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Population per Square Mile in New York, by County

Population per Square Mile for every county in New York, ranked. The highest is New York County at 71,909.8 and the lowest is Hamilton County at 3.0.

New York: 421.3 · United States: n/a · median county in New York: 108.6

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#County Population per Square Mile
1New York County71,909.8
2Kings County37,929.9
3Bronx County33,304.4
4Queens County21,367.3
5Richmond County8,604.9
6Nassau County4,883.6
7Westchester County2,320.4
8Rockland County1,968.5
9Suffolk County1,679.8
10Monroe County1,147.4
11Erie County911.6
12Schenectady County783.5
13Albany County606.3
14Onondaga County605.3
15Orange County500.7
16Putnam County426.1
17Niagara County403.4
18Dutchess County374.8
19Saratoga County294.2
20Broome County279.7
21Rensselaer County245.7
22Tompkins County220.2
23Chemung County201.7
24Oneida County189.0
25Ontario County174.9
26Ulster County162.4
27Wayne County150.6
28Oswego County123.9
29Montgomery County122.9
30Chautauqua County118.4
31Genesee County117.2
32Cayuga County108.6
33Fulton County105.9
34Madison County102.8
35Seneca County101.7
36Orleans County101.2
37Livingston County97.4
38Columbia County96.3
39Cortland County92.7
40Tioga County92.3
41Jefferson County90.7
42Sullivan County82.3
43Clinton County75.6
44Warren County75.5
45Greene County73.3
46Washington County72.8
47Yates County72.5
48Wyoming County67.1
49Steuben County66.6
50Otsego County60.0
51Cattaraugus County58.2
52Schuyler County53.5
53Chenango County51.8
54Schoharie County48.3
55Allegany County45.8
56Herkimer County42.4
57St. Lawrence County40.0
58Delaware County30.8
59Franklin County28.7
60Lewis County20.8
61Essex County20.6
62Hamilton County3.0

People divided by land area. Water is excluded, so lake and coastal counties are not unfairly diluted.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

New York ranks 9th of 52 states for population per square mile.

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