Today, the city is the tenth-most populous in New York and the sixth-most populous metro region in New York. It is the seat of Oneida County, and (with Schenectady) a focal point of the six-county Greater Mohawk Valley region. According to a U.S. Census estimate, the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area decreased in population from 299,397 in 2010 to 296,615 on July 1, 2014 and its population density was about 3,818 people per square mile (1,474/km2). Counties in the Greater Mohawk Valley have a combined population of 622,133.