New York Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

You can see this information for all fifty states at Reference > North America > USA > Counties. Also, see the Counties home page.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Albany	Albany	524	1,357	559	216	294,565	292,594
Allegany	Belmont	1,030	2,668	49	19	49,927	50,470
Bronx	Bronx	42	109	28,641	11,058	1,332,650	1,203,789
Broome	Binghamton	707	1,831	300	116	200,536	212,160
Cattaraugus	Little Valley	1,310	3,393	64	25	83,955	84,234
Cayuga	Auburn	693	1,796	119	46	81,963	82,313
Chautauqua	Mayville	1,062	2,751	134	52	139,750	141,895
Chemung	Elmira	408	1,057	233	90	91,070	95,195
Chenango	Norwich	894	2,317	58	22	51,401	51,768
Clinton	Plattsburgh	1,039	2,692	83	32	79,894	85,969
Columbia	Hudson	636	1,647	99	38	63,094	62,982
Cortland	Cortland	500	1,294	98	38	48,599	48,963
Delaware	Delhi	1,446	3,746	33	13	48,055	47,225
Dutchess	Poughkeepsie	802	2,076	324	125	280,150	259,462
Erie	Buffalo	1,045	2,706	927	358	950,265	968,532
Essex	Elizabethtown	1,797	4,654	21	8	38,851	37,152
Franklin	Malone	1,632	4,226	29	11	51,134	46,540
Fulton	Johnstown	496	1,285	109	42	55,073	54,191
Genesee	Batavia	494	1,280	122	47	60,370	60,060
Greene	Catskill	648	1,678	69	27	48,195	44,739
Hamilton	Lake Pleasant	1,721	4,457	3	1	5,379	5,279
Herkimer	Herkimer	1,412	3,657	47	18	64,427	65,797
Jefferson	Watertown	1,272	3,295	87	34	111,738	110,943
Kings	Brooklyn	71	183	32,619	12,594	2,465,326	2,300,664
Lewis	Lowville	1,276	3,304	21	8	26,944	26,796
Livingston	Geneseo	632	1,637	99	38	64,328	62,372
Madison	Wampsville	656	1,699	105	41	69,441	69,120
Monroe	Rochester	659	1,708	1,083	418	735,343	713,968
Montgomery	Fonda	405	1,049	128	50	49,708	51,981
Nassau	Mineola	287	743	4,489	1,733	1,334,544	1,287,348
New York	New York	28	74	52,419	20,239	1,537,195	1,487,536
Niagara	Lockport	523	1,355	422	163	219,846	220,756
Oneida	Utica	1,213	3,141	207	80	235,469	250,836
Onondaga	Syracuse	780	2,021	601	232	458,336	468,973
Ontario	Canandaigua	644	1,669	148	57	100,224	95,101
Orange	Goshen	816	2,114	377	146	341,367	307,647
Orleans	Albion	391	1,014	107	41	44,171	41,846
Oswego	Oswego	953	2,469	128	49	122,377	121,771
Otsego	Cooperstown	1,003	2,598	60	23	61,676	60,517
Putnam	Carmel	232	600	363	140	95,745	83,941
Queens	Jamaica	109	283	17,839	6,888	2,229,379	1,951,598
Rensselaer	Troy	654	1,694	236	91	152,538	154,429
Richmond	St. George	59	152	6,467	2,497	443,728	378,977
Rockland	New City	174	451	1,524	588	286,753	265,475
Saratoga	Ballston Spa	812	2,103	223	86	200,635	181,276
Schenectady	Schenectady	206	534	724	280	146,555	149,285
Schoharie	Schoharie	622	1,611	51	20	31,582	31,859
Schuyler	Watkins Glen	329	851	57	22	19,224	18,662
Seneca	Waterloo	325	842	104	40	33,342	33,683
St.Lawrence	Canton	2,686	6,956	42	16	111,931	111,974
Steuben	Bath	1,393	3,607	71	28	98,726	99,088
Suffolk	Riverhead	911	2,360	1,451	560	1,419,369	1,321,864
Sullivan	Monticello	970	2,512	71	28	73,966	69,277
Tioga	Owego	519	1,344	101	39	51,784	52,337
Tompkins	Ithaca	476	1,233	198	76	96,501	94,097
Ulster	Kingston	1,127	2,918	147	57	177,749	165,304
Ulster	Kingston	1,127	2,918	147	57	177,749	165,304
Warren	Lake George	870	2,253	68	26	63,303	59,209
Washington	Hudson Falls	836	2,164	71	27	61,042	59,330
Wayne	Lyons	604	1,565	148	57	93,765	89,123
Westchester	White Plains	433	1,121	2,021	780	923,459	874,866
Wyoming	Warsaw	593	1,536	72	28	43,424	42,507
Yates	Penn Yan	338	876	67	26	24,621	22,810

