Table 2: Estimated Population, Land Area and Population Density by County
Vital Statistics of New York State 2004
| County | 2004 Population Estimate |
2000 Census Population |
2000 Land Area (Sq. Miles) |
2004 Population Density* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York State | ||||
| New York State | 19,227,088 | 18,976,457 | 47,213.79 | 407.2 |
| New York City | ||||
| New York City | 8,104,079 | 8,008,278 | 303.31 | 26,718.7 |
| Bronx | 1,365,536 | 1,332,650 | 42.03 | 32,491.8 |
| Kings | 2,475,290 | 2,465,326 | 70.61 | 35,057.8 |
| New York | 1,562,723 | 1,537,195 | 22.96 | 68,051.7 |
| Queens | 2,237,216 | 2,229,379 | 109.24 | 20,480.7 |
| Richmond | 463,314 | 443,728 | 58.48 | 7,922.8 |
| Rest of State | ||||
| Rest of State | 11,123,009 | 10,968,179 | 46,910.48 | 237.1 |
| Albany | 298,432 | 294,565 | 523.45 | 570.1 |
| Allegany | 50,575 | 49,927 | 1,030.22 | 49.1 |
| Broome | 197,696 | 200,536 | 706.82 | 279.7 |
| Cattaraugus | 83,179 | 83,955 | 1,309.85 | 63.5 |
| Cayuga | 81,916 | 81,963 | 693.18 | 118.2 |
| Chautauqua | 137,267 | 139,750 | 1,062.05 | 129.2 |
| Chemung | 89,984 | 91,070 | 408.17 | 220.5 |
| Chenango | 51,861 | 51,401 | 894.36 | 58.0 |
| Clinton | 81,875 | 79,894 | 1,038.95 | 78.8 |
| Colmbia | 63,668 | 63,094 | 635.73 | 100.1 |
| Cortland | 49,006 | 48,599 | 499.65 | 98.1 |
| Delaware | 47,328 | 48,055 | 1,446.37 | 32.7 |
| Dutchess | 293,395 | 280,150 | 801.59 | 366.0 |
| Erie | 936,318 | 950,265 | 1,044.21 | 896.7 |
| Essex | 38,901 | 38,851 | 1,796.80 | 21.7 |
| Franklin | 51,009 | 51,134 | 1,631.49 | 31.3 |
| Fulton | 55,463 | 55,073 | 496.17 | 111.8 |
| Genessee | 59,689 | 60,370 | 494.11 | 120.8 |
| Greene | 49,195 | 48,195 | 647.75 | 75.9 |
| Hamilton | 5,227 | 5,379 | 1,720.39 | 3.0 |
| Herkimer | 63,858 | 64,427 | 1,411.25 | 45.2 |
| Jefferson | 111,467 | 111,738 | 1,272.20 | 87.6 |
| Lewis | 26,564 | 26,944 | 1,275.42 | 20.8 |
| Livingston | 64,819 | 64,328 | 632.13 | 102.5 |
| Madison | 70,407 | 69,441 | 655.86 | 107.4 |
| Monroe | 735,177 | 735,343 | 659.29 | 1,115.1 |
| Montgomery | 49,283 | 49,708 | 404.82 | 121.7 |
| Nassau | 1,339,641 | 1,334,544 | 286.69 | 4,672.7 |
| Niagara | 218,060 | 219,846 | 522.95 | 417.0 |
| Oneida | 234,962 | 235,469 | 1,212.70 | 193.8 |
| Onondaga | 459,805 | 458,336 | 780.29 | 589.3 |
| Ontario | 103,504 | 100,224 | 644.38 | 160.6 |
| Orange | 370,352 | 341,367 | 816.34 | 453.7 |
| Orleans | 44,138 | 44,171 | 391.40 | 112.8 |
| Oswego | 123,776 | 122,377 | 953.30 | 129.8 |
| Otsego | 62,518 | 61,676 | 1,002.80 | 62.3 |
| Putnam | 100,570 | 95,745 | 231.28 | 434.8 |
| Rensselaer | 154,077 | 152,538 | 653.96 | 235.6 |
| Rockland | 293,626 | 286,753 | 174.22 | 1,685.4 |
| St Lawrence | 111,306 | 111,931 | 2,685.60 | 41.4 |
| Saratoga | 212,706 | 200,635 | 811.84 | 262.0 |
| Schenectady | 148,042 | 146,555 | 206.10 | 718.3 |
| Schoharie | 32,012 | 31,582 | 622.02 | 51.5 |
| Schuyler | 19,505 | 19,224 | 328.71 | 59.3 |
| Seneca | 35,075 | 33,342 | 324.91 | 108.0 |
| Steuben | 98,814 | 98,726 | 1,392.64 | 71.0 |
| Suffolk | 1,475,488 | 1,419,369 | 912.20 | 1,617.5 |
| Sullivan | 76,110 | 73,966 | 969.71 | 78.5 |
| Tioga | 51,535 | 51,784 | 518.69 | 99.4 |
| Tompkins | 100,135 | 96,501 | 476.05 | 210.3 |
| Ulster | 181,779 | 177,749 | 1,126.48 | 161.4 |
| Warren | 65,147 | 63,303 | 869.29 | 74.9 |
| Washington | 62,807 | 61,042 | 835.44 | 75.2 |
| Wayne | 93,861 | 93,765 | 604.21 | 155.3 |
| Westchester | 942,444 | 923,459 | 432.82 | 2,177.4 |
| Wyoming | 42,986 | 43,424 | 592.91 | 72.5 |
| Yates | 24,669 | 24,621 | 338.24 | 72.9 |
