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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.04M people in New York with English ancestry (5.16% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Corning city had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (17.21%), followed by Cortland city (15.79%), and East Glenville CDP (15.65%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having English ancestry.

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Corning city
Cortland city
East Glenville CDP
Saratoga Springs city
Endwell CDP
Canandaigua city
Glens Falls city
Fredonia village
Johnson City village
Oneida city
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Corning city 17.21
2 Cortland city 15.79
3 East Glenville CDP 15.65
4 Saratoga Springs city 15.35
5 Endwell CDP 14.22
6 Canandaigua city 14.03
7 Glens Falls city 13.81
8 Fredonia village 13.39
9 Johnson City village 12.93
10 Oneida city 12.63
11 Fulton city 12.50
12 Kenmore village 12.49
13 Loudonville CDP 12.11
14 Batavia city 11.95
15 Fairmount CDP 11.86
16 Brighton CDP 11.80
17 Lockport city 11.34
18 Latham CDP 11.31
19 Geneva city 11.01
20 Oswego city 10.93
21 Binghamton city 10.79
22 Endicott village 10.38
23 Olean city 10.30
24 Niskayuna CDP 10.28
24 North Tonawanda city 10.28
25 Irondequoit CDP 10.21
26 Tonawanda city 10.20
27 Auburn city 10.19
28 Jamestown city 10.10
29 Rotterdam CDP 9.95
30 Oneonta city 9.85
31 Lancaster village 9.70
32 Greece CDP 9.54
33 Massena village 9.43
34 Tonawanda Town CDP 9.34
35 Ogdensburg city 9.30
36 Watertown city 9.08
37 Massapequa Park village 8.74
38 Elmira city 8.66
39 Ridge CDP 8.24
40 Rye city 7.91
41 Eggertsville CDP 7.90
42 Cohoes city 7.89
43 Kingston city 7.84
44 Plattsburgh city 7.69
45 De Witt CDP 7.61
46 Troy city 7.59
47 Garden City village 7.51
48 East Northport CDP 7.43
49 Babylon village 7.38
50 Rome city 7.30
51 Roessleville CDP 7.22
52 Ithaca city 7.08
53 Stony Brook CDP 6.96
54 Watervliet city 6.71
55 Kings Park CDP 6.52
56 Niagara Falls city 6.30
57 Islip CDP 6.23
58 Mount Sinai CDP 6.21
59 Beacon city 6.15
59 Huntington CDP 6.15
60 Greenlawn CDP 5.95
61 Syracuse city 5.84
62 Fort Drum CDP 5.83
63 Rocky Point CDP 5.67
63 Schenectady city 5.67
64 Dunkirk city 5.65
65 Smithtown CDP 5.63
66 Rockville Centre village 5.58
67 Albany city 5.44
68 East Islip CDP 5.38
69 St. James CDP 5.29
70 East Patchogue CDP 5.26
71 Poughkeepsie city 5.25
72 Myers Corner CDP 5.20
73 West Seneca CDP 5.17
74 Depew village 5.13
75 Cheektowaga CDP 5.09
76 Commack CDP 5.03
76 Rochester city 5.03
76 Sayville CDP 5.03
77 West Islip CDP 5.01
78 Eastchester CDP 4.94
78 Seaford CDP 4.94
79 Ronkonkoma CDP 4.91
80 Amsterdam city 4.89
81 Massapequa CDP 4.87
82 Pearl River CDP 4.82
83 Gloversville city 4.79
84 Manorville CDP 4.77
85 Patchogue village 4.75
86 Wantagh CDP 4.73
87 Port Washington CDP 4.37
88 Suffern village 4.36
89 Holtsville CDP 4.33
90 Elwood CDP 4.32
91 Buffalo city 4.28
91 North Wantagh CDP 4.28
92 Orange Lake CDP 4.27
93 Scotchtown CDP 4.26
94 Sleepy Hollow village 4.25
95 Nesconset CDP 4.23
96 Lindenhurst village 4.21
97 Lake Grove village 4.18
97 Tarrytown village 4.18
98 Peekskill city 4.14
99 Riverhead CDP 4.09
100 Selden CDP 4.04
101 East Massapequa CDP 4.02
102 Huntington Station CDP 3.97
103 Dix Hills CDP 3.86
104 Scarsdale village 3.85
105 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 3.77
106 Floral Park village 3.75
107 Hampton Bays CDP 3.74
108 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 3.73
109 White Plains city 3.71
110 Mamaroneck village 3.64
110 Melville CDP 3.64
110 Utica city 3.64
111 Holbrook CDP 3.61
112 Miller Place CDP 3.59
113 Port Chester village 3.56
114 Middletown city 3.53
115 Levittown CDP 3.51
116 South Huntington CDP 3.44
117 Mastic CDP 3.38
118 Centereach CDP 3.31
119 Lynbrook village 3.28
120 Dobbs Ferry village 3.23
121 West Babylon CDP 3.20
122 Ossining village 3.19
123 Mount Kisco village 3.16
124 Coram CDP 3.15
125 Middle Island CDP 3.09
125 North Babylon CDP 3.09
126 Terryville CDP 3.06
127 Medford CDP 3.02
128 Bellmore CDP 3.01
129 Stony Point CDP 2.98
130 Mastic Beach CDP 2.90
131 Harrison village 2.87
132 Bay Shore CDP 2.83
132 Mineola village 2.83
133 Long Beach city 2.78
134 Westbury village 2.77
135 Hauppauge CDP 2.74
135 Lackawanna city 2.74
136 North Merrick CDP 2.73
137 Oceanside CDP 2.69
137 Woodbury village 2.69
138 New Rochelle city 2.60
139 South Farmingdale CDP 2.59
140 Nanuet CDP 2.57
141 North Massapequa CDP 2.44
142 Glen Cove city 2.38
143 Syosset CDP 2.37
144 Farmingville CDP 2.34
144 West Hempstead CDP 2.34
145 North Bellport CDP 2.31
145 Salisbury CDP 2.31
146 Copiague CDP 2.29
146 Jericho CDP 2.29
147 Bethpage CDP 2.18
148 Baldwin CDP 2.09
148 Franklin Square CDP 2.09
149 Deer Park CDP 2.04
150 New City CDP 2.01
151 Shirley CDP 1.93
152 New York city 1.86
153 East Meadow CDP 1.83
154 Merrick CDP 1.82
155 North Lindenhurst CDP 1.80
156 Yonkers city 1.78
157 East Rockaway village 1.77
158 Newburgh city 1.69
159 North Bellmore CDP 1.67
160 Chestnut Ridge village 1.52
161 Hicksville CDP 1.42
162 Plainview CDP 1.17
163 Kiryas Joel village 1.15
163 Valley Stream village 1.15
164 North Amityville CDP 1.13
165 New Hyde Park village 1.12
166 North New Hyde Park CDP 1.10
167 Freeport village 1.09
168 Great Neck village 0.89
168 Haverstraw village 0.89
169 Woodmere CDP 0.86
170 West Haverstraw village 0.85
171 North Valley Stream CDP 0.75
172 Uniondale CDP 0.69
173 Central Islip CDP 0.68
174 Inwood CDP 0.66
174 Mount Vernon city 0.66
175 Elmont CDP 0.59
176 North Bay Shore CDP 0.50
177 Brentwood CDP 0.45
178 Monsey CDP 0.35
179 Hempstead village 0.19