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There are 62 counties in the U.S. state of New York.

The first 12 counties were created in 1683 soon after the British took over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam; two of these counties were later abolished, their land going to Massachusetts.[1] These counties were carried over after independence in 1783, but most of the counties were created by the state in the 19th century. The newest county is the Bronx, created in 1914 from the portions of New York County that had been annexed from Westchester County in the late 19th century.[2] New York's counties are named for various Native American words; British provinces, counties, cities, and royalty; early American statesmen and military personnel; and New York State politicians.[3]

Authority

Excepting the five boroughs of New York City, New York counties are governed by New York County Law and have governments run by either a Board of Supervisors or a County Legislature, and either an elected County Executive or appointed county manager. Counties without charters are run by a Board of Supervisors, in which Town Supervisors from towns within the county also sit on the county Board of Supervisors. For counties with a charter, the executives generally have powers to veto acts of the county legislature. The legislatures have powers of setting policies, levying taxes and distributing funds.

Throughout the state, including NYC, the court system and public prosecution is primarily a matter of state law but is generally organized along county lines, chosen by county voters.

Five boroughs of New York City

Five of New York's counties are each coextensive with New York City's five boroughs. They are New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County (The Bronx), Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County (Queens). They are the smallest counties in New York by area.

In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by the city government.[4] Some officials are elected on a borough-wide basis, the five borough presidents deal with Borough matters, while the district attorneys, and all county and state supreme court judges are generally concerned with the administration of state criminal and civil law and local ordinances in the county. There are no official county seats, but the locations of borough halls and courthouses bestow certain neighborhoods an informal designation as county seats within their boroughs:

