Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 284.80K people in New York with Subsaharan African ancestry (1.42% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Fort Drum CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (5.47%), followed by Mount Vernon city (4.10%), and Syracuse city (3.79%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.
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Related Topics: New York ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | Ciy or Place | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Drum CDP | 5.47 |
| 2 | Mount Vernon city | 4.10 |
| 3 | Syracuse city | 3.79 |
| 4 | Buffalo city | 2.94 |
| 5 | Central Islip CDP | 2.92 |
| 6 | Elwood CDP | 2.79 |
| 7 | Rochester city | 2.52 |
| 8 | Yonkers city | 2.49 |
| 9 | Riverhead CDP | 2.43 |
| 10 | Mastic Beach CDP | 2.36 |
| 11 | Eggertsville CDP | 2.33 |
| 12 | Harrison village | 2.32 |
| 13 | Lackawanna city | 2.31 |
| 14 | New York city | 2.30 |
| 15 | Suffern village | 2.29 |
| 16 | Albany city | 2.21 |
| 17 | Nanuet CDP | 2.15 |
| 17 | New Rochelle city | 2.15 |
| 18 | North Valley Stream CDP | 2.02 |
| 19 | Utica city | 1.96 |
| 20 | Roosevelt CDP | 1.83 |
| 21 | Bay Shore CDP | 1.80 |
| 22 | Rye city | 1.73 |
| 23 | Roessleville CDP | 1.68 |
| 24 | Valley Stream village | 1.65 |
| 25 | Kenmore village | 1.64 |
| 26 | Coram CDP | 1.63 |
| 27 | Long Beach city | 1.60 |
| 28 | North Lindenhurst CDP | 1.59 |
| 28 | Watertown city | 1.59 |
| 29 | Uniondale CDP | 1.58 |
| 30 | Elmont CDP | 1.57 |
| 31 | Troy city | 1.52 |
| 32 | East Islip CDP | 1.39 |
| 33 | Brentwood CDP | 1.37 |
| 34 | Binghamton city | 1.34 |
| 35 | Baldwin CDP | 1.33 |
| 35 | Brighton CDP | 1.33 |
| 35 | Greenlawn CDP | 1.33 |
| 35 | Peekskill city | 1.33 |
| 36 | North Bay Shore CDP | 1.32 |
| 37 | Latham CDP | 1.24 |
| 38 | New City CDP | 1.17 |
| 38 | Stony Point CDP | 1.17 |
| 39 | Hempstead village | 1.13 |
| 39 | White Plains city | 1.13 |
| 40 | Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP | 1.12 |
| 41 | Cohoes city | 1.07 |
| 42 | Endicott village | 1.04 |
| 42 | Monsey CDP | 1.04 |
| 42 | Terryville CDP | 1.04 |
| 43 | Freeport village | 1.03 |
| 44 | East Meadow CDP | 1.02 |
| 45 | Middletown city | 0.96 |
| 45 | Schenectady city | 0.96 |
| 45 | Woodbury village | 0.96 |
| 46 | Chestnut Ridge village | 0.91 |
| 47 | Newburgh city | 0.87 |
| 48 | Woodmere CDP | 0.86 |
| 49 | Cheektowaga CDP | 0.84 |
| 50 | Huntington Station CDP | 0.83 |
| 50 | North Amityville CDP | 0.83 |
| 51 | Scotchtown CDP | 0.81 |
| 52 | Deer Park CDP | 0.79 |
| 52 | Wyandanch CDP | 0.79 |
| 53 | Ridge CDP | 0.77 |
| 54 | Depew village | 0.76 |
| 54 | North Bellport CDP | 0.76 |
| 55 | Jericho CDP | 0.75 |
| 56 | West Hempstead CDP | 0.74 |
| 57 | Dix Hills CDP | 0.70 |
| 57 | New Cassel CDP | 0.70 |
| 58 | Kingston city | 0.68 |
| 58 | Port Chester village | 0.68 |
| 59 | Eastchester CDP | 0.65 |
| 60 | East Glenville CDP | 0.63 |
| 60 | Scarsdale village | 0.63 |
| 61 | Spring Valley village | 0.62 |
