New York · 419 places

Cities and towns in New York

Short answer

New York has 419 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people, home to 12,594,189 residents in 2024. New York is the largest with 8,478,072.
Places 1,000+
419
5,000+
170
Share of state
63%

Where the places are

Each dot is a place of 1,000+, sized by population. The median place of 5,000+ is Watervliet with 10,268 people, and the smallest in that group is Island Park with 5,019. 68 of the 170 places of 5,000+ grew between July 2020 and July 2024. 6 places cross a county line.

Largest places in New York

  1. 01New York8,478,072
  2. 02Buffalo276,617
  3. 03Yonkers211,040
  4. 04Rochester207,282
  5. 05Syracuse146,097
  6. 06Albany101,317
  7. 07New Rochelle85,512
  8. 08Mount Vernon71,999
  9. 09Schenectady69,495
  10. 10Utica63,660
  11. 11White Plains62,561
  12. 12Hempstead59,569
  13. 13Troy51,065
  14. 14Niagara Falls47,512
  15. 15Binghamton46,773
  16. 16Freeport44,028
  17. 17Kiryas Joel43,863
  18. 18Valley Stream40,232
  19. 19Long Beach34,777
  20. 20Ithaca33,768
July 1, 2024 estimates, Census Vintage 2024.

Fastest growth among places of 5,000+: Kiryas Joel (+30.9%), Oneonta (+20.1%), New Paltz (+17.5%). Largest decline: Ogdensburg (-6.0%).

All 419 places, A to Z

Places under 5,000 people have short profile pages that search engines do not index. Figures are July 1, 2024 estimates.

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Questions people ask

How many cities and towns are in New York?

The Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates list 419 incorporated places of 1,000 or more people in New York, and 170 of 5,000 or more. Smaller towns and census-designated places are not counted here.

What is the largest city in New York?

New York, with 8,478,072 residents on July 1, 2024.

Which New York town grew fastest since 2020?

Among places of 5,000+, Kiryas Joel grew fastest from July 2020 to July 2024, +30.9%, to 43,863.

What share of New York lives in incorporated places?

63%: 12,594,189 of the state's 19,867,248 residents live in the 419 places listed. The rest live in smaller towns, census-designated places or unincorporated land.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 population estimates, 2024 Gazetteer land area and internal points, SAIPE 2023 median household income.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.