Rochester

Also known as Rochester, New York, City of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Rochester, USA, ROC, Roc City, Flower City, Flour City

county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States

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Rochester is a city in New York State that serves as the main administrative center of Monroe County. It is an important regional hub in the western part of the state.

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Official name: Rochester
Demonym: Rochesterian
Population: 211328
Area: 96.230216
Elevation: 154
Official website: www.cityofrochester.gov
Image: Downtown Rochester, NY HDR by patrickashley.jpg
Households: 88006
Dialing code: 585

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postal code: 14694
inception: 1834-04-28
Commons category: Rochester, New York
IPA transcription: ˈrɒtʃɛstər
P8168: Kellie Martin
water as percent of area: 3.6978
per capita income: 24916
P12749: Ernst Tiburzy
native label: Rochester

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Rochester is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States. It is the fourth-most populous city in New York, with a population of 206,108 as of the 2025 Census estimate. The Rochester metropolitan area in Western New York has an estimated 1.05 million residents and is the 54th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Throughout its history, Rochester has acquired several nicknames based on local industries; it has been known as "the Flour City" and "the Flower City" for its dual role in flour production and floriculture, and as the "World's Image Center" for its association with film, optics, and photography.

The city was one of the United States' first boomtowns, initially due to the fertile Genesee River valley which gave rise to numerous flour mills, and then as a manufacturing center, which spurred further rapid population growth. Rochester has also played a key part in US history as a hub for social and political movements, especially abolitionism, and the women's rights movement.