Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all New York counties, Lewis County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (96%), followed by Hamilton County (95.39%), and Schuyler County (95.36%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all New York counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
Lewis
Hamilton
Schuyler
Tioga
Yates
Chenango
Herkimer
Allegany
Oswego
Warren
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2016
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lewis County 96
2 Hamilton County 95.39
3 Schuyler County 95.36
4 Tioga County 95.14
5 Yates County 95.1
6 Chenango County 94.89
7 Herkimer County 94.83
8 Allegany County 94.49
9 Oswego County 94.22
10 Warren County 94.06
11 Steuben County 93.83
12 Schoharie County 93.46
13 Madison County 93.4
14 Fulton County 92.98
15 Cortland County 92.85
16 Washington County 92.65
17 Delaware County 92.31
18 Essex County 92.26
19 St. Lawrence County 92.19
20 Otsego County 91.54
21 Livingston County 90.86
22 Cattaraugus County 90.8
23 Saratoga County 90.71
24 Genesee County 90.68
25 Cayuga County 90.42
26 Ontario County 90.26
27 Clinton County 90.21
28 Wayne County 90.15
29 Wyoming County 90.03
30 Seneca County 89.07
31 Chautauqua County 87.77
32 Columbia County 86.99
33 Chemung County 86.5
34 Orleans County 86.32
35 Niagara County 85.78
36 Greene County 85.52
37 Broome County 83.84
38 Rensselaer County 83.66
39 Oneida County 82.43
40 Jefferson County 82.04
41 Montgomery County 82.01
42 Franklin County 81.32
43 Putnam County 79.89
44 Ulster County 79.78
45 Tompkins County 77.66
46 Onondaga County 77.21
47 Erie County 75.85
48 Schenectady County 74.57
49 Albany County 72.74
50 Sullivan County 72.65
51 Dutchess County 72.25
52 Monroe County 70.91
53 Suffolk County 68.6
54 Orange County 65.33
55 Rockland County 63.79
56 Richmond County 62
57 Nassau County 61.21
58 Westchester County 54.4
59 New York County 47.13
60 Kings County 36.48
61 Queens County 25.73
62 Bronx County 9.5