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Largest Ethiopian population, New York cities

New York cities ranked by the number of residents who are Ethiopian ancestry, from the 2024 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 36 cities in New York that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 36 is 29. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Brighton, NY, up 24 places to #7.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

Largest Ethiopian population by state

RANKPLACESTATEPOPETHIOPIAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01New York, NYNY8,584,6294,956+73%

02▲1Yonkers, NYNY212,603547+244%

03▼1Buffalo, NYNY274,613533+139%

04Rochester, NYNY206,108519+129%

05Syracuse, NYNY144,896478–

06▲2Irondequoit, NYNY50,657217+13%

07▲24Brighton, NYNY36,834119+51%

08▲5Mount Vernon, NYNY72,30493–

09Wappingers Falls, NYNY6,04878–

10Long Beach, NYNY34,91867–

11▼2New Rochelle, NYNY85,86463–

12▲4Watertown, NYNY23,51759–

13Woodmere, NYNY18,06148–

14Stony Brook, NYNY12,86843–

15Depew, NYNY14,80135–

16▼1Rochester Institute of Technology, NYNY6,95930–

17East Rockaway, NYNY10,09629–

18▲11Ithaca, NYNY33,63229–

19▲4White Plains, NYNY62,87126–

20Herkimer, NYNY7,19521–

21Canton, NYNY6,89420–

22North Amityville, NYNY21,13820–

23Rotterdam, NYNY22,69517–

24Cortland, NYNY17,39413–

25▼13Cheektowaga, NYNY76,05610–

26▼20Harrison, NYNY32,27310−68%

27Niagara Falls, NYNY47,25510−58%

28▼18Centereach, NYNY31,8399–

29Oswego, NYNY17,0249–

30Potsdam, NYNY8,0198–

31▼20Utica, NYNY62,9788–

32Uniondale, NYNY33,1487–

33Medina, NYNY5,8556–

34Levittown, NYNY51,9042–

35Ogdensburg, NYNY9,1232–

36▼4South Farmingdale, NYNY14,6762–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES