# Counties in New York by average household size, 2024

All 62 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/new-york-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Rockland County | 3.2 |
| 2 | Nassau County | 3 |
| 3 | Suffolk County | 2.9 |
| 4 | Richmond County | 2.9 |
| 5 | Orange County | 2.8 |
| 6 | Queens County | 2.7 |
| 7 | Putnam County | 2.7 |
| 8 | Westchester County | 2.6 |
| 9 | Kings County | 2.6 |
| 10 | Bronx County | 2.5 |
| 11 | Montgomery County | 2.5 |
| 12 | Yates County | 2.4 |
| 13 | Dutchess County | 2.4 |
| 14 | Allegany County | 2.4 |
| 14 | Oswego County | 2.4 |
| 14 | Sullivan County | 2.4 |
| 17 | Greene County | 2.4 |
| 18 | Lewis County | 2.4 |
| 18 | Washington County | 2.4 |
| 20 | Schuyler County | 2.4 |
| 21 | Madison County | 2.3 |
| 21 | Otsego County | 2.3 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 2.3 |
| 23 | Schenectady County | 2.3 |
| 23 | St. Lawrence County | 2.3 |
| 23 | Steuben County | 2.3 |
| 23 | Tioga County | 2.3 |
| 28 | Livingston County | 2.3 |
| 29 | Rensselaer County | 2.3 |
| 29 | Saratoga County | 2.3 |
| 29 | Wayne County | 2.3 |
| 32 | Cattaraugus County | 2.3 |
| 32 | Chenango County | 2.3 |
| 32 | Orleans County | 2.3 |
| 35 | Monroe County | 2.3 |
| 35 | Oneida County | 2.3 |
| 35 | Seneca County | 2.3 |
| 38 | Herkimer County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Broome County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Cayuga County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Chautauqua County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Erie County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Genesee County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Onondaga County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Ulster County | 2.3 |
| 46 | Cortland County | 2.2 |
| 46 | Niagara County | 2.2 |
| 46 | Ontario County | 2.2 |
| 49 | Chemung County | 2.2 |
| 49 | Fulton County | 2.2 |
| 49 | Schoharie County | 2.2 |
| 52 | Wyoming County | 2.2 |
| 53 | Albany County | 2.2 |
| 53 | Columbia County | 2.2 |
| 55 | Delaware County | 2.2 |
| 56 | Franklin County | 2.2 |
| 57 | Clinton County | 2.2 |
| 58 | Warren County | 2.1 |
| 59 | Essex County | 2.1 |
| 60 | Tompkins County | 2.1 |
| 61 | Hamilton County | 2 |
| 61 | New York County | 2 |