Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on July 6, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for New York counties, in April 2020, among all of New York's cities and places (towns and villages) with a population of at least 10K, Mount Vernon city had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.43%), followed by Wyandanch CDP (50.58%), and North Amityville CDP (48.88%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.

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

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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Mount Vernon

Wyandanch

North Amityville

Roosevelt

North Valley Stream

Elmont

Hempstead

Rochester

Baldwin

Poughkeepsie

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

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Rank	City or Place	Percent of City Population
1	Mount Vernon city	62.43
2	Wyandanch CDP	50.58
3	North Amityville CDP	48.88
4	Roosevelt CDP	48.54
5	North Valley Stream CDP	45.63
6	Elmont CDP	45.06
7	Hempstead village	40.20
8	Rochester city	40.10
9	Baldwin CDP	39.63
10	Poughkeepsie city	37.19
11	Buffalo city	36.87
12	Uniondale CDP	36.60
13	Stony Brook University CDP	36.25
14	New Cassel CDP	35.18
15	Albany city	31.27
16	Syracuse city	30.67
17	Freeport village	30.37
18	Spring Valley village	29.80
19	Newburgh city	28.30
20	Scotchtown CDP	24.83
21	Niagara Falls city	24.56
22	Valley Stream village	24.23
23	Middletown city	23.45
24	North Bellport CDP	22.70
25	New York city	22.08
26	Schenectady city	21.96
27	Central Islip CDP	20.33
28	Peekskill city	20.08
29	West Haverstraw village	19.89
30	Troy city	19.67
31	New Rochelle city	18.94
32	Bay Shore CDP	18.38
33	Yonkers city	18.01
34	Westbury village	17.72
35	Inwood CDP	17.62
36	Utica city	17.31
37	Fort Drum CDP	16.17
38	Watervliet city	15.73
39	Elmira city	14.93
40	North Bay Shore CDP	14.90
41	Binghamton city	14.73
42	Ossining village	14.69
43	Nanuet CDP	14.61
44	Deer Park CDP	14.54
45	Beacon city	14.04
46	Cheektowaga CDP	13.72
47	Eggertsville CDP	13.63
48	Middle Island CDP	13.24
49	Mastic Beach CDP	13.16
50	Kingston city	13.06
51	West Babylon CDP	12.77
52	East Massapequa CDP	12.66
53	Greenlawn CDP	12.62
54	Coram CDP	12.56
55	Brentwood CDP	12.03
56	White Plains city	12.00
57	West Hempstead CDP	11.93
58	Riverhead CDP	11.72
59	Lackawanna city	11.03
60	Mastic CDP	10.24
61	North Babylon CDP	10.23
62	Haverstraw village	10.10
63	Irondequoit CDP	9.97
64	Chestnut Ridge village	9.71
65	De Witt CDP	9.63
66	Endicott village	9.62
67	Greece CDP	9.51
68	Huntington Station CDP	9.20
69	Geneva city	8.76
70	Roessleville CDP	8.60
71	Copiague CDP	8.50
72	Johnson City village	8.34
73	Cohoes city	8.30
74	Woodbury village	8.17
75	Lockport city	8.10
76	Shirley CDP	7.98
77	Auburn city	7.92
78	Suffern village	7.86
79	New City CDP	7.44
80	Stony Point CDP	7.28
81	Lynbrook village	7.09
82	Rome city	6.94
83	Ogdensburg city	6.87
84	Medford CDP	6.85
85	Brighton CDP	6.61
