Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2018

County 2018 Population Estimate 2010 Census Population 2010 Land Area Square Miles 2018 Population Density1
New York State
New York State 19,542,209 19,378,102 47,126.40 414.68
New York City
New York City 8,398,748 8,175,133 302.65 27,750.70
Bronx 1,432,132 1,385,108 42.10 34,017.39
Kings 2,582,830 2,504,700 70.82 36,470.35
New York 1,628,701 1,585,873 22.83 71,340.39
Queens 2,278,906 2,230,722 108.53 20,997.94
Richmond 476,179 468,730 58.37 8,157.94
Rest of State
Rest of State 11,143,461 11,202,969 46,823.75 237.99
Albany 307,117 304,204 522.80 587.45
Allegany 46,430 48,946 1,029.31 45.11
Broome 191,659 200,600 705.77 271.56
Cattaraugus 76,840 80,317 1,308.35 58.73
Cayuga 77,145 80,026 691.58 111.55
Chautauqua 127,939 134,905 1,060.23 120.67
Chemung 84,254 88,830 407.35 206.83
Chenango 47,536 50,477 893.55 53.20
Clinton 80,695 82,128 1,037.85 77.75
Columbia 59,916 63,096 634.71 94.40
Cortland 47,823 49,336 498.76 95.88
Delaware 44,527 47,980 1,442.44 30.87
Dutchess 293,718 297,488 795.63 369.16
Erie 919,719 919,040 1,042.69 882.06
Essex 37,300 39,370 1,794.23 20.79
Franklin 50,293 51,599 1,629.12 30.87
Fulton 53,591 55,531 495.47 108.16
Genesee 57,511 60,079 492.94 116.67
Greene 47,491 49,221 647.16 73.38
Hamilton 4,434 4,836 1,717.37 2.58
Herkimer 61,833 64,519 1,411.47 43.81
Jefferson 111,755 116,229 1,268.59 88.09
Lewis 26,447 27,087 1,274.68 20.75
Livingston 63,227 65,393 631.76 100.08
Madison 70,795 73,442 654.84 108.11
Monroe 742,474 744,344 657.21 1,129.74
Montgomery 49,455 50,219 403.04 122.70
Nassau 1,358,343 1,339,532 284.72 4,770.80
Niagara 210,433 216,469 522.36 402.85
Oneida 229,577 234,878 1,212.43 189.35
Onondaga 461,809 467,026 778.39 593.29
Ontario 109,864 107,931 644.07 170.58
Orange 381,951 372,813 811.69 470.56
Orleans 40,612 42,883 391.26 103.80
Oswego 117,898 122,109 951.65 123.89
Otsego 59,749 62,259 1,001.70 59.65
Putnam 98,892 99,710 230.31 429.39
Rensselaer 159,442 159,429 652.43 244.38
Rockland 325,695 311,687 173.55 1,876.66
St Lawrence 108,047 111,944 2,680.38 40.31
Saratoga 230,163 219,607 809.98 284.16
Schenectady 155,350 154,727 204.52 759.58
Schoharie 31,097 32,749 621.82 50.01
Schuyler 17,912 18,343 328.33 54.55
Seneca 34,300 35,251 323.71 105.96
Steuben 95,796 98,990 1,390.56 68.89
Suffolk 1,481,093 1,493,350 912.05 1,623.92
Sullivan 75,498 77,547 968.13 77.98
Tioga 48,560 51,125 518.60 93.64
Tompkins 102,793 101,564 474.65 216.57
Ulster 178,599 182,493 1,124.24 158.86
Warren 64,265 65,707 866.95 74.13
Washington 61,197 63,216 831.18 73.63
Wayne 90,064 93,772 603.83 149.15
Westchester 967,612 949,113 430.50 2,247.65
Wyoming 40,085 42,155 592.75 67.63
Yates 24,841 25,348 338.14 73.46

1 Population per square mile.