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Tioga County, New York

A county in New York, ranked 47 of 62 by population.

CountyFIPS 36107

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

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Population
47,453
-899 (-1.9%) since 2020
Land area
518.8
square miles. A further 0.8% of the total area is water
Population density
91.5
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Owego
Seat of county government.
Established
1791
234 years ago
Largest city
Owego village
Population 4,268.

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 Tioga 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 Tioga 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 706 by 800 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 Tioga 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
Population47,45347th of 621,045th of 3,144
Land area518.8 sq mi42nd of 622,012th of 3,144
Population density91.5 per sq mi40th of 62982nd of 3,144
Median household income$72,73930th of 62995th of 3,143

Full data for Tioga County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population47,453Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202048,352Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?48,456Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area518.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area523 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?91.5 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$72,739American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$160,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age44.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households20,347American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units22,104American 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
-133
408 births, 541 deaths
Net migration
+39
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 Tioga 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
Broome CountyNew York36 mi195,736
Tompkins CountyNew York34 mi104,047
Chemung CountyNew York22 mi80,415
Bradford CountyPennsylvania21 mi59,600
Cortland CountyNew York6.3 mi45,850
Susquehanna CountyPennsylvania2.0 mi38,237

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

All 62 counties of New York

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