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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 194.47K people in New York with Scottish ancestry (0.97% of New York population). Among all New York cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Glens Falls city had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (5.15%), followed by Geneva city (4.56%), and Corning city (3.80%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Scottish 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 Scottish Ancestry in 2021
Glens Falls city
Geneva city
Corning city
Miller Place CDP
Farmingville CDP
Lancaster village
Ogdensburg city
Canandaigua city
Kenmore village
Massena village
Ranking of New York Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Scottish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Glens Falls city 5.15
2 Geneva city 4.56
3 Corning city 3.80
3 Miller Place CDP 3.80
4 Farmingville CDP 3.32
5 Lancaster village 3.25
6 Ogdensburg city 2.96
7 Canandaigua city 2.82
8 Kenmore village 2.70
9 Massena village 2.69
10 Elmira city 2.65
11 Tonawanda city 2.58
12 Lockport city 2.54
13 Saratoga Springs city 2.42
14 Greenlawn CDP 2.36
15 Huntington CDP 2.27
16 Lackawanna city 2.18
17 Auburn city 2.17
18 Loudonville CDP 2.09
19 Gloversville city 1.95
20 Fulton city 1.90
21 Johnson City village 1.84
22 Brighton CDP 1.82
23 Irondequoit CDP 1.75
24 Tonawanda Town CDP 1.74
25 Orange Lake CDP 1.71
26 Latham CDP 1.70
26 North Tonawanda city 1.70
27 Depew village 1.65
27 Niskayuna CDP 1.65
28 Plattsburgh city 1.61
29 Fairmount CDP 1.60
30 Niagara Falls city 1.56
31 Binghamton city 1.55
32 Cohoes city 1.53
33 Eggertsville CDP 1.50
33 Oneonta city 1.50
33 Oswego city 1.50
34 St. James CDP 1.46
35 Myers Corner CDP 1.44
36 Jamestown city 1.43
37 Jefferson Valley-Yorktown CDP 1.41
38 Eastchester CDP 1.40
38 Massapequa CDP 1.40
38 Port Washington CDP 1.40
38 Schenectady city 1.40
39 Kingston city 1.39
40 Amsterdam city 1.38
41 Rotterdam CDP 1.35
42 Pearl River CDP 1.34
43 Endicott village 1.33
43 Rye city 1.33
44 De Witt CDP 1.32
44 East Rockaway village 1.32
45 Lake Grove village 1.31
46 Greece CDP 1.29
47 Cortland city 1.28
48 Endwell CDP 1.25
48 Watertown city 1.25
49 Syracuse city 1.24
50 Oneida city 1.23
50 West Seneca CDP 1.23
51 Ithaca city 1.20
52 Batavia city 1.19
52 Beacon city 1.19
52 Huntington Station CDP 1.19
52 Woodbury village 1.19
53 North Merrick CDP 1.17
54 Glen Cove city 1.16
54 Sayville CDP 1.16
55 Elwood CDP 1.14
56 Ridge CDP 1.13
57 Olean city 1.12
58 East Glenville CDP 1.11
59 Holtsville CDP 1.10
60 Middle Island CDP 1.08
61 Cheektowaga CDP 1.06
62 Garden City village 1.04
63 Lindenhurst village 1.02
64 Albany city 0.99
64 Patchogue village 0.99
65 Rochester city 0.98
66 Hauppauge CDP 0.97
66 West Islip CDP 0.97
66 White Plains city 0.97
67 Rome city 0.96
67 Troy city 0.96
68 Centereach CDP 0.95
68 Mount Sinai CDP 0.95
69 Melville CDP 0.92
70 Dobbs Ferry village 0.91
71 East Northport CDP 0.88
72 Babylon village 0.87
72 Hampton Bays CDP 0.87
73 Mineola village 0.85
73 Stony Brook CDP 0.85
74 Poughkeepsie city 0.84
75 East Massapequa CDP 0.83
76 Riverhead CDP 0.80
77 Merrick CDP 0.77
77 Suffern village 0.77
78 Kings Park CDP 0.76
78 Wantagh CDP 0.76
79 Lake Ronkonkoma CDP 0.75
79 Roessleville CDP 0.75
80 Floral Park village 0.74
81 Nanuet CDP 0.73
81 Scarsdale village 0.73
81 Watervliet city 0.73
82 Shirley CDP 0.71
82 Tarrytown village 0.71
83 Fredonia village 0.70
84 Mount Kisco village 0.69
85 Bethpage CDP 0.67
85 Islip CDP 0.67
86 North Valley Stream CDP 0.66
86 Seaford CDP 0.66
87 East Meadow CDP 0.65
88 Mastic CDP 0.64
89 East Islip CDP 0.63
89 Rockville Centre village 0.63
90 North Babylon CDP 0.62
91 Smithtown CDP 0.61
92 Manorville CDP 0.60
92 Port Chester village 0.60
93 Franklin Square CDP 0.59
93 North New Hyde Park CDP 0.59
93 South Farmingdale CDP 0.59
94 New City CDP 0.58
94 South Huntington CDP 0.58
95 Baldwin CDP 0.57
95 Freeport village 0.57
95 Selden CDP 0.57
96 Buffalo city 0.56
96 Commack CDP 0.56
96 Oceanside CDP 0.56
97 Rocky Point CDP 0.55
98 North Bellport CDP 0.54
99 Bellmore CDP 0.53
99 Deer Park CDP 0.53
99 Holbrook CDP 0.53
99 Ossining village 0.53
100 Terryville CDP 0.51
101 Harrison village 0.50
101 Nesconset CDP 0.50
102 Coram CDP 0.48
102 Mamaroneck village 0.48
103 Long Beach city 0.47
103 New York city 0.47
104 Peekskill city 0.46
105 North Massapequa CDP 0.45
105 Stony Point CDP 0.45
106 Utica city 0.44
107 Levittown CDP 0.43
108 Massapequa Park village 0.42
109 Newburgh city 0.41
110 West Babylon CDP 0.39
111 Hicksville CDP 0.37
112 Dunkirk city 0.36
112 Sleepy Hollow village 0.36
113 Chestnut Ridge village 0.35
113 Fort Drum CDP 0.35
113 North Bellmore CDP 0.35
113 Westbury village 0.35
114 Haverstraw village 0.32
114 Yonkers city 0.32
115 North Lindenhurst CDP 0.31
116 New Rochelle city 0.30
117 Inwood CDP 0.29
118 Plainview CDP 0.28
118 Salisbury CDP 0.28
119 Scotchtown CDP 0.27
120 East Patchogue CDP 0.26
120 Mount Vernon city 0.26
121 North Wantagh CDP 0.25
121 Ronkonkoma CDP 0.25
122 Dix Hills CDP 0.23
122 Syosset CDP 0.23
123 Medford CDP 0.21
123 Uniondale CDP 0.21
124 Bay Shore CDP 0.20
124 North Amityville CDP 0.20
125 Copiague CDP 0.19
125 Valley Stream village 0.19
125 West Haverstraw village 0.19
126 Lynbrook village 0.18
126 Mastic Beach CDP 0.18
127 Jericho CDP 0.14
128 Middletown city 0.12
129 New Hyde Park village 0.11
130 West Hempstead CDP 0.10
131 Hempstead village 0.09
132 Great Neck village 0.08
133 Brentwood CDP 0.03