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New York
Top 100
City Population
Baldwin 23,100
Eastchester 18,800
Nanuet 18,200
Other cities
City Population
Airmont 8,000
Amherst 114,100
Amityville 9,900
Arlington 13,200
Babylon 13,100
Baldwin Harbor 8,100
Bay Shore 25,000
Bayport 9,000
Baywood 7,700
Beacon 14,400
Bellmore 16,200
Bethpage 16,600
Bohemia 10,300
Brentwood 55,900
Briarcliff Manor 8,100
Brighton 35,000
Brockport 8,300
Buffalo 282,700
Canandaigua 11,500
Centereach 28,900
Central Islip 33,400
Chappaqua 9,500
Cheektowaga 77,100
Chestnut Ridge 8,000
Colonie 7,800
Commack 38,000
Congers 8,500
Copiague 22,400
Coram 37,300
Corning 10,100
Croton-on-Hudson 7,900
Deer Park 29,600
Delmar 8,300
Depew 15,900
Dix Hills 26,600
Dobbs Ferry 10,800
East Islip 14,500
East Massapequa 19,400
East Meadow 38,000
East Northport 21,400
East Patchogue 21,500
East Rockaway 10,800
Elmont 34,800
Elwood 11,400
Endwell 10,900
Fairmount 10,600
Farmingdale 8,400
Farmingville 17,800
Floral Park 16,100
Fort Salonga 10,000
Franklin Square 29,700
Fredonia 10,300
Freeport 43,600
Garden City 21,600
Gates-North Gates 15,300
Geneseo 7,500
Glen Cove 27,600
Glens Falls North 8,200
Great Neck 9,600
Greece 14,300
Greenlawn 13,700
Greenville 8,600
Hamburg 9,800
Hampton Bays 13,200
Harrison 24,300
Hartsdale 9,900
Hastings-on-Hudson 8,000
Hauppauge 21,900
Haverstraw 10,100
Hempstead 58,000
Hicksville 40,900
Holbrook 29,600
Holtsville 18,700
Huntington 19,000
Huntington Station 30,800
Inwood 9,300
Irondequoit 51,800
Islip 22,100
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown 15,000
Jericho 12,700
Kenmore 15,600
Kings Park 16,500
Lake Carmel 9,100
Lake Grove 10,600
Lake Ronkonkoma 21,100
Lancaster 10,900
Levittown 52,400
Lindenhurst 28,800
Long Beach 35,700
Lynbrook 20,000
Mahopac 8,600
Malverne 8,800
Mamaroneck 19,200
Manhasset 8,200
Manorville 12,700
Massapequa 22,500
Massapequa Park 17,200
Mastic 16,200
Mastic Beach 12,100
Medford 23,300
Melville 17,300
Merrick 22,600
Middle Island 11,200
Middletown 28,000
Miller Place 11,300
Mineola 19,100
Monroe 9,000
Mount Kisco 10,200
Mount Sinai 9,000
Mount Vernon 69,600
Nesconset 13,900
New Cassel 13,800
New City 34,300
New Hyde Park 9,600
New Rochelle 74,100
New Windsor 9,700
New York 8,232,000
North Amityville 17,400
North Babylon 18,300
North Bay Shore 15,700
North Bellmore 20,100
North Bellport 9,400
North Lindenhurst 12,400
North Massapequa 19,000
North Merrick 11,700
North New Hyde Park 14,300
North Patchogue 8,300
North Tonawanda 31,600
North Valley Stream 15,700
North Wantagh 11,900
Northport 7,700
Oakdale 9,400
Oceanside 32,300
Oneida 11,000
Ossining 24,400
Patchogue 12,100
Pearl River 15,600
Peekskill 23,300
Plainedge 9,400
Plainview 25,800
Plattsburgh 18,400
Port Chester 28,000
Port Jefferson 8,400
Port Jefferson Station 8,100
Port Washington 15,000
Ramapo 114,500
Ridge 14,000
Rochester 215,100
Rockville Centre 24,400
Rocky Point 10,600
Ronkonkoma 20,900
Roosevelt 16,100
Rotterdam 20,200
Rye 15,400
Rye Brook 9,100
Salisbury 12,100
Saratoga Springs 27,400
Sayville 17,300
Scarsdale 18,100
Scotchtown 9,700
Scotia 7,900
Seaford 15,500
Selden 22,900
Setauket-East Setauket 17,600
Shirley 27,500
Sleepy Hollow 9,300
Smithtown 27,900
Sound Beach 10,200
South Farmingdale 14,900
South Huntington 9,700
South Lockport 8,700
Spring Valley 26,200
St. James 13,800
Stony Brook 14,200
Stony Point 12,000
Suffern 11,600
Syosset 18,200
Syracuse 144,800
Tarrytown 11,800
Terryville 11,700
Tonawanda 15,500
Tonawanda 59,400
Uniondale 23,400
Valley Cottage 9,300
Valley Stream 36,300
Wading River 7,800
Wantagh 18,800
West Babylon 45,000
West Haverstraw 10,300
West Hempstead 18,600
West Islip 29,800
West Seneca 44,500
Westbury 14,500
White Plains 56,000
Woodbury 9,500
Woodmere 16,700
Wyandanch 11,100
Yonkers 199,400
Yorktown Heights 7,900
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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