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.

2017 Statewide County Rankings: Debt Per Capita
 

Rank County Amount
1. Nassau $3,010
2. Sullivan $2,030
3. Rockland $1,787
4. Suffolk $1,519
5. Westchester $1,517
6. Onondaga $1,385
7. Schoharie $1,269
8. Rensselaer $1,219
9. Monroe $1,103
10. Oneida $1,068
11. Wyoming $1,030
12. Albany $972
13. Essex $920
14. Orange $828
15. Cayuga $753
16. Erie $733
17. Livingston $724
18. Montgomery $722
19. Warren $711
20. Broome $707
21. Ulster $704
22. Clinton $699
23. Columbia $682
24. Tompkins $658
25. Putnam $607
26. Cattaraugus $600
27. Seneca $589
28. Chemung $577
29. Schenectady $508
30. Allegany $503
31. Yates $407
32. Washington $396
33. Niagara $396
34. Lewis $356
35. Chautauqua $341
36. Genesee $329
37. Dutchess $309
38. St Lawrence $304
39. Jefferson $298
40. Greene $278
41. Madison $277
42. Wayne $275
43. Orleans $273
44. Tioga $269
45. Saratoga $250
46. Ontario $209
47. Schuyler $156
48. Herkimer $97
49. Delaware $86
50. Oswego $78
51. Franklin $67
52. Steuben $66
53. Otsego $50
54. Fulton $23
55. Hamilton $0
Chenango $0
Source: Office of State Comptroller, with further calculations
by the Empire Center for Public Policy

(Ranks = Highest to Lowest)