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Westchester County is located in the U.S. state of New York. It is the second-most populous county on the mainland of New York, after the Bronx,( p6 ) and the most populous county in the state north of New York City. According to the 2010 Census, the county had a population of 949,113, estimated to have increased to 967,506 by 2019. Situated in the Hudson Valley, Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles (1,200 km2), consisting of six cities, 19 towns, and 23 villages. Established in 1683, Westchester was named after the city of Chester, England. The county seat is the city of White Plains, while the most populous municipality in the county is the city of Yonkers, with an estimated 199,663 residents in 2018. The annual per capita income for Westchester was $67,813 in 2011. The 2011 median household income of $77,006 was the fifth highest in New York (after Nassau, Putnam, Suffolk, and Rockland counties) and the 47th highest in the United States. By 2014, the county's median ...

At the time of European contact in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Native American inhabitants of present-day Westchester County were part of the Algonquian peoples, whose name for themselves was Lenape, meaning the people . They called the region Lenapehoking, which consisted of the area around and between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers. Several different tribes occupied the area, including The Manhattans, and the Weckquaesgeek and Siwanoy bands of the Wappinger in the south, and Tankiteke, Sintsink and Kitchawank Wappinger in the north. The first European explorers to visit the Westchester area were Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and Henry Hudson in 1609. Dutch settlers began arriving in the 1620s, followed by settlers from England in the 1640s. Westchester County was one of the original twelve counties of the Province of New York, created by an act of the New York General Assembly in 1683. At the time it included present-day Bronx County, and abutted then-Dutchess County to the nor...

Westchester County is located in the New York metropolitan area and Downstate New York, north of New York City and south of Upstate New York. It shares its southern boundary with New York City and its northern border with Putnam County. It is bordered on the west side by the Hudson River and on the east side by the Long Island Sound and Fairfield County, Connecticut. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 500 square miles (1,300 km2), of which 430 square miles (1,100 km2) is land and 69 square miles (180 km2) (14%) is water. Where Pelham Manor meets Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, the southern border of Westchester is just under 11 miles (18 km) from Columbus Circle in Manhattan. At over 2,700 acres (11 km2), Pelham Bay Park is the largest of New York City's parks, forming a substantial buffer between suburban Westchester and the urban Bronx, while Van Cortlandt Park to the west acts as a similar buffer. Long Island Sound shore edit Westchester's Long...

Historical population Census Pop. %± 1790 23,978 — 1800 27,428 14.4% 1810 30,272 10.4% 1820 32,638 7.8% 1830 36,456 11.7% 1840 48,686 33.5% 1850 58,263 19.7% 1860 99,497 70.8% 1870 131,348 32.0% 1880 108,988 −17.0% 1890 146,772 34.7% 1900 184,257 25.5% 1910 283,055 53.6% 1920 344,436 21.7% 1930 520,947 51.2% 1940 573,558 10.1% 1950 625,816 9.1% 1960 808,891 29.3% 1970 894,404 10.6% 1980 866,599 −3.1% 1990 874,866 1.0% 2000 923,459 5.6% 2010 949,113 2.8% 2019 (est.) 967,506 1.9% U.S. Decennial Census 1790–1960 1900–1990 1990–2000, 2010 and 2019 2010 edit As of 2010, there were 949,113 residents at an average density of 807 per square mile (312/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 57.4% non-Hispanic White, 15.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 5.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 7.6% from other races, and 3.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 21.8% of the population. 71.7% spoke only English at home, while 14.4% spoke Spanish, 3.5% Italian, ...

Westchester County has 6 cities, 19 towns, and 23 villages. Cities in Westchester have many well established sub-areas within the municipal boundaries. Many of these are similar to hamlets and date back to as early as the late 1600s such as Cooper's Corners in New Rochelle. These areas also include some of the first planned communities in the country such as New Rochelle's Residence Park, Rochelle Park and Heights and Sutton Manor. The six cities in the county are: Name Population Area (mi2) Density (Pop. per mi2) Founded/first incorporated Notes Yonkers 195,976 20.3 10,818.2 1646 / 1854 4th largest city in New York State New Rochelle 77,062 13.2 6,973.5 1688 / 1899 7th largest city in New York State Mount Vernon 67,292 4.4 15,288 1664 / 1853 8th largest city in New York State White Plains 56,853 9.9 5,820 1721 11th largest city in New York State, also Westchester County seat Peekskill 23,583 5.5 5,189.7 1684 / 1816 29th largest city in...

Due to its proximity to New York City, many Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Westchester county, including: MasterCard in the hamlet of Purchase PepsiCo in the hamlet of Purchase IBM in the hamlet of Armonk ITT Corporation in the city of White Plains Jarden in the city of Rye Universal American in the city of White Plains Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in the village of Tarrytown High technology edit Tech Valley is a marketing name for the eastern part of New York State, including the Hudson Valley and the Capital District. The term originated in 1998 to promote the Greater Albany metropolitan area as a competitor to regions such as Silicon Valley and Boston. It has since grown to represent the counties in New York between IBM's Westchester County plants in the south and the Canada–U.S. border to the north. Biotechnology edit Westchester County has also developed a burgeoning biotechnology sector in the 21st century, with over US$1 billion in planned private investment a...

Westchester County contains 48 public school districts, nearly 120 private college-preparatory and parochial schools, and 14 colleges and universities. Many public and private high schools are continuously ranked among the best in New York State and the United States. Public schools in the county are largely funded by local property taxes, and the median annual property-tax bill for Westchester County residents was $13,842 in 2013, the highest in the United States. According to the 2018 rankings provided by the education website Niche, taking into account public comments, 28 of the top 100 school districts in the state of New York were located in Westchester County.

Historic sites edit The Timothy Knapp House, built around 1670, is the oldest standing building in Westchester.( p9 ) Philipse Manor Hall and the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow are also among the oldest, built around 1682 and 1685 respectively. Philipse Manor Hall is located in Getty Square, Yonkers, and is operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The former Edwin H. Armstrong House is the only delisted National Historic Landmark in Westchester. Current National Historic Landmarks in the county are: Libraries edit Westchester County is served by the Westchester Library System, established in 1958. The system comprises 38 public libraries and 25 college and special libraries in the county. The Westchester Library Association is an organization which advocates on behalf of libraries and their personnel and support systems within Westchester County. Other attractions edit

The Westchester County Government is headed by County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat. The district attorney is Anthony Scarpino, and the county clerk is Timothy C. Idoni. Board of Legislators edit The Westchester County Board of Legislators is the legislative branch of Westchester County. Currently, sixteen of them are Democrats, and one is a Conservative who caucuses with the Republicans. The current Chair of the Board is Legislator Benjamin Boykin. Politics edit Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third parties 2016 31.2% 131,238 64.9% 272,926 3.9% 16,491 2012 36.8% 143,122 62.0% 240,785 1.2% 4,540 2008 35.8% 147,824 63.4% 261,810 0.8% 3,410 2004 40.3% 159,628 58.1% 229,849 1.6% 6,293 2000 37.5% 139,278 58.6% 218,010 3.9% 14,525 1996 35.9% 123,719 56.9% 196,310 7.2% 24,834 1992 40.1% 151,990 48.7% 184,300 11.2% 42,550 1988 53.4% 197,956 45.8% 169,860 0.9% 3,192 1984 5...

There are currently 42 local police agencies located in Westchester County. These agencies frequently work with one another and with other agencies, including county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies responsible for protecting Westchester County.

Westchester County has a wide array of emergency services and is the home to 58 fire departments, 42 ambulance services, three Haz-Mat teams, a volunteer technical rescue team, a fire academy and a fire investigations unit. Each department has career, volunteer or a combination of personnel. Westchester County Department of Emergency Services operates the main dispatching system for EMS and fire departments, located in Valhalla. The department also provides numerous support services for the various agencies throughout the county. The Career Chief's Association, a cooperative of career fire departments, also operates the Special Operations Task Force. The force consists of six squad companies that can be rapidly assembled for a major hazardous materials incident, CBRNE event, collapse or confined space rescue, or other incident requiring a large number of HazMat or rescue technicians. Over 700 firefighters, police officers and EMS providers were trained to be part of this effort and...

Notable county-wide media outlets include:

The combination of the county's numerous roadways and bridges, proximity to New York City, and the county's large population all lead to substantial traffic enforcement and busy local courts. Transportation routes have been responsible for the county's development patterns, with city and town growth being most pronounced along these corridors. citation needed There are five mostly north–south corridors and three which traverse the county in the east–west direction. The north–south routes are (going from west to east): S. Route 9/Albany Post Rd/Broadway Corridor, the Saw Mill River Parkway Corridor, the Sprain Brook Parkway, the Hutchinson River Parkway, and the I-95/New England Thruway. The east–west corridors are, from south to north: the Cross County Parkway, the Cross Westchester Expressway/I-287, and the U.S. 202 corridor. Major roadways edit Bridges edit The Tappan Zee Bridge connects Tarrytown in Westchester to South Nyack in Rockland County, across the Hudson River;...

Westchester County has been the home of many novelists, including Washington Irving. His most famous work is "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", which is set at the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow among other locations in Sleepy Hollow, New York. The story has inspired a variety of works, including the 2013 television series Sleepy Hollow , set in the modern village. In the X-Men multimedia series, the X-Mansion is located on the Titicus Reservoir, on (fictional) Graymalkin Lane, outside of Salem Center. At the mansion, Professor Charles Xavier runs the Xavier "School for Gifted Youngsters" to educate mutant children and keeps a headquarters for the X-Men. One of the most successful films shot in the county was the 1988 film Big . While the majority of the film takes place in New York City, the amusement park scenes were filmed in Rye Playland in Westchester. American singer and songwriter Loudon Wainwright III recorded a song titled "Westchester County" for...

This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  "Westchester County, New York" – news  · newspapers  · books  · scholar  · JSTOR ( May 2020 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic first affected the county. As of April 22nd there are a total of 25,276 cases, 838 deaths and 9,371 recoveries. The town of New Rochelle later in March (the 10th) had a state government-ordered one square mile "containment zone" in the northern part of that town. Part of New Rochelle is adjacent to The Bronx, where the majority of New York State's COVID-19 positive cases are (as of May 8th, 350,000 out of 20 million residents). As of May 22, 2020, there were between 30 and 35,000 cases going both by COVID-19 testing and serological samples, constituting the highest number of highe...