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.
2018 Statewide County Rankings: Debt Per Capita
Rank | County | Amount |
---|---|---|
1. | Nassau | $3,027 |
2. | Sullivan | $2,147 |
3. | Rockland | $1,825 |
4. | Schoharie | $1,583 |
5. | Westchester | $1,540 |
6. | Suffolk | $1,504 |
7. | Onondaga | $1,405 |
8. | Oneida | $1,282 |
9. | Rensselaer | $1,159 |
10. | Monroe | $1,109 |
11. | Wyoming | $1,016 |
12. | Albany | $933 |
13. | Seneca | $836 |
14. | Ulster | $820 |
15. | Essex | $813 |
16. | Clinton | $778 |
17. | Montgomery | $770 |
18. | Orange | $754 |
19. | Columbia | $723 |
20. | Broome | $693 |
21. | Erie | $683 |
22. | Cayuga | $674 |
23. | Livingston | $672 |
24. | Warren | $665 |
25. | Tompkins | $627 |
26. | Putnam | $581 |
27. | Cattaraugus | $571 |
28. | Chemung | $560 |
29. | Schenectady | $505 |
30. | Chautauqua | $480 |
31. | Allegany | $477 |
32. | Dutchess | $448 |
33. | Madison | $445 |
34. | Niagara | $415 |
35. | Orleans | $393 |
36. | Herkimer | $377 |
37. | Washington | $377 |
38. | Genesee | $368 |
39. | Yates | $362 |
40. | Saratoga | $347 |
41. | Greene | $346 |
42. | Lewis | $337 |
43. | Jefferson | $291 |
44. | Wayne | $255 |
45. | St Lawrence | $248 |
46. | Tioga | $240 |
47. | Delaware | $194 |
48. | Ontario | $191 |
49. | Schuyler | $144 |
50. | Otsego | $88 |
51. | Oswego | $60 |
52. | Steuben | $57 |
53. | Franklin | $55 |
54. | Fulton | $21 |
55. | Hamilton | $0 |
Chenango | $0 |
by the Empire Center for Public Policy