New York Citizen Population By County in 2024 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on March 28, 2026.

Based on the US Census Bureau's special tabulation from the ACS 5-year estimates, in 2024, the citizen population for New York was 18,020,157 and represented 90.77% of the total New York population.

Among all New York counties, Kings had the highest citizen population (2.27M), followed by Queens (1.87M), and Suffolk (1.42M).

In terms of percentages, Hamilton had the highest percentage of its population being citizens (99.73%), followed by Yates (99.58%), and Cattaraugus (99.41%).

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

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New York Citizen Population By County in 2024
New York Citizen Population By County in 2024
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County Citizen Population % of County Population
Kings 2273922 86.41
Queens 1873661 80.66
Suffolk 1423987 93.06
New York 1418936 87.08
Nassau 1290239 92.85
Bronx 1182958 84.21
Erie 921557 96.94
Westchester 896356 89.66
Monroe 731549 97.05
Richmond 454756 91.88
Onondaga 454572 96.49
Orange 382382 94.04
Rockland 309791 90.61
Albany 300215 94.70
Dutchess 284053 95.25
Saratoga 233544 98.01
Oneida 221036 96.47
Niagara 206727 98.10
Broome 190907 96.72
Ulster 176698 96.77
Rensselaer 156572 97.65
Schenectady 154374 96.26
Chautauqua 123985 98.76
Oswego 117222 99.38
Jefferson 112953 98.19
Ontario 110728 98.32
St. Lawrence 105342 98.24
Tompkins 95683 91.53
Putnam 93171 94.97
Steuben 91262 98.57
Wayne 89793 98.75
Chemung 80816 98.38
Clinton 76540 97.51
Cattaraugus 75698 99.41
Sullivan 74562 93.53
Cayuga 74166 98.76
Madison 66456 98.71
Warren 64614 98.62
Livingston 60555 98.47
Washington 59461 98.24
Herkimer 59248 99.15
Columbia 59184 96.86
Otsego 59035 98.22
Genesee 57169 98.94
Fulton 51983 99.04
Montgomery 49185 99.31
Tioga 47498 99.24
Greene 46717 98.54
Allegany 46642 98.91
Franklin 46126 98.78
Cortland 45863 99.17
Chenango 45749 98.77
Delaware 43909 98.70
Wyoming 39270 98.79
Orleans 38935 98.30
Essex 36219 97.97
Seneca 32488 98.69
Schoharie 29799 99.18
Lewis 26438 99.36
Yates 24425 99.58
Schuyler 17418 99.19
Hamilton 5075 99.73