The

per capita income Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year. In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...

for the county was $35,797. About 12.7% of the population were below the

poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for ...

, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over. 90.4% of those 25 years or over was a

High school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...

graduate or higher, and 38.6% of those 25 years or over had a

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

or higher. According to the U.S. Religion Census of 2020, 380,869 county residents, 50.2% of the county population, adhere to a

Religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

. Of the 50.2% of Religious adherents, 27.5% (209,584) are

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

, 9.4% (71,670) are

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

, 6.0% (46,140) are Nondenominational Christians, 2.4% (18,648) are

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 1.2% (9,054) are

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

, 1.1% (8,562) are

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

, 0.6% (5,230) are

Jehovah's Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian denomination that is an outgrowth of the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in the nineteenth century. The denomination is nontrinitarian, millenarian, and restorationist. Russell co-fou ...

, 0.6% (4,912) are

Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

, 0.5% (4,474) are

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

, and 0.3% (2,595) are

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main Branches of Christianity, branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholic Church, Catholicism and Protestantism ...

2020 census

Education

Primary and secondary education

The public school systems educates the overwhelming majority of Monroe County's children. The schools operated by the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester The Diocese of Rochester () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Upstate region of New York State in the United States. The bishop of the diocese is currently Salvatore Matano. The metropolitan for the diocese is the archbish ...

or Roman Catholic religious orders educate the next largest segment of children, although collectively, they are a distant second.

Public schools

There are some 25 public school districts that serve Monroe County, including the Rochester City School District, 10 suburban school districts in Monroe #1

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, seven in Monroe #2–Orleans BOCES, and several primarily serving other counties (Avon, Byron–Bergen, Caledonia–Mumford, Holley, Wayne, Williamson and Victor central school districts).

Private schools

There are three private schools that serve more than 200 students each: *

Allendale Columbia School Allendale Columbia School (often shortened to Allendale Columbia or abbreviated as A.C.) is an independent, nonsectarian, college preparatory school for students in nursery through twelfth grade in Rochester, New York, USA. The Columbia School fo ...

, a

college preparatory school A college-preparatory school (often shortened to prep school, preparatory school, college prep school or college prep academy) is a type of secondary school. The term refers to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily design ...

in Pittsford *

The Harley School The Harley School is a college preparatory, independent day school in Rochester, New York, United States. History Founded in 1917 by Harriet Bentley, The Harley School was first called “The Children’s University School of Rochester.” Th ...

, a college preparatory school in Brighton * Mary Cariola Children's Center serving children with multiple, complex disabilities in the city There is one small, but historically significant school: Rochester School for the Deaf in the city

Parochial schools

* There are three small Judaic schools and two small Islamic schools. * There are about ten primary schools operated by the

. * There are four senior high schools (or combined junior/senior high schools) operated by or in the tradition of a Roman Catholic religious order: : * There are more than two dozen schools operated by various sects of Christianity, two of which serve more than 200 students: :

Colleges and universities

The county is home to nine colleges and universities: *

Bryant & Stratton College Bryant & Stratton College (informally Bryant & Stratton or simply BSC) is a private college with campuses in New York, Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as well as an online education division. Founded in 1854, the college offers associate degree ...

in Greece and Henrietta *

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School is a Baptist seminary in Rochester, New York. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. History 1820s–1960: Early history Four Baptist institutions merged over the course of the 19th and ...

in the city *

Monroe Community College Monroe Community College (MCC) is a public community college in Monroe County, New York. It is part of the State University of New York. The college has two campuses; the main campus in the town of Brighton, and the Downtown Campus in the City ...

in Brighton with a campus in the city *

Nazareth University Nazareth University (also known as Naz) is a private university in Pittsford, New York. It offers over 60 undergraduate majors and more than two dozen graduate programs. The college was previously Nazareth College of Rochester, or Nazareth Coll ...

in Pittsford *

Roberts Wesleyan College Roberts Wesleyan University is a private Christian university in suburban Rochester, New York, United States. Anchored in the liberal arts, it was the first educational institution established for Free Methodists in North America. Roberts is ac ...

in Chili *

in Henrietta *

St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry is a private Catholic graduate school in Rochester, New York. It has existed in its current form since 2003 but has existed in previous forms since 1893. History St. Bernard's original institution ...

in Pittsford *

St. John Fisher University St. John Fisher University is a private university in Rochester, New York in the United States. It is named after John Fisher, an English Catholic cardinal and saint. It was named St. John Fisher College until July 1, 2022. History St. John F ...

in Pittsford *

SUNY Brockport State University of New York at Brockport (also known as SUNY Brockport or Brockport State, and previously The College at Brockport) is a public university in Brockport, New York, United States. It is part of the State University of New York (S ...

(also known as the State University of New York Brockport) in Brockport with a campus in Rochester *

in Rochester Additionally, three colleges maintain satellite campuses in Monroe County: * The

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (ILR) is an industrial relations school and one of Cornell University's Statutory college#Cornell University, statutory colleges. The school has five academic depar ...

maintains an office in the city *

Empire State College Empire State University (SUNY Empire) is a public university headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Empire State University is a multi-site institution offering associate degre ...

maintains the Genesee Valley Learning Center in Irondequoit *

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca (town), New York, Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a Music school, conservatory of music. Ithaca College is known for its media-related programs and entertainment program ...

