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Washington County, New York

A county in New York, ranked 42 of 62 by population.

CountyFIPS 36115

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

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Population
59,353
-1,774 (-2.9%) since 2020
Land area
831.2
square miles. A further 1.7% of the total area is water
Population density
71.4
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fort Edward
Seat of county government.
Established
1772
253 years ago
Largest city
Hudson Falls village
Population 7,333.

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 Washington 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 Washington 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 322 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 Washington 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
Population59,35342nd of 62902nd of 3,144
Land area831.2 sq mi23rd of 621,015th of 3,144
Population density71.4 per sq mi47th of 621,164th of 3,144
Median household income$73,49527th of 62947th of 3,143

Full data for Washington County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population59,353Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202061,127Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?61,303Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area831.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area845.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?71.4 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$73,495American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$196,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age45.4American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households24,469American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units29,192American 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
-233
540 births, 773 deaths
Net migration
-234
More people moved out than moved in.

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

The 7 areas bordering Washington 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
Warren CountyNew York53 mi65,020
Rutland CountyVermont52 mi59,653
Saratoga CountyNew York29 mi241,343
Bennington CountyVermont26 mi36,630
Rensselaer CountyNew York20 mi160,510
Addison CountyVermont4.5 mi38,048
Essex CountyNew York3.0 mi36,438

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.