Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2006

County 2006 Population Estimate 2000 Census Population 2000 Land Area Square Miles 2006 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,306,183 18,976,457 47213.79 408.91
New York City
New York City 8,214,426 8,008,278 303.31 27082.54
Bronx 1,361,473 1,332,650 42.03 32395.16
Kings 2,508,820 2,465,326 70.61 35532.65
New York 1,611,581 1,537,195 22.96 70179.35
Queens 2,255,175 2,229,379 109.24 20645.13
Richmond 477,377 443,728 58.48 8163.27
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,091,757 10,968,179 46910.48 236.45
Albany 297,556 294,565 523.45 568.46
Allegany 50,267 49,927 1030.22 48.79
Broome 196,269 200,536 706.82 277.68
Cattaraugus 81,534 83,955 1309.85 62.25
Cayuga 81,243 81,963 693.18 117.20
Chautauqua 135,357 139,750 1062.05 127.45
Chemung 88,641 91,070 408.17 217.17
Chenango 51,787 51,401 894.36 57.90
Clinton 82,166 79,894 1038.95 79.09
Columbia 62,955 63,094 635.73 99.03
Cortland 48,483 48,599 499.65 97.03
Delaware 46,977 48,055 1446.37 32.48
Dutchess 295,146 280,150 801.59 368.20
Erie 921,390 950,265 1044.21 882.38
Essex 38,649 38,851 1796.80 21.51
Franklin 50,968 51,134 1631.49 31.24
Fulton 55,435 55,073 496.17 111.73
Genesee 58,830 60,370 494.11 119.06
Greene 49,822 48,195 647.75 76.92
Hamilton 5,162 5,379 1720.39 3.00
Herkimer 63,332 64,427 1411.25 44.88
Jefferson 114,264 111,738 1272.20 89.82
Lewis 26,685 26,944 1275.42 20.92
Livingston 64,173 64,328 632.13 101.52
Madison 70,197 69,441 655.86 107.03
Monroe 730,807 735,343 659.29 1108.47
Montgomery 49,112 49,708 404.82 121.32
Nassau 1,325,662 1,334,544 286.69 4623.99
Niagara 216,130 219,846 522.95 413.29
Oneida 233,954 235,469 1212.70 192.92
Onondaga 456,777 458,336 780.29 585.39
Ontario 104,353 100,224 644.38 161.94
Orange 376,392 341,367 816.34 461.07
Orleans 43,213 44,171 391.40 110.41
Oswego 123,077 122,377 953.30 129.11
Otsego 62,583 61,676 1002.80 62.41
Putnam 100,603 95,745 231.28 434.98
Rensselaer 155,292 152,538 653.96 237.46
Rockland 294,965 286,753 174.22 1693.07
St Lawrence 111,284 111,931 2685.60 41.44
Saratoga 215,473 200,635 811.84 265.41
Schenectady 150,440 146,555 206.10 729.93
Schoharie 32,196 31,582 622.02 51.76
Schuyler 19,415 19,224 328.71 59.06
Seneca 34,724 33,342 324.91 106.87
Steuben 98,236 98,726 1392.64 70.54
Suffolk 1,469,715 1,419,369 912.20 1611.18
Sullivan 76,588 73,966 969.71 78.98
Tioga 51,285 51,784 518.69 98.87
Tompkins 100,407 96,501 476.05 210.92
Ulster 182,742 177,749 1126.48 162.22
Warren 66,087 63,303 869.29 76.02
Washington 63,368 61,042 835.44 75.85
Wayne 92,889 93,765 604.21 153.74
Westchester 949,355 923,459 432.82 2193.40
Wyoming 42,613 43,424 592.91 71.87
Yates 24,732 24,621 338.24 73.12

1 Population per square mile.