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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. The median across all 62 is 22.5%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Wyoming County, NY, up 12 places to #20.

Highest Medicare coverage by state
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RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDICAREVS 2020
01Hamilton County, NYNY5,00635.5%+1.0 pts
02▲1Essex County, NYNY36,43829.7%+2.5 pts
03▼1Delaware County, NYNY44,30529.2%+1.8 pts
04▲1Columbia County, NYNY60,16828.8%+3.7 pts
05▲1Greene County, NYNY47,23826.7%+1.6 pts
06▲1Warren County, NYNY65,02026.7%+1.6 pts
07▼3Yates County, NYNY24,54726.4%+1.0 pts
08▲1Schoharie County, NYNY30,17626.3%+1.9 pts
09▲1Schuyler County, NYNY16,92426.2%+1.8 pts
10▼2Fulton County, NYNY52,21625.2%+0.4 pts
11▲3Chenango County, NYNY45,71524.7%+1.2 pts
12▼1Washington County, NYNY59,35324.7%+0.9 pts
13▲4Herkimer County, NYNY59,21924.7%+1.5 pts
14▲1Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12624.3%+0.9 pts
15▲1Seneca County, NYNY32,88324.3%+0.9 pts
16▲3Franklin County, NYNY46,50024.1%+1.7 pts
17▲10Ontario County, NYNY113,13024.0%+2.2 pts
18Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39023.8%+1.4 pts
19▲4Tioga County, NYNY47,45323.8%+1.8 pts
20▲12Wyoming County, NYNY39,74123.6%+2.2 pts
21Chemung County, NYNY80,41523.5%+1.5 pts
22▼2Steuben County, NYNY91,85523.4%+1.3 pts
23▲3Cayuga County, NYNY74,36523.3%+1.5 pts
24▲10Orleans County, NYNY39,82523.3%+2.1 pts
25▼12Otsego County, NYNY60,58923.3%−0.3 pts
26▲5Wayne County, NYNY91,25023.3%+1.9 pts
27▼3Lewis County, NYNY26,47923.2%+1.3 pts
28▲7Livingston County, NYNY61,43823.0%+2.3 pts
29▲4Genesee County, NYNY58,41622.6%+1.4 pts
30▼18Niagara County, NYNY208,91222.6%−1.0 pts
31▼6Ulster County, NYNY183,33022.5%+0.6 pts
32▼2Oneida County, NYNY226,39222.3%+0.9 pts
33▲3St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,48822.2%+1.6 pts
34▼5Broome County, NYNY195,73622.1%+0.5 pts
35▲4Madison County, NYNY67,12022.0%+1.8 pts
36▼14Sullivan County, NYNY80,58622.0%0.0 pts
37▲1Clinton County, NYNY78,13821.9%+1.5 pts
38▼10Allegany County, NYNY46,80021.6%0.0 pts
39▼2Montgomery County, NYNY50,04621.4%+0.9 pts
40▲1Saratoga County, NYNY241,34321.2%+1.8 pts
41▼1Erie County, NYNY946,74121.0%+1.2 pts
42▲5Dutchess County, NYNY300,70820.3%+1.4 pts
43Monroe County, NYNY750,50620.3%+1.1 pts
44▼2Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51020.2%+0.9 pts
45Onondaga County, NYNY466,58420.1%+1.0 pts
46▲2Putnam County, NYNY99,02819.9%+1.2 pts
47▼3Oswego County, NYNY118,56919.7%+0.5 pts
48▲1Albany County, NYNY321,22519.6%+1.4 pts
49▼3Schenectady 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
53▲3New York County, NYNY1,664,86218.4%+1.3 pts
54▲1Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74318.3%+1.0 pts
55▼2Jefferson County, NYNY111,54018.1%+0.8 pts
56▼2Richmond County, NYNY501,29018.1%+0.8 pts
57▲1Queens County, NYNY2,358,18217.8%+1.8 pts
58▲2Tompkins County, NYNY104,04716.9%+1.8 pts
59▼2Rockland County, NYNY357,39716.2%0.0 pts
60▲2Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33216.1%+1.7 pts
61Kings County, NYNY2,653,96315.9%+1.4 pts
62▼3Orange County, NYNY417,66915.7%+0.1 pts
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES