New York County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 62 counties in New York with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

19,771,902

Area

47,127 sq mi

Capital

Albany

Time Zone

Eastern (ET)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank New York county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 62 New York counties

County	Largest City	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Kings	Brooklyn	2,631,396	71 mi²	$84,589	1
Queens	Jamaica	2,320,056	109 mi²	$86,886	41
New York	New York	1,619,224	23 mi²	$111,690	1
Suffolk	Bay Shore	1,476,044	912 mi²	$134,777	107
Bronx	Bronx	1,412,082	42 mi²	$51,228	1
Nassau	Valley Stream	1,369,359	285 mi²	$150,247	64
Westchester	Yonkers	997,782	431 mi²	$135,886	63
Erie	Buffalo	950,963	1,043 mi²	$77,226	44
Monroe	Rochester	753,585	657 mi²	$82,037	22
Richmond	Staten Island	494,956	58 mi²	$99,525	1
Onondaga	Syracuse	465,275	778 mi²	$80,277	29
Orange	Monroe	396,029	812 mi²	$97,549	49
Rockland	Spring Valley	341,883	174 mi²	$108,933	27
Albany	Albany	325,230	523 mi²	$88,661	31
Dutchess	Poughkeepsie	300,642	796 mi²	$101,041	36
Saratoga	Clifton Park	234,656	810 mi²	$102,937	22
Oneida	Utica	230,231	1,212 mi²	$71,468	48
Niagara	Niagara Falls	210,453	522 mi²	$71,038	18
Broome	Binghamton	201,325	706 mi²	$63,932	24
Ulster	Kingston	194,344	1,124 mi²	$91,953	57
Rensselaer	Troy	158,934	652 mi²	$88,196	26
Schenectady	Schenectady	150,916	205 mi²	$87,885	7
Chautauqua	Jamestown	124,452	1,060 mi²	$59,783	36
Oswego	Oswego	118,219	952 mi²	$69,921	25
Jefferson	Watertown	115,972	1,269 mi²	$68,515	38
Ontario	Canandaigua	114,564	644 mi²	$86,788	23
St. Lawrence	Massena	105,509	2,680 mi²	$64,248	46
Tompkins	Ithaca	105,350	475 mi²	$74,256	12
Putnam	Mahopac	99,343	230 mi²	$125,886	9
Wayne	Newark	94,283	604 mi²	$75,581	22
Steuben	Corning	91,632	1,391 mi²	$67,372	28
Chemung	Elmira	80,167	407 mi²	$65,781	12
Clinton	Plattsburgh	77,643	1,038 mi²	$73,057	22
Sullivan	Monticello	77,160	968 mi²	$73,684	52
Madison	Canastota	77,107	655 mi²	$77,447	27
Cattaraugus	Olean	74,917	1,308 mi²	$59,571	31
Cayuga	Auburn	73,123	692 mi²	$68,989	18
Otsego	Oneonta	68,477	1,002 mi²	$69,784	35
Warren	Queensbury	65,639	867 mi²	$80,644	23
Washington	Hudson Falls	65,309	831 mi²	$75,020	22
Livingston	Geneseo	59,234	632 mi²	$74,440	22
Columbia	Hudson	58,964	635 mi²	$85,173	33
Genesee	Batavia	58,584	493 mi²	$75,199	15
Herkimer	Ilion	52,618	1,411 mi²	$69,326	17
Fulton	Gloversville	52,020	495 mi²	$63,619	7
Montgomery	Amsterdam	51,551	403 mi²	$68,205	13
Franklin	Malone	50,206	1,629 mi²	$66,206	23
Greene	Catskill	50,045	647 mi²	$79,529	37
Allegany	Wellsville	48,754	1,029 mi²	$62,010	30
Tioga	Owego	48,349	519 mi²	$70,911	14
Cortland	Cortland	46,761	499 mi²	$70,083	12
Chenango	Norwich	40,835	894 mi²	$63,323	17
Wyoming	Attica	39,567	593 mi²	$69,438	19
Orleans	Albion	39,277	391 mi²	$68,634	11
Delaware	Walton	38,757	1,442 mi²	$65,543	34
Essex	Lake Placid	34,794	1,794 mi²	$72,973	29
Schoharie	Cobleskill	30,451	622 mi²	$66,445	19
Seneca	Seneca Falls	30,331	324 mi²	$66,435	8
Yates	Penn Yan	25,868	338 mi²	$69,989	10
Lewis	Lowville	25,715	1,275 mi²	$66,950	18
Schuyler	Watkins Glen	16,262	328 mi²	$63,858	13
Hamilton	Northville	8,728	1,717 mi²	$74,995	13

How many counties does New York have?

New York has 62 counties covering 47,127 square miles and roughly 19,771,902 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 11th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles, home to about 105,509 residents. The most populous is Kings County with approximately 2,631,396 residents — a density of about 37,062 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Hamilton County has only about 8,728 residents.

New York’s capital is Albany, while the largest city is New York City — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of New York’s county boundaries from our blank map of New York page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which New York county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any New York address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover New York specifically: the 100-mile radius around Albany measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in New York ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts New York’s 62 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

New York has 62 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 11th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.

St. Lawrence County is the largest by land area at 2,680 square miles, with about 105,509 residents.

Kings County is the most populous, with approximately 2,631,396 residents over 71 square miles.

Hamilton County has the smallest population at about 8,728 residents.

Albany is the state capital. The largest city is New York City — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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