New York’s counties: attorneys per resident
Currently registered attorneys with an office in each county, per 1,000 residents
- Counties
- 62
- State rate
- 6.68
- File of
- Sep 29, 2026
New York County has 46.6 currently registered attorneys per 1,000 residents on the register of Sep 29, 2026, the most of New York's 62 counties; Tioga County has the fewest (0.48). Across the state's counties the rate is 6.68.
Every county, highest rate first
| County | Currently registered | Residents | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 75,989 | 1,629,477 | 46.63 |
| Albany | 3,767 | 317,018 | 11.88 |
| Westchester | 7,255 | 999,677 | 7.26 |
| Nassau | 9,622 | 1,389,591 | 6.92 |
| Erie | 4,149 | 950,622 | 4.36 |
| Suffolk | 5,823 | 1,530,146 | 3.81 |
| Onondaga | 1,729 | 471,129 | 3.67 |
| Monroe | 2,430 | 753,753 | 3.22 |
| Columbia | 176 | 61,100 | 2.88 |
| Tompkins | 297 | 104,537 | 2.84 |
| Rockland | 967 | 341,883 | 2.83 |
| Warren | 185 | 65,517 | 2.82 |
| Dutchess | 754 | 298,220 | 2.53 |
| Putnam | 246 | 98,107 | 2.51 |
| Hamilton | 12 | 5,089 | 2.36 |
| Saratoga | 543 | 238,284 | 2.28 |
| Ulster | 414 | 182,601 | 2.27 |
| Kings | 5,931 | 2,631,580 | 2.25 |
| Essex | 82 | 36,973 | 2.22 |
| Ontario | 249 | 112,625 | 2.21 |
| Schenectady | 347 | 160,369 | 2.16 |
| Rensselaer | 338 | 160,332 | 2.11 |
| Broome | 386 | 197,378 | 1.96 |
| Sullivan | 156 | 79,721 | 1.96 |
| Orange | 763 | 406,616 | 1.88 |
| Queens | 4,163 | 2,323,052 | 1.79 |
| Richmond | 877 | 494,956 | 1.77 |
| Oneida | 387 | 229,124 | 1.69 |
| Otsego | 92 | 60,108 | 1.53 |
| Greene | 72 | 47,409 | 1.52 |
| Bronx | 2,092 | 1,404,779 | 1.49 |
| Schuyler | 26 | 17,562 | 1.48 |
| Chemung | 119 | 82,147 | 1.45 |
| Cortland | 66 | 46,246 | 1.43 |
| Cayuga | 106 | 75,102 | 1.41 |
| Steuben | 129 | 92,588 | 1.39 |
| Delaware | 59 | 44,487 | 1.33 |
| Genesee | 77 | 57,787 | 1.33 |
| Chautauqua | 165 | 125,544 | 1.31 |
| Niagara | 270 | 210,721 | 1.28 |
| Montgomery | 61 | 49,528 | 1.23 |
| Clinton | 96 | 78,493 | 1.22 |
| Franklin | 52 | 46,696 | 1.11 |
| Wyoming | 44 | 39,753 | 1.11 |
| Cattaraugus | 84 | 76,145 | 1.10 |
| Madison | 73 | 67,328 | 1.08 |
| Fulton | 54 | 52,487 | 1.03 |
| Schoharie | 31 | 30,049 | 1.03 |
| St. Lawrence | 109 | 107,226 | 1.02 |
| Livingston | 62 | 61,498 | 1.01 |
| Jefferson | 109 | 115,040 | 0.95 |
| Oswego | 107 | 117,953 | 0.91 |
| Washington | 53 | 60,522 | 0.88 |
| Seneca | 28 | 32,920 | 0.85 |
| Chenango | 37 | 46,321 | 0.80 |
| Allegany | 37 | 47,159 | 0.78 |
| Yates | 18 | 24,526 | 0.73 |
| Lewis | 19 | 26,607 | 0.71 |
| Herkimer | 41 | 59,757 | 0.69 |
| Wayne | 63 | 90,929 | 0.69 |
| Orleans | 22 | 39,608 | 0.56 |
| Tioga | 23 | 47,864 | 0.48 |
Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year, B01003.