Yonkers, New York

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The 2000 Census showed that Yonkers had a population of 196,086 people^<1>. This represents 1.03% of the total population of New York, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
7	North Hempstead	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	226,457	1.73% increase
8	Rochester	NW	245 mi [394.3 km]	206,886	5.86% decrease
9	Babylon	SE	33 mi [53.1 km]	219,761	3.76% increase
-10-	Yonkers			201,588	2.81% increase
11	Huntington	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	201,594	3.23% increase
12	Syracuse	NW	185 mi [297.7 km]	138,068	6.27% decrease
13	Amherst	NW	288 mi [463.5 km]	115,563	0.81% decrease

Yonkers had 77,589 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Yonkers has a total area of 20.32 square miles [52.6 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 18.08 square miles [46.82 km²]2.24 square miles [5.8 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Yonkers had a 2000 population density of 10,847 people per square mile [4,188 people/km²], making it the state's 19th most densely populated area.

Westchester County

The city of Yonkers is located in Westchester County.

The county had a population of 925,671 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 196,086 people, Yonkers contained 21.18% of the Westchester County total.

In addition, where the community of Yonkers has a population density of 10,847 people per square mile [4,188 people/km²], Westchester County averages 2,138 people per square mile [825 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Westchester County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Yonkers and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Yonkers. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Yonkers. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Yonkers, it also contains a comparison between Yonkers and the state of New York.

Click here for the Yonkers QuickFact (QF-3684000).

The following communities are nearby Yonkers and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Eastchester	QF-3621820	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	31,450	0.42% increase
	Mount Vernon	QF-3649121	SE	3 mi [4.83 km]	68,653	0.4% increase
	Eastchester	QF-3621787	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]
	New Rochelle	QF-3650617	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	74,115	2.68% increase
	Greenburgh	QF-3630367	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	89,840	3.55% increase
	Mamaroneck	QF-3644842	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	29,113	0.5% increase
	White Plains	QF-3681677	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	57,342	8.04% increase
	Orangetown	QF-3655211	NW	8 mi [12.87 km]	48,421	1.49% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Yonkers.

A Census Quickfact is available for Westchester County (QF-36119).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Yonkers:

Yonkers is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Yonkers.

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Yonkers. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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