Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 3.85M people in New York with Unclassified ancestry. Among all New York cities and places, New York city had the highest population with Unclassified ancestry (1.49M), followed by Buffalo city (47.78K), and Rochester city (44.42K).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities and places with high number of people with Unclassified ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in New York.

Related Topics: US Census 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Buffalo city
Rochester city
Yonkers city
Syracuse city
Albany city
Brentwood CDP
Schenectady city
Ithaca city
New Rochelle city
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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Rank City or Place Population
1 New York city 1490618
2 Buffalo city 47777
3 Rochester city 44423
4 Yonkers city 35246
5 Syracuse city 33406
6 Albany city 22538
7 Brentwood CDP 18532
8 Schenectady city 12201
9 Ithaca city 12184
10 New Rochelle city 11899
11 Troy city 11812
12 Valley Stream village 11722
13 Mount Vernon city 11641
14 Levittown CDP 11029
15 Cheektowaga CDP 10725
16 Utica city 9826
17 Tonawanda Town CDP 9757
18 West Babylon CDP 9688
19 Binghamton city 9528
20 Hicksville CDP 9460
21 Bay Shore CDP 9438
22 Freeport village 9371
23 Niagara Falls city 9259
24 Hempstead village 9125
25 Long Beach city 8700
26 Elmira city 8623
27 Spring Valley village 8320
28 White Plains city 8294
29 Central Islip CDP 7778
30 Irondequoit CDP 7730
31 Elmont CDP 7580
32 Uniondale CDP 7485
33 Rome city 7407
34 Commack CDP 7044
35 East Meadow CDP 6948
36 Baldwin CDP 6844
37 Coram CDP 6809
38 Huntington Station CDP 6776
39 Watertown city 6771
40 Cortland city 6732
41 New City CDP 6637
42 West Islip CDP 6632
43 Middletown city 6618
44 Peekskill city 6606
45 New Cassel CDP 6591
46 North Bay Shore CDP 6565
47 Port Chester village 6459
48 West Seneca CDP 6438
49 Oceanside CDP 6430
50 Jamestown city 6379
51 Newburgh city 6298
52 Brighton CDP 6088
53 Copiague CDP 5968
54 Plattsburgh city 5868
55 North Valley Stream CDP 5843
56 Auburn city 5810
57 Shirley CDP 5789
58 North Tonawanda city 5760
59 Poughkeepsie city 5708
60 Lindenhurst village 5601
61 North Bellmore CDP 5541
62 Franklin Square CDP 5487
63 North Babylon CDP 5483
64 Kiryas Joel village 5386
65 Deer Park CDP 5353
66 Centereach CDP 5348
67 North Amityville CDP 5300
68 Holbrook CDP 5236
69 Dix Hills CDP 5219
70 Lockport city 5081
71 Plainview CDP 5061
72 Oswego city 4936
73 Glen Cove city 4926
74 Medford CDP 4702
75 Roosevelt CDP 4691
76 Islip CDP 4610
77 Rockville Centre village 4520
78 Woodmere CDP 4490
79 West Hempstead CDP 4406
80 East Patchogue CDP 4347
81 Kingston city 4259
82 Nanuet CDP 4247
83 Melville CDP 4235
84 Harrison village 4230
85 Smithtown CDP 4165
86 Ossining village 4103
87 Rotterdam CDP 4083
88 South Hill CDP 4033
89 Huntington CDP 4032
90 Ronkonkoma CDP 4004
91 Lynbrook village 3981
92 Monsey CDP 3963
93 Massapequa CDP 3939
94 Binghamton University CDP 3937
94 Garden City village 3937
95 Saratoga Springs city 3879
96 Amsterdam city 3837
97 Merrick CDP 3786
98 Hampton Bays CDP 3776
99 Massena village 3711
100 Mineola village 3702
101 East Northport CDP 3673
102 North Massapequa CDP 3647
103 Syosset CDP 3636
104 Gloversville city 3611
105 Bethpage CDP 3581
106 Niskayuna CDP 3579
107 Cohoes city 3487
108 Westbury village 3483
109 Geneseo village 3452
110 Hauppauge CDP 3434
110 Johnson City village 3434
111 South Farmingdale CDP 3425
112 West Haverstraw village 3395
113 Geneva city 3379
114 Olean city 3353
115 Ogdensburg city 3349
116 Massapequa Park village 3328
117 Great Neck village 3327
118 Rye city 3321
119 Oneonta city 3312
120 Scarsdale village 3303
121 East Massapequa CDP 3287
122 Batavia city 3284
123 Glens Falls city 3282
124 Fulton city 3264
125 Inwood CDP 3238
126 Selden CDP 3217
127 Wyandanch CDP 3207
128 Salisbury CDP 3133
129 Riverhead CDP 3101
130 Kings Park CDP 3067
131 Lackawanna city 3066
132 Potsdam village 3003
133 Pearl River CDP 2990
134 Bellmore CDP 2988
135 Mamaroneck village 2979
136 Haverstraw village 2961
137 Chestnut Ridge village 2946
138 Floral Park village 2943
139 Hillcrest CDP 2919
140 Greenlawn CDP 2876
141 Stony Point CDP 2853
142 Fort Drum CDP 2822
143 Canandaigua city 2806
144 Beacon city 2764
144 Patchogue village 2764
145 Port Washington CDP 2761
146 Greece CDP 2745
147 Scotchtown CDP 2736
148 Alfred village 2725
149 Wantagh CDP 2715
150 Endicott village 2712
151 Holtsville CDP 2670
152 North Merrick CDP 2643
153 Elwood CDP 2637
154 North New Hyde Park CDP 2627
155 St. James CDP 2614
156 Mastic Beach CDP 2589
157 Rochester Institute of Technology CDP 2584
158 Kenmore village 2579
159 South Valley Stream CDP 2569
160 Eggertsville CDP 2551
161 Woodbury CDP 2550
162 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 2538
163 Newark village 2500
164 Canton village 2499
165 Eastchester CDP 2493
166 Farmingville CDP 2474
167 Tonawanda city 2473
168 Sayville CDP 2452
169 Johnstown city 2444
170 De Witt CDP 2432
171 Mount Ivy CDP 2429
172 Corning city 2427
172 Manhasset CDP 2427
173 Norwich city 2406
174 Baywood CDP 2401
175 Dunkirk city 2381
176 Jericho CDP 2368
177 East Islip CDP 2361
178 Fort Salonga CDP 2324
179 Ridge CDP 2320
180 Mastic CDP 2306
181 Babylon village 2305
182 Monticello village 2303
183 Manorville CDP 2301
184 Depew village 2283
185 South Lockport CDP 2259
186 East Rockaway village 2256
187 Watervliet city 2245
188 Seaford CDP 2208
189 Myers Corner CDP 2199
190 Monroe village 2192
191 North Lindenhurst CDP 2187
192 Miller Place CDP 2165
193 North Gates CDP 2157
194 East Shoreham CDP 2154
195 Rocky Point CDP 2128
196 Colonie village 2123