New York · Census place 3629597

Gouverneur, New York

Gouverneur is a village in St. Lawrence County, New York with an estimated 3,587 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,587
#212 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-31 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,638 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Gouverneur. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

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Gouverneur population, 2020 to 2024

Gouverneur lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -27.

3,61820203,60920213,63420223,61420233,5872024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,622. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gouverneur covers 2.19 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,638 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Gouverneur is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gouverneur is in

All of Gouverneur's residents live in St. Lawrence County, which had 106,198 residents in 2024. Gouverneur holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gouverneur

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gouverneur by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13642. 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 Gouverneur is

The Census internal point of Gouverneur is at 44.336600, -75.466000. Albany, the capital, is 144.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canton, NY (6,957 people), 23.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 95.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.336600, -75.466000
DMS
44°20'11.76"N 75°27'57.60"W
UTM
18N 462850.7E 4909364.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87P68GPM+JH

Daylight in Gouverneur

At 44.34° N, Gouverneur gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gouverneur

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Philadelphia, 17.5 miles away, with 1,143 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gouverneur, NY?

3,587 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (0.9%) from 3,618 in July 2020.

What county is Gouverneur in?

St. Lawrence County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Gouverneur?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 13642.

How far is Gouverneur from Albany?

144.5 miles (232.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Gouverneur.

What is the nearest larger city to Gouverneur?

Canton, NY, with 6,957 residents, 23.4 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.