Editing Kiryas Joel, New York (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
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|1980= 2088
|1990= 7437
|2000= 13138
|2010= 20175
|2020= 32954
|estyear=2024
|estimate=43863
|estref=
|footnote=United States Census Bureau:<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING (1790–2000)|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2023 }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! Largest ancestries (2000) !! Percent 
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| [[Hungarian Americans|Hungarian]] || 18.9% 
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| [[American (ethnicity)|American]] || 8.0%
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| [[Israeli Americans|Israeli]] || 3.0%
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| [[Romanian Americans|Romanian]]  || 2.0%
|-
| [[Polish Americans|Polish]]  || 1.0%
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| [[Czech Americans|Czech]] || 0.3%
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| [[Russian Americans|Russian]] || 0.3% 
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| [[German Americans|German]] || 0.2% 
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
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! Languages (2010) <ref name="MLA">
[http://www.mla.org/census_data_results&state_id=36&place_id=39853 Modern Language Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016053859/http://www.mla.org/census_data_results%26state_id%3D36%26place_id%3D39853 |date=October 16, 2015 }} base data on Kiryas Joel. Accessed online December 14, 2006.
</ref><ref name="MLA-English">
[http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=36&county_id=&mode=&zip=&place_id=39853&cty_id=&ll=&a=&order=&ea=y Modern Language Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203200712/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results%26state_id%3D36%26county_id%3D%26mode%3D%26zip%3D%26place_id%3D39853%26cty_id%3D%26ll%3D%26a%3D%26order%3D%26ea%3Dy |date=February 3, 2009 }} English proficiency in Kiryas Joel. Accessed online December 14, 2006.
</ref> !! Percent 
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| Spoke [[Yiddish]] at home || 91.5% 
|-
| Spoke only [[English language|English]] at home || 6.3%
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| Spoke [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] at home  || 2.3%
|-
| Spoke English "not well", or "not at all" || 46.0%
|-
|}
Kiryas Joel began with a 1977 founding population of 500 people.<ref name="te1">{{cite news|title=Hasidic Jews in upstate New York: Monroe's referendum and a peculiar population boom|url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21730922-monroes-referendum-and-peculiar-population-boom-hasidic-jews-upstate-new-york|access-date=November 3, 2017|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=November 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103034323/https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21730922-monroes-referendum-and-peculiar-population-boom-hasidic-jews-upstate-new-york|archive-date=November 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 2,229 households, and 2,137 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|11962.2|PD/sqmi}}. There were 2,233 housing units, at an average density of {{convert|2033.2|/sqmi}}. The racial make-up of the village was 99.02% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.02% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.12% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.63% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.93% of the population.

Kiryas Joel has the highest percentage of people who reported [[Hungary|Hungarian]] ancestry in the United States, as 18.9% of the population reported Hungarian ancestry in 2000.<ref name=hungarian>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Hungarian.html|title=Hungarian Ancestry Search - Hungarian Genealogy by City - ePodunk.com|work=epodunk.com|access-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906123534/http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Hungarian.html|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 3% of the residents of Kiryas Joel were [[Israeli American|Israeli]], 2% [[Romanian American|Romanian]], 1% [[Polish American|Polish]], and 1% [[European American|European]].<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=273541 |title=Kiryas Joel, NY, Ancestry & Family History |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=April 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051909/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genealogyInfo.php?locIndex=273541 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}
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The 2000 census also reported that 6.3% of village residents spoke only English at home, one of the lowest such percentages in the United States. 91.5% of residents spoke Yiddish at home, while 2.3% spoke [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<ref name="MLA"/> Of the overall population in 2000, 46% spoke English "not well" or "not at all".<ref name="MLA-English"/>

There were 2,229 households, out of which 79.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 93.2% were married couples living together, 1.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 4.1% were non-families. 2.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 5.74, and the average family size was 5.84. In the village, the population was very young, with 57.5% under the age of 18, 17.2% from 18 to 24, 16.5% from 25 to 44, 7.2% from 45 to 64, and 1.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 15 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 118.0 males.

The village abides by strict Jewish customs, and its welcome sign, which was installed in 2010,<ref name="CBS New York 2010 t183">{{cite web | title=Welcome To Kiryas Joel: Please Dress Accordingly | website=CBS New York | date=September 1, 2010 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/welcome-to-kiryas-joel-please-dress-accordingly/ | access-date=October 26, 2023}}</ref> asks visitors to dress conservatively and to "maintain gender separation in all public areas".<ref name="te1" />