Hamilton County, New York

Hamilton County population, land area and income

Hamilton County had 5,082 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,717.4 square miles of land. It ranks 62nd of 62 in New York by population and 3rd by land area. That works out to 3.0 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and in the bottom quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in New York has 85,936 residents, so Hamilton County has 6% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $68,529 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hamilton County's population changed since 2020

Hamilton County gained 12 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.2%. That ranks 19th of 62 in New York for growth. The median New York county changed by -0.8%, and the state as a whole by -1.2%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Hamilton County recorded 100 births and 316 deaths, a natural change of -216. Net international migration added -3 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +205. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 216 people.

Where Hamilton County is

The Census internal point of Hamilton County is at 43.657900, -74.502500. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades New York's 62 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Hamilton County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hamilton County

No incorporated place of 1,000 or more people has residents in Hamilton County. Its 5,082 residents live in smaller towns, census-designated places, or unincorporated land, which the subcounty estimates do not list at this size.

Counties bordering Hamilton County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Hamilton County. The most populous is Saratoga County, NY, with 240,360 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Saratoga County

  240,360 people

  50 mi SE

• St. Lawrence County

  106,198 people

  64 mi NNW

• Warren County

  65,288 people

  34 mi ESE

• Herkimer County

  59,585 people

  18 mi WSW

• Fulton County

  52,073 people

  38 mi S

• Franklin County

  47,086 people

  65 mi N

• Essex County

  36,744 people

  48 mi NE

Distance to Albany and the nearest big city

Albany is 78.9 miles SSE of Hamilton County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY (population 101,317), 77.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Gloversville, NY (population 14,894), 42.8 miles away.

Hamilton County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hamilton County is 36041: state code 36 for New York plus county code 041. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $68,529.