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

Updated on August 27, 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 with a voting-age population of at least 10K, Mount Vernon city had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (62.20%), followed by Roosevelt CDP (51.53%), and North Amityville CDP (50.62%).

The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of New York cities and places with a voting-age population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the voting-age population that identified their race 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, in New York.

Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Mount Vernon
Roosevelt
North Amityville
North Valley Stream
Elmont
Hempstead
Baldwin
New Cassel
Rochester
Uniondale
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Voting-age Pop. that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Percent of City Voting-age Population
1 Mount Vernon city 62.20
2 Roosevelt CDP 51.53
3 North Amityville CDP 50.62
4 North Valley Stream CDP 45.90
5 Elmont CDP 45.06
6 Hempstead village 42.37
7 Baldwin CDP 38.08
8 New Cassel CDP 37.53
9 Rochester city 36.73
10 Uniondale CDP 36.72
11 Stony Brook University CDP 36.26
12 Spring Valley village 35.51
13 Poughkeepsie city 35.37
14 Buffalo city 34.82
15 Freeport village 30.73
16 Newburgh city 28.38
17 Albany city 28.05
18 Syracuse city 26.99
19 Valley Stream village 23.36
20 Middletown city 22.83
21 Niagara Falls city 22.39
22 New York city 21.71
23 Central Islip CDP 21.20
24 Peekskill city 20.24
25 Schenectady city 19.59
26 New Rochelle city 19.31
27 Westbury village 18.50
28 Bay Shore CDP 17.89
29 Yonkers city 17.41
30 Fort Drum CDP 17.05
31 Troy city 16.74
32 Ossining village 15.55
33 North Bay Shore CDP 15.41
34 Elmira city 15.09
35 Nanuet CDP 14.93
36 Utica city 14.89
37 Beacon city 13.59
38 Deer Park CDP 13.38
39 Brentwood CDP 12.77
40 Greenlawn CDP 12.65
41 Binghamton city 12.54
42 Eggertsville CDP 12.44
43 East Massapequa CDP 12.41
44 Cheektowaga CDP 12.32
45 Kingston city 12.30
46 White Plains city 12.17
47 West Babylon CDP 12.06
48 Coram CDP 11.98
49 Riverhead CDP 11.95
50 West Hempstead CDP 11.80
51 Mastic Beach CDP 11.32
52 Lackawanna city 10.21
53 Mastic CDP 9.30
54 Huntington Station CDP 9.28
55 North Babylon CDP 9.08
56 Irondequoit CDP 9.07
57 Greece CDP 8.56
58 Geneva city 8.41
59 Endicott village 8.12
60 Auburn city 8.11
61 Copiague CDP 8.06
62 Lockport city 7.49
63 New City CDP 7.29
64 Cohoes city 7.21
65 Shirley CDP 7.01
66 Johnson City village 6.94
67 Rome city 6.89
68 Brighton CDP 6.69
69 Medford CDP 6.61
70 Lynbrook village 6.48
71 Ithaca city 6.09
72 Glen Cove city 5.94
73 Watertown city 5.82
74 Batavia city 5.77
75 Plattsburgh city 5.75
76 Patchogue village 5.60
77 Oneonta city 5.49
77 Rockville Centre village 5.49
78 Dix Hills CDP 5.40
79 Kenmore village 5.19
80 Long Beach city 5.09
81 Port Chester village 5.04
82 Islip CDP 4.95
83 Woodmere CDP 4.93
84 Amsterdam city 4.90
85 Ridge CDP 4.87
86 East Patchogue CDP 4.80
87 East Meadow CDP 4.70
88 Latham CDP 4.69
89 Franklin Square CDP 4.54
90 Jamestown city 4.46
91 Tonawanda Town CDP 4.43
92 Mamaroneck village 4.35
92 Niskayuna CDP 4.35
93 Selden CDP 4.28
94 Melville CDP 4.11
95 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 3.65
96 Olean city 3.64
97 Cortland city 3.62
97 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 3.62
98 Gloversville city 3.57
98 Harrison village 3.57
99 Farmingville CDP 3.45
100 North Bellmore CDP 3.26
101 Centereach CDP 3.15
102 Ronkonkoma CDP 3.01
103 Rotterdam CDP 2.93
104 Hicksville CDP 2.72
104 Mineola village 2.72
105 Holbrook CDP 2.70
106 Saratoga Springs city 2.62
107 Holtsville CDP 2.57
108 Hauppauge CDP 2.52
109 Salisbury CDP 2.45
110 Manorville CDP 2.44
111 Lindenhurst village 2.40
112 Oswego city 2.25
113 Glens Falls city 2.18
114 South Farmingdale CDP 2.11
115 Depew village 2.09
115 Oceanside CDP 2.09
116 Port Washington CDP 2.07
117 Eastchester CDP 2.03
118 Huntington CDP 2.01
119 Tonawanda city 2.00
120 Jericho CDP 1.98
121 Monsey CDP 1.77
122 Floral Park village 1.72
122 Nesconset CDP 1.72
123 Stony Brook CDP 1.69
124 Bellmore CDP 1.58
124 Merrick CDP 1.58
125 Commack CDP 1.54
126 East Islip CDP 1.49
127 West Seneca CDP 1.48
128 Pearl River CDP 1.41
128 Scarsdale village 1.41
129 Levittown CDP 1.38
130 North Tonawanda city 1.35
131 Hampton Bays CDP 1.34
131 Rye city 1.34
132 Smithtown CDP 1.30
133 Rocky Point CDP 1.28
134 Sayville CDP 1.24
135 Kings Park CDP 1.18
136 East Northport CDP 1.09
136 West Islip CDP 1.09
137 Bethpage CDP 1.01
137 St. James CDP 1.01
138 Garden City village 1.00
139 North New Hyde Park CDP 0.76
139 Seaford CDP 0.76
140 North Massapequa CDP 0.67
141 Syosset CDP 0.64
142 Massapequa CDP 0.63
143 Plainview CDP 0.57
144 Massapequa Park village 0.45
145 Wantagh CDP 0.33
146 Kiryas Joel village 0.32