Annual Estimates of the Resident Population
U.S., New York State and Counties, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
	April 1, 2000		July 1, 2001 Estimate	July 1, 2002 Estimate	July 1, 2003 Estimate	Population Change2
	Census	Estimates Base1				April 1, 2000 - July 1, 2003
						Number	Percent	Rank
United States	281,421,906	281,421,906	285,093,813	287,973,924	290,809,777	9,387,871	3.34
New York State	18,976,457	18,976,821	19,074,843	19,134,293	19,190,115	213,294	1.12
Counties
Albany County	294,565	294,565	294,940	296,350	297,845	3,280	1.11	23
Allegany County	49,927	49,927	50,311	50,418	50,562	635	1.27	21
Bronx County	1,332,650	1,332,650	1,345,808	1,358,370	1,363,198	30,548	2.29	10
Broome County	200,536	200,536	200,060	200,193	199,360	-1,176	-0.59	50
Cattaraugus County	83,955	83,955	83,406	83,391	83,354	-601	-0.72	52
Cayuga County	81,963	81,963	81,332	81,508	81,726	-237	-0.29	47
Chautauqua County	139,750	139,750	138,798	138,296	137,645	-2,105	-1.51	60
Chemung County	91,070	91,070	90,852	90,810	90,413	-657	-0.72	53
Chenango County	51,401	51,401	51,224	51,391	51,659	258	0.50	29
Clinton County	79,894	79,894	80,382	80,862	81,366	1,472	1.84	15
Columbia County	63,094	63,094	62,955	63,232	63,405	311	0.49	31
Cortland County	48,599	48,599	48,651	48,480	48,691	92	0.19	41
Delaware County	48,055	48,055	47,637	47,340	47,226	-829	-1.73	61
Dutchess County	280,150	280,150	284,575	287,675	290,885	10,735	3.83	6
Erie County	950,265	950,265	946,209	942,794	941,293	-8,972	-0.94	55
Essex County	38,851	38,851	38,671	38,862	38,992	141	0.36	35
Franklin County	51,134	51,134	50,943	50,761	51,056	-78	-0.15	44
Fulton County	55,073	55,073	54,912	55,102	55,206	133	0.24	39
Genesee County	60,370	60,370	59,978	59,929	60,020	-350	-0.58	49
Greene County	48,195	48,195	48,262	48,464	48,865	670	1.39	18
Hamilton County	5,379	5,379	5,325	5,283	5,278	-101	-1.88	62
Herkimer County	64,427	64,437	64,135	63,701	63,704	-733	-1.14	57
Jefferson County	111,738	111,738	112,787	113,936	114,651	2,913	2.61	9
Kings County	2,465,326	2,465,525	2,472,344	2,475,650	2,472,523	6,998	0.28	38
Lewis County	26,944	26,944	26,919	26,613	26,636	-308	-1.14	58
Livingston County	64,328	64,328	64,674	64,721	64,658	330	0.51	28
Madison County	69,441	69,441	69,657	69,782	70,182	741	1.07	24
Monroe County	735,343	735,343	735,391	736,083	736,738	1,395	0.19	40
Montgomery County	49,708	49,708	49,414	49,297	49,371	-337	-0.68	51
Nassau County	1,334,544	1,334,544	1,337,055	1,339,265	1,339,463	4,919	0.37	34
New York County	1,537,195	1,537,372	1,554,161	1,555,434	1,564,798	27,426	1.78	17
Niagara County	219,846	219,846	218,549	218,230	218,150	-1,696	-0.77	54
Oneida County	235,469	235,459	234,268	234,180	234,373	-1,086	-0.46	48
Onondaga County	458,336	458,336	458,755	459,477	460,517	2,181	0.48	32
Ontario County	100,224	100,224	101,061	101,793	102,445	2,221	2.22	12
Orange County	341,367	341,367	349,060	355,802	363,153	21,786	6.38	1
Orleans County	44,171	44,171	43,773	43,578	43,629	-542	-1.23	59
Oswego County	122,377	122,377	122,485	122,721	123,495	1,118	0.91	26
Otsego County	61,676	61,676	61,770	61,934	62,196	520	0.84	27
Putnam County	95,745	95,745	97,251	98,530	99,550	3,805	3.97	5
Queens County	2,229,379	2,229,379	2,232,399	2,227,172	2,225,486	-3,893	-0.17	45
Rensselaer County	152,538	152,538	152,704	153,241	154,007	1,469	0.96	25
Richmond County	443,728	443,728	450,454	455,385	459,737	16,009	3.61	7
