Editing West Hempstead, New York (section)

==Demographics==
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===2010 Census===
As of the 2010 [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]], there were 4,867 families residing in the West Hempstead Census Designated Place (CDP) and the population density was {{convert|7,039.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,110 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,298.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

There were 6,024 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.2% were non-families. 15.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.09 and the average family size was 3.47.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $97,627 and the median income for a family was $102,481. Males had a median income of $52,391 versus $39,871 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $32,732. About 2.4% of families and 3.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

===2017 ACS===
As of the [[American Community Survey]] of 2013–2017, there were 19,841 people in 6,148 households. The racial makeup of the CDP was 70.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 12.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 9.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 11.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 20.3% of the population.

In the 2017 ACS, the CDP population was spread out, with 23.4% under the age of 18 and 14.8% age 65 or older. The median age was 40.3 years.

The CDP is 5.1% people under age 5, 5.8% people age 5–9 years old, 7.9% people age 10–14 years old, 7.3% people age 15–19 years old, 7.0% people age 20–24 years old, 11.8% people age 25–34 years old, 11.1% people age 35–44 years old, 16.5% people age 45–54 years old, 7.2% people age 55–59 years old, 5.6% people age 60–64 years old, 8.1% people age 65–74 years old, 4.1% people age 75–84 years old, and 2.6% people age 85 or older.

In 2017, the West Hempstead CDP population had an approximately even number of males (9,922) and females (9,919). However, there is nuance to this data: for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males, and for every 100 females age 65 or over, there were only 65.7 males.

West Hempstead, along with adjoining [[Franklin Square, New York|Franklin Square]] has a sizable [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] population that counts seven synagogues<ref>[http://godaven.com/list.asp?fpdbr_0_pMv=First&Name=west+hempstead GoDaven West Hempstead minyan search June 21, 2017]</ref> and the [[Hebrew Academy of Nassau County]] elementary school among its local institutions.