Editing Nassau County, New York (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 55448
|1910= 83930
|1920= 126120
|1930= 303053
|1940= 406748
|1950= 672765
|1960= 1300171
|1970= 1428080
|1980= 1321582
|1990= 1287348
|2000= 1334544
|2010= 1339532
|2020= 1395774
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-date=October 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003185009/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219161259/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name=QuickFactsNassauCountyLongIsland/>
}}
At the 2019 [[American Community Survey]], the population of Nassau County stood at 1,356,924, an increase of 17,392 since the 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Nassau%20County,%20New%20York%20population&g=0500000US36059&tid=PEPPOP2019.PEPANNRES&hidePreview=false|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=December 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205234412/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Nassau%20County,%20New%20York%20population&g=0500000US36059&tid=PEPPOP2019.PEPANNRES&hidePreview=false|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], there were 1,339,532 people, 448,528 households, and 340,523 families residing in the county. The population of Nassau County was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to have increased by 2.2% to 1,369,514 in 2017, representing 6.9% of the census-estimated State of New York population of 19,849,399<ref name=NYSQuickFacts>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kingscountybrooklynboroughnewyork,queenscountyqueensboroughnewyork,nassaucountynewyork,suffolkcountynewyork,NY/PST045217 Kings County (Brooklyn Borough), New York; Queens County (Queens Borough), New York; Nassau County, New York; Suffolk County, New York; New York QuickFacts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614194804/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/kingscountybrooklynboroughnewyork,queenscountyqueensboroughnewyork,nassaucountynewyork,suffolkcountynewyork,NY/PST045217 |date=June 14, 2018 }} Accessed March 30, 2018.</ref> and 17.4% of the census-estimated Long Island population of 7,869,820.<ref name="Kings County, New York QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36047.html|title=Kings County, New York QuickFacts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217175357/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36047.html|archive-date=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Queens County, New York QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36081.html|title=Queens County, New York QuickFacts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808084246/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36081.html|archive-date=August 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Nassau County, New York QuickFacts">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36059.html|title=Nassau County, New York QuickFacts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014652/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36059.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref><ref name="U.S. Census Bureau">{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36103.html|title=Suffolk County, New York QuickFacts|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729124046/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36103.html|archive-date=July 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[2000 United States census]], there were 1,334,544 people, 447,387 households, and 347,172 families residing in the county.

In 2010, there were 340,523 family households. 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them. 60.0% were married couples living together. 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present. 24.1% were non-families. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals. 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94. The average family size was 3.38.<ref name="2010Nassau" />

In 2010, the population was 23.3% under the age of 18. 18.7% were 62 years of age or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.4 males.<ref name="2010Nassau" /> In 2019, there were 474,165 housing units and 446,977 family households.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Nassau County, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/nassaucountynewyork/PST040219|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=www.census.gov|language=en|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930134413/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/nassaucountynewyork/PST040219|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2015 to 2019, there was an average of 2.99 persons per household, and 21.4% of the population was under 18 years of age.

At the 2019 American Community Survey, Nassau had a median household income of $116,100. The per capita income was $51,422. About 5.6% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.<ref name=":0" /> The median income for a household in the county in 2010 was $72,030. and the median income for a family was $81,246. These figures had risen to $87,658 and $101,661 respectively according to a 2007 estimate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk|date=2018|location=Nassau County, New York|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211181120/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=05000US34035&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US34%7C05000US34035&_street=&_county=nassau&_cityTown=nassau&_state=04000US36&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null:null&_keyword=&_industry=|title=Community Facts|website=FactFinder.census.gov|archive-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> Males had a median income of $52,340 versus $37,446 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $32,151. About 3.50% of families and 5.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.80% of those under age 18 and 5.60% of those age 65 or over.

The [[population density]] in 2010 was {{convert|4,700|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. In 2000, the population density was {{convert|4,655|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. In the 2010 census, there were 468,346 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,598|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

