Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2011

County 2011 Population Estimate 2010 Census Population 2010 Land Area Square Miles 2011 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,465,197 19,378,102 47,126.40 413.04
New York City
New York City 8,244,910 8,175,133 302.65 27,242.39
Bronx 1,392,002 1,385,108 42.10 33,064.18
Kings 2,532,645 2,504,700 70.82 35,761.72
New York 1,601,948 1,585,873 22.83 70,168.55
Queens 2,247,848 2,230,722 108.53 20,711.77
Richmond 470,467 468,730 58.37 8,060.08
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,220,287 11,202,969 46,823.75 239.63
Albany 303,565 304,204 522.80 580.65
Allegany 48,778 48,946 1,029.31 47.39
Broome 199,031 200,600 705.77 282.01
Cattaraugus 79,832 80,317 1,308.35 61.02
Cayuga 79,738 80,026 691.58 115.30
Chautauqua 134,368 134,905 1,060.23 126.73
Chemung 88,840 88,830 407.35 218.09
Chenango 50,118 50,477 893.55 56.09
Clinton 81,945 82,128 1,037.85 78.96
Columbia 62,550 63,096 634.71 98.55
Cortland 49,363 49,336 498.76 98.97
Delaware 47,559 47,980 1,442.44 32.97
Dutchess 297,999 297,488 795.63 374.54
Erie 918,028 919,040 1,042.69 880.44
Essex 39,181 39,370 1,794.23 21.84
Franklin 51,551 51,599 1,629.12 31.64
Fulton 55,180 55,531 495.47 111.37
Genesee 59,993 60,079 492.94 121.70
Greene 48,954 49,221 647.16 75.64
Hamilton 4,793 4,836 1,717.37 2.79
Herkimer 64,160 64,519 1,411.47 45.46
Jefferson 117,910 116,229 1,268.59 92.95
Lewis 27,072 27,087 1,274.68 21.24
Livingston 65,070 65,393 631.76 103.00
Madison 73,365 73,442 654.84 112.04
Monroe 745,625 744,344 657.21 1,134.53
Montgomery 49,916 50,219 403.04 123.85
Nassau 1,344,436 1,339,532 284.72 4,721.96
Niagara 216,011 216,469 522.36 413.53
Oneida 234,287 234,878 1,212.43 193.24
Onondaga 466,960 467,026 778.39 599.90
Ontario 108,525 107,931 644.07 168.50
Orange 374,872 372,813 811.69 461.84
Orleans 42,622 42,883 391.26 108.94
Oswego 122,228 122,109 951.65 128.44
Otsego 61,917 62,259 1,001.70 61.81
Putnam 99,933 99,710 230.31 433.91
Rensselaer 159,395 159,429 652.43 244.31
Rockland 315,158 311,687 173.55 1,815.95
St Lawrence 111,690 111,944 2,680.38 82.41
Saratoga 220,882 219,607 809.98 191.43
Schenectady 155,058 154,727 204.52 159.29
Schoharie 32,578 32,749 621.82 29.53
Schuyler 18,361 18,343 328.33 107.20
Seneca 35,198 35,251 323.71 345.03
Steuben 99,033 98,990 1,390.56 71.22
Suffolk 1,498,816 1,493,350 912.05 1,643.35
Sullivan 76,900 77,547 968.13 79.43
Tioga 51,043 51,125 518.60 98.42
Tompkins 101,723 101,564 474.65 214.31
Ulster 182,448 182,493 1,124.24 162.29
Warren 65,831 65,707 866.95 75.93
Washington 63,165 63,216 831.18 75.99
Wayne 93,436 93,772 603.83 154.74
Westchester 955,899 949,113 430.50 2,220.44
Wyoming 41,944 42,155 592.75 70.76
Yates 25,454 25,348 338.14 75.28

1Population per square mile.