Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for New York counties, in April 2020, among all New York counties, Lewis County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (94.50%), followed by Yates County (93.91%), and Hamilton County (93.70%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New York counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in New York.

Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Lewis
Yates
Hamilton
Schuyler
Chenango
Tioga
Herkimer
Allegany
Oswego
Schoharie
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County White Alone % of County Pop.
1 Lewis County 94.50
2 Yates County 93.91
3 Hamilton County 93.70
4 Schuyler County 93.59
5 Chenango County 92.19
6 Tioga County 91.96
7 Herkimer County 91.86
8 Allegany County 91.60
9 Oswego County 91.27
10 Schoharie County 91.24
11 Essex County 91.23
12 Warren County 91.14
13 Steuben County 90.78
14 Madison County 90.43
15 Washington County 89.98
16 St. Lawrence County 89.89
17 Livingston County 89.66
18 Fulton County 89.59
19 Otsego County 89.54
20 Delaware County 89.07
21 Wyoming County 88.93
22 Cattaraugus County 88.43
23 Genesee County 88.27
24 Wayne County 88.16
25 Cortland County 88.12
26 Seneca County 87.94
27 Ontario County 87.93
28 Cayuga County 87.89
29 Clinton County 87.85
30 Saratoga County 87.59
31 Orleans County 85.87
32 Chautauqua County 85.65
33 Greene County 84.48
34 Chemung County 83.74
35 Columbia County 83.70
36 Niagara County 82.68
37 Jefferson County 82.46
38 Franklin County 82.09
39 Montgomery County 81.18
40 Broome County 79.86
41 Oneida County 79.72
42 Rensselaer County 78.71
43 Ulster County 77.94
44 Putnam County 77.21
45 Tompkins County 74.39
46 Onondaga County 74.13
47 Erie County 72.68
48 Sullivan County 71.28
49 Dutchess County 70.04
50 Monroe County 68.62
51 Albany County 68.44
52 Schenectady County 68.01
53 Suffolk County 67.03
54 Rockland County 63.52
55 Orange County 61.82
56 Richmond County 59.61
57 Nassau County 58.55
58 Westchester County 53.08
59 New York County 50.03
60 Kings County 37.60
61 Queens County 25.84
62 Bronx County 14.10