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Population Changes Since 1970

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Population Changes Since 1970
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2021 Change 1970 – 2021
Chemung 101,449 97,500 95,292 91,094 88,895 83,882 83,045 −18.1%
Oneida 273,442 253,717 251,191 235,146 234,752 231,695 230,274 −15.8%
Erie 1,114,792 1,014,484 969,780 949,440 919,160 953,254 950,683 −14.7%
Chautauqua 147,854 147,061 142,054 139,593 134,726 127,424 126,807 −14.2%
Montgomery 56,133 53,431 52,036 49,605 50,312 49,433 49,558 −11.7%
Herkimer 67,739 66,718 65,883 64,451 64,470 60,007 59,937 −11.5%
Broome 222,065 213,850 212,252 200,351 200,474 198,199 197,240 −11.2%
Niagara 235,525 227,168 221,163 219,620 216,474 212,252 211,653 −10.1%
Cattaraugus 82,176 85,852 84,455 83,927 80,220 76,907 76,426 −7.0%
Steuben 99,756 99,272 99,286 98,764 98,969 93,363 92,948 −6.8%
Seneca 35,133 33,781 33,710 33,343 35,271 33,715 33,688 −4.1%
St. Lawrence 112,615 114,321 112,158 111,864 111,821 108,311 108,051 −4.1%
Bronx 1,472,841 1,167,602 1,207,053 1,334,319 1,386,929 1,466,438 1,424,948 −3.3%
Nassau 1,426,744 1,321,080 1,286,905 1,336,713 1,341,642 1,393,978 1,390,907 −2.5%
Cayuga 77,728 80,002 82,446 81,871 79,905 76,095 75,880 −2.4%
Schenectady 161,374 149,985 149,519 146,581 154,867 157,861 158,089 −2.0%
Genesee 58,934 59,533 60,167 60,539 59,932 58,258 57,853 −1.8%
Allegany 46,782 51,830 50,522 49,819 48,973 46,373 46,106 −1.4%
Delaware 45,009 46,849 47,464 47,864 47,888 44,186 44,378 −1.4%
Fulton 53,084 55,171 54,336 54,976 55,453 53,160 53,116 0.1%
Onondaga 472,762 463,908 469,903 458,034 467,549 475,653 473,236 0.1%
Chenango 46,426 49,424 51,813 51,325 50,404 47,073 46,537 0.2%
Cortland 45,877 48,883 49,127 48,693 49,277 46,723 46,311 0.9%
Kings 2,603,413 2,232,003 2,303,679 2,467,006 2,509,954 2,727,393 2,641,052 1.4%
Tioga 46,744 49,960 52,479 51,838 51,012 48,355 47,980 2.6%
New York 1,535,554 1,427,238 1,487,073 1,540,547 1,589,041 1,687,834 1,576,876 2.7%
Otsego 56,350 59,125 60,518 61,860 62,260 58,351 58,123 3.1%
Rensselaer 152,890 152,086 154,680 152,684 159,342 160,923 160,232 4.8%
Schuyler 16,754 17,720 18,705 19,232 18,341 17,857 17,752 6.0%
Monroe 712,056 703,490 715,825 738,979 744,589 758,554 755,160 6.1%
Wyoming 38,000 39,950 42,563 43,399 42,125 40,401 40,491 6.6%
Madison 63,001 65,310 69,300 69,450 73,442 67,890 67,658 7.4%
Franklin 44,140 44,923 46,668 51,044 51,642 47,527 47,456 7.5%
Orleans 37,363 38,547 41,970 44,178 42,850 40,236 40,191 7.6%
Essex 34,601 36,202 37,286 38,911 39,359 37,336 37,268 7.7%
Clinton 73,656 80,746 86,160 79,891 82,099 79,715 79,596 8.1%
Hamilton 4,725 5,027 5,292 5,377 4,852 5,078 5,119 8.3%
Albany 287,114 286,290 292,956 295,106 304,085 314,368 313,743 9.3%
Westchester 894,227 866,971 875,578 925,511 950,760 1,003,245 997,895 11.6%
Lewis 23,756 25,007 26,872 26,989 27,072 26,538 26,573 11.9%
Livingston 54,303 57,131 62,477 64,705 65,226 61,699 61,578 13.4%
Wayne 79,703 84,824 89,365 93,791 93,751 91,103 90,923 14.1%
Washington 52,938 54,807 59,507 60,977 63,359 61,143 60,956 15.1%
Oswego 101,522 113,862 122,302 122,477 122,141 117,351 117,387 15.6%
Queens 1,987,909 1,893,095 1,957,281 2,230,501 2,234,574 2,395,791 2,331,143 17.3%
Columbia 52,050 59,620 63,048 63,046 63,035 61,550 61,778 18.7%
Schoharie 25,093 29,727 31,938 31,514 32,684 29,720 29,863 19.0%
Yates 19,978 21,473 22,891 24,723 25,376 24,709 24,613 23.2%
Ulster 142,334 158,183 166,049 177,810 182,422 181,687 182,951 28.5%
Jefferson 88,755 88,145 111,549 111,790 116,609 116,134 116,295 31.0%
Warren 49,704 54,989 59,520 63,273 65,668 65,638 65,618 32.0%
Dutchess 223,602 245,415 260,238 280,914 297,721 295,742 297,112 32.9%
Suffolk 1,132,780 1,285,719 1,322,686 1,424,081 1,494,337 1,524,099 1,526,344 34.7%
Tompkins 77,106 87,380 94,241 96,608 101,743 105,404 105,162 36.4%
Ontario 79,338 89,106 95,352 100,106 108,183 112,475 112,508 41.8%
Greene 33,475 40,897 44,847 47,986 49,137 47,890 48,499 44.9%
Rockland 231,105 259,596 265,981 287,720 312,497 338,121 339,227 46.8%
Sullivan 53,161 65,046 69,545 74,134 77,480 78,643 79,806 50.1%
Richmond 297,331 353,101 380,564 445,235 469,607 495,522 493,494 66.0%
Putnam 57,074 77,458 84,222 96,049 99,644 97,660 97,936 71.6%
Orange 222,938 260,631 308,803 342,892 373,451 401,322 404,525 81.5%
Saratoga 123,251 154,154 182,259 201,514 220,123 235,689 237,359 92.6%
Andy Arthur, 12/3/22. Created in RStudio using gt/dplyr.

