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 |
by the Empire Center for Public Policy