Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2009

County 2009 Population Estimate 2000 Census Population 2000 Land Area Square Miles 2009 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,541,453 18,976,457 47,213.79 413.90
New York City
New York City 8,391,881 8,008,278 303.31 27,667.60
Bronx 1,397,287 1,332,650 42.03 33,247.32
Kings 2,567,098 2,465,326 70.61 36,358.05
New York 1,629,054 1,537,195 22.96 70,940.25
Queens 2,306,712 2,229,379 109.24 21,116.93
Richmond 491,730 443,728 58.48 8,408.71
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,149,572 10,968,179 46,910.48 237.68
Albany 298,284 294,565 523.45 569.85
Allegany 49,157 49,927 1,030.22 47.72
Broome 194,630 200,536 706.82 275.36
Cattaraugus 79,689 83,955 1,309.85 60.84
Cayuga 79,526 81,963 693.18 114.73
Chautauqua 133,503 139,750 1,062.05 125.70
Chemung 88,331 91,070 408.17 216.41
Chenango 50,620 51,401 894.36 56.60
Clinton 81,618 79,894 1,038.95 78.56
Columbia 61,618 63,094 635.73 96.92
Cortland 47,996 48,599 499.65 96.06
Delaware 45,514 48,055 1,446.37 31.47
Dutchess 293,562 280,150 801.59 366.22
Erie 909,247 950,265 1,044.21 870.75
Essex 37,686 38,851 1,796.80 20.97
Franklin 50,274 51,134 1,631.49 30.81
Fulton 55,053 55,073 496.17 110.96
Genesee 57,868 60,370 494.11 117.12
Greene 48,947 48,195 647.75 75.57
Hamilton 4,923 5,379 1,720.39 2.86
Herkimer 62,236 64,427 1,411.25 44.10
Jefferson 118,719 111,738 1,272.20 93.32
Lewis 26,157 26,944 1,275.42 20.51
Livingston 62,871 64,328 632.13 99.46
Madison 69,954 69,441 655.86 106.66
Monroe 733,703 735,343 659.29 1,112.86
Montgomery 48,616 49,708 404.82 120.09
Nassau 1,357,429 1,334,544 286.69 4,734.80
Niagara 214,557 219,846 522.95 410.28
Oneida 231,044 235,469 1,212.70 190.52
Onondaga 454,753 458,336 780.29 582.80
Ontario 105,650 100,224 644.38 163.96
Orange 383,532 341,367 816.34 469.82
Orleans 42,051 44,171 391.40 107.44
Oswego 121,377 122,377 953.30 127.32
Otsego 61,602 61,676 1,002.80 61.43
Putnam 99,265 95,745 231.28 429.19
Rensselaer 155,541 152,538 653.96 237.84
Rockland 300,173 286,753 174.22 1,722.97
St Lawrence 109,715 111,931 2,685.60 40.85
Saratoga 220,069 200,635 811.84 271.07
Schenectady 152,169 146,555 206.10 738.32
Schoharie 31,529 31,582 622.02 50.69
Schuyler 18,720 19,224 328.71 56.95
Seneca 34,049 33,342 324.91 104.79
Steuben 96,552 98,726 1,392.64 69.33
Suffolk 1,518,475 1,419,369 912.20 1,664.63
Sullivan 75,828 73,966 969.71 78.20
Tioga 50,064 51,784 518.69 96.52
Tompkins 101,779 96,501 476.05 213.80
Ulster 181,440 177,749 1,126.48 161.07
Warren 66,021 63,303 869.29 75.95
Washington 62,753 61,042 835.44 75.11
Wayne 91,291 93,765 604.21 151.09
Westchester 955,962 923,459 432.82 2,208.66
Wyoming 41,398 43,424 592.91 69.82
Yates 24,482 24,621 338.24 72.38

1 Population per square mile.