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 |
by the Empire Center for Public Policy