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Table 2: Estimated 1998 Population, 1990 Census, 1980 Census, Land Area and Population
Density by Resident County, New York State
  Estimated 1990 1980   1998
  1998 Census Census   Population
  Population Population Population Land Area Density
New York State 18,637,800 17,990,455 17,558,165 47,225 395
New York City 7,609,200 7,322,564 7,071,639 309 24,625
Bronx 1,233,100 1,203,789 1,168,972 42 29,360
Kings 2,383,700 2,300,664 2,231,028 71 33,573
New York 1,515,300 1,487,536 1,428,285 28 54,118
Queens 2,062,300 1,951,598 1,891,325 109 18,920
Richmond 414,800 378,977 352,029 59 7,031
Rest of State 11,028,600 10,667,891 10,486,526 46,916 235
Albany 305,500 292,594 285,909 524 583
Allegany 50,800 50,470 51,742 1,030 49
Broome 214,100 212,160 213,648 707 303
Cattaraugus 83,700 84,234 85,697 1,310 64
Cayuga 85,400 82,313 79,894 693 123
Chautauqua 141,200 141,895 146,925 1,062 133
Chemung 101,200 95,195 97,656 408 248
Chenango 53,800 51,768 49,344 894 60
Clinton 89,000 85,969 80,750 1,039 86
Columbia 65,400 62,982 59,487 636 103
Cortland 51,500 48,963 48,820 500 103
Delaware 47,000 47,225 46,824 1,446 33
Dutchess 270,700 259,462 245,055 802 338
Erie 980,400 968,532 1,015,472 1,045 938
Essex 38,300 37,152 36,176 1,797 21
Franklin 50,900 46,540 44,929 1,632 31
Fulton 54,400 54,191 55,153 496 110
Genesee 62,200 60,060 59,400 494 126
Greene 48,100 44,739 40,861 648 74
Hamilton 5,500 5,279 5,034 1,721 3
Herkimer 64,700 65,797 66,714 1,412 46
Jefferson 115,000 110,943 88,151 1,272 90
Lewis 28,600 26,796 25,035 1,276 22
Livingston 68,000 62,372 57,006 632 108
Madison 73,000 69,120 65,150 656 111
Monroe 742,100 713,968 702,238 659 1,126
Montgomery 51,700 51,981 53,439 405 128
Nassau 1,280,200 1,287,348 1,321,582 287 4,461
Niagara 226,800 220,756 227,354 523 434
Oneida 256,200 250,836 253,466 1,213 211
Onondaga 484,100 468,973 463,920 780 621
Ontario 99,600 95,101 88,909 644 155
Orange 348,400 307,647 259,603 816 427
Orleans 46,100 41,846 38,496 391 118
Oswego 126,300 121,771 113,901 953 133
Otsego 62,000 60,517 59,075 1,003 62
Putnam 90,000 83,941 77,193 232 388
Rensselaer 159,500 154,429 151,966 654 244
Rockland 275,400 265,475 259,530 174 1,583
St Lawrence 113,000 111,974 114,347 2,686 42
Saratoga 205,100 181,276 153,759 812 253
Schenectady 149,200 149,285 149,946 206 724
Schoharie 34,700 31,859 29,710 622 56
Schuyler 20,100 18,662 17,686 329 61
Seneca 35,100 33,683 33,733 325 108
Steuben 102,000 99,088 99,217 1,393 73
Suffolk 1,374,900 1,321,864 1,284,231 911 1,509
Sullivan 70,000 69,277 65,155 970 72
Tioga 54,400 52,337 49,812 519 105
Tompkins 102,800 94,097 87,085 476 216
Ulster 168,100 165,304 158,158 1,127 149
Warren 63,700 59,209 54,854 870 73
Washington 62,300 59,330 54,795 836 75
Wayne 92,800 89,123 84,581 604 154
Westchester 914,100 874,866 866,599 433 2,111
Wyoming 44,600 42,507 39,895 593 75
Yates 24,900 22,810 21,459 338 74
Land Area in square miles. Population Density per square mile
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Revised: May 2001