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Albany	605	245,060	32,624	8,090	84	3,102	5,000	9,079
Allegany	139	48,444	361	358	2	183	440	454
Bronx	11,371	398,003	475,007	40,120	1,383	329,724	77,042	644,705
Broome	384	183,153	6,575	5,585	53	1,593	3,193	3,986
Cattaraugus	2,181	79,444	890	386	16	191	847	791
Cayuga	256	76,501	3,272	348	20	718	848	1,611
Chautauqua	598	131,416	3,051	502	40	2,418	1,725	5,901
Chemung	210	82,840	5,303	709	16	681	1,311	1,609
Chenango	141	50,191	422	146	11	112	378	548
Clinton	291	74,562	2,863	537	17	878	746	1,964
Columbia	132	58,105	2,850	507	20	568	912	1,598
Cortland	133	47,115	416	201	5	154	575	565
Delaware	149	46,346	568	257	6	254	475	983
Dutchess	609	234,385	26,097	7,048	88	6,626	5,297	18,060
Erie	5,755	780,942	123,529	13,835	223	13,499	12,482	31,054
Essex	122	36,848	1,092	160	26	267	336	851
Franklin	3,171	42,970	3,389	194	0	1,056	354	2,053
Fulton	105	52,863	992	293	9	308	503	884
Genesee	470	57,167	1,284	292	14	430	713	904
Greene	135	43,740	2,664	260	8	734	654	2,075
Hamilton	14	5,257	24	8	3	36	37	57
Herkimer	139	63,031	329	263	11	113	541	580
Jefferson	589	99,118	6,517	1,027	156	2,296	2,035	4,677
Kings	10,117	1,015,728	898,350	185,818	1,465	248,557	105,291	487,878
Lewis	76	26,451	106	63	14	76	158	172
Livingston	172	60,494	1,938	492	20	545	667	1,459
Madison	358	67,006	916	387	10	184	580	734
Monroe	1,950	581,961	101,078	17,922	220	17,925	14,287	39,065
Montgomery	124	47,160	572	263	6	952	631	3,433
Nassau	2,112	1,058,285	134,673	63,140	400	47,638	28,296	133,282
New York	7,617	835,610	267,302	144,538	1,069	217,383	63,676	417,816
Niagara	2,069	199,404	13,520	1,267	51	876	2,659	2,913
Oneida	549	212,414	13,521	2,722	55	2,625	3,583	7,545
Onondaga	3,945	388,555	43,011	9,569	147	4,076	9,033	11,175
Ontario	223	95,256	2,068	691	20	703	1,263	2,149
Orange	1,205	285,721	27,601	5,157	123	13,962	7,598	39,738
Orleans	203	39,367	3,230	142	12	682	535	1,719
Oswego	498	118,918	717	508	17	582	1,137	1,592
Otsego	141	59,083	1,079	390	31	306	646	1,171
Putnam	137	89,876	1,562	1,190	24	1,596	1,360	5,976
Queens	11,077	982,725	446,189	391,500	1,331	260,387	136,170	556,605
Rensselaer	347	139,002	7,147	2,606	31	1,360	2,045	3,225
Richmond	1,107	344,319	42,914	25,071	182	18,355	11,780	53,550
Rockland	676	220,538	31,472	15,826	205	10,838	7,198	29,182
Saratoga	361	192,579	2,725	2,077	44	846	2,003	2,834
Schenectady	341	128,631	9,953	2,888	43	1,769	2,930	4,639
Schoharie	96	30,514	403	120	7	149	293	588
Schuyler	77	18,548	279	56	5	69	190	235
Seneca	83	31,682	758	227	5	222	365	659
St.Lawrence	977	105,782	2,664	800	32	773	903	2,008
Steuben	266	95,198	1,347	893	16	208	798	796
Suffolk	3,807	1,200,755	98,553	34,711	484	51,875	29,184	149,411
Sullivan	197	63,103	6,292	825	29	2,139	1,381	6,839
Tioga	112	50,501	282	296	7	108	478	509
Tompkins	275	82,507	3,508	6,943	36	1,052	2,180	2,968
Ulster	472	158,042	9,646	2,199	51	3,826	3,513	10,941
Warren	130	61,705	395	347	7	145	574	663
Washington	125	57,973	1,785	172	9	510	468	1,232
Wayne	245	87,954	3,044	437	14	819	1,252	2,263
Westchester	2,343	658,858	131,132	41,367	371	61,227	28,161	144,124
Wyoming	116	39,880	2,395	161	10	572	290	1,278
Yates	36	24,103	139	69	4	88	182	228

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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