Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in New York:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			New York………...……………………………………………….	18 976 457	19 378 102	401 645	2.1
			COUNTY
1	1		Kings County 2………………………………………………	2 465 326	2 504 700	39 374	1.6
2	2		Queens County 2……………………………………………..	2 229 379	2 230 722	1 343	0.1
3	3		New York County 2…………………………………………..	1 537 195	1 585 873	48 678	3.2
4	4		Suffolk County………………………………………………..	1 419 369	1 493 350	73 981	5.2
5	6		Bronx County 2………………………………………………..	1 332 650	1 385 108	52 458	3.9
6	5		Nassau County………………………………………………..	1 334 544	1 339 532	4 988	0.4
7	8		Westchester County……………………………………………..	923 459	949 113	25 654	2.8
8	7		Erie County…………………………………………………	950 265	919 040	- 31 225	-3.3
9	9		Monroe County………………………………………………..	735 343	744 344	9 001	1.2
10	11		Richmond County 2………………………………………………	443 728	468 730	25 002	5.6
11	10		Onondaga County………………………………………………….	458 336	467 026	8 690	1.9
12	12		Orange County………………………………………………..	341 367	372 813	31 446	9.2
13	14		Rockland County……………………………………………..	286 753	311 687	24 934	8.7
14	13		Albany County……………………………………………….	294 565	304 204	9 639	3.3
15	15		Dutchess County………………………………………………	280 150	297 488	17 338	6.2
16	16		Oneida County………………………………………………	235 469	234 878	-  591	-0.3
17	18		Saratoga County……………………………………………	200 635	219 607	18 972	9.5
18	17		Niagara County………………………………………………	219 846	216 469	- 3 377	-1.5
19	19		Broome County…………………………………………….	200 536	200 600	64	-
20	20		Ulster County………………………………………………….	177 749	182 493	4 744	2.7
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		New York city 2……………………………………………………	8 008 278	8 175 133	166 855	2.1
2	2		Buffalo city……………………………………………………..	292 648	261 310	- 31 338	-10.7
3	3		Rochester city………………………………………………	219 773	210 565	- 9 208	-4.2
4	4		Yonkers city…………………………………………………….	196 086	195 976	-  110	-0.1
5	5		Syracuse city…………………………………………………	147 306	145 170	- 2 136	-1.5
6	6		Albany city……………………………………………………..	95 658	97 856	2 198	2.3
7	7		New Rochelle city……………………………………………………………..	72 182	77 062	4 880	6.8
8	8		Mount Vernon city……………………………………………………..	68 381	67 292	- 1 089	-1.6
9	9		Schenectady city…………………………………………………	61 821	66 135	4 314	7.0
10	10		Utica city……………………………………………………..	60 651	62 235	1 584	2.6
11	13		White Plains city………………………………………………..	53 077	56 853	3 776	7.1
12	11		Hempstead village………………………………………………..	56 554	53 891	- 2 663	-4.7
13	12		Niagara Falls city………………………………………………..	55 593	50 193	- 5 400	-9.7
14	14		Troy city………………………………………………………….	49 170	50 129	959	2.0
15	15		Binghamton city…………………………………………………	47 380	47 376	-  4	-
16	16		Freeport village……………………………………………………	43 783	42 860	-  923	-2.1
17	17		Valley Stream village…………………………………………….	36 368	37 511	1 143	3.1
18	19		Rome city…………………………………………………….	34 950	33 725	- 1 225	-3.5
19	18		Long Beach city…………………………………………………..	35 462	33 275	- 2 187	-6.2
20	23		Poughkeepsie city……………………………………………….	29 871	32 736	2 865	9.6
-  Represents zero or rounds to 0.0.
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
2 The five boroughs of New York city are coextensive with the five counties that consititute New York city: Bronx borough (Bronx County), Brooklyn borough (Kings County), Manhattan borough (New York County), Queens borough (Queens County), and Staten Island borough (Richmond County).
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.