Black River, New York

Black River population, 2020 to 2024

Black River lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

Black River covers 1.78 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 694 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Black River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Black River is in

All of Black River's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 113,140 residents in 2024. Black River holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Black River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Black River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13612. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Black River is

The Census internal point of Black River is at 44.009500, -75.796500. Albany, the capital, is 138.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watertown, NY (24,038 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 69.2 miles away.

Daylight in Black River

At 44.01° N, Black River gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Black River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Watertown, 6.2 miles away, with 24,038 people.