The Local Government Spending & Revenue database contains spending, debt and revenue levels of counties, cities, towns, villages and school districts throughout the state, excluding only New York City. Use this database to view a single local government entity, to compare like entities to one another, or to create categorical rankings.

2015 Statewide County Rankings: Debt Per Capita
 

Rank County Amount
1. Nassau $3,045
2. Rockland $2,023
3. Suffolk $1,568
4. Westchester $1,444
5. Onondaga $1,377
6. Rensselaer $1,314
7. Sullivan $1,013
8. Monroe $992
9. Essex $963
10. Albany $850
11. Cayuga $837
12. Wyoming $813
13. Livingston $793
14. Broome $789
15. Ulster $779
16. Oneida $756
17. Lewis $742
18. Putnam $686
19. Tompkins $663
20. Erie $657
21. Orange $651
22. Cortland $628
23. Clinton $608
24. Chemung $586
25. Warren $581
26. Montgomery $578
27. Columbia $574
28. Allegany $559
29. Schenectady $538
30. Yates $518
31. Cattaraugus $512
32. Genesee $508
33. Seneca $426
34. Schoharie $414
35. Dutchess $400
36. Chautauqua $360
37. Greene $348
38. Orleans $338
39. Wayne $314
40. Saratoga $313
41. Niagara $311
42. Ontario $255
43. Washington $172
44. Schuyler $158
45. Jefferson $138
46. Delaware $135
47. Herkimer $118
48. Oswego $112
49. Otsego $76
50. Franklin $59
51. Steuben $36
52. Fulton $26
53. Chenango $0
Hamilton $0
Source: Office of State Comptroller, with further calculations
by the Empire Center for Public Policy

(Ranks = Highest to Lowest)