Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie population, 2020 to 2024

Poughkeepsie added 725 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +411. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Poughkeepsie is 3.1 times that size.

Poughkeepsie covers 5.15 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 6,270 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Poughkeepsie is denser than the typical town.

What county Poughkeepsie is in

All of Poughkeepsie's residents live in Dutchess County, which had 299,963 residents in 2024. Poughkeepsie holds 10.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poughkeepsie

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Poughkeepsie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 12601, 12603. 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 Poughkeepsie is

The Census internal point of Poughkeepsie is at 41.694600, -73.919900. Albany, the capital, is 66.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kiryas Joel, NY (43,863 people), 27.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waterbury, CT, 46.6 miles away.

Daylight in Poughkeepsie

At 41.69° N, Poughkeepsie gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poughkeepsie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Wappingers Falls, 6.7 miles away, with 6,070 people.