Residential Population and Components of Change
New York State and Counties, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
	April 1, 2000 Estimates Base1	July 1, 2003 Census	Population Change	Births	Deaths	Natural Increase	Net Migration2
							Number	Rate
United States	281,421,906	290,809,777	9,387,871	9,080,744	5,413,795	3,666,949	5,720,922	2.03
New York State	18,976,821	19,190,115	213,294	835,326	515,916	319,410	-106,116	-0.56
Counties
Albany County	294,565	297,845	3,280	10,510	9,315	1,195	2,085	0.71
Allegany County	49,927	50,562	635	1,704	1,546	158	477	0.96
Bronx County	1,332,650	1,363,198	30,548	82,389	33,428	48,961	-18,413	-1.38
Broome County	200,536	199,360	-1,176	6,881	6,964	-83	-1,093	-0.55
Cattaraugus County	83,955	83,354	-601	3,168	2,728	440	-1,041	-1.24
Cayuga County	81,963	81,726	-237	2,890	2,280	610	-847	-1.03
Chautauqua County	139,750	137,645	-2,105	5,004	4,890	114	-2,219	-1.59
Chemung County	91,070	90,413	-657	3,500	3,081	419	-1,076	-1.18
Chenango County	51,401	51,659	258	1,854	1,747	107	151	0.29
Clinton County	79,894	81,366	1,472	2,318	2,178	140	1,332	1.67
Columbia County	63,094	63,405	311	1,953	2,264	-311	622	0.99
Cortland County	48,599	48,691	92	1,767	1,459	308	-216	-0.44
Delaware County	48,055	47,226	-829	1,353	1,759	-406	-423	-0.88
Dutchess County	280,150	290,885	10,735	10,404	7,349	3,055	7,680	2.74
Erie County	950,265	941,293	-8,972	35,182	32,879	2,303	-11,275	-1.19
Essex County	38,851	38,992	141	1,142	1,315	-173	314	0.81
Franklin County	51,134	51,056	-78	1,435	1,417	18	-96	-0.19
Fulton County	55,073	55,206	133	1,982	1,968	14	119	0.22
Genesee County	60,370	60,020	-350	2,226	1,872	354	-704	-1.17
Greene County	48,195	48,865	670	1,372	1,714	-342	1,012	2.10
Hamilton County	5,379	5,278	-101	164	247	-83	-18	-0.33
Herkimer County	64,437	63,704	-733	2,123	2,337	-214	-519	-0.81
Jefferson County	111,738	114,651	2,913	5,483	2,861	2,622	291	0.26
Kings County	2,465,525	2,472,523	6,998	133,570	60,404	73,166	-66,168	-2.68
Lewis County	26,944	26,636	-308	1,088	736	352	-660	-2.45
Livingston County	64,328	64,658	330	2,059	1,680	379	-49	-0.08
Madison County	69,441	70,182	741	2,453	1,802	651	90	0.13
Monroe County	735,343	736,738	1,395	29,383	20,340	9,043	-7,648	-1.04
Montgomery County	49,708	49,371	-337	1,963	2,072	-109	-228	-0.46
Nassau County	1,334,544	1,339,463	4,919	52,367	37,424	14,943	-10,024	-0.75
New York County	1,537,372	1,564,798	27,426	67,728	37,516	30,212	-2,786	-0.18
Niagara County	219,846	218,150	-1,696	7,961	7,643	318	-2,014	-0.92
Oneida County	235,459	234,373	-1,086	8,051	8,786	-735	-351	-0.15
Onondaga County	458,336	460,517	2,181	18,784	13,323	5,461	-3,280	-0.72
Ontario County	100,224	102,445	2,221	3,624	2,945	679	1,542	1.54
Orange County	341,367	363,153	21,786	15,836	8,206	7,630	14,156	4.15
Orleans County	44,171	43,629	-542	1,531	1,290	241	-783	-1.77
Oswego County	122,377	123,495	1,118	4,589	3,303	1,286	-168	-0.14
Otsego County	61,676	62,196	520	1,719	1,774	-55	575	0.93
Putnam County	95,745	99,550	3,805	3,828	1,883	1,945	1,860	1.94
Queens County	2,229,379	2,225,486	-3,893	100,874	52,817	48,057	-51,950	-2.33
Rensselaer County	152,538	154,007	1,469	5,477	4,916	561	908	0.60
Richmond County	443,728	459,737	16,009	18,414	11,924	6,490	9,519	2.15
Rockland County	286,753	292,989	6,236	14,604	6,908	7,696	-1,460	-0.51
St. Lawrence County	111,919	111,655	-264	3,949	3,428	521	-785	-0.70
Saratoga County	200,635	209,818	9,183	7,784	4,873	2,911	6,272	3.13
