NYS Census

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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