Cartogram of Population in New York State

Nov 1, 2018
Population of New York State

The geographically accurate cartogram above represents the size of the counties based on their population.  New York City makes up nearly half (42.19%) of the state's population and thus takes up a much larger portion of the state's landmass than it currently does.

Findings

  • Kings County has the largest population in the state.  It alone is responsible for just over one out of every ten people in the state.
  • Hamilton County has the smallest population and accounts for 0.02% of the state's total population.
  • Six counties (Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, and Nassau) are responsible for just over half the population.
  • Outside the New York City Metropolitan Area, Erie County has the largest population at just under 1 million.

Caveats

  • The data is from 2010.
  • The borders represent the area of the state if it were based on the number of people.  The larger the county, the more people it has.
  • The map is presented in a North American Datum of 1983 projection.

Details

The city combined with its metropolitan area take up 74.90% of the state's area leaving just slightly over a quarter of the state for the remaining counties.

The total population of the state is 19,378,102.

Data

CountyPopulationPercent of State Population
Kings2,504,70012.93
Queens2,230,72211.51
New York1,585,8738.18
Suffolk1,493,3507.71
Bronx1,385,1087.15
Nassau1,339,5326.91
Westchester949,1134.90
Erie919,0404.74
Monroe744,3443.84
Richmond468,7302.42
Onondaga467,0262.41
Orange372,8131.92
Rockland311,6871.61
Albany304,2041.57
Dutchess297,4881.54
Oneida234,8781.21
Saratoga219,6071.13
Niagara216,4691.12
Broome200,6001.04
Ulster182,4930.94
Rensselaer159,4290.82
Schenectady154,7270.80
Chautauqua134,9050.70
Oswego122,1090.63
Jefferson116,2290.60
St. Lawrence111,9440.58
Ontario107,9310.56
Tompkins101,5640.52
Putnam99,7100.51
Steuben98,9900.51
Wayne93,7720.48
Chemung88,8300.46
Clinton82,1280.42
Cattaraugus80,3170.41
Cayuga80,0260.41
Sullivan77,5470.40
Madison73,4420.38
Warren65,7070.34
Livingston65,3930.34
Herkimer64,5190.33
Washington63,2160.33
Columbia63,0960.33
Otsego62,2590.32
Genesee60,0790.31
Fulton55,5310.29
Franklin51,5990.27
Tioga51,1250.26
Chenango50,4770.26
Montgomery50,2190.26
Cortland49,3360.25
Greene49,2210.25
Allegany48,9460.25
Delaware47,9800.25
Orleans42,8830.22
Wyoming42,1550.22
Essex39,3700.20
Seneca35,2510.18
Schoharie32,7490.17
Lewis27,0870.14
Yates25,3480.13
Schuyler18,3430.09
Hamilton4,8360.02

Sources

United States Census Bureau.  "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016."  Accessed December 12, 2017.  http://factfinder2.census.gov.

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