Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Population that are White Alone in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all New York counties, Lewis County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as White Alone (97.3%), followed by Yates County (96.83%), and Chenango County (96.46%).

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 White Alone in 2019
Lewis
Yates
Chenango
Schuyler
Tioga
Hamilton
Herkimer
Oswego
Allegany
Schoharie
Ranking of New York Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are White Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Lewis County 97.3
2 Yates County 96.83
3 Chenango County 96.46
4 Schuyler County 96.4
5 Tioga County 96.38
6 Hamilton County 96.01
7 Herkimer County 95.98
8 Oswego County 95.96
9 Allegany County 95.7
10 Schoharie County 95.64
11 Warren County 95.49
12 Fulton County 95.09
13 Delaware County 94.92
14 Steuben County 94.77
15 Madison County 94.66
16 Essex County 94.53
17 Cortland County 94.45
18 Washington County 94.21
19 Otsego County 94.06
20 St. Lawrence County 93.78
21 Chautauqua County 93.54
22 Livingston County 93.51
23 Ontario County 93.46
24 Wayne County 93.38
25 Montgomery County 92.89
26 Saratoga County 92.88
27 Genesee County 92.85
28 Clinton County 92.31
29 Wyoming County 92.27
30 Cayuga County 92.09
31 Cattaraugus County 91.79
32 Seneca County 91.33
33 Putnam County 91.19
34 Orleans County 90.19
35 Columbia County 90.08
36 Greene County 89.88
37 Chemung County 88.15
38 Niagara County 87.43
39 Jefferson County 87.3
40 Ulster County 87.26
41 Rensselaer County 86.1
42 Oneida County 85.86
43 Broome County 85.71
44 Sullivan County 84.16
45 Franklin County 84.08
45 Suffolk County 84.08
46 Tompkins County 81.21
47 Dutchess County 80.93
48 Onondaga County 79.83
49 Orange County 79.68
50 Erie County 79.15
51 Rockland County 77.93
52 Schenectady County 77.44
53 Monroe County 76.65
54 Albany County 75.59
55 Richmond County 74.26
56 Nassau County 73.15
57 Westchester County 72.99
58 New York County 64.45
59 Kings County 49.76
60 Queens County 47.49
61 Bronx County 44.31