RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 62 SHOWN OF 62

Most sparsely populated, New York counties · 2000

New York counties with the fewest 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

01Hamilton County, NYNY5,0063+2%

02Lewis County, NYNY26,47921+1%

03Essex County, NYNY36,43822+5%

04Franklin County, NYNY46,50031+10%

05Delaware County, NYNY44,30533+2%

06St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,488420%

07Herkimer County, NYNY59,21946−2%

08Allegany County, NYNY46,80048−1%

09Schoharie County, NYNY30,17651−1%

10Chenango County, NYNY45,71558−1%

11Schuyler County, NYNY16,92459+3%

12Otsego County, NYNY60,58962+2%

13Cattaraugus County, NYNY75,390640%

14Steuben County, NYNY91,855710%

15Yates County, NYNY24,54773+8%

16Warren County, NYNY65,02073+7%

17Wyoming County, NYNY39,74173+2%

18Washington County, NYNY59,35373+3%

19Greene County, NYNY47,23874+8%

20Sullivan County, NYNY80,58676+7%

21Clinton County, NYNY78,13877−7%

22Jefferson County, NYNY111,54088+1%

23Cortland County, NYNY45,85097−1%

24Columbia County, NYNY60,168990%

25Tioga County, NYNY47,453100−1%

26Livingston County, NYNY61,438102+3%

27Seneca County, NYNY32,883103−1%

28Madison County, NYNY67,1201060%

29Fulton County, NYNY52,216111+2%

30Orleans County, NYNY39,825113+6%

31Cayuga County, NYNY74,3651190%

32Genesee County, NYNY58,416122+1%

33Montgomery County, NYNY50,046123−4%

34Oswego County, NYNY118,5691290%

35Chautauqua County, NYNY124,126132−2%

36Wayne County, NYNY91,250155+5%

37Ontario County, NYNY113,130156+5%

38Ulster County, NYNY183,330158+8%

39Oneida County, NYNY226,392194−6%

40Tompkins County, NYNY104,047203+3%

41Chemung County, NYNY80,415224−4%

42Rensselaer County, NYNY160,510234−1%

43Saratoga County, NYNY241,343248+11%

44Broome County, NYNY195,736284−5%

45Dutchess County, NYNY300,708352+8%

46Putnam County, NYNY99,028416+14%

47Orange County, NYNY417,669420+11%

48Niagara County, NYNY208,9124210%

49Albany County, NYNY321,225563+1%

50Onondaga County, NYNY466,584589−2%

51Schenectady County, NYNY162,581716−2%

52Erie County, NYNY946,741911−2%

53Monroe County, NYNY750,5061,119+3%

54Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,0901,558+7%

55Rockland County, NYNY357,3971,651+8%

56Westchester County, NYNY1,015,7432,144+6%

57Nassau County, NYNY1,398,9394,690+4%

58Richmond County, NYNY501,2907,714+17%

59Queens County, NYNY2,358,18220,505+14%

60Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33231,597+11%

61Kings County, NYNY2,653,96335,535+7%

62New York County, NYNY1,664,86267,843+3%

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