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Table 2: Estimated 1999 Population, 1990 Census, 1980 Census, Land Area and Population Density
by Resident County, New York State
Estimated 1990 1980 1999
1999 Census Census Population
Population Population Population Land Area Density
New York State 18,705,700 17,990,455 17,558,165 47,225 396
New York City 7,643,800 7,322,564 7,071,639 309 24,737
Bronx 1,236,000 1,203,789 1,168,972 42 29,429
Kings 2,393,000 2,300,664 2,231,028 71 33,704
New York 1,519,600 1,487,536 1,428,285 28 54,271
Queens 2,076,500 1,951,598 1,891,325 109 19,050
Richmond 418,700 378,977 352,029 59 7,097
Rest of State 11,061,900 10,667,891 10,486,526 46,916 236
Albany 306,800 292,594 285,909 524 585
Allegany 50,800 50,470 51,742 1,030 49
Broome 214,000 212,160 213,648 707 303
Cattaraugus 83,600 84,234 85,697 1,310 64
Cayuga 85,700 82,313 79,894 693 124
Chautauqua 140,900 141,895 146,925 1,062 133
Chemung 101,800 95,195 97,656 408 250
Chenango 53,900 51,768 49,344 894 60
Clinton 91,800 85,969 80,750 1,039 88
Columbia 65,500 62,982 59,487 636 103
Cortland 51,700 48,963 48,820 500 103
Delaware 46,900 47,225 46,824 1,446 32
Dutchess 271,600 259,462 245,055 802 339
Erie 980,600 968,532 1,015,472 1,045 938
Essex 38,300 37,152 36,176 1,797 21
Franklin 51,100 46,540 44,929 1,632 31
Fulton 54,400 54,191 55,153 496 110
Genesee 62,300 60,060 59,400 494 126
Greene 48,300 44,739 40,861 648 75
Hamilton 5,600 5,279 5,034 1,721 3
Herkimer 64,400 65,797 66,714 1,412 46
Jefferson 115,200 110,943 88,151 1,272 91
Lewis 28,700 26,796 25,035 1,276 22
Livingston 68,500 62,372 57,006 632 108
Madison 73,400 69,120 65,150 656 112
Monroe 744,100 713,968 702,238 659 1,129
Montgomery 51,700 51,981 53,439 405 128
Nassau 1,278,800 1,287,348 1,321,582 287 4,456
Niagara 227,100 220,756 227,354 523 434
Oneida 255,900 250,836 253,466 1,213 211
Onondaga 485,100 468,973 463,920 780 622
Ontario 100,000 95,101 88,909 644 155
Orange 353,000 307,647 259,603 816 433
Orleans 46,500 41,846 38,496 391 119
Oswego 126,600 121,771 113,901 953 133
Otsego 62,100 60,517 59,075 1,003 62
Putnam 90,600 83,941 77,193 232 391
Rensselaer 159,800 154,429 151,966 654 244
Rockland 276,900 265,475 259,530 174 1,591
St Lawrence 112,700 111,974 114,347 2,686 42
Saratoga 207,800 181,276 153,759 812 256
Schenectady 149,000 149,285 149,946 206 723
Schoharie 35,000 31,859 29,710 622 56
Schuyler 20,300 18,662 17,686 329 62
Seneca 35,300 33,683 33,733 325 109
Steuben 102,300 99,088 99,217 1,393 73
Suffolk 1,381,000 1,321,864 1,284,231 911 1,516
Sullivan 70,000 69,277 65,155 970 72
Tioga 54,500 52,337 49,812 519 105
Tompkins 103,600 94,097 87,085 476 218
Ulster 168,000 165,304 158,158 1,127 149
Warren 64,100 59,209 54,854 870 74
Washington 62,400 59,330 54,795 836 75
Wayne 93,100 89,123 84,581 604 154
Westchester 918,900 874,866 866,599 433 2,122
Wyoming 44,800 42,507 39,895 593 76
Yates 25,100 22,810 21,459 338 74
Land Area in square miles. Population Density per square mile
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Revised: October 2001