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Cattaraugus County, New York

A county in New York, ranked 35 of 62 by population.

CountyFIPS 36009

Within New York
Cattaraugus County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Little Valley, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
75,390
-1,587 (-2.1%) since 2020
Land area
1,308
square miles. A further 1.1% of the total area is water
Population density
57.6
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Little Valley
Seat of county government.
Established
1817
208 years ago
Largest city
Olean city
Population 13,508.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Cattaraugus County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Cattaraugus County, New York from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 785 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Cattaraugus County ranks

Position among the 62 counties of New York, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn New YorkNationally
Population75,39035th of 62750th of 3,144
Land area1,308 sq mi8th of 62457th of 3,144
Population density57.6 per sq mi51st of 621,340th of 3,144
Median household income$59,54060th of 622,119th of 3,143

Full data for Cattaraugus County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population75,390Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202076,977Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?77,042Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area1,308 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area14.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area1,322 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?57.6 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$59,540American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$113,100American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age42.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households31,895American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units40,356American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-216
733 births, 949 deaths
Net migration
+156
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 6 areas bordering Cattaraugus County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Erie CountyNew York50 mi946,741
Chautauqua CountyNew York37 mi124,126
Allegany CountyNew York36 mi46,800
McKean CountyPennsylvania31 mi38,984
Wyoming CountyNew York9.1 mi39,741
Warren CountyPennsylvania7.3 mi37,038

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.