What counties make up NJ/NYC metro?

[php111]

Hi,

What counties make up the NJ/NYC metro area and the Hudson Valley? I do know there are 5 boroughs in NYC just by itself.

[Dagrecco82]

The counties and county groupings comprising the New York metropolitan area are listed below with 2005 U.S. Census Bureau estimates of their populations.
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (18,709,802)

New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division (11,482,569)
Kings County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn) (2,486,235)
Queens County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens) (2,241,600)
New York County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan) (1,593,200)
Bronx County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx) (1,357,589)
Westchester County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westchester_County%2C_New_York) (940,807)
Bergen County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen_County%2C_New_Jersey) (902,561)
Hudson County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_County%2C_New_Jersey) (603,521)
Passaic County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passaic_County%2C_New_Jersey) (499,060)
Richmond County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island) (464,573)
Rockland County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockland_County%2C_New_York) (292,916)
Putnam County, NY (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_County%2C_New_York) (100,507)
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division (2,808,064)

Suffolk County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_County%2C_New_York) (1,474,927)
Nassau County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau_County%2C_New_York) (1,333,137)
Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division (2,303,709)

Middlesex County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesex_County%2C_New_Jersey) (789,516)
Monmouth County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_County%2C_New_Jersey) (635,952)
Ocean County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_County%2C_New_Jersey) (558,341)
Somerset County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_County%2C_New_Jersey) (319,900)
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division (2,152,978)

Essex County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County%2C_New_Jersey) (791,057)
Union County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County%2C_New_Jersey) (531,457)
Morris County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_County%2C_New_Jersey) (490,593)
Sussex County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex_County%2C_New_Jersey) (153,130)
Hunterdon County, NJ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterdon_County%2C_New_Jersey) (130,404)
Pike County, PA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_County%2C_Pennsylvania) (56,337)
Hate to use Wikipedia but it seems quite accurate.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area

[ASchwarz]

And that's just the MSA.

The CMSA includes much of CT, much of the rest of NJ, and the Hudson Valley.

[Radiohead]

From Wikipedia, the following:

Principal cities
The following is a list of principal cities in the New York-Newark-Bridgeport Combined Statistical Area with 2005 U.S. Census Bureau estimates of their population:

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island MSA
New York City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City) (8,143,197)
Newark, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newark%2C_New_Jersey) (280,666)
Edison, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%2C_New_Jersey) (100,499)
White Plains, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains%2C_New_York) (56,733)
Union, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Township%2C_Union_County%2C_New_Jersey) (55,326)
Wayne, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%2C_New_Jersey) (55,150)
New Brunswick, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick%2C_New_Jersey) (50,143)
Trenton-Ewing MSA
Trenton, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trenton%2C_New_Jersey) (84,639)
Ewing, New Jersey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing%2C_New_Jersey) (37,237)
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk MSA
Bridgeport, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeport%2C_Connecticut) (139,008)
Stamford, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford%2C_Connecticut) (120,045)
Norwalk, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwalk%2C_Connecticut) (84,437)
Danbury, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury%2C_Connecticut) (78,736)
Stratford, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford%2C_Connecticut) (49,943)
New Haven-Milford MSA
New Haven, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven%2C_Connecticut) (124,791)
Milford, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford%2C_Connecticut) (53,045)
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown MSA
Poughkeepsie, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poughkeepsie%2C_New_York) (30,355)
Newburgh, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh%2C_New_York) (28,548)
Middletown, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middletown%2C_Orange_County%2C_New_York) (26,067)
Kingston MSA
Kingston, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston%2C_New_York) (23,067)
Torrington Micropolitan Area
Torrington, Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrington%2C_Connecticut)* (35,995)
My question: Where the heck is Jersey City? Is it not a "principal" city? Some of these census bureau classifications make no sense (such as Pike County PA being in the NYC metro area).

[php111]

Thank you for the replies and the list. The reason why I was asking for a list is I live in PA and I have a 1000 channel portable scanner and I wanted to program for the NJ/NYC metro. I actually live in Allentown. Does anyone possibly know if I program it, will I be able to get the channels or are they for short distance?