=== Race and ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1 style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"
|+align=top|[[Race (United States Census)|Racial groups]] and ethnicity on Long Island compared to state and nation<ref name=2010Nassau/><ref name=2010brief>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425144504/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=live|title=2010 Census brief}}</ref>
|-
! align=left|'''Place'''
! Population<br />2010<br />census
! %<br />white
! %<br />black<br />or<br />African<br />American
! %<br />Asian
! %<br />Other<sup>†</sup>
! %<br />mixed<br />race
! %<br />Hispanic/<br />Latino<br />of any<br />race
|-
|colspan=2|
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|'''Race'''
|align=center|'''Ethnicity'''
|-
|align=left|Nassau County ||1,339,532||71.0||11.1||7.6||5.9||2.4||14.6
|-
|align=left|[[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]||1,493,350||81.0||7.3||3.4||5.9||2.4||16.5
|-
|align=left|'''Long Island Total'''<br />(including Brooklyn and Queens)||7,568,304||54.7||20.4||12.3||9.3||3.2||20.5
|-
|align=left|'''NY State'''||19,378,102||65.7||15.9||7.3||8.0||3.0||17.6
|-
|align=left|'''USA'''||308,745,538||72.4||12.6||4.8||7.3||2.9||16.3
|-
| colspan="8" |<sup>†</sup>American Indian, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander make up just 0.5% of the population of Long Island, and have been included with "Other".
|}

[[File:H mart Jericho during day (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[H Mart]] in [[Jericho, New York|Jericho]] – one of the busiest H Mart stores on Long Island and one of the busiest Asian-grocery stores outside [[Asia]]]]

In 2010, the racial makeup of the county was 73.0% White (65.5% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]]), 10.1% [[African Americans|African American]], 0.2% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 7.6% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] (3.0% Indian, 1.8% Chinese, 1.0% Korean, 0.7% Filipino, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.9% Other Asian), 0.03% Pacific Islander, 5.6% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanics]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latinos]] of any race were 15.6% of the population.<ref name="2010Nassau">{{cite web | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US36059 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212102330/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US36059 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2020 | title=2010 Census Profile for Nassau County}}</ref> In 2019, Nassau County's racial and ethnic makeup was 58.2% non-Hispanic white, 11.3% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 10.3% Asian, 0.7% some other race, and 1.9% two or more races. The Hispanic and Latin American population increased to 17.5% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2019|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Nassau%20County,%20New%20York%20population&g=0500000US36059&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=false|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=data.census.gov|archive-date=December 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206004936/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Nassau%20County,%20New%20York%20population&g=0500000US36059&tid=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&hidePreview=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, there were about 230,000 [[Jewish]] people in Nassau County,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/ny-jewish-population-on-the-rise-for-first-time-in-decades/9470 | title=NY Jewish Population on the Rise for First Time in Decades | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606181822/http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/ny-jewish-population-on-the-rise-for-first-time-in-decades/9470 | archive-date=June 6, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> representing 17.2% of the population, (as compared to 2% of the total U.S. population). [[Italians in New York City|Italian Americans]] also made up a large portion of Nassau's population. The five most reported ancestries were Italian (23%), [[Irish American|Irish]] (14%), [[German American|German]] (7%), [[Indian Americans|Indian]] (5%), and [[Polish American|Polish]] (4%). The county's population was highest at the [[1970 United States census|1970 U.S. census]]. More recently, a [[Little India (location)|Little India]] community has emerged in [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]], Nassau County,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/hicksville-li-s-little-india-1.606341|title=Hicksville: LI's LITTLE INDIA|author=Alan Krawitz|newspaper=Newsday|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-date=July 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730034837/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/hicksville-li-s-little-india-1.606341|url-status=live}}</ref> spreading eastward from the more established Little India enclaves in Queens. Rapidly growing [[Chinatowns in New York|Chinatowns]] have developed in [[Chinatowns in Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] and [[Chinatowns in Queens|Queens]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hengshao/2014/04/10/chinese-real-estate-buyers-fan-out-to-long-islands-north-shore/|title=Join The Great Gatsby: Chinese Real Estate Buyers Fan Out To Long Island's North Shore|author=Heng Shao|magazine=Forbes|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=August 2, 2014|archive-date=August 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052633/http://www.forbes.com/sites/hengshao/2014/04/10/chinese-real-estate-buyers-fan-out-to-long-islands-north-shore/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |title=BEYOND CHINATOWN: DUAL IMMIGRATION AND THE CHINESE POPULATION OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CITY, 2000 |author=Lawrence A. McGlinn, Department of Geography SUNY-New Paltz |publisher=Middle States Geographer |journal=Journal of the Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers |year=2002 |volume=35 |pages=110–119 |access-date=April 7, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029075400/http://geographyplanning.buffalostate.edu/MSG%202002/13_McGlinn.pdf |archive-date=October 29, 2012  }}</ref><ref name="LongIslandAsians" /> as did earlier European immigrants, such as the Irish and Italians.

