Short "how-to": If you already know of some counties you'd like to display on a color-contrasted New York map, fill out the form below. The result will be a gif file image which can be printed or saved to a file for later use.

Start by selecting a "template" State map: A. Showing county borders only B. Showing no county lines (borders)

Next, enter a title for your map:

You can select up to six different colors (shades) to represent six different groups of counties:

Select Group I's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW	Select Group II's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW	Select Group III's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW	Select Group IV's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW	Select Group V's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW	Select Group VI's shading color: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW
Enter a label for Group I:	Enter a label for Group II:	Enter a label for Group III:	Enter a label for Group IV:	Enter a label for Group V:	Enter a label for Group VI:

And, select the color you want for Text: BLACK BLUE MED. BLUE BROWN GREEN MED. GREEN SEA GREEN ORANGE PURPLE RED YELLOW

Before selecting counties, enter any text you wish to be used as "Notes":

Now, select the counties. (And here's some help on selecting multiple counties.)

Group I counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Group II counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Group III counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Group IV counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Group V counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Group VI counties: 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 St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington Wayne Westchester Wyoming Yates

Who Can Best Use This Map Utility ...

For an example of such a map showing counties which provided education in 1996 concerning "abuse" or "violence", click here.