[ASchwarz]

Allentown is just outside the official metro boundaries, so I think it's possible.

The A-B-E metro area is actually merging into the NY metro. Pike County is already NY Metro, and Northampton County will probably be NY Metro by the next decennial Census.

[php111]

Is Philadelphia County going to be part of the NYC Metro? I might move to Philly, not sure when.




Allentown is just outside the official metro boundaries, so I think it's possible.

The A-B-E metro area is actually merging into the NY metro. Pike County is already NY Metro, and Northampton County will probably be NY Metro by the next decennial Census.

[ASchwarz]

I don't think in the next few years, but one day NYC and Philly will probably be part of the same CMSA.

It happened with DC-Baltimore and is happening with Boston-Providence, so it will soon happen with NYC-Philly.

[NYatKNIGHT]

The CMSA's are often misused. For instance it is often used to calculate average home prices for a "city" (New York vs. San Francisco for example), but when we're averaging the values of homes well into the mountains of Pennsylvania it really doesn't give an accurate estimate. That may be true for all cities to some degree, but due to the definition, New York's is among the most skewed.

[php111]

Hey there, will either the person in this quote or someone take a look at this site and possibly tell me that I have enough space on my scanner for the NY Metro? I have 1000 channels that means 1 per frequency code (of course you would all know that!!!)

http://www.radioreference.com/

Click on the RR Database to the left then click on the desire states on the map for the NY metro and then it will take you to a list of counties on the state you clicked.




I don't think in the next few years, but one day NYC and Philly will probably be part of the same CMSA.

It happened with DC-Baltimore and is happening with Boston-Providence, so it will soon happen with NYC-Philly.

[JCexpert558]

I don't think in the next few years, but one day NYC and Philly will probably be part of the same CMSA.

It happened with DC-Baltimore and is happening with Boston-Providence, so it will soon happen with NYC-Philly.

I would think maybe New York, and Newark.

[ASchwarz]

I would think maybe New York, and Newark.

I don't get it. NYC and Newark have always been part of the same metro. Newark is as close to and as connected with Manhattan as most of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

And NYC and Newark are only 7 miles from one another. NYC-Newark would be like Boston-Cambridge or DC-Arlington.

Providence is 50 miles from Boston, and there's lots of open space in between. Baltimore is 40 miles from DC, and there's a little open space in between.

Center City Philly is about 90 miles from Midtown Manhattan, but Philly city limits are only about 35 miles from NYC city limits.

Between NYC-Philly there's still more open space than DC-Baltimore, but less open space than Boston-Providence.

[JCexpert558]

I don't get it. NYC and Newark have always been part of the same metro. Newark is as close to and as connected with Manhattan as most of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx.

And NYC and Newark are only 7 miles from one another. NYC-Newark would be like Boston-Cambridge or DC-Arlington.

Providence is 50 miles from Boston, and there's lots of open space in between. Baltimore is 40 miles from DC, and there's a little open space in between.

Center City Philly is about 90 miles from Midtown Manhattan, but Philly city limits are only about 35 miles from NYC city limits.

Between NYC-Philly there's still more open space than DC-Baltimore, but less open space than Boston-Providence.
Sorry, I miss understood

[Dagrecco82]

I can't believe they include Union, NJ as a principle city but exclude Elizabeth, NJ. :mad:

[antinimby]

I notice Westchester cities like Yonkers and New Rochelle isn't getting any love from the US Census Bureau either.

[millertime83]

I've seen Ocean County, NJ counted as well...

I would say Northern Ocean County since the North Jersey Coastline goes down through Point Pleasant and Bay Head, and NJ Transit buses to the Port Authority Bus Terminal go to Lakewood, Brick, and Toms River.

But I'd say that this area is equally in the Philadelphia market, as well, as seen by the TV channels. Both the Phily and NYC version of stations are offered on TV, so channels 2 and 3 for instance are both CBS, and 6 and 7 are both NBC, etc.

[ASchwarz]

Ocean County is part of the NYC MSA.

Television markets are completely different.