Richmond County, New York

Richmond County population, land area and income

Richmond County had 498,212 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 57.5 square miles of land. It ranks 10th of 62 in New York by population and 60th by land area. That works out to 8,661.5 people per square mile, 90.0 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in New York has 85,936 residents, so Richmond County is 5.8 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $93,337 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Richmond County's population changed since 2020

Richmond County gained 3,099 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 0.6%. That ranks 15th 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, Richmond County recorded 21,002 births and 18,392 deaths, a natural change of +2,610. Net international migration added +9,140 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -10,012. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 10,012 people.

Where Richmond County is

The Census internal point of Richmond County is at 40.561300, -74.139900. 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 Richmond County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Richmond County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in Richmond County, 498,212 people together, or 100% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Richmond County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is New York with 498,212.

Counties bordering Richmond County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Richmond County, including 4 across a state line. The most populous is Kings County, NY, with 2,617,631 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Kings County

  2,617,631 people

  11 mi ENE

• Queens County

  2,316,841 people

  17 mi ENE

• NJ

  Middlesex County, NJ

  890,119 people

  16 mi WSW

• NJ

  Hudson County, NJ

  736,185 people

  12 mi NNE

• NJ

  Monmouth County, NJ

  647,520 people

  19 mi S

• NJ

  Union County, NJ

  594,160 people

  11 mi NW

Distance to Albany and the nearest big city

Albany is 145.9 miles N of Richmond County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Elizabeth, NJ (population 140,413), 7.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Carteret, NJ (population 26,003), 4.8 miles away.

Richmond County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Richmond County is 36085: state code 36 for New York plus county code 085. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $93,337.