Editing Monsey, New York (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Monsey Map 1859 Photo.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Map 1859]]
{{US Census population
|1970= 8797
|1980= 12380
|1990= 13986
|2000= 14504
|2010= 18412
|2020= 26954
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|footnote=Source:<ref name=2017pop>{{Cite web|url=https://datausa.io/profile/geo/monsey-ny|title=Monsey. DataUSA.io|website=datausa.io|access-date=August 26, 2020}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2017, there were 22,043 people, 3,984 households, and 2,596 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|6,554.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,244 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,400.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 3.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.03% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.05% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.70% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.08% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 2.86% of the population. 43.98% speak [[English language|English]] at home, 41.48% [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]], 6.88% [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], 2.69% [[French language|French]] or a [[French-based creole languages|French creole]], 1.85% [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and 1.24% [[Russian language|Russian]].<ref>Modern Language Association, [http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2000&state_id=36&place_id=48010 Data center results for Monsey, New York]. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.</ref>

There were 2,981 households, out of which 58.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.9% were non-families. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.74 and the average family size was 5.16. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 48.6% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 19 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,194, and the median income for a family was $45,911. Males had a median income of $41,606 versus $33,576 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $14,000. About 25.4% of families and 30.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 37.8% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

=== Jewish community ===
Monsey is a major center of [[Orthodox Judaism]] in the United States, along with several other cities such as [[Kiryas Joel, New York|Kiryas Joel]], [[Kaser, New York|Kaser]], [[Spring Valley, New York|Spring Valley]], and [[New Square, New York|New Square]]. It is the largest center of [[Hasidic Judaism]] in the U.S. outside New York City, with approximately 5,400 households (4.2% of the world's Hasidic population).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Wodzinski|first=Marcin|title=Historical Atlas of Hasidism|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2018|pages=194}}</ref> The migration to Monsey began in the late 1940s when New York City's Orthodox Jews were seeking affordable real estate for their quickly growing communities. These spaces offered the possibility of moving en masse and establishing enclaves where they could lead lives based on ''[[halakha]]'' (Jewish religious law) without coming into regular conflict with non-Orthodox neighbors. This represented a major, distinct suburban demographic shift for these communities.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Margulies|date=2000|title=The Spatial Culture of the Hasidic Community|journal=Columbia University|pages=40–60, 117–20}}</ref> Major Hasidic sects represented in Monsey include [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]], [[Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Vizhnitz Monsey]], [[Sanz]] and [[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belz]], with the [[rebbe]]s of [[Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev|Berditchev]], [[Lizhensk (Hasidic dynasty)|Lizensk]], Lizensk (Rokeah), [[Nikolsburg (Monsey)|Nikolsburg]], Sambor Yerushalayim-Monsey, [[Sassov (Hasidic dynasty)|Sassov]], Shinave, [[Spinka (Hasidic dynasty)|Spinka Monsey]], [[Stanislov (Hasidic dynasty)|Stanislov]], and Vizhnitz Monsey sects residing in the community.<ref name=":1" /> Vizhnitz maintains a cemetery in Monsey.<ref>(May 18, 2020) [https://hamodia.com/2020/05/18/viznitz-bais-hachaim-monsey-close-rosh-chodesh-sivan/ "Viznitz Bais Hachaim in Monsey to Close Before Rosh Chodesh Sivan"], ''Hamodia''. Retrieved June 16, 2022.</ref>

On December 28, 2019, Monsey was the site of [[Monsey Hanukkah stabbing|a mass stabbing]] in the home of a Hasidic rebbe of the [[Koson (Hasidic dynasty)|Kosonyu sect]] who was hosting a [[Hanukkah]] party, leaving four injured and one dead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/29/stabbing-hanukkah-celebration-several-attacked-suburban-nyc/2768396001/|title=5 stabbed in 'act of domestic terrorism' at Hanukkah party; suspect held on $5 million bail|author1=Christopher J. Eberhart|author2=Steve Lieberman|author3=John Bacon|website=USA Today|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Green|first=Emma|date=2019-12-29|title='We're Not Safe as Jews in New York'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/12/morsey-attack-new-york-city/604222/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}}</ref>