Rockland County	286,753	286,753	289,084	291,230	292,989	6,236	2.17	13
Saint Lawrence County	111,931	111,919	111,599	111,476	111,655	-264	-0.24	46
Saratoga County	200,635	200,635	204,173	206,862	209,818	9,183	4.58	4
Schenectady County	146,555	146,555	146,144	146,883	147,289	734	0.50	30
Schoharie County	31,582	31,582	31,721	31,628	31,685	103	0.33	36
Schuyler County	19,224	19,224	19,316	19,422	19,455	231	1.20	22
Seneca County	33,342	33,342	34,825	35,003	35,183	1,841	5.52	2
Steuben County	98,726	98,726	99,233	99,504	99,012	286	0.29	37
Suffolk County	1,419,369	1,419,369	1,442,518	1,455,727	1,468,037	48,668	3.43	8
Sullivan County	73,966	73,966	74,006	74,132	74,948	982	1.33	20
Tioga County	51,784	51,784	51,568	51,780	51,746	-38	-0.07	43
Tompkins County	96,501	96,501	98,312	99,857	101,411	4,910	5.09	3
Ulster County	177,749	177,749	178,387	180,066	181,111	3,362	1.89	14
Warren County	63,303	63,303	63,634	64,060	64,715	1,412	2.23	11
Washington County	61,042	61,042	61,238	61,452	61,872	830	1.36	19
Wayne County	93,765	93,765	93,839	93,728	93,728	-37	-0.04	42
Westchester County	923,459	923,459	933,317	937,894	940,302	16,843	1.82	16
Wyoming County	43,424	43,424	43,088	43,042	42,932	-492	-1.13	56
Yates County	24,621	24,621	24,544	24,511	24,720	99	0.40	33
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Albany-Schen-Troy	875,583	875,583	879,096	884,261	890,015	14,432	1.65	5
Binghamton	252,320	252,320	251,628	251,973	251,106	-1,214	-0.48	9
Buffalo	1,170,111	1,170,111	1,164,758	1,161,024	1,159,443	-10,668	-0.91	12
Elmira	91,070	91,070	90,852	90,810	90,413	-657	-0.72	11
Glens Falls	124,345	124,345	124,872	125,512	126,587	2,242	1.80	4
Jamestown	139,750	139,750	138,798	138,296	137,645	-2,105	-1.51	13
Nassau-Suffolk	2,753,913	2,753,913	2,779,573	2,794,992	2,807,500	53,587	1.95	3
New York	9,314,235	9,314,611	9,374,818	9,399,665	9,418,583	103,972	1.12	6
Newburgh-Middletown	341,367	341,367	349,060	355,802	363,153	21,786	6.38	1
Poughkeepsie	280,150	280,150	284,575	287,675	290,885	10,735	3.83	2
Rochester	1,098,201	1,098,201	1,098,716	1,099,832	1,101,218	3,017	0.27	8
Syracuse	732,117	732,117	732,229	733,488	735,920	3,803	0.52	7
Utica-Rome	299,896	299,896	298,403	297,881	298,077	-1,819	-0.61	10
Inside MSA's	17,473,058	17,473,434	17,567,378	17,621,211	17,670,545	197,111	1.13
Outside MSA's	1,503,399	1,503,387	1,507,465	1,513,082	1,519,570	16,183	1.08
Upstate3	6,908,309	6,908,297	6,920,452	6,939,636	6,964,032	55,735	0.81
Economic Development Regions
Capital	1,029,927	1,029,927	1,034,050	1,040,544	1,047,816	17,889	1.74	3
Central New York	780,716	780,716	780,880	781,968	784,611	3,895	0.50	6
Finger Lakes	1,199,588	1,199,588	1,201,173	1,202,388	1,204,053	4,465	0.37	8
Long Island	2,753,913	2,753,913	2,779,573	2,794,992	2,807,500	53,587	1.95	2
Mid-Hudson	2,179,189	2,179,189	2,205,680	2,225,329	2,242,938	63,749	2.93	1
Mohawk Valley	441,638	441,638	439,775	439,191	439,617	-2,021	-0.46	9
New York City	8,008,278	8,008,654	8,055,166	8,072,011	8,085,742	77,088	0.96	4
North Country	420,492	420,480	421,301	422,510	424,356	3,876	0.92	5
Southern Tier	718,973	718,973	719,972	722,231	722,478	3,505	0.49	7
Western	1,443,743	1,443,743	1,437,273	1,433,129	1,431,004	-12,739	-0.88	10
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 - Population change based on April 1, 2000 Estimates Base.
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.