Ranking of New York Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 7, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated New York county as at April 2020 was Kings County (2.74M), followed by Queens County (2.40M), and New York County (1.69M).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of New York.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of New York Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Kings
Queens
New York
Suffolk
Bronx
Nassau
Westchester
Erie
Monroe
Richmond
Ranking of New York Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Kings County 2736074
2 Queens County 2405464
3 New York County 1694251
4 Suffolk County 1525920
5 Bronx County 1472654
6 Nassau County 1395774
7 Westchester County 1004457
8 Erie County 954236
9 Monroe County 759443
10 Richmond County 495747
11 Onondaga County 476516
12 Orange County 401310
13 Rockland County 338329
14 Albany County 314848
15 Dutchess County 295911
16 Saratoga County 235509
17 Oneida County 232125
18 Niagara County 212666
19 Broome County 198683
20 Ulster County 181851
21 Rensselaer County 161130
22 Schenectady County 158061
23 Chautauqua County 127657
24 Oswego County 117525
25 Jefferson County 116721
26 Ontario County 112458
27 St. Lawrence County 108505
28 Tompkins County 105740
29 Putnam County 97668
30 Steuben County 93584
31 Wayne County 91283
32 Chemung County 84148
33 Clinton County 79843
34 Sullivan County 78624
35 Cattaraugus County 77042
36 Cayuga County 76248
37 Madison County 68016
38 Warren County 65737
39 Livingston County 61834
40 Columbia County 61570
41 Washington County 61302
42 Herkimer County 60139
43 Otsego County 58524
44 Genesee County 58388
45 Fulton County 53324
46 Montgomery County 49532
47 Tioga County 48455
48 Greene County 47931
49 Franklin County 47555
50 Chenango County 47220
51 Cortland County 46809
52 Allegany County 46456
53 Delaware County 44308
54 Wyoming County 40531
55 Orleans County 40343
56 Essex County 37381
57 Seneca County 33814
58 Schoharie County 29714
59 Lewis County 26582
60 Yates County 24774
61 Schuyler County 17898
62 Hamilton County 5107