New York · Census place 3684000
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is a city in Westchester County, New York with an estimated 211,040 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 3rd largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 211,040
- #3 of 419 in New York
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +45 people
- Land area
- 18.0 sq mi
- + 2.26 sq mi water
- Density
- 11,718 / sq mi
- State median 3,760
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Yonkers population, 2020 to 2024
Yonkers added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2,118. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Yonkers is 20.4 times that size.
Yonkers covers 18.01 square miles of land and 2.26 of water, for 11,718 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Yonkers is denser than the typical town.
What county Yonkers is in
All of Yonkers's residents live in Westchester County, which had 1,006,447 residents in 2024. Yonkers holds 21.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Yonkers
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Yonkers by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 10701, 10703, 10704, 10705, 10707, 10708, 10710. 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 Yonkers is
The Census internal point of Yonkers is at 40.945900, -73.867400. Albany, the capital, is 118.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jersey City, NJ (302,824 people), 19.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 15.6 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 98 m (322 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.945900, -73.867400
- DMS
- 40°56'45.24"N 73°52'2.64"W
- UTM
- 18N 595332.1E 4533369.0N
- Geohash
- dr72zjgrh
- Plus code
- 87G8W4WM+92
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in Yonkers
At 40.95° N, Yonkers gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Yonkers daylight page.
Places near Yonkers
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Bronxville, 2.2 miles away, with 6,479 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Yonkers, NY?
211,040 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (0.0%) from 210,995 in July 2020.
What county is Yonkers in?
Westchester County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Yonkers?
7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 10701, 10703, 10704, 10705, 10707, 10708, 10710.
How far is Yonkers from Albany?
118.1 miles (190.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Yonkers.
What is the nearest larger city to Yonkers?
Jersey City, NJ, with 302,824 residents, 19.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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