New York Counties Map: Click All 62 Counties

How many counties are in New York?

New York has 62 counties. 25 states have more, and 24 have fewer.

New York has 62 counties, and five of them are the boroughs of New York City: Kings County (Brooklyn), Queens County, New York County (Manhattan), Bronx County and Richmond County (Staten Island). Kings County has the most people of any county in the state, and Manhattan is the smallest by land. Use the magnifier to find all five boroughs.

How New York's counties were formed

New York's first counties were created in 1683, when the colony was divided into 12 counties. Ten survive: Albany, Dutchess, Kings, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester. The other two, Cornwall and Dukes, covered land that is now part of Maine and Massachusetts. New York City took its five-borough form in 1898. Bronx County, split from New York County in 1914, was the 62nd and last.

New York regions and the counties in each

New York State is far more than the city. Long Island is Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Hudson Valley runs north from Westchester through Dutchess and Ulster to Albany. The Adirondacks fill Hamilton, Essex and Franklin counties, and the Catskills reach into Greene, Delaware and Sullivan. Central New York includes Onondaga (Syracuse) and the Finger Lakes counties, such as Tompkins (Ithaca) and Seneca. Western New York centers on Erie (Buffalo), Monroe (Rochester) and Niagara, and the North Country runs along the St. Lawrence River.

Notable places on the New York county map

Mount Marcy, the state's highest point at 5,344 feet, is in Essex County in the Adirondacks, near Lake Placid, which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932 and 1980. Niagara Falls is in Niagara County, the Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor as part of New York County, and the Baseball Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown (Otsego County).

New York counties map: the biggest and smallest

St. Lawrence County is the largest county in New York, with 2,680 square miles of land, about 6% of the state. That's more land than the whole state of Delaware and Rhode Island. New York County is the smallest, at 23 square miles.

The smallest counties by land area are New York County (23 sq mi), Bronx County (42 sq mi) and Richmond County (58 sq mi).

Which counties in New York have the most people?

Kings County has the most people, about 2,617,631 in the Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate, or 13% of everyone in New York. The three biggest counties together hold 33% of the state's 19,867,248 people. Hamilton County has the fewest, about 5,082.

The most crowded is New York County, with about 73,157 people per square mile. The emptiest is Hamilton County, with about 3 people per square mile. Comparing the two is a quick way to show children that a big county on the map isn't always a big county in people.

What county is Albany in?

Albany, the capital of New York, is in Albany County. Albany County ranks 14th of 62 by population. New York is called the Empire State, and it became the 11th state in 1788.

Counties on the New York border

Learning the edge of the map first gives children a frame to fill in. New York shares a border with Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

How New York's counties compare with other states

New York ranks 30th among the 50 states in land area and 4th in population. Its average county covers about 760 square miles and holds about 320,439 people. Across the 50 states, the average county-level area covers about 1,139 square miles and holds about 109,381 people, so New York's counties are smaller than usual in size. Small counties pack more names into the same space, so zooming in helps.

Landmarks for learning the counties of New York

• The five New York City counties, plus Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island, are the southeast corner.
• Albany County, home of the capital, sits on the Hudson River.
• St. Lawrence County, the largest, borders Canada along the St. Lawrence River.
• Erie County (Buffalo) and Niagara County are the western end.

With 62 counties, work one region at a time: study it with names on, then take a Practice round and stop when you've found that group. The five New York City boroughs are tiny at this scale: turn on the Magnifier in Map options to see them in a lens. Then print the New York county map worksheet to check that it sticks on paper.

All 62 New York counties

Every county on the map, A to Z, with its land area and July 2024 population estimate.

New York geography for homeschoolers

Pair this map with the Northeast states and capitals quiz and the US states quiz. If you teach at home, see homeschooling in new york, and check new york school choice to see whether a program may help pay for New York history and geography curriculum. Each program decides what it covers.