Table 2: Estimated Population, Land Area and Population Density by County

Vital Statistics of New York State 2004

County 2004
Population
Estimate
2000
Census
Population
2000
Land Area
(Sq. Miles)
2004
Population
Density*
New York State
New York State 19,227,088 18,976,457 47,213.79 407.2
New York City
New York City 8,104,079 8,008,278 303.31 26,718.7
Bronx 1,365,536 1,332,650 42.03 32,491.8
Kings 2,475,290 2,465,326 70.61 35,057.8
New York 1,562,723 1,537,195 22.96 68,051.7
Queens 2,237,216 2,229,379 109.24 20,480.7
Richmond 463,314 443,728 58.48 7,922.8
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,123,009 10,968,179 46,910.48 237.1
Albany 298,432 294,565 523.45 570.1
Allegany 50,575 49,927 1,030.22 49.1
Broome 197,696 200,536 706.82 279.7
Cattaraugus 83,179 83,955 1,309.85 63.5
Cayuga 81,916 81,963 693.18 118.2
Chautauqua 137,267 139,750 1,062.05 129.2
Chemung 89,984 91,070 408.17 220.5
Chenango 51,861 51,401 894.36 58.0
Clinton 81,875 79,894 1,038.95 78.8
Colmbia 63,668 63,094 635.73 100.1
Cortland 49,006 48,599 499.65 98.1
Delaware 47,328 48,055 1,446.37 32.7
Dutchess 293,395 280,150 801.59 366.0
Erie 936,318 950,265 1,044.21 896.7
Essex 38,901 38,851 1,796.80 21.7
Franklin 51,009 51,134 1,631.49 31.3
Fulton 55,463 55,073 496.17 111.8
Genessee 59,689 60,370 494.11 120.8
Greene 49,195 48,195 647.75 75.9
Hamilton 5,227 5,379 1,720.39 3.0
Herkimer 63,858 64,427 1,411.25 45.2
Jefferson 111,467 111,738 1,272.20 87.6
Lewis 26,564 26,944 1,275.42 20.8
Livingston 64,819 64,328 632.13 102.5
Madison 70,407 69,441 655.86 107.4
Monroe 735,177 735,343 659.29 1,115.1
Montgomery 49,283 49,708 404.82 121.7
Nassau 1,339,641 1,334,544 286.69 4,672.7
Niagara 218,060 219,846 522.95 417.0
Oneida 234,962 235,469 1,212.70 193.8
Onondaga 459,805 458,336 780.29 589.3
Ontario 103,504 100,224 644.38 160.6
Orange 370,352 341,367 816.34 453.7
Orleans 44,138 44,171 391.40 112.8
Oswego 123,776 122,377 953.30 129.8
Otsego 62,518 61,676 1,002.80 62.3
Putnam 100,570 95,745 231.28 434.8
Rensselaer 154,077 152,538 653.96 235.6
Rockland 293,626 286,753 174.22 1,685.4
St Lawrence 111,306 111,931 2,685.60 41.4
Saratoga 212,706 200,635 811.84 262.0
Schenectady 148,042 146,555 206.10 718.3
Schoharie 32,012 31,582 622.02 51.5
Schuyler 19,505 19,224 328.71 59.3
Seneca 35,075 33,342 324.91 108.0
Steuben 98,814 98,726 1,392.64 71.0
Suffolk 1,475,488 1,419,369 912.20 1,617.5
Sullivan 76,110 73,966 969.71 78.5
Tioga 51,535 51,784 518.69 99.4
Tompkins 100,135 96,501 476.05 210.3
Ulster 181,779 177,749 1,126.48 161.4
Warren 65,147 63,303 869.29 74.9
Washington 62,807 61,042 835.44 75.2
Wayne 93,861 93,765 604.21 155.3
Westchester 942,444 923,459 432.82 2,177.4
Wyoming 42,986 43,424 592.91 72.5
Yates 24,669 24,621 338.24 72.9

* Population per square mile