Editing New Square, New York (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1970= 1156
|1980= 1750
|1990= 2605
|2000= 4624
|2010= 6944
|2020= 9679
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9824
|estref= 
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2023 estimate<ref name=qf/>
}}

In 1963, the settlement had 85 families and a total of 620 inhabitants. By 1967, this increased to 126 families and 812 total residents. The community celebrated ten marriages in 1967. In 1970, the village had 1,156 inhabitants, with 57% of the population under the age of 18.

The village had around one hundred births each year from 1971 to 1986. By that year, the village had 140 one-, two-, and three-family houses, a 45-unit low-rent apartment complex, 2,100 people, and 450 families, with an average of 7 to 8 children per family. During the late 1970s, the Town of Ramapo denied New Square's attempt to annex land. Six years later, in March 1982, New Square gained the legal right to annex {{convert|95|acre|m2}} of land.<ref name="Mintz202">{{cite book|last=Mintz|first= Jerome R.| title=Hasidic People. A Place in the New World| publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]| year=1992| pages=202–203| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEP5KNUAFh0C|isbn= 9780674041097}}</ref>

New Square's population increased 77.5% between 1990 and 2000. In 2005, the village contained approximately 7,830 residents; 1,350 families, with 5.8 persons per family.<ref name="ReferenceA">''Jewish Upstate Directory'', 2005-2006</ref>{{full citation needed|date=April 2024}} Robert Zeliger of ''[[Rockland Magazine]]'' described New Square in 2007 as "a densely packed haven where Hasidic residents live largely by their own customs and laws".<ref name="RobertZeligerCultureClash">{{cite news| last=Zeliger| first=Robert| url=http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/CUSTOM04/709300304/1277| title=Culture clash| newspaper=Rockland Magazine| date=August 31, 2007| access-date=November 14, 2008| archive-date=February 20, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220194254/http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/CUSTOM04/709300304/1277| url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2008, a new water tower serving New Square and the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet|hamlet]] of [[Hillcrest, Rockland County, New York|Hillcrest]] opened, increasing residents' water pressure.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Suzan |url=http://www.lohud.com/article/2008811170351 |title=Water tower targets Hillcrest, New Square |work=[[The Journal News]] |date=November 17, 2008}}</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 4,624 people, 820 households, and 786 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|12,811.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 838 housing units, at an average density of {{convert|2,321.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial make-up of the village was 96.95% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.64% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.89% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.52% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.41% of the population. 87.26% speak [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] at home, 7.68% [[English language|English]], and 4.11% [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]].<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Modern Language Association]] |url=http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2000&state_id=36&place_id=50705 |title=Data center results for New Square, New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081851/http://www.mla.org/map_data_results&SRVY_YEAR=2000&state_id=36&place_id=50705 |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2008}}</ref>

There were 820 households, out of which 77.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 92.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 4.1% were non-families. 3.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 5.64, and the average family size was 5.81.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 60.5% under the age of 18, 13.9% from 18 to 24, 15.9% from 25 to 44, 7.1% from 45 to 64, and 2.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 14 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $21,172, and the median income for a family was $21,758. Males had a median income of $35,871, versus $21,389 for females. The per capita income for the village was $6,585. About 58.0% of families and 58.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 60.9% of those under age 18 and 36.2% of those age 65 or over.

A 2007 report stated that each year, one half of the women between ages 18 and 25 gave birth.<ref name="2007birthing"/>