New York metropolitan area contains the administrative territorial entity Suffolk County
New York–Jersey City–White Plains, NY–NJ Metropolitan Division (11,732,233)
Kings County, NY (the borough of Brooklyn in NYC)
Queens County, NY (the borough of Queens in NYC)
New York County, NY (the borough of Manhattan in NYC)
Bronx County, NY (the borough of The Bronx in NYC)
Richmond County, NY (the borough of Staten Island in NYC)
Westchester County, NY
Bergen County, NJ
Hudson County, NJ
Passaic County, NJ
Putnam County, NY
Orange County. NY
Rockland County, NY
Nassau County–Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division (2,832,882)
Suffolk County, NY
Nassau County, NY
New Brunswick-Lakewood, NJ Metropolitan Division (2,383,854)
Middlesex County, NJ
Monmouth County, NJ
Ocean County, NJ
Somerset County, NJ
Newark, NJ–PA Metropolitan Division (2,174,944)
Essex County, NJ
Union County, NJ
Morris County, NJ
Sussex County, NJ
Hunterdon County, NJ
Pike County, PAGeography
The area is frequently divided into the following subregions:
New York City (the primary urban center of the metropolitan region, comprising five boroughs, one of which is Manhattan, the geographical, cultural, and economic core of the entire metropolitan area)
Central and eastern Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties – separated by water from the rest of the region except New York City; not including Queens County or Kings County (Brooklyn), which are concurrent with two of New York's five boroughs)
North Jersey (northern portion of New Jersey)
Central Jersey (middle portion of New Jersey)
Hudson Valley (Lower Hudson Valley suburbs of Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland Counties; and Mid-Hudson exurbs of Dutchess, Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster Counties)
Western Connecticut (Only Fairfield, New Haven, and Litchfield Counties are part of the region and separated by the state line)
Southern and Eastern Poconos (Monroe and Pike Counties in Pennsylvania)All eight subregions are often further subdivided. For instance, Long Island can be divided into its South and North Shores (usually when speaking about Nassau County and western Suffolk County) and the East End. The Hudson Valley and Connecticut are sometimes grouped together and referred to as the Northern Suburbs, largely because of the shared usage of the Metro-North Railroad system.
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