RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Most densely populated, New York counties · 2000

New York counties ranked by residents per square mile (2000). This list covers the 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 62 is 122.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 1990

01New York County, NYNY1,664,86267,843+3%

02Kings County, NYNY2,653,96335,535+7%

03Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33231,597+11%

04Queens County, NYNY2,358,18220,505+14%

05Richmond County, NYNY501,2907,714+17%

06Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9394,690+4%

07Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7432,144+6%

08Rockland County, NYNY357,3971,651+8%

09Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0901,558+7%

10Monroe County, NYNY750,5061,119+3%

11Erie County, NYNY946,741911−2%

12Schenectady County, NYNY162,581716−2%

13Onondaga County, NYNY466,584589−2%

14Albany County, NYNY321,225563+1%

15Niagara County, NYNY208,9124210%

16Orange County, NYNY417,669420+11%

17Putnam County, NYNY99,028416+14%

18Dutchess County, NYNY300,708352+8%

19Broome County, NYNY195,736284−5%

20Saratoga County, NYNY241,343248+11%

21Rensselaer County, NYNY160,510234−1%

22Chemung County, NYNY80,415224−4%

23Tompkins County, NYNY104,047203+3%

24Oneida County, NYNY226,392194−6%

25Ulster County, NYNY183,330158+8%

26Ontario County, NYNY113,130156+5%

27Wayne County, NYNY91,250155+5%

28Chautauqua County, NYNY124,126132−2%

29Oswego County, NYNY118,5691290%

30Montgomery County, NYNY50,046123−4%

31Genesee County, NYNY58,416122+1%

32Cayuga County, NYNY74,3651190%

33Orleans County, NYNY39,825113+6%

34Fulton County, NYNY52,216111+2%

35Madison County, NYNY67,1201060%

36Seneca County, NYNY32,883103−1%

37Livingston County, NYNY61,438102+3%

38Tioga County, NYNY47,453100−1%

39Columbia County, NYNY60,168990%

40Cortland County, NYNY45,85097−1%

41Jefferson County, NYNY111,54088+1%

42Clinton County, NYNY78,13877−7%

43Sullivan County, NYNY80,58676+7%

44Greene County, NYNY47,23874+8%

45Washington County, NYNY59,35373+3%

46Wyoming County, NYNY39,74173+2%

47Warren County, NYNY65,02073+7%

48Yates County, NYNY24,54773+8%

49Steuben County, NYNY91,855710%

50Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,390640%

51Otsego County, NYNY60,58962+2%

52Schuyler County, NYNY16,92459+3%

53Chenango County, NYNY45,71558−1%

54Schoharie County, NYNY30,17651−1%

55Allegany County, NYNY46,80048−1%

56Herkimer County, NYNY59,21946−2%

57St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,488420%

58Delaware County, NYNY44,30533+2%

59Franklin County, NYNY46,50031+10%

60Essex County, NYNY36,43822+5%

61Lewis County, NYNY26,47921+1%

62Hamilton County, NYNY5,0063+2%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS