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Orleans County, New York

Orleans County had 39,686 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 391.3 square miles of land. It ranks 54th of 62 in New York by population and 50th by land area.

Population
39,686
#54 of 62 in New York · #1,197 in US
Area
391.3 sq mi
#50 of 62 in New York · #2,570 in US
Density
101 / sq mi
#35 of 62 in New York · #893 in US
Median household income
$65,156
#40 of 62 in New York · #1,359 in US

Census Vintage 2024 estimates · SAIPE 2023 income · 2024 Gazetteer land area

Orleans County within New York. Pin: Albany.

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Orleans County population, land area and income

Orleans County had 39,686 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 391.3 square miles of land. It ranks 54th of 62 in New York by population and 50th by land area. That works out to 101.4 people per square mile, near the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in New York has 85,936 residents, so Orleans County has 46% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $65,156 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

39,686

3144th1st

1197th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

391 sq mi

3144th1st

2570th of 3,144 (US)

Density

101.4 / sq mi

3144th1st

893rd of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$65,156

3143rd1st

1359th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within New York (62)

Population

39,686

62nd1st

54th of 62 (NY)

Land area

391 sq mi

62nd1st

50th of 62 (NY)

Density

101.4 / sq mi

62nd1st

35th of 62 (NY)

Median household income

$65,156

62nd1st

40th of 62 (NY)

How Orleans County's population changed since 2020

Orleans County lost 383 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.0%. That ranks 34th 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, Orleans County recorded 1,593 births and 2,030 deaths, a natural change of -437. Net international migration added +235 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -436. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 437 people.

40.1k202039.6k202139.3k202239.4k202339.7k2024
Census Vintage 2024 county estimates for July 1 of each year. The axis starts above zero so year-to-year changes are visible.

Components of change, April 2020 to July 2024

Births
1,593
Deaths
2,030
Net international migration
+235
Net domestic migration
-436
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
+296

Where Orleans County is

The Census internal point of Orleans County is at 43.339900, -78.207000. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades New York's 62 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Orleans County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Tompkins County: +5.8%Yates County: -1.3%Suffolk County: +0.9%Broome County: -0.9%Cortland County: -1.7%Fulton County: -2.0%Ulster County: +0.9%Rockland County: +3.2%Essex County: -1.5%Westchester County: +0.5%Niagara County: -1.2%Dutchess County: +1.4%Seneca County: -2.6%Onondaga County: -0.9%Tioga County: -1.6%Erie County: -0.2%Wayne County: -0.5%Delaware County: -0.1%Greene County: -1.8%Schenectady County: +1.9%Allegany County: -0.1%Rensselaer County: -0.1%Monroe County: -0.7%Warren County: -0.5%Livingston County: -0.1%Madison County: -1.3%Jefferson County: -2.5%Sullivan County: +2.5%Lewis County: +0.0%Oswego County: +0.7%Putnam County: +0.8%New York County: -1.1%Columbia County: -1.8%St. Lawrence County: -2.0%Schuyler County: -4.1%Franklin County: -0.3%Steuben County: -1.4%Cayuga County: -2.1%Oneida County: -1.2%Chemung County: -3.1%Herkimer County: -0.7%Schoharie County: +1.3%Cattaraugus County: -2.0%Chautauqua County: -2.6%Chenango County: -2.8%Hamilton County: +0.2%Orange County: +2.7%Washington County: -2.1%Ontario County: +0.6%Bronx County: -5.1%Wyoming County: -1.5%Clinton County: -2.3%Orleans County: -1.0%Montgomery County: +0.3%Nassau County: +0.1%Kings County: -3.6%Genesee County: -1.2%Otsego County: +3.7%Albany County: +1.9%Queens County: -3.1%Richmond County: +0.6%Saratoga County: +1.9%
Change 2020 to 2024
  1. < -2.0%
  2. < -1.2%
  3. < -0.2%
  4. < +0.7%
  5. ≥ +0.7%
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Orange pin: Orleans County internal point. Dark pin: Albany.

Internal point

Decimal
43.339900, -78.207000
DMS
43°20'23.64"N 78°12'25.20"W
UTM
17N 726399.3E 4802350.0N
Geohash
dr8qs3g3h
Plus code
87M38QQV+X6

Towns in Orleans County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Orleans County, 13,342 people together, or 34% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Orleans County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Medina with 5,912.

  1. 01Medina5,912
  2. 02Albion5,704
  3. 03Holley1,726
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Orleans County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 3 neighbors for Orleans County. The most populous is Monroe County, NY, with 752,202 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Albany and the nearest big city

Albany is 229.8 miles E of Orleans County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY (population 207,282), 31.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Batavia, NY (population 15,071), 23.6 miles away.

Orleans County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Orleans County is 36073: state code 36 for New York plus county code 073. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $65,156.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Orleans County, New York?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 39,686. That is down 383 people (1.0%) from the July 2020 estimate of 40,069.

What is the FIPS code of Orleans County?

36073. The first two digits (36) are New York; the last three (073) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Orleans County?

Medina, with 5,912 residents inside Orleans County in 2024.

Which counties border Orleans County?

3 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Monroe County, NY; Niagara County, NY; Genesee County, NY.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 county population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, counties
  3. 03Census SAIPE 2023 state and county estimates
  4. 04Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  5. 05Census 2024 county adjacency file
  6. 06Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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