85	Myers Corner CDP	6.61
86	North Lindenhurst CDP	6.45
87	Ithaca city	6.44
88	Dunkirk city	6.42
89	Watertown city	6.23
90	Glen Cove city	6.22
90	Tarrytown village	6.22
91	Batavia city	6.03
92	Patchogue village	5.85
93	Ridge CDP	5.82
94	Kenmore village	5.75
95	Dix Hills CDP	5.66
95	Plattsburgh city	5.66
96	Long Beach city	5.59
97	Amsterdam city	5.54
97	Oneonta city	5.54
98	Rockville Centre village	5.31
99	Islip CDP	5.22
100	Tonawanda Town CDP	5.00
101	East Patchogue CDP	4.90
102	Elwood CDP	4.89
103	Franklin Square CDP	4.82
104	Latham CDP	4.81
105	East Meadow CDP	4.76
106	Port Chester village	4.71
107	Niskayuna CDP	4.66
108	Jamestown city	4.61
109	Dobbs Ferry village	4.59
110	Selden CDP	4.46
111	Melville CDP	4.45
112	Mount Kisco village	4.36
113	Mamaroneck village	4.31
114	Woodmere CDP	4.16
115	Lake Ronkonkoma CDP	4.06
116	Gloversville city	3.87
117	Endwell CDP	3.86
118	Fairmount CDP	3.81
119	Olean city	3.72
120	Airmont village	3.71
121	Farmingville CDP	3.68
121	Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP	3.68
122	Cortland city	3.66
123	Terryville CDP	3.64
124	Loudonville CDP	3.37
125	Centereach CDP	3.35
126	North Bellmore CDP	3.28
127	Rotterdam CDP	3.24
128	Harrison village	3.22
129	Corning city	3.19
130	East Rockaway village	3.10
130	Ronkonkoma CDP	3.10
131	Holbrook CDP	2.86
132	Hauppauge CDP	2.72
132	Hicksville CDP	2.72
133	Mineola village	2.70
134	Saratoga Springs city	2.68
135	Lake Grove village	2.66
135	Salisbury CDP	2.66
136	Holtsville CDP	2.61
137	North Merrick CDP	2.58
138	Lindenhurst village	2.53
138	Manorville CDP	2.53
139	Depew village	2.50
140	Oswego city	2.46
141	Canandaigua city	2.31
142	South Farmingdale CDP	2.26
143	Glens Falls city	2.25
144	Tonawanda city	2.17
145	Oceanside CDP	2.16
146	Jericho CDP	2.12
147	East Glenville CDP	2.03
148	Huntington CDP	2.02
149	Eastchester CDP	1.99
149	Port Washington CDP	1.99
150	New Hyde Park village	1.93
151	Babylon village	1.81
151	Commack CDP	1.81
152	Rye Brook village	1.77
153	Floral Park village	1.74
154	West Seneca CDP	1.72
155	Nesconset CDP	1.71
156	East Islip CDP	1.70
157	Stony Brook CDP	1.67
158	Bellmore CDP	1.66
159	Merrick CDP	1.64
160	Miller Place CDP	1.63
161	Pearl River CDP	1.56
162	North Tonawanda city	1.52
163	Levittown CDP	1.47
164	Great Neck village	1.46
165	Smithtown CDP	1.44
166	Mount Sinai CDP	1.42
167	Rocky Point CDP	1.40
168	North Wantagh CDP	1.33
169	Oneida city	1.28
170	Scarsdale village	1.27
171	Fulton city	1.25
172	Sayville CDP	1.24
173	Hampton Bays CDP	1.22
174	Rye city	1.20
175	Kings Park CDP	1.15
176	East Northport CDP	1.11
177	East Setauket CDP	1.10
178	Bethpage CDP	1.08
179	West Islip CDP	1.05
180	St. James CDP	1.02
181	Lancaster village	1.00
182	Garden City village	0.97
182	Monsey CDP	0.97
183	North New Hyde Park CDP	0.79
184	Seaford CDP	0.76
185	Massena village	0.71
186	Syosset CDP	0.67
187	North Massapequa CDP	0.65
188	Massapequa CDP	0.58
189	Plainview CDP	0.52
190	Massapequa Park village	0.47
191	Wantagh CDP	0.34
192	Kiryas Joel village	0.18