Top 100 Biggest Cities In New York (2002 Census)

Rank	City	2003 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	New York	8,092,749	0.5%
2	Buffalo	287,139	-0.9%
3	Rochester	216,085	-0.8%
4	Yonkers	198,413	0.6%
5	Syracuse	144,143	-0.7%
6	Albany	94,293	-0.1%
7	New Rochelle	72,729	0.3%
8	Mount Vernon	69,027	0.4%
9	Schenectady	61,309	-0.4%
10	Utica	59,661	-0.7%
11	White Plains	55,664	2.2%
12	Niagara Falls	54,305	-1.1%
13	Hempstead	53,651	0.4%
14	Troy	48,380	-0.9%
15	Binghamton	46,717	-0.6%
16	Freeport	44,140	0.4%
17	Valley Stream	36,498	0.2%
18	Long Beach	35,817	0.5%
19	Rome	34,375	-0.7%
20	North Tonawanda	32,480	-1.1%
21	Jamestown	31,145	-1.2%
22	Elmira	30,494	-0.8%
23	Poughkeepsie	30,395	0.4%
24	Ithaca	29,871	1.7%
25	Newburgh	28,495	0.2%
26	Lindenhurst	28,208	0.7%
27	Auburn	28,150	-0.6%
28	Port Chester	28,062	0.3%
29	Saratoga Springs	27,078	1.2%
30	Glen Cove	27,000	0.6%
31	Watertown	26,751	0.2%
32	Middletown	25,647	0.5%
33	Harrison	25,257	2.1%
34	Rockville Centre	24,676	0.2%
35	Ossining	24,375	0.6%
36	Kingston	23,374	-0.2%
37	Peekskill	23,189	1.4%
38	Spring Valley	23,024	-0.1%
39	Garden City	22,092	0.5%
40	Lockport	21,739	-1.1%
41	Lynbrook	20,029	0.3%
42	Mineola	19,344	0.3%
43	Plattsburgh	19,112	0.8%
44	Lackawanna	18,675	-0.9%
45	Mamaroneck	18,641	0.4%
46	Cortland	18,459	-0.7%
47	Scarsdale	18,012	0.4%
48	Amsterdam	17,944	-1.0%
49	Oswego	17,763	-0.9%
50	Massapequa Park	17,591	0.2%
51	Depew	16,224	-1.1%
52	Floral Park	16,046	0.2%
53	Kenmore	16,017	-1.1%
54	Batavia	15,938	-0.9%
55	Tonawanda	15,756	-1.1%
56	Cohoes	15,449	-0.5%
57	Johnson City	15,320	-0.5%
58	Gloversville	15,226	-0.4%
59	Rye	15,173	0.7%
60	Olean	14,994	-1.1%
61	Kiryas Joel	14,865	5.8%
62	Beacon	14,635	-0.5%
63	Westbury	14,512	0.5%
64	Glens Falls	14,205	-0.4%
65	Geneva	13,589	0.1%
66	Oneonta	12,959	-1.1%
67	Endicott	12,841	-0.6%
68	Dunkirk	12,808	-1.1%
69	Babylon	12,789	0.7%
70	Patchogue	12,109	0.7%
71	Ogdensburg	11,787	-2.2%
72	Fulton	11,626	-0.9%
73	Tarrytown	11,495	1.6%
74	Canandaigua	11,378	-0.0%
75	Dobbs Ferry	11,013	1.6%
76	Suffern	10,927	-0.1%
77	Lancaster	10,924	-1.1%
78	Massena	10,922	-1.2%
79	Oneida	10,910	-0.3%
80	Corning	10,694	-0.6%
81	Lake Grove	10,647	1.8%
82	Fredonia	10,613	-0.4%
83	East Rockaway	10,428	0.3%
84	West Haverstraw	10,313	0.0%
85	Haverstraw	10,096	-0.1%
86	Mount Kisco	10,089	0.4%
87	Hamburg	9,877	-1.0%
88	Watervliet	9,788	-0.5%
89	Great Neck	9,658	0.6%
90	Potsdam	9,639	0.6%
91	Amityville	9,620	0.9%
92	New Hyde Park	9,597	0.3%
93	Newark	9,521	-0.8%
94	Sleepy Hollow	9,256	0.2%
95	Port Jervis	9,078	1.2%
96	Rye Brook	9,074	2.2%
97	Hornell	9,018	-0.7%
98	Malverne	8,977	0.2%
99	Woodbury	8,916	0.3%
100	Farmingdale	8,562	0.9%

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