[[File:Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore May 10, 2021.jpg|thumb|[[Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore]] in [[Plandome, New York|Plandome]] – one of many Jewish synagogues in Nassau County]]

As of 2019, the Asian population in Nassau County had grown by 39% since 2010, to an estimated 145,191 individuals. There were approximately 50,000 [[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Indian Americans]] and 40,000 [[Chinese Americans in New York City|Chinese Americans]]. Nassau County has become the leading [[suburb]]an destination in the U.S. for [[Chinese emigration|Chinese immigrants]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=LI growing more racially and ethnically diverse, census data show|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/population-growth-declines-census-1.46080630|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=Newsday|date=June 25, 2020|language=en|archive-date=April 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404000107/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/population-growth-declines-census-1.46080630|url-status=live}}</ref> Likewise, the [[Koreatown, Long Island|Long Island Koreatown]] originated in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], Queens, and is expanding eastward along [[Northern Boulevard]]<ref name="KT1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237|title=Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues Second Edition, Edited by Pyong Gap Min|publisher=Pine Forge Press - An Imprint of Sage Publications, Inc|year=2006|access-date=April 7, 2016|isbn=9781412905565|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331160120/https://books.google.com/books?id=5PSYZMs8TzEC&q=fort+lee+koreatown+pyong+min&pg=PA237|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Meokjagolmok">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/09/nyregion/new-york-citys-newest-immigrant-enclaves.html?pagewanted=all|title=City's Newest Immigrant Enclaves, From Little Guyana to Meokjagolmok|author=Kirk Semple|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 8, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=September 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904050141/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/09/nyregion/new-york-citys-newest-immigrant-enclaves.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="KT2">{{cite web|url=http://queens.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/flushing.htm|title=Flushing: Queens Neighborhood Profile|author=John Roleke|publisher=About.com|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=April 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430161747/http://queens.about.com/od/neighborhoods/p/flushing.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="KT3">{{cite web|url=http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/628585|title=Koreatown Manhattan, or Koreatown Flushing?|publisher=CBS Interactive Inc|date=June 2009|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=October 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017215441/http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/628585|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="KT4">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-murray-hill-queens-name-s-same-pace-slower.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=If You're Thinking of Living In/Murray Hill, Queens; The Name's the Same, the Pace is Slower|author=Joyce Cohen|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 23, 2003|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=May 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516101720/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-murray-hill-queens-name-s-same-pace-slower.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|url-status=live}}</ref> and into Nassau County.<ref name="LongIslandAsians">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/one-percenters-drop-six-figures-at-long-island-mall.html|title=One Percenters Drop Six Figures at Long Island Mall|author=Carol Hymowitz|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029024434/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-27/one-percenters-drop-six-figures-at-long-island-mall.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Meokjagolmok" /><ref name="KT2" /> ''[[The New York Times]]'' cited a 2002 study by the non-profit group ERASE Racism, which determined that Nassau, and its neighboring county, Suffolk, as the most [[Racial segregation in the United States|de facto racially segregated]] suburbs in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/nyregion/study-calls-li-most-segregated-suburb.html?pagewanted=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Study Calls L.I. Most Segregated Suburb | first=Bruce | last=Lambert | date=June 5, 2002 | access-date=May 11, 2010 | archive-date=May 16, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516111243/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/nyregion/study-calls-li-most-segregated-suburb.html?pagewanted=1 | url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" border=1 style="text-align:right; font-size:85%"
|+align=top|Religious groups on Long Island compared to state and nation<ref name=ARDA2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/selectCounty.asp?state=36&county=25001 |title=The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), Year 2000 Report |access-date=November 19, 2012 |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116054231/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/selectCounty.asp?state=36&county=25001 |url-status=dead }} Churches were asked for their membership numbers. ARDA estimates that most of the churches not reporting were black Protestant congregations.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/US_2000.asp|title=The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), Year 2000 Report|access-date=November 19, 2012|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211231432/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/US_2000.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! align=left|'''Place'''
! Population<br />2010<br />census<ref name=2010Nassau/><ref name=2010brief/>
! %<br />[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]
! % not<br />affiliated
! %<br />[[Jewish]]
! %<br />[[Protestant]]
! Estimate<br />of % not<br />reporting
|-
|align=left|Nassau County ||1,339,532||52||9||16||7||15
|-
|align=left|[[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]]||1,493,350||52||21||7||8||11
|-
|align=left|'''Long Island Total'''<br />(including Brooklyn and Queens)||7,568,304||40||18||12||7||20
|-
|align=left|'''NY State'''||19,378,102||42||20||9||10||16
|-
|align=left|'''USA'''||308,745,538||22||37||2||23||12
|}