Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for New York counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in New York, Mount Vernon city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (60.43%), followed by Wyandanch CDP (48.90%), and North Amityville CDP (47.39%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in New York, and the table below shows the ranking of all New York cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in New York.

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Mount Vernon
Wyandanch
North Amityville
Roosevelt
North Valley Stream
Elmont
Hempstead
Baldwin
Rochester
Buffalo
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Mount Vernon city 60.43
2 Wyandanch CDP 48.90
3 North Amityville CDP 47.39
4 Roosevelt CDP 47.16
5 North Valley Stream CDP 44.57
6 Elmont CDP 43.84
7 Hempstead village 38.94
8 Baldwin CDP 38.29
9 Rochester city 38.07
10 Buffalo city 35.60
11 Uniondale CDP 35.55
12 Poughkeepsie city 35.36
13 New Cassel CDP 34.47
14 Stony Brook University CDP 33.78
15 Albany city 29.45
16 Syracuse city 29.32
17 Spring Valley village 29.17
18 Freeport village 28.85
19 Newburgh city 26.15
20 Niagara Falls city 23.91
21 Valley Stream village 22.99
22 Scotchtown CDP 22.80
23 North Bellport CDP 21.28
24 Middletown city 20.77
25 Schenectady city 20.20
26 New York city 20.18
27 Central Islip CDP 19.08
28 Peekskill city 18.45
29 West Haverstraw village 18.19
30 New Rochelle city 17.97
31 Troy city 17.92
32 Westbury village 17.28
33 Bay Shore CDP 17.25
34 Inwood CDP 16.93
35 Utica city 16.07
36 Yonkers city 15.84
37 Fort Drum CDP 15.33
38 Watervliet city 14.76
39 Elmira city 14.12
40 Deer Park CDP 13.81
40 Nanuet CDP 13.81
41 North Bay Shore CDP 13.57
42 Cheektowaga CDP 13.38
43 Ossining village 13.33
44 Binghamton city 13.29
45 Eggertsville CDP 13.10
46 Beacon city 12.64
47 Mastic Beach CDP 12.47
48 Middle Island CDP 12.40
49 Kingston city 12.28
50 West Babylon CDP 12.24
51 East Massapequa CDP 12.16
52 Greenlawn CDP 12.15
53 Coram CDP 11.69
54 Riverhead CDP 11.45
55 West Hempstead CDP 11.34
56 White Plains city 11.33
57 Brentwood CDP 10.85
58 Lackawanna city 10.24
59 North Babylon CDP 9.66
60 Chestnut Ridge village 9.50
61 Mastic CDP 9.35
62 De Witt CDP 9.30
63 Irondequoit CDP 9.20
64 Greece CDP 8.86
65 Huntington Station CDP 8.64
66 Endicott village 8.61
67 Haverstraw village 8.50
68 Roessleville CDP 8.03
69 Geneva city 7.98
70 Copiague CDP 7.84
71 Lockport city 7.71
72 Johnson City village 7.50
73 Cohoes city 7.49
74 Auburn city 7.47
75 Suffern village 7.35
76 Woodbury village 7.28
77 Shirley CDP 7.23
78 New City CDP 7.00
79 Lynbrook village 6.58
80 Stony Point CDP 6.55
81 Rome city 6.40
82 Medford CDP 6.37
83 Brighton CDP 6.31
83 Ogdensburg city 6.31
84 Myers Corner CDP 6.14
85 Ithaca city 6.00
86 North Lindenhurst CDP 5.99
87 Batavia city 5.74
87 Watertown city 5.74
88 Tarrytown village 5.69
89 Glen Cove city 5.62
90 Kenmore village 5.49
91 Ridge CDP 5.45
92 Dix Hills CDP 5.39
93 Patchogue village 5.34
94 Long Beach city 5.20
95 Dunkirk city 5.15
96 Oneonta city 5.14
97 Rockville Centre village 5.05
98 Plattsburgh city 5.02
99 Islip CDP 4.83
100 Elwood CDP 4.68
100 Tonawanda Town CDP 4.68
101 Latham CDP 4.63
102 East Patchogue CDP 4.55
103 Franklin Square CDP 4.48
104 East Meadow CDP 4.41
105 Niskayuna CDP 4.37
106 Port Chester village 4.21
107 Amsterdam city 4.20
108 Selden CDP 4.16
109 Melville CDP 4.12
110 Woodmere CDP 4.06
111 Dobbs Ferry village 4.03
112 Mount Kisco village 4.01
113 Mamaroneck village 3.95
114 Jamestown city 3.92
115 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 3.69
116 Fairmount CDP 3.62
117 Olean city 3.60
118 Airmont village 3.55
119 Gloversville city 3.50
120 Endwell CDP 3.49
121 Terryville CDP 3.42
122 Farmingville CDP 3.40
123 Cortland city 3.38
124 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 3.28
125 North Bellmore CDP 3.13
126 Centereach CDP 3.11
127 Loudonville CDP 3.09
128 Corning city 3.08
129 Rotterdam CDP 2.96
130 East Rockaway village 2.91
131 Ronkonkoma CDP 2.89
132 Holbrook CDP 2.65
133 Harrison village 2.64
134 Hicksville CDP 2.57
135 Mineola village 2.54
135 Salisbury CDP 2.54
136 Hauppauge CDP 2.51
137 Lake Grove village 2.50
138 North Merrick CDP 2.49
139 Saratoga Springs city 2.45
140 Holtsville CDP 2.40
141 Depew village 2.33
142 Lindenhurst village 2.32
143 Manorville CDP 2.28
144 Canandaigua city 2.23
145 Oswego city 2.13
146 Jericho CDP 2.03
147 Glens Falls city 2.02
147 Oceanside CDP 2.02
148 South Farmingdale CDP 1.98
148 Tonawanda city 1.98
149 East Glenville CDP 1.97
150 Eastchester CDP 1.87
150 Huntington CDP 1.87
151 Port Washington CDP 1.86
152 Commack CDP 1.73
153 New Hyde Park village 1.72
154 Babylon village 1.63
155 Floral Park village 1.62
156 Stony Brook CDP 1.61
156 West Seneca CDP 1.61
157 Nesconset CDP 1.58
158 Rye Brook village 1.56
159 Merrick CDP 1.54
160 Miller Place CDP 1.52
161 East Islip CDP 1.50
161 Pearl River CDP 1.50
162 Bellmore CDP 1.49
163 North Tonawanda city 1.41
164 Smithtown CDP 1.37
165 Mount Sinai CDP 1.35
166 Great Neck village 1.30
166 Levittown CDP 1.30
167 Rocky Point CDP 1.25
168 Scarsdale village 1.21
169 Oneida city 1.20
170 North Wantagh CDP 1.16
171 Rye city 1.14
172 Sayville CDP 1.12
173 Hampton Bays CDP 1.10
174 Fulton city 1.09
175 Kings Park CDP 1.05
176 East Northport CDP 1.02
177 East Setauket CDP 1.00
178 Lancaster village 0.93
179 Bethpage CDP 0.91
179 Garden City village 0.91
180 Monsey CDP 0.90
181 St. James CDP 0.87
182 Seaford CDP 0.73
183 North New Hyde Park CDP 0.69
184 Massena village 0.65
185 Syosset CDP 0.61
185 West Islip CDP 0.61
186 North Massapequa CDP 0.60
187 Massapequa CDP 0.52
188 Plainview CDP 0.48
189 Massapequa Park village 0.46
190 Wantagh CDP 0.32
191 Kiryas Joel village 0.17