Data Source: NYS County Population Estimates, 1970-2021. data.ny.gov

Residents per square mile

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Residents per square mile
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Hamilton 3 3 3 3 3 3
Essex 18 19 19 20 21 20
Lewis 18 19 21 21 21 21
Franklin 26 27 28 30 30 28
Delaware 31 32 32 33 33 30
St. Lawrence 40 41 40 40 40 38
Herkimer 47 46 45 44 44 41
Allegany 45 50 49 48 47 45
Schoharie 40 48 51 50 52 48
Schuyler 49 52 55 56 54 52
Chenango 52 55 58 57 56 52
Otsego 56 58 60 61 61 58
Cattaraugus 62 65 64 64 61 58
Yates 53 57 61 66 68 66
Steuben 71 71 71 70 71 67
Wyoming 64 67 71 73 71 68
Warren 53 59 64 68 71 71
Clinton 66 72 77 72 74 71
Washington 63 65 70 72 75 72
Greene 51 62 68 73 75 73
Sullivan 53 65 70 74 78 79
Jefferson 66 66 83 83 87 86
Seneca 90 87 86 86 90 86
Tioga 90 96 101 99 98 93
Cortland 92 98 98 97 98 93
Columbia 80 92 97 97 97 95
Livingston 85 89 98 101 102 97
Fulton 100 104 102 103 104 100
Orleans 95 98 107 113 109 103
Madison 95 99 105 105 111 103
Cayuga 106 109 112 112 109 104
Oswego 100 112 120 120 120 115
Chautauqua 137 136 131 129 124 118
Genesee 119 120 122 122 121 118
Montgomery 137 130 127 121 123 121
Wayne 130 139 146 153 153 149
Ulster 123 136 143 153 157 157
Ontario 120 135 144 151 164 170
Oneida 218 202 200 187 187 185
Chemung 247 238 232 222 217 205
Tompkins 157 178 192 197 207 215
Rensselaer 230 229 233 230 240 242
Broome 311 299 297 281 281 278
Saratoga 146 183 216 239 261 280
Dutchess 271 298 316 341 361 359
Putnam 232 315 343 391 405 397
Niagara 443 428 416 414 408 400
Orange 266 311 369 409 446 479
Albany 539 538 550 554 571 590
Onondaga 588 577 584 570 581 591
Schenectady 772 717 715 701 741 755
Erie 1,059 964 922 902 873 906
Monroe 1,070 1,057 1,076 1,111 1,119 1,140
Suffolk 983 1,116 1,148 1,236 1,297 1,323
Rockland 1,161 1,304 1,336 1,445 1,570 1,698
Westchester 1,876 1,819 1,837 1,942 1,995 2,105
Nassau 4,532 4,196 4,087 4,246 4,261 4,428
Richmond 5,028 5,971 6,435 7,529 7,941 8,379
Queens 15,898 15,140 15,653 17,838 17,871 19,160
Bronx 30,572 24,236 25,055 27,696 28,788 30,439
Kings 31,551 27,050 27,919 29,898 30,419 33,054
New York 48,203 44,802 46,681 48,359 49,882 52,983
Andy Arthur, 12/3/22. Created in RStudio using gt/dplyr.

Data Source: NYS County Population Estimates, 1970-2021. data.ny.gov