Most Populous New York Municipalities by Decade

Name the ten most populous municipalities in New York for every census since 1850.

City proper populations; towns are NOT included, only cities and villages are!

Due to incomplete data, only municipalities that still exist today (in some form) are included.

Sources: Wikipedia and citypopulation.de

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Population	1850
515,547	New York City
138,822	Brooklyn
50,763	Albany
42,261	Buffalo
36,403	Rochester
28,785	Troy
22,271	Syracuse
17,565	Utica
12,205	Oswego
11,511	Poughkeepsie

Population	1860
813,669	New York City
279,122	Brooklyn
81,129	Buffalo
62,367	Albany
48,204	Rochester
39,235	Troy
28,119	Syracuse
22,529	Utica
16,816	Oswego
14,726	Poughkeepsie

Population	1870
942,292	New York City
419,921	Brooklyn
117,714	Buffalo
69,422	Albany
62,386	Rochester
46,465	Troy
43,051	Syracuse
28,804	Utica
20,910	Oswego
20,080	Poughkeepsie

Population	1880
1,911,698	New York City
599,495	Brooklyn
155,134	Buffalo
90,758	Albany
89,366	Rochester
56,747	Troy
51,792	Syracuse
33,914	Utica
21,924	Auburn
21,116	Oswego

Population	1890
2,507,414	New York City
838,547	Brooklyn
255,664	Buffalo
133,896	Rochester
94,923	Albany
88,143	Syracuse
60,956	Troy
44,007	Utica
35,005	Binghamton
32,033	Yonkers

Population	1900
3,437,202	New York City
352,387	Buffalo
162,608	Rochester
108,374	Syracuse
94,151	Albany
60,651	Troy
56,383	Utica
47,931	Yonkers
39,647	Binghamton
35,672	Elmira

Population	1910
4,766,883	New York City
423,715	Buffalo
218,149	Rochester
137,249	Syracuse
100,253	Albany
79,803	Yonkers
76,813	Troy
74,419	Utica
72,826	Schenectady
48,443	Binghamton

Population	1920
5,620,048	New York City
506,775	Buffalo
295,750	Rochester
171,717	Syracuse
113,344	Albany
100,176	Yonkers
94,156	Utica
88,723	Schenectady
71,996	Troy
66,800	Binghamton

Population	1930
6,930,446	New York City
573,076	Buffalo
328,132	Rochester
209,326	Syracuse
134,646	Yonkers
127,412	Albany
101,740	Utica
95,692	Schenectady
76,662	Binghamton
74,460	Niagara Falls

Population	1940
7,454,995	New York City
575,901	Buffalo
324,975	Rochester
205,967	Syracuse
142,598	Yonkers
130,577	Albany
100,518	Utica
87,549	Schenectady
78,309	Binghamton
78,020	Niagara Falls

Population	1950
7,891,957	New York City
580,132	Buffalo
332,488	Rochester
220,583	Syracuse
152,798	Yonkers
134,995	Albany
100,489	Utica
91,785	Schenectady
90,872	Niagara Falls
80,674	Binghamton

Population	1960
7,781,984	New York City
532,759	Buffalo
318,611	Rochester
216,038	Syracuse
190,634	Yonkers
129,726	Albany
102,394	Niagara Falls
100,410	Utica
81,070	Schenectady
76,812	New Rochelle

Population	1970
7,894,862	New York City
462,768	Buffalo
296,233	Rochester
204,297	Yonkers
197,208	Syracuse
115,781	Albany
91,611	Utica
85,615	Niagara Falls
77,958	Schenectady
75,385	New Rochelle

Population	1980
7,071,639	New York City
357,870	Buffalo
241,741	Rochester
195,351	Yonkers
170,105	Syracuse
101,727	Albany
75,632	Utica
71,384	Niagara Falls
70,794	New Rochelle
67,972	Schenectady

Population	1990
7,322,564	New York City
328,233	Buffalo
230,463	Rochester
188,440	Yonkers
163,897	Syracuse
100,022	Albany
68,699	Utica
67,323	New Rochelle
67,034	Mount Vernon
65,557	Schenectady

Population	2000
8,009,185	New York City
292,819	Buffalo
220,167	Rochester
196,025	Yonkers
146,361	Syracuse
94,952	Albany
72,265	New Rochelle
68,382	Mount Vernon
61,834	Schenectady
60,551	Utica

Population	2010
8,174,930	New York City
261,346	Buffalo
210,645	Rochester
196,129	Yonkers
145,047	Syracuse
97,836	Albany
77,060	New Rochelle
67,324	Mount Vernon
66,157	Schenectady
62,245	Utica

Population	2020
8,804,194	New York City
278,301	Buffalo
211,585	Yonkers
211,321	Rochester
148,608	Syracuse
99,233	Albany
79,734	New Rochelle
73,905	Mount Vernon
67,050	Schenectady
65,287	Utica