New York · Census place 3650034

Newburgh, New York

Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York with an estimated 28,181 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 29th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,181
#29 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-594 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.98 sq mi water
Density
7,397 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Newburgh. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Newburgh population, 2020 to 2024

Newburgh lost 594 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -79. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 140th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Newburgh is 2.7 times that size.

28.8k202028.8k202128.5k202228.3k202328.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,864. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newburgh covers 3.81 square miles of land and 0.98 of water, for 7,397 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Newburgh is denser than the typical town.

What county Newburgh is in

All of Newburgh's residents live in Orange County, which had 411,767 residents in 2024. Newburgh holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newburgh

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newburgh by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12550. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Newburgh is

The Census internal point of Newburgh is at 41.503200, -74.019600. Albany, the capital, is 80.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kiryas Joel, NY (43,863 people), 13.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Stamford, CT, 38.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.503200, -74.019600
DMS
41°30'11.52"N 74°01'10.56"W
UTM
18N 581823.4E 4595083.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H7GX3J+75

Daylight in Newburgh

At 41.50° N, Newburgh gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Newburgh

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Beacon, 2.8 miles away, with 15,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newburgh, NY?

28,181 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 594 (2.1%) from 28,775 in July 2020.

What county is Newburgh in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newburgh?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 12550.

How far is Newburgh from Albany?

80.6 miles (129.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from Newburgh.

What is the nearest larger city to Newburgh?

Kiryas Joel, NY, with 43,863 residents, 13.6 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.