Table 2: Population, Land Area and Population Density by County
County | 2005 Population Estimate | 2000 Census Population | 2000 Land Area Square Miles | 2005 Population Density * |
---|---|---|---|---|
N.Y. State | 19,254,630 | 18,976,457 | 47,213.79 | 407.8 |
New York City | 8,143,197 | 8,008,278 | 303.31 | 26,847.7 |
Bronx | 1,357,589 | 1,332,650 | 42.03 | 32,302.7 |
Kings | 2,486,235 | 2,465,326 | 70.61 | 35,212.8 |
New York | 1,593,200 | 1,537,195 | 22.96 | 69,378.9 |
Queens | 2,241,600 | 2,229,379 | 109.24 | 20,520.9 |
Richmond | 464,573 | 443,728 | 58.48 | 7,944.3 |
Rest of State | 11,111,433 | 10,968,179 | 46,910.48 | 236.9 |
Albany | 297,414 | 294,565 | 523.45 | 568.2 |
Allegany | 50,602 | 49,927 | 1,030.22 | 49.1 |
Broome | 196,947 | 200,536 | 706.82 | 278.6 |
Cattaraugus | 82,502 | 83,955 | 1,309.85 | 63.0 |
Cayuga | 81,454 | 81,963 | 693.18 | 117.5 |
Chautauqua | 136,409 | 139,750 | 1,062.05 | 128.4 |
Chemung | 89,512 | 91,070 | 408.17 | 219.3 |
Chenango | 51,755 | 51,401 | 894.36 | 57.9 |
Clinton | 82,047 | 79,894 | 1,038.95 | 79.0 |
Colmbia | 63,622 | 63,094 | 635.73 | 100.1 |
Cortland | 48,622 | 48,599 | 499.65 | 97.3 |
Delaware | 47,534 | 48,055 | 1,446.37 | 32.9 |
Dutchess | 294,849 | 280,150 | 801.59 | 367.8 |
Erie | 930,703 | 950,265 | 1,044.21 | 891.3 |
Essex | 38,676 | 38,851 | 1,796.80 | 21.5 |
Franklin | 51,033 | 51,134 | 1,631.49 | 31.3 |
Fulton | 55,625 | 55,073 | 496.17 | 112.1 |
Genessee | 59,257 | 60,370 | 494.11 | 119.9 |
Greene | 49,682 | 48,195 | 647.75 | 76.7 |
Hamilton | 5,228 | 5,379 | 1,720.39 | 3.0 |
Herkimer | 63,780 | 64,427 | 1,411.25 | 45.2 |
Jefferson | 116,384 | 111,738 | 1,272.20 | 91.5 |
Lewis | 26,571 | 26,944 | 1,275.42 | 20.8 |
Livingston | 64,205 | 64,328 | 632.13 | 101.6 |
Madison | 70,337 | 69,441 | 655.86 | 107.2 |
Monroe | 733,366 | 735,343 | 659.29 | 1,112.4 |
Montgomery | 48,968 | 49,708 | 404.82 | 121.0 |
Nassau | 1,333,137 | 1,334,544 | 286.69 | 4,650.1 |
Niagara | 217,008 | 219,846 | 522.95 | 415.0 |
Oneida | 234,105 | 235,469 | 1,212.70 | 193.0 |
Onondaga | 458,053 | 458,336 | 780.29 | 587.0 |
Ontario | 104,461 | 100,224 | 644.38 | 162.1 |
Orange | 372,893 | 341,367 | 816.34 | 456.8 |
Orleans | 43,387 | 44,171 | 391.40 | 110.9 |
Oswego | 123,373 | 122,377 | 953.30 | 129.4 |
Otsego | 62,746 | 61,676 | 1,002.80 | 62.6 |
Putnam | 100,507 | 95,745 | 231.28 | 434.6 |
Rensselaer | 155,251 | 152,538 | 653.96 | 237.4 |
Rockland | 292,916 | 286,753 | 174.22 | 1,681.3 |
St Lawrence | 111,380 | 111,931 | 2,685.60 | 41.5 |
Saratoga | 214,859 | 200,635 | 811.84 | 264.7 |
Schenectady | 149,078 | 146,555 | 206.10 | 723.3 |
Schoharie | 32,277 | 31,582 | 622.02 | 51.9 |
Schuyler | 19,342 | 19,224 | 328.71 | 58.8 |
Seneca | 34,855 | 33,342 | 324.91 | 107.3 |
Steuben | 98,632 | 98,726 | 1,392.64 | 70.8 |
Suffolk | 1,474,927 | 1,419,369 | 912.20 | 1,616.9 |
Sullivan | 76,539 | 73,966 | 969.71 | 78.9 |
Tioga | 51,475 | 51,784 | 518.69 | 99.2 |
Tompkins | 100,018 | 96,501 | 476.05 | 210.1 |
Ulster | 182,693 | 177,749 | 1,126.48 | 162.2 |
Warren | 65,548 | 63,303 | 869.29 | 75.4 |
Washington | 63,024 | 61,042 | 835.44 | 75.4 |
Wayne | 93,609 | 93,765 | 604.21 | 154.9 |
Westchester | 940,807 | 923,459 | 432.82 | 2,173.6 |
Wyoming | 42,693 | 43,424 | 592.91 | 72.0 |
Yates | 24,756 | 24,621 | 338.24 | 73.2 |
* Population per square mile |