US Census Data

Largest by population in New York

New York counties and cities ranked by population.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New York by population — which have the most people, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Kings County leads at 2,646,306.

Among cities & places, New York City leads at 8,516,202.

Counties

#NamePopulation
1Kings County2,646,306
2Queens County2,330,124
3New York County1,627,788
4Suffolk County1,525,680
5Bronx County1,419,250
6Nassau County1,388,138
7Westchester County996,888
8Erie County950,044
9Monroe County754,068
10Richmond County492,734
11Onondaga County471,611
12Orange County403,840
13Rockland County338,936
14Albany County315,374
15Dutchess County297,144
16Saratoga County237,075
17Oneida County229,645
18Niagara County211,341
19Broome County197,738
20Ulster County182,109
21Rensselaer County160,341
22Schenectady County159,603
23Chautauqua County126,329
24Oswego County117,945
25Jefferson County116,130
26Ontario County112,405
27St. Lawrence County107,796
28Tompkins County102,879
29Putnam County97,988
30Steuben County93,034
31Wayne County91,128
32Chemung County82,805
33Sullivan County79,147
34Clinton County78,961
35Cattaraugus County76,479
36Cayuga County75,464
37Madison County67,572
38Warren County65,560
39Livingston County61,588
40Columbia County61,245
41Washington County60,883
42Herkimer County59,932
43Otsego County59,738
44Genesee County57,943
45Fulton County52,787
46Montgomery County49,461
47Tioga County48,106
48Greene County47,554
49Franklin County47,066
50Allegany County47,027
51Chenango County46,685
52Cortland County46,401
53Delaware County44,551
54Wyoming County39,980
55Orleans County39,686
56Essex County37,077
57Seneca County33,125
58Schoharie County29,979
59Lewis County26,618
60Yates County24,637
61Schuyler County17,749
62Hamilton County5,102

Cities & places

Top 100.
#NamePopulation
1New York City8,516,202
2Buffalo276,397
3Rochester209,720
4Yonkers209,529
5Syracuse146,211
6Albany100,081
7New Rochelle81,591
8Cheektowaga76,251
9Mount Vernon72,528
10Schenectady68,521
11Utica64,440
12White Plains59,818
13Hempstead58,569
14Tonawanda Town56,973
15Levittown51,557
16Troy51,054
17Irondequoit50,438
18Niagara Falls48,198
19Binghamton47,357
20West Seneca45,329
21Freeport44,102
22Hicksville43,868
23West Babylon43,239
24Coram41,527
25Valley Stream40,278
26Central Islip37,751
27Brighton36,633
28Kiryas Joel36,572
29Elmont36,436
30Commack36,353
31East Meadow35,806
32Long Beach34,741
33New City34,133
34Uniondale33,637
35Baldwin33,595
36Huntington Station33,283
37Spring Valley32,995
38Oceanside31,907
39Rome31,795
40Ithaca31,792
41Poughkeepsie31,778
42Centereach31,501
43Bay Shore31,275
44Port Chester31,162
45Franklin Square30,559
46North Tonawanda30,338
47Middletown30,227
48Harrison29,279
49Newburgh28,649
50Saratoga Springs28,542
51Jamestown28,401
52Glen Cove28,101
53Shirley27,807
54Monsey27,787
55Deer Park27,334
56Lindenhurst27,106
57Ossining26,979
58West Islip26,559
59Auburn26,475
60Elmira26,349
61Holbrook26,256
62Plainview26,251
63Rockville Centre25,770
64Medford25,681
65Peekskill25,484
66Dix Hills25,042
67Smithtown24,940
68Watertown24,574
69Kingston23,942
70Copiague23,332
71Garden City22,866
72Rotterdam22,798
73Massapequa21,822
74Merrick21,816
75Selden21,707
76East Patchogue21,364
77Mineola21,082
78North Bellmore20,776
79Niskayuna20,774
80Hauppauge20,772
81West Hempstead20,762
82Lockport20,699
83Eastchester20,519
84North Bay Shore20,501
85North Amityville20,364
86Lynbrook20,251
87East Massapequa20,142
88Huntington20,117
89Nanuet20,089
90Plattsburgh19,878
91Mamaroneck19,840
92Lackawanna19,779
93East Northport19,672
94Roosevelt19,636
95Holtsville19,250
96Melville19,187
97Ronkonkoma18,368
98Lake Ronkonkoma18,289
99Syosset18,274
100North Babylon18,208

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