Tioga County, New York

Tioga County population, land area and income

Tioga County had 47,574 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 518.8 square miles of land. It ranks 47th of 62 in New York by population and 42nd by land area. That works out to 91.7 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; Tioga County is somewhat smaller.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $67,616 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Tioga County's population changed since 2020

Tioga County lost 780 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.6%. That ranks 44th 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, Tioga County recorded 1,995 births and 2,494 deaths, a natural change of -499. Net international migration added +1 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -383. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 499 people.

Where Tioga County is

The Census internal point of Tioga County is at 42.178100, -76.297500. 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 Tioga County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Tioga County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Tioga County, 8,404 people together, or 18% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Tioga County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Waverly with 4,237.

Counties bordering Tioga County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Tioga County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Broome County, NY, with 196,397 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Broome County

  196,397 people

  24 mi E

• Tompkins County

  105,602 people

  21 mi NNW

• Chemung County

  81,115 people

  23 mi W

• PA

  Bradford County, PA

  59,699 people

  29 mi SSW

• Cortland County

  45,945 people

  31 mi NNE

• PA

  Susquehanna County, PA

  38,100 people

  36 mi SE

Distance to Albany and the nearest big city

Albany is 133.7 miles ENE of Tioga County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY (population 146,097), 60.1 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Endicott, NY (population 13,199), 13.2 miles away.

Tioga County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Tioga County is 36107: state code 36 for New York plus county code 107. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $67,616.