New York · Census place 3620500

Dexter, New York

Dexter is a village in Jefferson County, New York with an estimated 1,011 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 414th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,011
#414 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+2 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,509 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Dexter. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Dexter population, 2020 to 2024

Dexter added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,011. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dexter covers 0.67 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,509 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Dexter is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dexter is in

All of Dexter's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 113,140 residents in 2024. Dexter holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dexter

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dexter by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13634. 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 Dexter is

The Census internal point of Dexter is at 44.011200, -76.043000. Albany, the capital, is 148.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sackets Harbor, NY (1,364 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 67.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.011200, -76.043000
DMS
44°00'40.32"N 76°02'34.80"W
UTM
18N 416394.0E 4873645.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87P52X64+FR

Daylight in Dexter

At 44.01° N, Dexter 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 Dexter

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Sackets Harbor, 6.1 miles away, with 1,364 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dexter, NY?

1,011 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.2%) from 1,009 in July 2020.

What county is Dexter in?

Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Dexter?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 13634.

How far is Dexter from Albany?

148.3 miles (238.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Dexter.

What is the nearest larger city to Dexter?

Sackets Harbor, NY, with 1,364 residents, 6.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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