List of counties

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County FIPS Code
[5] 		County seat
[6] 		Est.
[6][7] 		Formed from[2] Named for[3] Density
(Pop./mi2) 		Pop. (2024)
[8] 		Area
[6] 		Map
Albany County 001 Albany Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony James II of England (James VII of Scotland) (1633–1701), who was Duke of York (English title) and Duke of Albany (Scottish title) before becoming King of England, Ireland, and Scotland. 600.31 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Albany County
Allegany County 003 Belmont Template:Dts Genesee County A variant spelling of the Allegheny River 45.74 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Allegany County
Bronx County 005 none (sui generis) Template:Dts[9] New York County The Bronx River 24,111.51 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Bronx County
Broome County 007 Binghamton Template:Dts Tioga County John Broome (1738–1810), fourth Lieutenant Governor of New York 274.68 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Broome County
Cattaraugus County 009 Little Valley Template:Dts Genesee County A word from an uncertain Iroquoian language meaning "bad smelling banks", referring to the odor of natural gas which leaked from Cattaraugus Creek 57.61 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Cattaraugus County
Cayuga County 011 Auburn Template:Dts Onondaga County The Cayuga tribe of Native Americans 86.30 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Cayuga County
Chautauqua County 013 Mayville Template:Dts Genesee County Loanword from the Erie language describing Chautauqua Lake; language now lost and cannot be translated 82.74 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Chautauqua County
Chemung County 015 Elmira Template:Dts Tioga County A Lenape word meaning "big horn", which was the name of a local Native American village 197.45 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Chemung County
Chenango County 017 Norwich Template:Dts Tioga County and Herkimer County An Onondaga word meaning "large bull-thistle" 50.93 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Chenango County
Clinton County 019 Plattsburgh Template:Dts Washington County George Clinton (1739–1812), fourth Vice President of the United States and first and third Governor of New York 69.65 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Clinton County
Columbia County 021 Hudson Template:Dts Albany County Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the European explorer 93.05 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Columbia County
Cortland County 023 Cortland Template:Dts Onondaga County Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), first Lieutenant Governor of New York 91.52 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Cortland County
Delaware County 025 Delhi Template:Dts Otsego County and Ulster County Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (1577–1618), an early colonial leader in Virginia. Name applied to the bay, river, and Lenape Native Americans 30.10 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Delaware County
Dutchess County 027 Poughkeepsie Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony Mary of Modena (1658–1718), Duchess of York and wife of King James II of England 363.59 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Dutchess County
Erie County 029 Buffalo Template:Dts Niagara County The Erie tribe of Native Americans 774.74 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Erie County
Essex County 031 Elizabethtown Template:Dts Clinton County The county of Essex in England 19.18 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Essex County
Franklin County 033 Malone Template:Dts Clinton County Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), the early American printer, scientist, and statesman 27.75 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Franklin County
Fulton County 035 Johnstown Template:Dts Montgomery County Robert Fulton (1765–1815), inventor of the steamship 97.70 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Fulton County
Genesee County 037 Batavia Template:Dts Ontario County and land acquired in the Holland Purchase A Seneca phrase meaning "good valley" 116.37 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Genesee County
Greene County 039 Catskill Template:Dts Albany County and Ulster County Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the American Revolutionary War general 71.28 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Greene County
Hamilton County 041 Lake Pleasant Template:Dts Montgomery County Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), the early American political theorist and first Secretary of the Treasury 2.81 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Hamilton County
Herkimer County 043 Herkimer Template:Dts Montgomery County Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), the American Revolutionary War general 40.87 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Herkimer County
Jefferson County 045 Watertown Template:Dts Oneida County Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the early American statesman, author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President of the United States 60.93 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Jefferson County
Kings County 047 none (sui generis) Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony King Charles II of England (1630–1685) 27,013.74 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Kings County
Lewis County 049 Lowville Template:Dts Oneida County Morgan Lewis (1754–1844), the fourth Governor of New York 20.60 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Lewis County
Livingston County 051 Geneseo Template:Dts Genesee County and Ontario County Robert Livingston (1746–1813), the early American statesman and New York delegate to the Continental Congress 96.19 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Livingston County
Madison County 053 Wampsville Template:Dts Chenango County James Madison (1751–1836), the early American statesman, principal author of the Constitution of the United States, and fourth President of the United States 101.32 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Madison County
Monroe County 055 Rochester Template:Dts Genesee County and Ontario County James Monroe (1758–1831), the early American statesman and fifth President of the United States 550.66 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Monroe County
Montgomery County 057 Fonda Template:Dts Albany County Originally Tryon County after colonial governor William Tryon (1729–1788), renamed after the American Revolutionary War general Richard Montgomery (1738–1775) in 1784 121.09 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Montgomery County
Nassau County 059 Mineola Template:Dts Queens County The Princes of Orange-Nassau ruled the Netherlands when Long Island was a Dutch colony 3,073.81 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Nassau County
New York County 061 none (sui generis) Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony King James II of England (1633–1701), who was Duke of York and Albany before he ascended the throne of England, Duke of York being his English title 49,175.72 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting New York County
Niagara County 063 Lockport Template:Dts Genesee County The Iroquoian name of a tribe within the Neutral Nation, the exact translation of which remains disputed 183.83 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Niagara County
Oneida County 065 Utica Template:Dts Herkimer County The Oneida tribe of Native Americans 188.25 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Oneida County
