Ranking of New York Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
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.
Rank | County | Population Density |
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1 | New York County | 74,780.68 |
2 | Kings County | 39,438.01 |
3 | Bronx County | 34,920.30 |
4 | Queens County | 22,124.48 |
5 | Richmond County | 8,618.31 |
6 | Nassau County | 4,905.34 |
7 | Westchester County | 2,332.02 |
8 | Rockland County | 1,950.65 |
9 | Suffolk County | 1,674.67 |
10 | Monroe County | 1,156.03 |
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 |