RANKING · 2024 ACS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Highest Medicare coverage, New York counties

New York counties ranked by the share of people covered by Medicare, alone or in combination with other coverage (2024 ACS). A close proxy for retirement geography. This list covers the 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020

01Hamilton County, NYNY5,00635.5%+1.0 pts

02Essex County, NYNY36,43829.7%+2.5 pts

03Delaware County, NYNY44,30529.2%+1.8 pts

04Columbia County, NYNY60,16828.8%+3.7 pts

05Greene County, NYNY47,23826.7%+1.6 pts

06Warren County, NYNY65,02026.7%+1.6 pts

07Yates County, NYNY24,54726.4%+1.0 pts

08Schoharie County, NYNY30,17626.3%+1.9 pts

09Schuyler County, NYNY16,92426.2%+1.8 pts

10Fulton County, NYNY52,21625.2%+0.4 pts

11Chenango County, NYNY45,71524.7%+1.2 pts

12Washington County, NYNY59,35324.7%+0.9 pts

13Herkimer County, NYNY59,21924.7%+1.5 pts

14Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12624.3%+0.9 pts

15Seneca County, NYNY32,88324.3%+0.9 pts

16Franklin County, NYNY46,50024.1%+1.7 pts

17Ontario County, NYNY113,13024.0%+2.2 pts

18Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39023.8%+1.4 pts

19Tioga County, NYNY47,45323.8%+1.8 pts

20Wyoming County, NYNY39,74123.6%+2.2 pts

21Chemung County, NYNY80,41523.5%+1.5 pts

22Steuben County, NYNY91,85523.4%+1.3 pts

23Cayuga County, NYNY74,36523.3%+1.5 pts

24Orleans County, NYNY39,82523.3%+2.1 pts

25Otsego County, NYNY60,58923.3%−0.3 pts

26Wayne County, NYNY91,25023.3%+1.9 pts

27Lewis County, NYNY26,47923.2%+1.3 pts

28Livingston County, NYNY61,43823.0%+2.3 pts

29Genesee County, NYNY58,41622.6%+1.4 pts

30Niagara County, NYNY208,91222.6%−1.0 pts

31Ulster County, NYNY183,33022.5%+0.6 pts

32Oneida County, NYNY226,39222.3%+0.9 pts

33St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,48822.2%+1.6 pts

34Broome County, NYNY195,73622.1%+0.5 pts

35Madison County, NYNY67,12022.0%+1.8 pts

36Sullivan County, NYNY80,58622.0%+0.0 pts

37Clinton County, NYNY78,13821.9%+1.5 pts

38Allegany County, NYNY46,80021.6%+0.0 pts

39Montgomery County, NYNY50,04621.4%+0.9 pts

40Saratoga County, NYNY241,34321.2%+1.8 pts

41Erie County, NYNY946,74121.0%+1.2 pts

42Dutchess County, NYNY300,70820.3%+1.4 pts

43Monroe County, NYNY750,50620.3%+1.1 pts

44Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51020.2%+0.9 pts

45Onondaga County, NYNY466,58420.1%+1.0 pts

46Putnam County, NYNY99,02819.9%+1.2 pts

47Oswego County, NYNY118,56919.7%+0.5 pts

48Albany County, NYNY321,22519.6%+1.4 pts

49Schenectady County, NYNY162,58119.1%+0.1 pts

50Cortland County, NYNY45,85018.9%+0.9 pts

51Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,09018.9%+0.9 pts

52Nassau County, NYNY1,398,93918.8%+0.8 pts

53New York County, NYNY1,664,86218.4%+1.3 pts

54Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74318.3%+1.0 pts

55Jefferson County, NYNY111,54018.1%+0.8 pts

56Richmond County, NYNY501,29018.1%+0.8 pts

57Queens County, NYNY2,358,18217.8%+1.8 pts

58Tompkins County, NYNY104,04716.9%+1.8 pts

59Rockland County, NYNY357,39716.2%+0.0 pts

60Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33216.1%+1.7 pts

61Kings County, NYNY2,653,96315.9%+1.4 pts

62Orange County, NYNY417,66915.7%+0.1 pts

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES