New York

The freest counties in New York (2026)

New York has 62 counties in the ranking. The freest is Lewis, #2,815 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores4.39 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 0 of 10 for 2a, which every county in New York shares.

  1. 2815LewisNew York
  2. 2842SaratogaNew York
  3. 2850HamiltonNew York
  4. 2889YatesNew York
  5. 2948WyomingNew York
  6. 2961WarrenNew York
  7. 2982JeffersonNew York
  8. 2991SchuylerNew York
  9. 2992GreeneNew York
  10. 2996WashingtonNew York
  11. 3002SchoharieNew York
  12. 3010FranklinNew York
  13. 3012RichmondNew York
  14. 3015SenecaNew York
  15. 3017EssexNew York
  16. 3031OrleansNew York
  17. 3040LivingstonNew York
  18. 3042HerkimerNew York
  19. 3044PutnamNew York
  20. 3046ColumbiaNew York
  21. 3048MadisonNew York
  22. 3049NassauNew York
  23. 3051DelawareNew York
  24. 3052QueensNew York
  25. 3054FultonNew York
  26. 3055WayneNew York
  27. 3058OntarioNew York
  28. 3061RocklandNew York
  29. 3062New YorkNew York
  30. 3064SuffolkNew York
  31. 3065OrangeNew York
  32. 3066OtsegoNew York
  33. 3069DutchessNew York
  34. 3073TiogaNew York
  35. 3075GeneseeNew York
  36. 3081AlleganyNew York
  37. 3085ClintonNew York
  38. 3086CayugaNew York
  39. 3091KingsNew York
  40. 3092St. LawrenceNew York
  41. 3096CortlandNew York
  42. 3099OswegoNew York
  43. 3100UlsterNew York
  44. 3101TompkinsNew York
  45. 3102SteubenNew York
  46. 3103ChenangoNew York
  47. 3109WestchesterNew York
  48. 3111CattaraugusNew York
  49. 3112OneidaNew York
  50. 3113RensselaerNew York
  51. 3114SullivanNew York
  52. 3115AlbanyNew York
  53. 3119MontgomeryNew York
  54. 3120SchenectadyNew York
  55. 3123NiagaraNew York
  56. 3124ChemungNew York
  57. 3127BroomeNew York
  58. 3129ChautauquaNew York
  59. 3134BronxNew York
  60. 3136OnondagaNew York
  61. 3138ErieNew York
  62. 3141MonroeNew York

See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.