New York counties quiz

The 62 counties in the quiz

They’re the 62 counties of New York, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Albany, is in Albany County.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: New York (23 sq mi), Bronx (42 sq mi), and Richmond (58 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• The 10 counties bordering Pennsylvania trace that border on the map: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Delaware, Orange, Steuben, Sullivan, and Tioga.
• Richmond has no land border with any other county on the map: look for it at sea.
• Saratoga has the most neighbors: it borders 8 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Kings is the most populous (2,653,963 people in 2025) and, together with Queens and New York, is home to 33% of New York’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in New York, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the state before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 62 counties

1. Albany pop. 321,225
2. Allegany pop. 46,800
3. Bronx pop. 1,406,332
4. Broome pop. 195,736
5. Cattaraugus pop. 75,390
6. Cayuga pop. 74,365
7. Chautauqua pop. 124,126
8. Chemung pop. 80,415
9. Chenango pop. 45,715
10. Clinton pop. 78,138
11. Columbia pop. 60,168
12. Cortland pop. 45,850
13. Delaware pop. 44,305
14. Dutchess pop. 300,708
15. Erie pop. 946,741
16. Essex pop. 36,438
17. Franklin pop. 46,500
18. Fulton pop. 52,216
19. Genesee pop. 58,416
20. Greene pop. 47,238
21. Hamilton pop. 5,006
22. Herkimer pop. 59,219
23. Jefferson pop. 111,540
24. Kings pop. 2,653,963
25. Lewis pop. 26,479
26. Livingston pop. 61,438
27. Madison pop. 67,120
28. Monroe pop. 750,506
29. Montgomery pop. 50,046
30. Nassau pop. 1,398,939
31. New York pop. 1,664,862
32. Niagara pop. 208,912
33. Oneida pop. 226,392
34. Onondaga pop. 466,584
35. Ontario pop. 113,130
36. Orange pop. 417,669
37. Orleans pop. 39,825
38. Oswego pop. 118,569
39. Otsego pop. 60,589
40. Putnam pop. 99,028
41. Queens pop. 2,358,182
42. Rensselaer pop. 160,510
43. Richmond pop. 501,290
44. Rockland pop. 357,397
45. Saratoga pop. 241,343
46. Schenectady pop. 162,581
47. Schoharie pop. 30,176
48. Schuyler pop. 16,924
49. Seneca pop. 32,883
50. St. Lawrence pop. 105,488
51. Steuben pop. 91,855
52. Suffolk pop. 1,546,090
53. Sullivan pop. 80,586
54. Tioga pop. 47,453
55. Tompkins pop. 104,047
56. Ulster pop. 183,330
57. Warren pop. 65,020
58. Washington pop. 59,353
59. Wayne pop. 91,250
60. Westchester pop. 1,015,743
61. Wyoming pop. 39,741
62. Yates pop. 24,547