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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 357.72K people in New York with Russian ancestry (1.78% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Woodmere CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Russian ancestry (10.05%), followed by Plainview CDP (8.14%), and Merrick CDP (7.98%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Russian 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 Russian Ancestry in 2021
Woodmere CDP
Plainview CDP
Merrick CDP
Scarsdale village
Melville CDP
Dix Hills CDP
Jericho CDP
East Rockaway village
Bellmore CDP
Commack CDP
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Russian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Woodmere CDP 10.05
2 Plainview CDP 8.14
3 Merrick CDP 7.98
4 Scarsdale village 6.89
5 Melville CDP 6.69
6 Dix Hills CDP 6.07
7 Jericho CDP 5.92
8 East Rockaway village 5.85
9 Bellmore CDP 5.67
10 Commack CDP 5.44
11 Suffern village 4.91
12 Oceanside CDP 4.61
13 Syosset CDP 4.30
14 Tarrytown village 4.16
15 New City CDP 4.12
16 North Wantagh CDP 4.07
17 Salisbury CDP 4.05
18 Huntington CDP 4.03
19 North Merrick CDP 4.01
20 East Meadow CDP 3.90
21 Long Beach city 3.81
22 Rockville Centre village 3.73
23 Stony Brook CDP 3.67
24 Port Washington CDP 3.49
25 Brighton CDP 3.42
26 Rocky Point CDP 3.28
27 Harrison village 3.20
28 Dobbs Ferry village 3.19
29 Holtsville CDP 3.10
30 Seaford CDP 2.92
31 Ithaca city 2.91
32 East Northport CDP 2.88
33 North Massapequa CDP 2.84
34 North Bellmore CDP 2.79
35 Coram CDP 2.75
36 Wantagh CDP 2.60
36 Watervliet city 2.60
37 Hauppauge CDP 2.56
38 Great Neck village 2.55
38 Rye city 2.55
38 St. James CDP 2.55
39 Mineola village 2.50
40 Johnson City village 2.49
41 Medford CDP 2.47
42 Elwood CDP 2.46
42 South Huntington CDP 2.46
43 Levittown CDP 2.42
44 Binghamton city 2.39
45 Massapequa Park village 2.32
46 New Rochelle city 2.31
47 Glen Cove city 2.28
48 Eastchester CDP 2.27
48 Endwell CDP 2.27
49 De Witt CDP 2.26
50 White Plains city 2.25
51 New York city 2.24
52 Nesconset CDP 2.20
53 Greenlawn CDP 2.16
53 Mount Kisco village 2.16
54 North New Hyde Park CDP 2.13
55 Centereach CDP 2.01
55 Fairmount CDP 2.01
56 Saratoga Springs city 2.00
57 Manorville CDP 1.98
58 West Babylon CDP 1.94
59 Terryville CDP 1.93
60 Cohoes city 1.92
60 East Patchogue CDP 1.92
61 Farmingville CDP 1.85
62 Eggertsville CDP 1.84
63 Kings Park CDP 1.81
63 Sleepy Hollow village 1.81
64 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 1.75
65 Hicksville CDP 1.74
66 Nanuet CDP 1.73
67 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 1.72
68 Stony Point CDP 1.69
69 East Massapequa CDP 1.68
69 Franklin Square CDP 1.68
70 Massapequa CDP 1.66
71 Corning city 1.58
71 Fort Drum CDP 1.58
71 Hampton Bays CDP 1.58
72 Roessleville CDP 1.53
73 Holbrook CDP 1.52
74 Mamaroneck village 1.51
75 Glens Falls city 1.50
75 Niskayuna CDP 1.50
76 Lynbrook village 1.49
76 Patchogue village 1.49
77 New Hyde Park village 1.48
77 Spring Valley village 1.48
78 Chestnut Ridge village 1.44
79 North Lindenhurst CDP 1.43
80 Albany city 1.42
80 Middle Island CDP 1.42
80 Miller Place CDP 1.42
81 Woodbury village 1.38
82 Oneonta city 1.36
83 Poughkeepsie city 1.35
84 Endicott village 1.33
84 West Hempstead CDP 1.33
85 Mastic Beach CDP 1.32
85 Ossining village 1.32
86 South Farmingdale CDP 1.31
87 Huntington Station CDP 1.29
88 Baldwin CDP 1.26
88 Bethpage CDP 1.26
89 Haverstraw village 1.25
90 Ridge CDP 1.24
91 Sayville CDP 1.23
92 Mount Sinai CDP 1.21
93 Babylon village 1.20
94 Smithtown CDP 1.17
95 Beacon city 1.16
96 Riverhead CDP 1.11
97 Valley Stream village 1.10
98 Freeport village 1.09
98 Tonawanda Town CDP 1.09
99 Deer Park CDP 1.08
99 West Islip CDP 1.08
100 East Islip CDP 1.06
101 Dunkirk city 1.05
101 Troy city 1.05
102 Schenectady city 1.02
103 Kingston city 0.97
104 Latham CDP 0.96
104 Uniondale CDP 0.96
105 West Seneca CDP 0.94
105 Yonkers city 0.94
106 Myers Corner CDP 0.91
107 Lake Grove village 0.90
107 North Tonawanda city 0.90
108 Plattsburgh city 0.88
109 North Babylon CDP 0.85
109 Pearl River CDP 0.85
109 Westbury village 0.85
110 Fredonia village 0.84
111 Copiague CDP 0.83
112 Lindenhurst village 0.81
113 Garden City village 0.80
114 Islip CDP 0.76
114 Kenmore village 0.76
115 Shirley CDP 0.75
116 Selden CDP 0.74
117 Cortland city 0.71
117 Lackawanna city 0.71
117 Middletown city 0.71
118 East Glenville CDP 0.69
118 Oneida city 0.69
119 Cheektowaga CDP 0.68
120 Rochester city 0.66
121 Oswego city 0.63
122 Orange Lake CDP 0.60
122 Syracuse city 0.60
123 Mastic CDP 0.59
124 Elmira city 0.58
125 Buffalo city 0.56
126 North Bellport CDP 0.54
127 Central Islip CDP 0.53
128 North Valley Stream CDP 0.52
128 Tonawanda city 0.52
129 Irondequoit CDP 0.50
130 Canandaigua city 0.48
130 Utica city 0.48
131 Monsey CDP 0.46
132 Rotterdam CDP 0.43
133 Geneva city 0.42
134 West Haverstraw village 0.40
135 Jamestown city 0.37
136 Peekskill city 0.36
137 Lancaster village 0.31
137 Rome city 0.31
138 Massena village 0.30
139 Watertown city 0.29
140 Niagara Falls city 0.28
141 Bay Shore CDP 0.27
141 Port Chester village 0.27
142 Newburgh city 0.26
143 Batavia city 0.25
143 Mount Vernon city 0.25
143 Scotchtown CDP 0.25
144 Auburn city 0.24
145 Depew village 0.22
145 Floral Park village 0.22
146 Brentwood CDP 0.21
146 Ronkonkoma CDP 0.21
147 Ogdensburg city 0.19
148 Gloversville city 0.18
149 Elmont CDP 0.16
149 Lockport city 0.16
150 Amsterdam city 0.15
150 Fulton city 0.15
150 Kiryas Joel village 0.15
151 New Cassel CDP 0.13
152 Greece CDP 0.12
153 North Amityville CDP 0.08
154 North Bay Shore CDP 0.07
155 Loudonville CDP 0.05
156 Hempstead village 0.03