Onondaga County 067 Syracuse Template:Dts Herkimer County The Onondaga tribe of Native Americans 582.89 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Onondaga County
Ontario County 069 Canandaigua Template:Dts Land acquired in the Phelps and Gorham Purchase An Iroquoian word meaning "beautiful lake" 170.71 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Ontario County
Orange County 071 Goshen Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony William of Orange-Nassau (1650–1702), who became King William III of England 490.78 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Orange County
Orleans County 073 Albion Template:Dts Genesee County The French Royal House of Orléans 48.58 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Orleans County
Oswego County 075 Oswego Template:Dts Oneida County and Onondaga County The Oswego River, from an Iroquoian word meaning "the outpouring", referring to the mouth of the river 90.17 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Oswego County
Otsego County 077 Cooperstown Template:Dts Montgomery County A Native American word meaning "place of the rock" 60.34 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Otsego County
Putnam County 079 Carmel Hamlet Template:Dts Dutchess County Israel Putnam (1718–1790), an American Revolutionary War general 400.04 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Putnam County
Queens County 081 none (sui generis) Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England 12,995.52 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Queens County
Rensselaer County 083 Troy Template:Dts Albany County In honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (before 1596 – after 1643), the early landholder in the Dutch New Netherland colony 241.73 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Rensselaer County
Richmond County 085 none (sui generis) Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672–1723), the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England 4,860.60 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Richmond County
Rockland County 087 New City Template:Dts Orange County Early settlers' description of terrain as "rocky land" 1,749.47 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Rockland County
St. Lawrence County 089 Canton Template:Dts Clinton County, Herkimer County, and Montgomery County The St Lawrence River, which forms the northern border of the county and New York State 37.65 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting St. Lawrence County
Saratoga County 091 Ballston Spa Template:Dts Albany County A corruption of a Native American word meaning "the hill beside the river" 284.79 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Saratoga County
Schenectady County 093 Schenectady Template:Dts Albany County A Mohawk word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands" 772.67 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Schenectady County
Schoharie County 095 Schoharie Template:Dts Albany County and Otsego County A Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood" 48.16 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Schoharie County
Schuyler County 097 Watkins Glen Template:Dts Chemung County, Steuben County, and Tompkins County Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), the American Revolutionary War general and Senator from New York 50.06 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Schuyler County
Seneca County 099 Waterloo Template:Dts Cayuga County The Seneca tribe of Native Americans 100.46 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Seneca County
Steuben County 101 Bath Template:Dts Ontario County Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), the Prussian general who assisted the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War 65.54 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Steuben County
Suffolk County 103 Riverhead Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony The county of Suffolk in England 647.24 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Suffolk County
Sullivan County 105 Monticello Template:Dts Ulster County John Sullivan (1740–1795), an American Revolutionary War general 80.69 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Sullivan County
Tioga County 107 Owego Template:Dts Montgomery County A Native American word meaning "at the forks", describing a meeting place 90.96 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Tioga County
Tompkins County 109 Ithaca Template:Dts Cayuga County and Seneca County Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), the 6th Vice President of the United States 221.85 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Tompkins County
Ulster County 111 Kingston Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony The Irish province of Ulster, then an earldom of the Duke of York, later King James II of England 157.60 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Ulster County
Warren County 113 Queensbury Template:Dts Washington County Joseph Warren (1741–1775), the early American patriot and American Revolutionary War general 75.04 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Warren County
Washington County 115 Fort Edward Template:Dts Albany County Originally Charlotte County, renamed in 1784 after George Washington (1732–1799), the American Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States 70.73 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Washington County
Wayne County 117 Lyons Template:Dts Ontario County and Seneca County General Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), the American Revolutionary War general 65.58 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Wayne County
Westchester County 119 White Plains Template:Dts One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony The city of Chester in England 2,012.89 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Westchester County
Wyoming County 121 Warsaw Template:Dts Genesee County A modification of a word from the Lenape language meaning "broad bottom lands" 66.42 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Wyoming County
Yates County 123 Penn Yan Template:Dts Ontario County and Steuben County Joseph C. Yates (1768–1837), eighth Governor of New York 64.86 Template:Nts Template:Nts sq mi
(Template:Nts km2)		 State map highlighting Yates County

Defunct counties

County
 Created
[2] 		Abolished
[2] 		Fate[2]
Charlotte County 1772 1784 Partitioned. Western part renamed as Washington County and eastern part transferred to Vermont.
Cornwall County 1665 1686 Transferred to the part of Massachusetts that later became the state of Maine and partitioned; one of the 12 original counties created in the New York colony
Cumberland County 1766 1777 Transferred to Vermont and partitioned
Dukes County November 1, 1683 1692 Transferred to Massachusetts; one of 12 original counties created in the New York colony
Gloucester County 1770 1777 Transferred to Vermont and partitioned
Mexico County 1792 1796 Never settled or incorporated, reallocated to Oneida, Oswego and Jefferson Counties.
Tryon County 1772 1784 Renamed as Montgomery County

Proposed new counties

County
 Note
Adirondack County Would hypothetically consist of portions of northern Essex County and southern Franklin County[10]
Peconic County Would hypothetically consist of the five easternmost towns in Suffolk County on Long Island.[11]

Clickable map

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See also

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Further reading

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