Rockland County, New York (Wesley Hills, New York)

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Rockland County is a suburban county in the U.S. state of New York, in the New York City Metropolitan Area. The county's population, as of the 2010 census, was 311,687, increasing by 3.0% to a 2013 Census estimate of 320,903. The county seat is New City. The name derives from "rocky land", as the area was described by early Dutch and English settlers. Located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Manhattan, Rockland County is the smallest county by area in New York State outside of New York City.

The county comprises five towns and nineteen incorporated villages, with numerous unincorporated villages (sixteen) and hamlets. Rockland County is designated as a Preserve America Community, and roughly one-third of the county is parkland. The county has the largest Jewish population per capita of any U.S. county, with 31.4%, or 90,000 residents, being Jewish. Rockland also ranks 9th on the list of highest-income counties by median household income in the United States with $75,306 according to the 2000 census.