| 62 | Irondequoit CDP | 0.60 |
| 63 | De Witt CDP | 0.59 |
| 64 | Dobbs Ferry village | 0.56 |
| 64 | Patchogue village | 0.56 |
| 65 | Ithaca city | 0.55 |
| 65 | Tonawanda Town CDP | 0.55 |
| 66 | Greece CDP | 0.52 |
| 66 | Holtsville CDP | 0.52 |
| 66 | Watervliet city | 0.52 |
| 67 | Poughkeepsie city | 0.51 |
| 68 | Geneva city | 0.50 |
| 68 | Mamaroneck village | 0.50 |
| 69 | Ossining village | 0.49 |
| 70 | East Patchogue CDP | 0.46 |
| 70 | Medford CDP | 0.46 |
| 70 | Plattsburgh city | 0.46 |
| 70 | Rockville Centre village | 0.46 |
| 70 | Westbury village | 0.46 |
| 71 | Niagara Falls city | 0.45 |
| 71 | Sayville CDP | 0.45 |
| 72 | Oceanside CDP | 0.44 |
| 72 | Oneonta city | 0.44 |
| 72 | Rome city | 0.44 |
| 72 | South Huntington CDP | 0.44 |
| 73 | East Rockaway village | 0.41 |
| 73 | Middle Island CDP | 0.41 |
| 74 | Haverstraw village | 0.40 |
| 75 | Niskayuna CDP | 0.39 |
| 76 | Lockport city | 0.37 |
| 76 | Mastic CDP | 0.37 |
| 77 | North Bellmore CDP | 0.36 |
| 78 | Elmira city | 0.35 |
| 78 | Oswego city | 0.35 |
| 79 | Commack CDP | 0.31 |
| 79 | East Massapequa CDP | 0.31 |
| 79 | Levittown CDP | 0.31 |
| 80 | Manorville CDP | 0.30 |
| 81 | Batavia city | 0.29 |
| 81 | Centereach CDP | 0.29 |
| 81 | Johnson City village | 0.29 |
| 81 | West Babylon CDP | 0.29 |
| 82 | Canandaigua city | 0.28 |
| 82 | Glen Cove city | 0.28 |
| 82 | Jamestown city | 0.28 |
| 83 | Fredonia village | 0.27 |
| 83 | Melville CDP | 0.27 |
| 83 | West Seneca CDP | 0.27 |
| 84 | Lynbrook village | 0.26 |
| 84 | Myers Corner CDP | 0.26 |
| 85 | Gloversville city | 0.25 |
| 85 | Huntington CDP | 0.25 |
| 86 | Saratoga Springs city | 0.23 |
| 86 | Syosset CDP | 0.23 |
| 87 | Orange Lake CDP | 0.22 |
| 88 | Beacon city | 0.21 |
| 89 | Hauppauge CDP | 0.20 |
| 90 | Amsterdam city | 0.18 |
| 90 | Endwell CDP | 0.18 |
| 90 | Port Washington CDP | 0.18 |
| 90 | Rotterdam CDP | 0.18 |
| 91 | Franklin Square CDP | 0.17 |
| 91 | Massena village | 0.17 |
| 92 | Islip CDP | 0.16 |
| 93 | North Babylon CDP | 0.15 |
| 94 | Pearl River CDP | 0.14 |
| 95 | Mineola village | 0.13 |
| 95 | Rocky Point CDP | 0.13 |
| 95 | Ronkonkoma CDP | 0.13 |
| 95 | Salisbury CDP | 0.13 |
| 95 | Tarrytown village | 0.13 |
| 96 | Hampton Bays CDP | 0.12 |
| 96 | West Haverstraw village | 0.12 |
| 97 | Loudonville CDP | 0.10 |
| 97 | Merrick CDP | 0.10 |
| 98 | Lake Ronkonkoma CDP | 0.09 |
| 99 | Corning city | 0.08 |
| 99 | Fairmount CDP | 0.08 |
| 99 | Great Neck village | 0.08 |
| 99 | North Merrick CDP | 0.08 |
| 99 | Shirley CDP | 0.08 |
| 99 | South Farmingdale CDP | 0.08 |
| 100 | Fulton city | 0.07 |
| 101 | Auburn city | 0.06 |
| 101 | Garden City village | 0.06 |
| 101 | Mount Sinai CDP | 0.06 |
| 102 | Floral Park village | 0.05 |
| 102 | Massapequa Park village | 0.05 |
| 102 | North Massapequa CDP | 0.05 |
| 102 | Ogdensburg city | 0.05 |
| 102 | Smithtown CDP | 0.05 |
| 103 | Cortland city | 0.03 |
| 103 | New Hyde Park village | 0.03 |
| 104 | Lake Grove village | 0.01 |