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RANKING · 2024 ACS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Most segregated, New York counties

New York counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 62 counties in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 62 is 32. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Chemung County, NY, up 21 places to #20.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33262−1%
02▲2Franklin County, NYNY46,50062+12%
03▼1Erie County, NYNY946,74153−7%
04▲1Queens County, NYNY2,358,182530%
05▼2Kings County, NYNY2,653,96352−5%
06Oneida County, NYNY226,39249−6%
07▲9Montgomery County, NYNY50,04649+11%
08▼1New York County, NYNY1,664,86248−6%
09▲1Nassau County, NYNY1,398,939480%
10▼2Monroe County, NYNY750,50646−6%
11▲2Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74345−2%
12▲5Rockland County, NYNY357,39744+1%
13▼4Onondaga County, NYNY466,58444−12%
14▼2Wyoming County, NYNY39,74142−9%
15Schenectady County, NYNY162,58142−8%
16▲4Richmond County, NYNY501,29040−3%
17▲6Chautauqua County, NYNY124,12639−2%
18▼7Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51038−18%
19Niagara County, NYNY208,91237−12%
20▲21Chemung County, NYNY80,41537+24%
21▲4Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,09036−6%
22▲4Allegany County, NYNY46,80035−7%
23▼1Albany County, NYNY321,22535−13%
24▲6Orange County, NYNY417,66935−5%
25▲7Ontario County, NYNY113,13035−2%
26▲5Sullivan County, NYNY80,58635−5%
27▼13Essex County, NYNY36,43834−25%
28▲7Tompkins County, NYNY104,04734+2%
29▼8Washington County, NYNY59,35333−19%
30▼2Broome County, NYNY195,73633−13%
31▲12Orleans County, NYNY39,82532+10%
32▼8Jefferson County, NYNY111,54031−19%
33Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,39031−9%
34▼7Cayuga County, NYNY74,36530−20%
35▼6St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,48829−20%
36▼2Greene County, NYNY47,23829−14%
37▼1Otsego County, NYNY60,58928−15%
38▲4Genesee County, NYNY58,41626−12%
39▲1Seneca County, NYNY32,88325−16%
40▼22Clinton County, NYNY78,13825−41%
41▲3Dutchess County, NYNY300,70825−13%
42▲3Madison County, NYNY67,12025−14%
43▲15Yates County, NYNY24,54724+32%
44▼6Oswego County, NYNY118,56924−21%
45▼6Livingston County, NYNY61,43823−24%
46▲10Chenango County, NYNY45,71522+5%
47▼1Columbia County, NYNY60,16822−25%
48▲1Saratoga County, NYNY241,34321−23%
49▲5Steuben County, NYNY91,85521−3%
50▲10Cortland County, NYNY45,85021+19%
51▼1Ulster County, NYNY183,33021−24%
52▲1Fulton County, NYNY52,21621−16%
53▼2Delaware County, NYNY44,30520−23%
54▼6Wayne County, NYNY91,25020−28%
55▲2Warren County, NYNY65,02020−2%
56▲3Tioga County, NYNY47,45320+8%
57▲5Hamilton County, NYNY5,00618+879%
58▼6Putnam County, NYNY99,02817−35%
59▼12Herkimer County, NYNY59,21917−42%
60▼5Lewis County, NYNY26,47916−23%
61Schoharie County, NYNY30,17612−26%
62▼25Schuyler County, NYNY16,92412−64%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES