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Most Densely Populated Cities in New York

The top 25 of 51 New York cities on GIS Map, ranked by residents per square mile of land.

#CityPeople per sq mi
1New York City
28,236
2Mount Vernon
16,491
3Hempstead
15,931
4Long Beach
15,670
5Yonkers
11,662
6New Rochelle
8,047
7Newburgh
7,493
8Buffalo
6,856
9Schenectady
6,370
10White Plains
6,230
11Poughkeepsie
6,211
12Ithaca
6,089
13Syracuse
5,842
14Rochester
5,838
15Middletown
5,708
16Troy
4,927
17Albany
4,695
18Binghamton
4,500
19Cortland
4,481
20Glen Cove
4,222
21Tarrytown
4,014
22Utica
3,840
23Glens Falls
3,794
24Plattsburgh
3,693
25Elmira
3,621

Top New York Counties

Counties ranked by residents per square mile of land.

1. New York County71,9162. Kings County37,9323. Bronx County33,3084. Queens County21,3675. Richmond County8,6046. Nassau County4,8847. Westchester County2,3208. Rockland County1,9689. Suffolk County1,68010. Monroe County1,147

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Most Densely Populated Cities in New York”, https://gismap.land/rankings/new-york/most-densely-populated-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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