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Yates County, New York

Yates County had 24,387 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 338.1 square miles of land. It ranks 60th of 62 in New York by population and 51st by land area.

Population
24,387
#60 of 62 in New York · #1,637 in US
Area
338.1 sq mi
#51 of 62 in New York · #2,718 in US
Density
72 / sq mi
#46 of 62 in New York · #1,156 in US
Median household income
$66,155
#37 of 62 in New York · #1,284 in US

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

Yates County within New York. Pin: Albany.

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Yates County population, land area and income

Yates County had 24,387 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 338.1 square miles of land. It ranks 60th of 62 in New York by population and 51st by land area. That works out to 72.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in New York has 85,936 residents, so Yates County has 28% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $66,155 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

National rank among 3,144

Population

24,387

3144th1st

1637th of 3,144 (US)

Land area

338 sq mi

3144th1st

2718th of 3,144 (US)

Density

72.1 / sq mi

3144th1st

1156th of 3,144 (US)

Median household income

$66,155

3143rd1st

1284th of 3,143 (US)

Rank within New York (62)

Population

24,387

62nd1st

60th of 62 (NY)

Land area

338 sq mi

62nd1st

51st of 62 (NY)

Density

72.1 / sq mi

62nd1st

46th of 62 (NY)

Median household income

$66,155

62nd1st

37th of 62 (NY)

How Yates County's population changed since 2020

Yates County lost 333 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.3%. That ranks 40th 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, Yates County recorded 1,334 births and 1,216 deaths, a natural change of +118. Net international migration added +42 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -547. The largest single component was domestic migration, which removed 547 people.

24.7k202024.6k202124.5k202224.4k202324.4k2024
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
1,334
Deaths
1,216
Net international migration
+42
Net domestic migration
-547
Change, July 2023 to July 2024
-26

Where Yates County is

The Census internal point of Yates County is at 42.638200, -77.104300. 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 Yates 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: Yates County internal point. Dark pin: Albany.

Internal point

Decimal
42.638200, -77.104300
DMS
42°38'17.52"N 77°06'15.48"W
UTM
18N 327475.8E 4722785.3N
Geohash
dr94t6n3e
Plus code
87J4JVQW+77

Towns in Yates County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Yates County, 6,706 people together, or 27% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Yates County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Penn Yan with 5,024.

  1. 01Penn Yan5,024
  2. 02Dundee1,682
Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates, county parts of incorporated places (SUMLEV 157).

Counties bordering Yates County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 4 neighbors for Yates County. The most populous is Ontario County, NY, with 113,012 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

Distance to Albany and the nearest big city

Albany is 170.1 miles E of Yates County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY (population 207,282), 45.0 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Geneva, NY (population 12,397), 16.7 miles away.

Yates County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Yates County is 36123: state code 36 for New York plus county code 123. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $66,155.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Yates County, New York?

The Census Vintage 2024 estimate for July 1, 2024 is 24,387. That is down 333 people (1.3%) from the July 2020 estimate of 24,720.

What is the FIPS code of Yates County?

36123. The first two digits (36) are New York; the last three (123) identify the county.

What is the largest town in Yates County?

Penn Yan, with 5,024 residents inside Yates County in 2024.

Which counties border Yates County?

4 county-equivalents border it in the Census 2024 adjacency file: Ontario County, NY; Steuben County, NY; Seneca County, NY; Schuyler 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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