Ranking of New York Counties By Population Density from Census 2020

Updated on October 17, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all New York counties, New York County had the highest population density per square mile (74.78K people per sqr mile), followed by Kings County (39.44K people per sqr mile), and Bronx County (34.92K people per sqr mile).

On the other hand, Hamilton County had the lowest population density (2.97 people per sqr mile), followed by Essex County (20.84 people per sqr mile), and Lewis County (20.85 people per sqr mile).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all New York counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of New York Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Ranking of New York Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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Rank County Population Density
1 New York County 74780.68
2 Kings County 39438.01
3 Bronx County 34920.30
4 Queens County 22124.48
5 Richmond County 8618.31
6 Nassau County 4905.34
7 Westchester County 2332.02
8 Rockland County 1950.65
9 Suffolk County 1674.67
10 Monroe County 1156.03
11 Erie County 915.13
12 Schenectady County 772.61
13 Onondaga County 612.18
14 Albany County 602.13
15 Orange County 494.03
16 Putnam County 424.27
17 Niagara County 407.13
18 Dutchess County 371.91
19 Saratoga County 290.75
20 Broome County 281.57
21 Rensselaer County 246.96
22 Tompkins County 222.78
23 Chemung County 206.58
24 Oneida County 191.47
25 Ontario County 174.60
26 Ulster County 161.76
27 Wayne County 151.17
28 Oswego County 123.50
29 Montgomery County 122.87
30 Chautauqua County 120.38
31 Genesee County 118.45
32 Cayuga County 110.25
33 Fulton County 107.63
34 Seneca County 104.46
35 Madison County 103.87
36 Orleans County 103.11
37 Livingston County 97.88
38 Columbia County 97.01
39 Cortland County 93.85
40 Tioga County 93.40
41 Jefferson County 92.00
42 Sullivan County 81.21
43 Clinton County 76.94
44 Warren County 75.80
45 Greene County 74.06
46 Washington County 73.75
47 Yates County 73.27
48 Wyoming County 68.38
49 Steuben County 67.30
50 Cattaraugus County 58.89
51 Otsego County 58.42
52 Schuyler County 54.51
53 Chenango County 52.84
54 Schoharie County 47.79
55 Allegany County 45.13
56 Herkimer County 42.61
57 St. Lawrence County 40.49
58 Delaware County 30.71
59 Franklin County 29.19
60 Lewis County 20.85
61 Essex County 20.84
62 Hamilton County 2.97