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Essex County, New York

A county in New York, ranked 56 of 62 by population.

CountyFIPS 36031

Within New York
Essex County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Elizabethtown, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
36,438
-837 (-2.2%) since 2020
Land area
1,794
square miles. A further 6.4% of the total area is water
Population density
20.3
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Elizabethtown
Seat of county government.
Established
1799
226 years ago
Largest city
Lake Placid village
Population 2,258.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Essex County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Essex County, New York from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 752 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Essex County ranks

Position among the 62 counties of New York, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn New YorkNationally
Population36,43856th of 621,287th of 3,144
Land area1,794 sq mi2nd of 62331st of 3,144
Population density20.3 per sq mi61st of 622,236th of 3,144
Median household income$71,66132nd of 621,074th of 3,143

Full data for Essex County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population36,438Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202037,275Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?37,379Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,794 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area122.1 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,916 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?20.3 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$71,661American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$211,900American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age49.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households16,342American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units25,484American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-297
201 births, 498 deaths
Net migration
+197
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Essex County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Franklin CountyNew York40 mi46,500
Hamilton CountyNew York40 mi5,006
Addison CountyVermont36 mi38,048
Clinton CountyNew York34 mi78,138
Warren CountyNew York31 mi65,020
Chittenden CountyVermont21 mi169,115
Washington CountyNew York3.0 mi59,353

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 62 counties of New York

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.