Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020

County 2020 Population Estimate 2010 Census Population 2020 Land Area Square Miles 2020 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,336,776 19,378,102 47,123.59 410.34
New York City
New York City 8,253,213 8,175,133 300.45 27,469.32
Bronx 1,401,142 1,385,108 42.17 33,224.46
Kings 2,538,934 2,504,700 69.38 36,596.19
New York 1,611,989 1,585,873 22.66 71,150.64
Queens 2,225,821 2,230,722 108.72 20,472.21
Richmond 475,327 468,730 57.52 8,263.25
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,083,563 11,202,969 46,823.13 236.71
Albany 303,654 304,204 522.89 580.72
Allegany 45,587 48,946 1,029.44 44.28
Broome 189,420 200,600 705.64 268.44
Cattaraugus 75,863 80,317 1,308.16 57.99
Cayuga 76,029 80,026 691.58 109.93
Chautauqua 126,032 134,905 1,060.41 118.85
Chemung 82,622 88,830 407.33 202.84
Chenango 46,730 50,477 893.59 52.29
Clinton 79,778 82,128 1,037.75 76.88
Columbia 59,534 63,096 634.66 93.80
Cortland 47,173 49,336 498.77 94.58
Delaware 43,938 47,980 1,442.60 30.46
Dutchess 293,293 297,488 795.65 368.62
Erie 917,241 919,040 1,042.73 879.65
Essex 36,891 39,370 1,794.12 20.56
Franklin 49,965 51,599 1,629.30 30.67
Fulton 52,812 55,531 495.46 106.59
Genesee 56,994 60,079 492.94 115.62
Greene 47,177 49,221 647.16 72.90
Hamilton 4,345 4,836 1,717.38 2.53
Herkimer 60,945 64,519 1,411.54 43.18
Jefferson 108,095 116,229 1,268.70 85.20
Lewis 26,187 27,087 1,274.64 20.54
Livingston 62,398 65,393 631.76 98.77
Madison 70,478 73,442 654.85 107.62
Monroe 740,900 744,344 656.94 1,127.80
Montgomery 49,170 50,219 403.11 121.98
Nassau 1,351,334 1,339,532 284.54 4,749.15
Niagara 208,396 216,469 522.35 398.96
Oneida 227,346 234,878 1,212.33 187.53
Onondaga 459,214 467,026 778.39 589.95
Ontario 110,091 107,931 644.08 170.93
Orange 385,234 372,813 812.32 474.24
Orleans 39,978 42,883 391.26 102.18
Oswego 116,346 122,109 951.65 122.26
Otsego 58,701 62,259 1,001.74 58.60
Putnam 98,532 99,710 230.20 428.02
Rensselaer 158,108 159,429 652.46 242.33
Rockland 326,225 311,687 173.44 1,880.87
St Lawrence 107,185 111,944 2,679.52 40.00
Saratoga 230,298 219,607 810.00 284.32
Schenectady 155,358 154,727 204.58 759.40
Schoharie 31,132 32,749 621.82 50.07
Schuyler 17,685 18,343 328.34 53.86
Seneca 33,991 35,251 323.70 105.01
Steuben 94,657 98,990 1,390.51 68.07
Suffolk 1,474,273 1,493,350 911.17 1,617.99
Sullivan 75,802 77,547 968.15 78.30
Tioga 47,904 51,125 518.77 92.34
Tompkins 101,058 101,564 474.64 212.91
Ulster 177,716 182,493 1,124.24 158.08
Warren 63,756 65,707 867.22 73.52
Washington 60,606 63,216 831.17 72.92
Wayne 89,339 93,772 603.83 147.95
Westchester 965,802 949,113 430.72 2,242.28
Wyoming 39,465 42,155 592.75 66.58
Yates 24,780 25,348 338.14 73.28

1 Population per square mile.