Schenectady County	146,555	147,289	734	5,475	4,945	530	204	0.14
Schoharie County	31,582	31,685	103	957	1,010	-53	156	0.49
Schuyler County	19,224	19,455	231	682	581	101	130	0.68
Seneca County	33,342	35,183	1,841	1,179	1,042	137	1,704	5.11
Steuben County	98,726	99,012	286	3,735	3,412	323	-37	-0.04
Suffolk County	1,419,369	1,468,037	48,668	64,276	37,141	27,135	21,533	1.52
Sullivan County	73,966	74,948	982	2,727	2,463	264	718	0.97
Tioga County	51,784	51,746	-38	1,887	1,298	589	-627	-1.21
Tompkins County	96,501	101,411	4,910	2,753	1,979	774	4,136	4.29
Ulster County	177,749	181,111	3,362	5,778	5,340	438	2,924	1.65
Warren County	63,303	64,715	1,412	2,100	1,943	157	1,255	1.98
Washington County	61,042	61,872	830	1,982	1,972	10	820	1.34
Wayne County	93,765	93,728	-37	3,561	2,586	975	-1,012	-1.08
Westchester County	923,459	940,302	16,843	41,473	24,625	16,848	-5	0.00
Wyoming County	43,424	42,932	-492	1,375	1,113	262	-754	-1.74
Yates County	24,621	24,720	99	946	875	71	28	0.11
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Albany-Schen-Troy	875,583	890,015	14,432	32,166	27,131	5,035	9,397	1.07
Binghamton	252,320	251,106	-1,214	8,768	8,262	506	-1,720	-0.68
Buffalo	1,170,111	1,159,443	-10,668	43,143	40,522	2,621	-13,289	-1.14
Elmira	91,070	90,413	-657	3,500	3,081	419	-1,076	-1.18
Glens Falls	124,345	126,587	2,242	4,082	3,915	167	2,075	1.67
Jamestown	139,750	137,645	-2,105	5,004	4,890	114	-2,219	-1.59
Nassau-Suffolk	2,753,913	2,807,500	53,587	116,643	74,565	42,078	11,509	0.42
New York	9,314,611	9,418,583	103,972	462,880	229,505	233,375	-129,403	-1.39
Newburgh-Middletown	341,367	363,153	21,786	15,836	8,206	7,630	14,156	4.15
Poughkeepsie	280,150	290,885	10,735	10,404	7,349	3,055	7,680	2.74
Rochester	1,098,201	1,101,218	3,017	42,384	30,713	11,671	-8,654	-0.79
Syracuse	732,117	735,920	3,803	28,716	20,708	8,008	-4,205	-0.57
Utica-Rome	299,896	298,077	-1,819	10,174	11,123	-949	-870	-0.29
Inside MSA's	17,473,434	17,670,545	197,111	783,700	469,970	313,730	-116,619	-0.67
Outside MSA's	1,503,387	1,519,570	16,183	51,626	45,946	5,680	10,503	0.70
Upstate3	6,908,297	6,964,032	55,735	255,803	211,846	43,957	11,778	0.17
Economic Development Regions
Capital	1,029,927	1,047,816	17,889	36,653	31,942	4,711	13,178	1.28
Central New York	780,716	784,611	3,895	30,483	22,167	8,316	-4,421	-0.57
Finger Lakes	1,199,588	1,204,053	4,465	45,884	33,743	12,141	-7,676	-0.64
Long Island	2,753,913	2,807,500	53,587	116,643	74,565	42,078	11,509	0.42
Mid-Hudson	2,179,189	2,242,938	63,749	94,650	56,774	37,876	25,873	1.19
Mohawk Valley	441,638	439,617	-2,021	15,240	16,420	-1,180	-841	-0.19
New York City	8,008,654	8,085,742	77,088	402,975	196,089	206,886	-129,798	-1.62
North Country	420,480	424,356	3,876	15,415	11,935	3,480	396	0.09
Southern Tier	718,973	722,478	3,505	24,364	22,595	1,769	1,736	0.24
Western	1,443,743	1,431,004	-12,739	53,019	49,686	3,333	-16,072	-1.11
Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census.  Prepared by Empire State Development, State Data Center.
1 - Revised Decennial Census counts include changes made subsequent to the original Census release.
2 - Net migration represents the total of net internal migration, net international migration, and a small error adjustment
to account for national and state population controls.
3 - Upstate New York is defined as the New York State total, minus the five counties of New York City, Nassau, Putnam,
Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester.