The graph below ranks each New York County by total residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
New York total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Kings |  2,568,435 |
| Queens | 2,275,889 |
| New York | 1,621,323 |
| Suffolk | 1,497,958 |
| Bronx | 1,407,939 |
| Nassau | 1,348,283 |
| Westchester | 961,106 |
| Erie | 918,922 |
| Monroe | 748,057 |
| Richmond | 470,811 |
| Onondaga | 467,038 |
| Orange | 374,135 |
| Rockland | 317,702 |
| Albany | 306,012 |
| Dutchess | 297,162 |
| Oneida | 233,847 |
| Saratoga | 222,327 |
| Niagara | 214,845 |
| Broome | 198,359 |
| Ulster | 181,753 |
| Rensselaer | 159,677 |
| Schenectady | 155,055 |
| Chautauqua | 133,403 |
| Oswego | 121,566 |
| Jefferson | 120,941 |
| St. Lawrence | 112,303 |
| Ontario | 108,607 |
| Tompkins | 102,713 |
| Putnam | 99,636 |
| Steuben | 98,964 |
| Wayne | 92,992 |
| Chemung | 89,147 |
| Clinton | 81,643 |
| Cayuga | 79,587 |
| Cattaraugus | 79,278 |
| Sullivan | 76,818 |
| Madison | 72,342 |
| Warren | 65,501 |
| Livingston | 64,939 |
| Herkimer | 64,528 |
| Washington | 63,331 |
| Columbia | 62,485 |
| Otsego | 61,924 |
| Genesee | 59,896 |
| Fulton | 55,002 |
| Franklin | 51,848 |
| Tioga | 50,413 |
| Montgomery | 49,916 |
| Chenango | 49,904 |
| Cortland | 49,222 |
| Greene | 48,685 |
| Allegany | 48,243 |
| Delaware | 47,091 |
| Orleans | 42,524 |
| Wyoming | 41,821 |
| Essex | 38,971 |
| Seneca | 35,436 |
| Schoharie | 32,087 |
| Lewis | 27,222 |
| Yates | 25,256 |
| Schuyler | 18,518 |
| Hamilton | 4,787 |