Downstate New York is a term for the southeasternmost portion of New York State, United States, in contrast to Upstate New York. It should be noted that the term "Downstate New York" has significantly less currency than its counterpart term "Upstate New York", and the Downstate region is often not regarded as one cohesive unit but rather thought of as being divided into the units which make it up - New York City, Long Island, Rockland County, and Westchester County. Image File history File links Downstate_NY_Map. ... Image File history File links Downstate_NY_Map. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Upstate New York is the region of New York State outside of the core of the New York metropolitan area. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps image_skyline = Top_of_Rock_Cropped. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ... Rockland County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...

As with all regions, there is no clear boundary between Upstate and Downstate New York. The differing definitions of Upstate and Downstate are largely relative. Persons living further upstate generally consider the border with downstate to be further north than those persons downstate, and vice versa. Because of a growing population of residents moving north from the traditionally defined Downstate area, many people increasingly consider neighboring Putnam County to be part of the Downstate region, as well as the southern portions of Orange County, Dutchess County and Ulster County. Putnam County is a county located in the state of New York. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... Dutchess County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Ulster County is a county located in the state of New York. ...

The Downstate region contains the largest population concentration in the state, unlike Upstate, an area which forms the vast majority of the state's land area yet has a smaller population. The two regions differ culturally and socially in terms of demographics, economy, and social patterns.

The term is used by the SUNY system in the name of their southernmost medical school, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, located in central Brooklyn. The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ...

Further complicating the Upstate/Downstate dicotomy is the distinction of Western New York as a distinct subset of Upstate, or often perceived as a third general region of the state. Western New York refers to the westernmost counties of New York State, roughly the area included in the Holland Purchase. ...