Top 100 Biggest Cities In New York (2001 Census)

Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	New York	8,063,137	0.6%
2	Buffalo	289,657	-0.9%
3	Rochester	217,758	-0.8%
4	Yonkers	197,836	0.8%
5	Syracuse	145,056	-0.7%
6	Albany	94,539	-0.0%
7	New Rochelle	72,517	0.3%
8	Mount Vernon	68,853	0.6%
9	Schenectady	61,302	-0.7%
10	Utica	60,052	-0.7%
11	Niagara Falls	54,880	-1.1%
12	White Plains	54,297	1.9%
13	Hempstead	53,476	0.5%
14	Troy	48,831	-0.8%
15	Binghamton	46,927	-0.8%
16	Freeport	43,893	0.2%
17	Valley Stream	36,392	0.2%
18	Long Beach	35,589	0.3%
19	Rome	34,573	-0.9%
20	North Tonawanda	32,801	-1.1%
21	Jamestown	31,496	-1.3%
22	Elmira	30,677	-0.9%
23	Poughkeepsie	30,330	0.6%
24	Ithaca	29,703	2.8%
25	Newburgh	28,387	0.0%
26	Auburn	28,281	-0.8%
27	Lindenhurst	28,071	0.8%
28	Port Chester	28,003	0.4%
29	Glen Cove	26,834	0.6%
30	Saratoga Springs	26,824	1.5%
31	Watertown	26,620	-0.0%
32	Middletown	25,474	0.4%
33	Harrison	24,957	3.1%
34	Rockville Centre	24,611	0.2%
35	Ossining	24,141	0.2%
36	Kingston	23,310	-0.6%
37	Spring Valley	23,032	-0.1%
38	Peekskill	22,923	1.7%
39	Garden City	21,981	0.6%
40	Lockport	21,971	-1.1%
41	Lynbrook	19,967	0.2%
42	Mineola	19,282	0.2%
43	Plattsburgh	19,091	1.4%
44	Lackawanna	18,846	-0.9%
45	Cortland	18,791	0.4%
46	Mamaroneck	18,598	0.6%
47	Amsterdam	18,132	-1.0%
48	Scarsdale	17,960	0.6%
49	Oswego	17,892	-1.1%
50	Massapequa Park	17,537	0.2%
51	Depew	16,393	-1.1%
52	Kenmore	16,195	-1.2%
53	Batavia	16,029	-1.2%
54	Floral Park	15,990	0.1%
55	Tonawanda	15,927	-1.1%
56	Cohoes	15,497	-0.6%
57	Johnson City	15,370	-0.7%
58	Gloversville	15,268	-0.5%
59	Olean	15,111	-1.3%
60	Rye	15,087	0.8%
61	Beacon	14,900	0.9%
62	Westbury	14,457	0.5%
63	Glens Falls	14,217	-0.8%
64	Kiryas Joel	13,788	3.9%
65	Geneva	13,557	-0.1%
66	Oneonta	13,272	0.2%
67	Dunkirk	12,929	-1.3%
68	Endicott	12,895	-0.7%
69	Babylon	12,727	0.8%
70	Ogdensburg	12,084	-2.0%
71	Patchogue	12,036	0.9%
72	Fulton	11,698	-1.2%
73	Tarrytown	11,382	2.1%
74	Canandaigua	11,358	-0.2%
75	Massena	11,040	-1.2%
76	Lancaster	11,037	-1.1%
77	Oneida	10,957	-0.2%
78	Suffern	10,941	-0.0%
79	Dobbs Ferry	10,877	1.9%
80	Corning	10,768	-0.5%
81	Fredonia	10,695	0.1%
82	Lake Grove	10,454	1.8%
83	East Rockaway	10,401	0.3%
84	West Haverstraw	10,313	0.0%
85	Haverstraw	10,108	-0.0%
86	Mount Kisco	10,062	0.5%
87	Hamburg	9,979	-1.1%
88	Watervliet	9,825	-0.7%
89	Potsdam	9,644	1.3%
90	Newark	9,617	-0.7%
91	Great Neck	9,606	0.6%
92	New Hyde Park	9,570	0.4%
93	Amityville	9,539	0.9%
94	Sleepy Hollow	9,252	0.3%
95	Hornell	9,076	-0.7%
96	Malverne	8,955	0.2%
97	Rye Brook	8,904	2.6%
98	Woodbury	8,890	0.3%
99	Port Jervis	8,859	-0.1%
100	Johnstown	8,531	-1.0%

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