Editing Nassau County, New York (section)

=== Race and ethnicity ===
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|+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
|}