New York Citizen Population By County in 2018 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2018, the citizen population for New York was 17,680,635 and represented 90.12% of the total New York population.

Among all New York counties, Kings had the highest citizen population (2.22M), followed by Queens (1.84M), and New York (1.39M).

In terms of percentages, Hamilton had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.67%), followed by Schuyler (99.50%), and Fulton (99.48%).

The chart and table below shows the citizen population of each county and the percentage of each county's population that were citizens.

You can see similar information for other states and by state for the United States.

See this for other years:
New York Citizen Population By County in 2018
New York Citizen Population By County in 2018
Items per page:
0 of 0
County Citizen Population % of County Population
Kings 2221480 85.42
Queens 1835395 79.85
New York 1392400 85.29
Suffolk 1384090 93.02
Nassau 1248050 92.00
Bronx 1179365 82.02
Erie 888290 96.57
Westchester 854260 88.18
Monroe 715985 96.20
Onondaga 447750 96.45
Richmond 437645 92.31
Orange 362345 95.80
Rockland 295760 91.37
Albany 293230 95.38
Dutchess 280030 95.28
Oneida 223305 96.76
Saratoga 221860 97.57
Niagara 208680 98.57
Broome 188290 96.86
Ulster 173325 96.67
Rensselaer 155650 97.63
Schenectady 149280 96.38
Chautauqua 128120 98.82
Oswego 118230 99.27
Jefferson 112455 98.26
Ontario 107430 98.14
St. Lawrence 107000 97.66
Steuben 95475 98.50
Tompkins 94565 91.85
Putnam 93985 94.87
Wayne 90010 99.07
Chemung 84655 98.74
Clinton 79010 97.79
Cattaraugus 77185 99.36
Cayuga 76985 98.86
Sullivan 71725 95.37
Madison 70585 98.91
Warren 63555 98.57
Livingston 62775 98.23
Herkimer 62040 99.26
Washington 61355 99.23
Otsego 59420 98.63
Columbia 58935 96.74
Genesee 57575 99.08
Fulton 53465 99.48
Franklin 49830 98.30
Montgomery 48865 98.87
Tioga 48715 99.33
Chenango 48035 99.35
Cortland 47760 99.24
Greene 46845 98.38
Allegany 46380 98.63
Delaware 44550 97.91
Orleans 40500 98.36
Wyoming 40005 98.62
Essex 37055 98.16
Seneca 34310 99.13
Schoharie 31090 99.12
Lewis 26425 98.90
Yates 24815 99.22
Schuyler 17900 99.50
Hamilton 4560 99.67