New York: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of New York's 1,109 recorded places, ranked by population — 17,152,574 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
New York City is the largest place we record in New York, with 8,804,190 residents. The three largest together hold 54% of the 17,152,574 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 1,109 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 New York City 8,804,190 2 Buffalo 258,071 3 Rochester 209,802 4 Yonkers 201,116 5 Syracuse 144,142 6 Amherst 122,366 7 Albany 101,228 8 West Albany 93,794 9 Greenburgh 86,764 10 New Rochelle 79,846 11 Cheektowaga 75,178 12 Mount Vernon 68,628 13 Schenectady 65,305 14 Utica 61,100 15 Brentwood 60,664 16 White Plains 58,459 17 Clay 58,206 18 Hempstead 55,547 19 Levittown 51,881 20 Irondequoit 51,692 21 Troy 49,906 22 Niagara Falls 48,916 23 Binghamton 46,032 24 West Seneca 44,711 25 Freeport 43,334 26 West Babylon 43,213 27 Henrietta 42,581 28 Hicksville 41,547 29 Coram 39,113 30 East Meadow 38,132 31 Valley Stream 37,962 32 Clifton Park 36,705 33 Brighton 36,609 34 Commack 36,124 35 Central Islip 34,450 36 New City 33,559 37 Long Beach 33,550 38 Elmont 33,198 39 Huntington Station 33,029 40 Kiryas Joel 32,954 41 Spring Valley 32,598 42 Rome 32,573 43 Oceanside 32,109 44 Cicero 31,632 45 Centereach 31,578 46 Ithaca 30,788 47 North Tonawanda 30,785 48 Poughkeepsie 30,371 49 Jamestown 30,075 50 Port Chester 29,620 51 Glenville 29,326 52 Franklin Square 29,320 53 Harrison 28,348 54 West Islip 28,335 55 Newburgh 28,290 56 Elmira 28,213 57 Vestal 28,043 58 Shirley 27,854 59 Middletown 27,812 60 Saratoga Springs 27,765 61 Deer Park 27,745 62 Queensbury 27,703 63 Glen Cove 27,400 64 Lindenhurst 27,277 65 Holbrook 27,195 66 Auburn 26,985 67 Dix Hills 26,892 68 Watertown 26,780 69 Smithtown 26,470 70 Bay Shore 26,337 71 Plainview 26,217 72 Ossining 25,441 73 East Amherst 24,914 74 Uniondale 24,759 75 Rockville Centre 24,201 76 Medford 24,142 77 Peekskill 24,043 78 Baldwin 24,033 79 Kingston 23,436 80 Copiague 22,993 81 Garden City 22,612 82 East Patchogue 22,469 83 Merrick 22,097 84 Massapequa 21,685 85 Hauppauge 20,882 86 Grand Island 20,813 87 Latham 20,736 88 Rotterdam 20,652 89 Lockport 20,624 90 East Northport 20,217 91 Lake Ronkonkoma 20,155 92 North Bellmore 19,941 93 Cortlandt Manor 19,929 94 Selden 19,851 95 Plattsburgh 19,806 96 Holtsville 19,714 97 Lynbrook 19,558 98 Mamaroneck 19,375 99 Mineola 19,139 100 Ronkonkoma 19,082 101 East Massapequa 19,069 102 Melville 18,985 103 North Bay Shore 18,944 104 Cortland 18,907 105 Wantagh 18,871 106 West Hempstead 18,862 107 Syosset 18,829 108 Islip 18,689 109 Monsey 18,412 110 Huntington 18,046 111 Amsterdam 18,008 112 Lackawanna 17,965 113 North Massapequa 17,886 114 Scarsdale 17,885 115 Nanuet 17,882 116 North Amityville 17,862 117 Oswego 17,787 118 North Babylon 17,509 119 Wilton 17,361 120 Kings Park 17,282 121 Massapequa Park 17,232 122 Woodmere 17,121 123 East Setauket 17,006 124 Sayville 16,853 125 North Valley Stream 16,628 126 Cohoes 16,538 127 Bethpage 16,429 128 Roosevelt 16,258 129 Bellmore 16,218 130 Rye 16,046 131 Floral Park 15,969 132 Pearl River 15,876 133 Port Washington 15,846 134 Farmingville 15,481 135 Mastic 15,481 136 Setauket-East Setauket 15,477 137 Westbury 15,379 138 Seaford 15,294 139 Kenmore 15,160 140 Depew 15,146 141 Gates-North Gates 15,138 142 Gloversville 15,023 143 Eggertsville 15,019 144 Batavia 15,010 145 Tonawanda 14,907 146 North New Hyde Park 14,899 147 Mastic Beach 14,841 148 Johnson City 14,773 149 Greece 14,519 150 South Farmingdale 14,486 151 East Islip 14,475 152 Beacon 14,347 153 Manorville 14,314 154 Glens Falls 14,291 155 Wykagyl 14,146 156 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown 14,142 157 New Cassel 14,059 158 Rocky Point 14,014 159 Olean 13,870 160 Oneonta 13,862 161 Greenlawn 13,742 162 Stony Brook 13,740 163 Hampton Bays 13,603 164 Jericho 13,567 165 Nesconset 13,387 166 Saint James 13,338 167 Ridge 13,336 168 Riverhead 13,299 169 Geneva 13,062 170 Endicott 13,014 171 Fort Drum 12,955 172 Wawarsing 12,925 173 Fallsburg 12,773 174 Patchogue 12,463 175 Miller Place 12,339 176 North Castle 12,304 177 North Merrick 12,272 178 Haverstraw 12,187 179 Babylon 12,161 180 Stony Point 12,147 181 Mount Sinai 12,118 182 Salisbury 12,093 183 Dunkirk 12,081 184 North Wantagh 11,960 185 Terryville 11,849 186 West Henrietta 11,691 187 North Lindenhurst 11,652 188 Wyandanch 11,647 189 Tarrytown 11,560 190 Fulton 11,552 191 North Bellport 11,545 192 Endwell 11,446 193 Lake Grove 11,235 194 Elwood 11,177 195 Mount Kisco 11,145
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