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

County Population Percent of State Population Kings 2,504,700 12.93 Queens 2,230,722 11.51 New York 1,585,873 8.18 Suffolk 1,493,350 7.71 Bronx 1,385,108 7.15 Nassau 1,339,532 6.91 Westchester 949,113 4.90 Erie 919,040 4.74 Monroe 744,344 3.84 Richmond 468,730 2.42 Onondaga 467,026 2.41 Orange 372,813 1.92 Rockland 311,687 1.61 Albany 304,204 1.57 Dutchess 297,488 1.54 Oneida 234,878 1.21 Saratoga 219,607 1.13 Niagara 216,469 1.12 Broome 200,600 1.04 Ulster 182,493 0.94 Rensselaer 159,429 0.82 Schenectady 154,727 0.80 Chautauqua 134,905 0.70 Oswego 122,109 0.63 Jefferson 116,229 0.60 St. Lawrence 111,944 0.58 Ontario 107,931 0.56 Tompkins 101,564 0.52 Putnam 99,710 0.51 Steuben 98,990 0.51 Wayne 93,772 0.48 Chemung 88,830 0.46 Clinton 82,128 0.42 Cattaraugus 80,317 0.41 Cayuga 80,026 0.41 Sullivan 77,547 0.40 Madison 73,442 0.38 Warren 65,707 0.34 Livingston 65,393 0.34 Herkimer 64,519 0.33 Washington 63,216 0.33 Columbia 63,096 0.33 Otsego 62,259 0.32 Genesee 60,079 0.31 Fulton 55,531 0.29 Franklin 51,599 0.27 Tioga 51,125 0.26 Chenango 50,477 0.26 Montgomery 50,219 0.26 Cortland 49,336 0.25 Greene 49,221 0.25 Allegany 48,946 0.25 Delaware 47,980 0.25 Orleans 42,883 0.22 Wyoming 42,155 0.22 Essex 39,370 0.20 Seneca 35,251 0.18 Schoharie 32,749 0.17 Lewis 27,087 0.14 Yates 25,348 0.13 Schuyler 18,343 0.09 Hamilton 4,836 0.02

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.