Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2012

County 2012 Population Estimate 2010 Census Population 2010 Land Area Square Miles 2012 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,570,261 19,378,102 47,126.40 415.27
New York City
New York City 8,336,697 8,175,133 302.65 27,545.67
Bronx 1,408,473 1,385,108 42.10 33,455.42
Kings 2,565,635 2,504,700 70.82 36,227.55
New York 1,619,090 1,585,873 22.83 70,919.40
Queens 2,272,771 2,230,722 108.53 20,941.41
Richmond 470,728 468,730 58.37 8,064.55
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,233,564 11,202,969 46,823.75 239.91
Albany 305,455 304,204 522.80 584.27
Allegany 48,357 48,946 1,029.31 46.98
Broome 198,060 200,600 705.77 280.63
Cattaraugus 79,458 80,317 1,308.35 60.73
Cayuga 79,552 80,026 691.58 115.03
Chautauqua 133,539 134,905 1,060.23 125.95
Chemung 88,911 88,830 407.35 218.27
Chenango 49,933 50,477 893.55 55.88
Clinton 81,654 82,128 1,037.85 78.68
Columbia 62,499 63,096 634.71 98.47
Cortland 49,474 49,336 498.76 99.19
Delaware 47,276 47,980 1,442.44 32.78
Dutchess 297,322 297,488 795.63 373.69
Erie 919,086 919,040 1,042.69 881.46
Essex 38,961 39,370 1,794.23 21.71
Franklin 51,795 51,599 1,629.12 31.79
Fulton 54,925 55,531 495.47 110.85
Genesee 59,977 60,079 492.94 121.67
Greene 48,673 49,221 647.16 75.21
Hamilton 4,778 4,836 1,717.37 2.78
Herkimer 64,508 64,519 1,411.47 45.70
Jefferson 120,262 116,229 1,268.59 94.80
Lewis 27,224 27,087 1,274.68 21.36
Livingston 64,810 65,393 631.76 102.59
Madison 72,382 73,442 654.84 110.53
Monroe 747,813 744,344 657.21 1,137.86
Montgomery 49,941 50,219 403.04 123.91
Nassau 1,349,233 1,339,532 284.72 4,738.81
Niagara 215,124 216,469 522.36 411.83
Oneida 233,556 234,878 1,212.43 192.63
Onondaga 466,852 467,026 778.39 599.77
Ontario 108,519 107,931 644.07 168.49
Orange 374,512 372,813 811.69 461.40
Orleans 42,836 42,883 391.26 109.48
Oswego 121,700 122,109 951.65 127.88
Otsego 61,709 62,259 1,001.70 61.60
Putnam 99,607 99,710 230.31 432.49
Rensselaer 159,835 159,429 652.43 244.98
Rockland 317,757 311,687 173.55 1,830.92
St Lawrence 112,232 111,944 2,680.38 41.87
Saratoga 222,133 219,607 809.98 274.25
Schenectady 155,124 154,727 204.52 758.48
Schoharie 32,099 32,749 621.82 51.62
Schuyler 18,514 18,343 328.33 56.39
Seneca 35,305 35,251 323.71 109.06
Steuben 99,063 98,990 1,390.56 71.24
Suffolk 1,499,273 1,493,350 912.05 1,643.85
Sullivan 76,793 77,547 968.13 79.32
Tioga 50,478 51,125 518.60 97.34
Tompkins 102,554 101,564 474.65 216.06
Ulster 181,791 182,493 1,124.24 161.70
Warren 65,538 65,707 866.95 75.60
Washington 62,934 63,216 831.18 75.72
Wayne 92,962 93,772 603.83 153.95
Westchester 961,670 949,113 430.50 2,233.84
Wyoming 41,892 42,155 592.75 70.67
Yates 25,344 25,348 338.14 74.95

1 Population per square mile.