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New York County Map With Cities

By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026

New York has 62 counties, covering 47,123 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 20,002,427 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is St. Lawrence County; the most populous is Kings County; the least populous is Hamilton County.

Counties
62
Population
20,002,427
Land area
47,123 sq mi
Capital
Albany
Time Zone
Eastern (ET)

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

All 62 New York counties

County FIPS code Population (July 1, 2025) ▼Change since April 2020 Land area (sq mi) People per sq mi Median household income (2020–2024)
Kings County360472,653,963-3.0%6938,254$80,263
Queens County360812,358,182-2.0%10921,690$86,136
New York County360611,664,862-1.8%2373,478$103,931
Suffolk County361031,546,090+1.3%9111,697$130,686
Bronx County360051,406,332-4.5%4233,324$48,676
Nassau County360591,398,939+0.2%2854,916$146,202
Westchester County361191,015,743+1.1%4312,358$118,976
Erie County36029946,741-0.8%1,043908$72,839
Monroe County36055750,506-1.2%6571,142$76,382
Richmond County36085501,290+1.0%588,715$98,333
Onondaga County36067466,584-2.1%778599$76,945
Orange County36071417,669+4.1%812514$97,178
Rockland County36087357,397+5.6%1742,058$109,959
Albany County36001321,225+2.0%523614$85,333
Dutchess County36027300,708+1.2%796378$99,478
Saratoga County36091241,343+2.5%810298$100,787
Oneida County36065226,392-2.5%1,212187$70,154
Niagara County36063208,912-1.8%522400$69,633
Broome County36007195,736-1.5%706277$62,616
Ulster County36111183,330+0.8%1,124163$86,271
Schenectady County36093162,581+2.9%205794$79,623
Rensselaer County36083160,510-0.4%652246$87,915
Chautauqua County36013124,126-2.8%1,060117$58,351
Oswego County36075118,569+0.9%952125$69,183
Ontario County36069113,130+0.6%644176$82,324
Jefferson County36045111,540-4.4%1,26888$66,301
St. Lawrence County36089105,488-2.8%2,68039$62,850
Tompkins County36109104,047-1.6%475219$74,024
Putnam County3607999,028+1.4%230430$126,257
Steuben County3610191,855-1.8%1,39166$65,887
Wayne County3611791,2500.0%604151$74,506
Sullivan County3610580,586+2.5%96883$72,382
Chemung County3601580,415-4.4%407197$63,716
Clinton County3601978,138-2.1%1,03875$71,224
Cattaraugus County3600975,390-2.1%1,30858$59,540
Cayuga County3601174,365-2.5%692108$67,904
Madison County3605367,120-1.3%655102$75,499
Warren County3611365,020-1.1%86775$78,442
Livingston County3605161,438-0.6%63297$74,001
Otsego County3607760,589+3.6%1,00260$68,885
Columbia County3602160,168-2.3%63595$81,528
Washington County3611559,353-3.2%83171$73,495
Herkimer County3604359,219-1.6%1,41142$68,515
Genesee County3603758,416+0.1%493118$73,314
Fulton County3603552,216-2.1%495105$66,533
Montgomery County3605750,046+1.0%403124$64,943
Tioga County3610747,453-2.1%51991$72,739
Greene County3603947,238-1.4%64773$77,945
Allegany County3600346,800+0.7%1,03045$62,869
Franklin County3603346,500-2.2%1,62929$65,151
Cortland County3602345,850-2.0%49992$70,418
Chenango County3601745,715-3.2%89351$62,948
Delaware County3602544,3050.0%1,44331$63,337
Orleans County3607339,825-1.5%391102$65,969
Wyoming County3612139,741-2.0%59367$69,110
Essex County3603136,438-2.5%1,79420$71,661
Seneca County3609932,883-2.8%324102$68,089
Schoharie County3609530,176+1.6%62249$70,133
Lewis County3604926,479-0.4%1,27621$68,182
Yates County3612324,547-0.9%33873$69,701
Schuyler County3609716,924-5.4%32852$67,663
Hamilton County360415,006-1.9%1,7173$68,835

FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.

How many counties does New York have?

New York has 62 counties covering 47,123 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 11th state.

The largest county by land area is St. Lawrence County at 2,680 square miles, home to 105,488 residents. The most populous is Kings County with 2,653,963 residents — a density of 38,254 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Hamilton County has 5,006 residents.

New York’s capital is Albany, while the largest city is New York City.

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 105,488 residents.
Kings County is the most populous, with 2,653,963 residents over 69 square miles.
Hamilton County has the smallest population at 5,006 residents.
Albany is the state capital of New York. The largest city is New York City.
County population is the US Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate for July 1, 2025; land and water area are from the 2026 Census Gazetteer; median household income is from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. The county boundaries drawn on the map are the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.
Data sources

Neighboring states

Connecticut
9 planning regions
Massachusetts
14 counties
New Jersey
21 counties
Pennsylvania
67 counties
Vermont
14 counties