New York State vital records offices maintain birth records for residents of it’s 62 counties. Five of these counties make up the five boroughs of New York City – Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. New York Recorders store vital records such as births, deaths and marriages for each of these counties. These details can be obtained by contacting these offices or ordering them online.
The New York Department Of Public Heath maintains vital records for the state including Birth, death, marriage and divorce records, and is situated in New York City. This office issues certified copies of birth records from 1910 onwards.
State and City of New York Vital Records Office
The New York City Office of Vital Records maintains and issue birth records in the New York City area since 1910. This includes Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Birth records beofore 1910 are maintained by the Department of Records.
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
Office of Vital Records,
125 Worth Street, CN4, Room 133,
New York, NY 10013
New York (Excluding New York City) Vital Records Office
Certification Unit
Vital Records Section/2nd floor
800 North Pearl Street
Menands, NY 12204
New York Facts And Figures
Also known as the ‘Empire’ state, it is the 27th largest state (47,213.79 square miles), and is the 3rd most populated. In the last census in 2008, it is estimated that 19,490,297 people live in the State Of New York. This is a 2.7% increase since 2000 (18,976,816). The following statistics are based on this census of 2008:
Population Statistics
| Population (2008 estimate) Population Change (2000 to 2008) Population 2000 estimate |
19,490,297 2.7% 18,976,816 |
Age\Sex Statistics
| Children under 5 years old People under 18 years old People 65 years old and over Female persons Male persons |
6.2% 22.6% 13.4% 51.5% 48.5% |
Race Statistics
| White persons (1) Black persons (1) American Indian and Alaska Native (1) Asian persons (1) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (1) Persons reporting two or more races Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin (2) White persons not Hispanic |
73.4% 17.3% 0.6% 7.0% 0.1% 1.6% 16.7% 60.0% |
Note:
(1) Includes people claiming to be one race only
(2) Hispanics can be a member of any race, so also are included in applicable races
New York State County List
| Albany Allegany Bronx Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton |
Herkimer Jefferson Kings Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau New York Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Queens Rensselaer |
Richmond Rockland Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca St Lawrence Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates |
