About Suffolk

Suffolk County is the easternmost county in the metro area and all of New York State. With a cosmopolitan mixture of 1,419,369 people, the region is still growing. Suffolk covers roughly 1,000 square miles of territory and is 86 miles long and 26 miles wide at its widest point. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came. The county seat is Riverhead, though many county offices are in Hauppauge on the west side of the county where most of the population lives. There are also offices in Smithtown, for the legislature,Yaphank, and Farmingville.

Suffolk and Nassau counties together are generally referred to as “Long Island” by area residents — as distinct from the New York City boroughs of Queens (Queens County) and Brooklyn (Kings County), which geographically make up the island’s western end.

In 2005, Forbes Magazine named Suffolk County, along with Nassau County, New York, as the safest region in the United States, with the lowest crime rate. Also according to Forbes, Suffolk County is among the top 40 richest counties in the nation.

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Suffolk Police Stations

Suffolk Hospitals