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

Updated on September 3, 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 voting-age population in New York, Mount Vernon city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (60.53%), followed by Roosevelt CDP (50.50%), and North Amityville CDP (49.30%).

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 voting-age population, based on the percentage of the voting-age 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 Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
North Amityville
North Valley Stream
Elmont
Hempstead
New Cassel
Baldwin
Uniondale
Rochester
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Voting-age Population
1 Mount Vernon city 60.53
2 Roosevelt CDP 50.50
3 North Amityville CDP 49.30
4 North Valley Stream CDP 44.96
5 Elmont CDP 44.06
6 Hempstead village 41.29
7 New Cassel CDP 37.05
8 Baldwin CDP 36.98
9 Uniondale CDP 35.84
10 Rochester city 35.43
11 Spring Valley village 34.95
12 Poughkeepsie city 33.98
13 Buffalo city 33.90
14 Stony Brook University CDP 33.82
15 Freeport village 29.48
16 Albany city 26.79
17 Newburgh city 26.78
18 Syracuse city 26.07
19 Valley Stream village 22.30
20 Niagara Falls city 21.97
21 Middletown city 20.77
22 Central Islip CDP 20.18
23 New York city 20.10
24 Peekskill city 19.01
25 New Rochelle city 18.54
26 Schenectady city 18.42
27 Westbury village 18.07
28 Bay Shore CDP 17.00
29 Fort Drum CDP 16.27
30 Yonkers city 15.76
31 Troy city 15.63
32 Elmira city 14.47
33 Ossining village 14.36
34 Nanuet CDP 14.32
35 North Bay Shore CDP 14.28
36 Utica city 14.03
37 Deer Park CDP 12.89
38 Beacon city 12.55
39 Greenlawn CDP 12.29
40 Cheektowaga CDP 12.11
41 Eggertsville CDP 12.08
42 East Massapequa CDP 11.94
43 Kingston city 11.82
44 Riverhead CDP 11.75
45 Brentwood CDP 11.71
46 White Plains city 11.70
47 West Babylon CDP 11.66
48 Binghamton city 11.63
49 West Hempstead CDP 11.33
50 Coram CDP 11.30
51 Mastic Beach CDP 10.79
52 Lackawanna city 9.66
53 Huntington Station CDP 8.92
54 North Babylon CDP 8.72
55 Mastic CDP 8.67
56 Irondequoit CDP 8.57
57 Greece CDP 8.15
58 Geneva city 7.74
59 Auburn city 7.62
60 Endicott village 7.56
61 Copiague CDP 7.52
62 Lockport city 7.23
63 New City CDP 6.99
64 Cohoes city 6.63
65 Rome city 6.44
65 Shirley CDP 6.44
66 Brighton CDP 6.43
67 Johnson City village 6.35
68 Medford CDP 6.27
69 Lynbrook village 6.11
70 Ithaca city 5.77
71 Batavia city 5.57
72 Glen Cove city 5.51
73 Watertown city 5.44
74 Rockville Centre village 5.27
75 Dix Hills CDP 5.19
76 Oneonta city 5.14
77 Patchogue village 5.13
78 Plattsburgh city 5.10
79 Kenmore village 5.02
80 Woodmere CDP 4.82
81 Long Beach city 4.80
82 Ridge CDP 4.65
83 Islip CDP 4.63
84 Port Chester village 4.59
85 East Patchogue CDP 4.54
85 Latham CDP 4.54
86 East Meadow CDP 4.33
87 Franklin Square CDP 4.26
88 Tonawanda Town CDP 4.19
89 Niskayuna CDP 4.16
90 Jamestown city 4.04
91 Selden CDP 4.02
92 Amsterdam city 3.99
93 Mamaroneck village 3.95
94 Melville CDP 3.89
95 Olean city 3.56
96 Cortland city 3.35
97 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 3.30
98 Gloversville city 3.29
99 Farmingville CDP 3.24
99 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 3.24
100 North Bellmore CDP 3.17
101 Centereach CDP 2.94
102 Harrison village 2.88
103 Ronkonkoma CDP 2.86
104 Rotterdam CDP 2.74
105 Hicksville CDP 2.58
106 Holbrook CDP 2.55
107 Mineola village 2.54
108 Saratoga Springs city 2.39
109 Hauppauge CDP 2.38
110 Holtsville CDP 2.36
110 Salisbury CDP 2.36
111 Manorville CDP 2.34
112 Lindenhurst village 2.23
113 Depew village 2.07
114 Oceanside CDP 1.98
115 Glens Falls city 1.95
115 Oswego city 1.95
116 Jericho CDP 1.94
117 South Farmingdale CDP 1.93
118 Port Washington CDP 1.92
119 Eastchester CDP 1.91
120 Huntington CDP 1.90
121 Tonawanda city 1.87
122 Monsey CDP 1.70
123 Stony Brook CDP 1.64
124 Nesconset CDP 1.62
125 Floral Park village 1.59
126 Merrick CDP 1.54
127 Commack CDP 1.47
128 Bellmore CDP 1.46
129 West Seneca CDP 1.42
130 East Islip CDP 1.37
131 Pearl River CDP 1.36
132 Scarsdale village 1.33
133 Rye city 1.29
134 Levittown CDP 1.28
135 Smithtown CDP 1.27
136 North Tonawanda city 1.26
137 Hampton Bays CDP 1.24
138 Rocky Point CDP 1.21
139 Sayville CDP 1.13
140 Kings Park CDP 1.08
141 East Northport CDP 1.01
142 Garden City village 0.93
143 Bethpage CDP 0.89
144 St. James CDP 0.87
145 Seaford CDP 0.72
146 North New Hyde Park CDP 0.65
147 West Islip CDP 0.64
148 North Massapequa CDP 0.60
148 Syosset CDP 0.60
149 Massapequa CDP 0.58
150 Plainview CDP 0.56
151 Massapequa Park village 0.43
152 Kiryas Joel village 0.32
152 Wantagh CDP 0.32