New York · Census place 3641553

Lawrence, New York

Lawrence is a village in Nassau County, New York with an estimated 6,807 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,807
#133 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+16 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.92 sq mi water
Density
1,830 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Lawrence. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Lawrence population, 2020 to 2024

Lawrence added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +41. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Lawrence is 66% of it.

6,79120206,79120216,75920226,76620236,8072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,808. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lawrence covers 3.72 square miles of land and 0.92 of water, for 1,830 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Lawrence is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lawrence is in

All of Lawrence's residents live in Nassau County, which had 1,392,438 residents in 2024. Lawrence holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lawrence

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lawrence by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 11559. 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 Lawrence is

The Census internal point of Lawrence is at 40.602900, -73.714400. Albany, the capital, is 141.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedarhurst, NY (7,324 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New York, NY, 12.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.602900, -73.714400
DMS
40°36'10.44"N 73°42'51.84"W
UTM
18N 608768.6E 4495471.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G8J73P+56

Daylight in Lawrence

At 40.60° N, Lawrence gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lawrence

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Atlantic Beach, 1.3 miles away, with 1,713 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lawrence, NY?

6,807 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (0.2%) from 6,791 in July 2020.

What county is Lawrence in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lawrence?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 11559.

How far is Lawrence from Albany?

141.7 miles (228.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Lawrence.

What is the nearest larger city to Lawrence?

Cedarhurst, NY, with 7,324 residents, 1.7 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.