Top 100 Biggest Cities in New York

Rank	City	2024 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	New York	8,258,035	-2.0%
2	Buffalo	274,678	-0.4%
3	Yonkers	207,657	-0.5%
4	Rochester	207,274	-0.6%
5	Syracuse	145,560	-0.3%
6	Albany	101,228	0.7%
7	New Rochelle	83,742	1.3%
8	Mount Vernon	71,168	-1.1%
9	Schenectady	68,544	0.8%
10	Utica	63,607	-0.8%
11	White Plains	61,288	1.0%
12	Hempstead	58,225	-0.4%
13	Troy	50,607	-0.1%
14	Niagara Falls	47,599	-0.7%
15	Binghamton	46,727	-0.8%
16	Freeport	43,756	-0.5%
17	Kiryas Joel	41,857	7.6%
18	Valley Stream	40,007	-0.5%
19	Long Beach	34,595	-0.3%
20	Spring Valley	32,969	-0.1%
21	Ithaca	32,724	0.9%
22	Poughkeepsie	31,772	0.3%
23	Rome	31,652	-0.5%
24	Harrison	30,780	2.5%
25	Port Chester	30,584	-1.1%
26	Middletown	30,152	-0.2%
27	North Tonawanda	30,031	-0.5%
28	Saratoga Springs	28,544	0.4%
29	Newburgh	28,237	-0.7%
30	Jamestown	27,965	-0.7%
31	Glen Cove	27,879	-0.5%
32	Lindenhurst	26,972	-0.2%
33	Ossining	26,542	-1.3%
34	Elmira	26,176	-0.2%
35	Auburn	25,983	-1.0%
36	Rockville Centre	25,578	-0.4%
37	Peekskill	25,442	0.2%
38	Watertown	24,157	-0.6%
39	Kingston	23,777	-0.3%
40	Garden City	22,835	-0.4%
41	Mineola	21,169	0.4%
42	Lockport	20,436	-0.6%
43	Lynbrook	20,071	-0.5%
44	Plattsburgh	19,867	-0.1%
45	Lackawanna	19,593	-0.5%
46	Mamaroneck	19,533	-0.9%
47	Cohoes	18,206	0.2%
48	Amsterdam	18,093	-0.2%
49	Scarsdale	17,747	-0.7%
50	Cortland	17,276	-0.2%
51	Oswego	17,022	0.2%
52	Massapequa Park	16,826	-0.5%
53	Rye	16,202	-0.7%
54	Floral Park	15,879	-0.6%
55	Westbury	15,739	-0.2%
56	Batavia	15,437	-0.2%
57	Oneonta	15,331	6.8%
58	Beacon	15,025	3.1%
59	Kenmore	14,916	-0.6%
60	Tonawanda	14,899	-0.5%
61	Depew	14,891	-0.6%
62	Johnson City	14,874	-0.9%
63	Gloversville	14,843	-0.6%
64	Glens Falls	14,507	-0.7%
65	Olean	13,650	-0.6%
66	Endicott	13,211	-1.0%
67	Dunkirk	12,442	-0.7%
68	Geneva	12,391	-0.3%
69	Patchogue	12,337	-0.1%
70	Haverstraw	12,226	-0.2%
71	Babylon	12,106	-0.2%
72	Tarrytown	11,691	-0.4%
73	Woodbury	11,512	-0.2%
74	Suffern	11,341	-0.2%
75	Dobbs Ferry	11,309	-0.7%
76	Fulton	11,248	-0.5%
77	Lake Grove	11,021	-0.1%
78	Great Neck	11,007	-0.4%
79	Sleepy Hollow	10,962	3.4%
80	West Haverstraw	10,622	-0.2%
81	Corning	10,612	0.1%
82	Mount Kisco	10,567	-1.0%
83	Chestnut Ridge	10,526	0.1%
84	Canandaigua	10,480	-0.3%
85	Watervliet	10,170	-0.5%
86	Airmont	10,163	0.1%
87	New Hyde Park	10,129	-0.6%
88	Oneida	10,094	-1.0%
89	Massena	10,082	-0.6%
90	Lancaster	10,047	0.1%
91	East Rockaway	10,010	-0.4%
92	New Square	9,824	0.3%
93	Rye Brook	9,772	-0.6%
94	Hamburg	9,744	-0.0%
95	Amityville	9,577	0.2%
96	Monroe	9,477	-0.2%
97	Fredonia	9,455	-1.4%
98	Rensselaer	9,310	0.1%
99	Ogdensburg	9,304	-2.5%
100	Newark	8,967	-0.2%

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What is the largest city in New York?

The largest city in New York is New York, with a population of 8,258,035. New York is the 1st largest city in the US. The second largest city is Buffalo, with a population of 274,678, and is the 81st largest city in the US.

What are the major cities in New York?

The major cities in New York are New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany. There are 6 major cities in New York, which are cities with a population greater than 100,000.

What is the capital of New York?

The capital of New York is Albany, whose most recent population was 101,228. Albany is the 6th largest city in the state of New York.

What is the fastest growing city in New York?

Among the 100 largest cities in New York, the fastest growing city is Kiryas Joel, whose population has grown 215.2% since the year 2000.

What is the fastest shrinking city in New York?

Among the 100 largest cities in New York, the fastest shrinking city is Ogdensburg, whose population has declined 24.5% since the year 2000. Ogdensburg's peak populuation was 13,572 in the year 1990, and it's current population of 9,304 represents a 31.4% decline from it's peak. Ogdensburg was once the 1,925th largest city in the US, but it's now the 3,319th largest.