's Department of Physical Therapy leases part of the

facility for teaching and research

Parks and recreation

County parks

The following is a list of parks owned and maintained by Monroe County: *

Abraham Lincoln Park Abraham (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father who began the covenantal relationship between the Jewish people and God; ...

Black Creek Park Black Creek Park is a park in Monroe County, New York, about southwest of the city of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It is a relatively undeveloped park operated by Monroe County, including soccer and baseball fields, as well as a number of tr ...

* Churchville Park * Devil's Cove Park * Durand Eastman Park * Ellison Park *

Genesee Valley Park Genesee Valley Park, originally named "South Park", is located in the south side of Rochester, New York along the shores of the Genesee River. The New York State Barge Canal (the currently in-use portion of the Erie Canal) crosses the Genesee Ri ...

* Greece Canal Park * Highland Park * Irondequoit Bay Park West * Lehigh Valley Trail Park * Lucian Morin Park *

Mendon Ponds Park Mendon Ponds Park is a county park located southeast of Rochester, New York within the suburban towns of Mendon and Pittsford. At over , it is the largest park in Monroe County. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1967 in recogn ...

* Northampton Park * Oatka Creek Park * Ontario Beach Park * Powder Mills Park * Seneca Park * Seneca Park Zoo * Tryon Park * Webster Park

State parks

The following is a list of parks owned and maintained by New York State: *

Hamlin Beach State Park Hamlin Beach State Park is a state park located on the shore of Lake Ontario in the Town of Hamlin in Monroe County, New York, United States. The Lake Ontario State Parkway passes through the park. History Hamlin Beach first became a park i ...

* Irondequoit Bay State Marine Park

Golf courses

* Arrowhead Golf Course & Marina * Deerfield Golf & Country Club * Durand Eastman Golf Course * Genesee Valley Golf Course * Majestic Hills Golf Course * Mill Creek Golf Club * Morgan's Crossing *

Monroe Golf Club Monroe Golf Club is a Donald Ross-designed course in Pittsford, New York, a suburb southeast of Rochester. Opened for play in 1924, it is home to the annual Monroe Invitational Championship, a highly regarded amateur event first played in 19 ...

* Shadow Lake Golf & Racquet Club * Timber Ridge Golf Club * White Birch Golf Course

Communities

Larger settlements

Towns

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

* Chili * Clarkson * East Rochester *

Gates Gates is the plural of gate, a point of entry to a space which is enclosed by walls. It may also refer to: People * Gates (surname), various people with the last name * Gates Brown (1939-2013), American Major League Baseball player * Gates McFadd ...

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Hamlin Hamlin may refer to: Places United States * Hamlin, Iowa, a city * Hamlin, Kansas, a city * Hamlin, Kentucky, a town * Hamlin, Maine, a town * Hamlin, Michigan, a former community * Hamlin, New York, a town ** Hamlin (CDP), New York, a censu ...

* Irondequoit * Mendon *

Ogden Ogden may refer to: Places Canada *Ogden, Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta *Ogden, Quebec, a small municipality in the Eastern Townships * Ogdensville, British Columbia or Ogden City, alternate names for gold rush-era Seymour Arm, British Columbia *Og ...

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

* Penfield *

Perinton Perinton (originally Perrinton (in federal censuses) and sometimes Perrington when still part of Ontario County) is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 47,479 at the 2020 census. The village of Fairport is wit ...

* Pittsford *

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

* Rush *

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

* Webster * Wheatland

Hamlets

In New York, the term ''hamlet'', while not defined in law, is used to describe an unincorporated community and geographic location within a town. The town in which each hamlet is located is in parentheses. * Genesee Junction (Chili) *

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

(Perinton) * Adams Basin (Ogden) * Bushnell's Basin (Perinton) * Gates Center (Gates) * Garbutt (Scottsville) * Mumford (Wheatland) * Union Hill (Webster) * Mendon Center (Mendon) *

Seabreeze A sea breeze or onshore breeze is a wind that blows in the afternoon from a large body of water toward or onto a landmass. By contrast, a land breeze or offshore breeze is a wind that blows in the night from a landmass toward or onto a large ...

(Irondequoit) * Summerville (Irondequoit) * Parma Center (Parma) * Riga Center (Riga) * Sweden Center (Sweden) * West Webster (Webster) *

North Chili North Chili is a hamlet in the town of Chili, Monroe County, New York, United States. The community is located at the intersection of New York State Route 33 New York State Route 33 (NY 33) is an east–west state highway in weste ...

(Chili) * Clarkson Corners (Clarkson) * Clifton (Chili) * Industry (Rush) * Belcoda (Wheatland) * Coldwater (Gates) * Barnard (Greece) * Beattie Beach (Greece) * Braddock Bay (Greece) * Braddock Heights (Greece) * Elmgrove (Greece) * Grandview Heights (Greece) * Grand View Beach (Greece) * North Greece (Greece) * Ridgemont (Greece) * West Greece (Greece)

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