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Hempstead, New York

February 23, 2023

For the village located within this town, see Hempstead (village), New York.

The Town of Hempstead, historically known as South Hempstead, is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) in the U.S. state of New York. It occupies the southwestern part of the county, on the western half of Long Island. Twenty-two incorporated villages (one of which is named Hempstead) are completely or partially within the town. The town's combined population was 759,757 at the 2010 census, which is the majority of the population of the county and by far the largest of any town in New York. In 2019, its combined population increased to an estimated 759,793 according to the American Community Survey.[4]

Hempstead, New York
Town
Town of Hempstead
Atlantic Beach view, downtown Hempstead, Uniondale skyline, Wantagh Park
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Seal
Location of Hempstead in Nassau County (right), and location of Nassau County in the State of New York (left)
Hempstead
Location in New York
Hempstead
Location in the United States
Hempstead
Hempstead (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°37′02″W / 40.70472°N 73.61722°W / 40.70472; -73.61722Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°37′02″W / 40.70472°N 73.61722°W / 40.70472; -73.61722
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyNassau County
First settled1644; 379 years ago (1644)
Town SeatHempstead
Government
 • TypeTown council
 • Town supervisorDon Clavin (R)
 • Town council
Members
Area
[1]
 • Total191.77 sq mi (496.68 km2)
 • Land118.68 sq mi (307.39 km2)
 • Water73.08 sq mi (189.29 km2)  38.11%
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total793,409
 • Density6,685/sq mi (2,581/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
11550[3]
Area codes516, 363
FIPS code36-059-34000
Websitehempsteadny.gov

If Hempstead were to be incorporated as a city, it would be the second-largest city in New York, behind New York City; it is about three times the size of Buffalo, which has long been the state's second-largest city. It would be the 18th-largest city in the country, behind San Francisco, California, and ahead of Seattle, Washington. Hempstead is thus the most populous municipality in the New York metropolitan area outside New York City.

Hofstra University's main campus is located in the Town of Hempstead.

History

The town was first settled around 1644 following the establishment of a treaty between English colonists, John Carman and Robert Fordham, and the Lenape Indians in 1643. Although the settlers were from the English colony of Connecticut, a patent was issued by the government of New Netherland after the settlers had purchased land from the local natives. This transaction is depicted in a mural in the Hempstead Village Hall, reproduced from a poster commemorating the 300th anniversary of Hempstead Village.

In local Dutch-language documents of the 1640s and later, the town was invariably called Heemstede,[5] and several of Hempstead's original 50 patentees were Dutch, suggesting that Hempstead was named after the Dutch town and/or castle Heemstede, which are near the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam. However, the authorities possibly had Dutchified a name given by co-founder John Carman, who was born in 1606 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, on land owned by his ancestors since the 13th century.[6]

In 1664, the settlement under the new Province of New York adopted the Duke's Laws, austere statutes that became the basis upon which the laws of many colonies were to be founded. For a time, Hempstead became known as "Old Blue", as a result of the "Blue Laws".[6]

During the American Revolution, the Loyalists in the south and the American sympathizers in the north caused a split in 1784 into "North Hempstead" and "South Hempstead". With the 1898 incorporation of the Borough of Queens as part of the city of New York, and the 1899 split of Queens County to create Nassau County, some southwestern portions of the Town of Hempstead seceded from the town and became part of the Borough of Queens.

Richard Hewlett, who was born in Hempstead, served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the British Army under General Oliver De Lancey in the American Revolution. Afterward, Hewlett departed the United States with other Loyalists and settled in the newly created Province of New Brunswick in what later became Canada. A settlement there was named Hampstead, in Queen's County next to Long Island in the Saint John River.

Geography

 
The water tower at Jones Beach State Park centered over the Wantagh Parkway

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 191.3 square miles (495.5 km2), of which 120.0 square miles (310.7 km2) is land and 71.4 square miles (184.8 km2) (37.30%) is water.

The western town line is the border of Queens County in New York City. Its northern border, with the town of North Hempstead and the town of Oyster Bay, is along the main line of the Long Island Rail Road and along Old Country Road in Garden City heading east towards the Wantagh Parkway. Its eastern border, also with the town of Oyster Bay, runs parallel to (and several hundred feet west of) Route 107. To the south is the Atlantic Ocean, off of Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout, and Jones Beach, as well as the city of Long Beach.

The most popular beach on the east coast of the United States, Jones Beach State Park, is located in Hempstead. The beach is a popular destination for Long Islanders and residents of New York. The beach itself receives approximately six million visitors per year.

Communities

The town of Hempstead contains 22 villages and 38 hamlets:[7][8]

Villages

Hamlets

In addition, there are a few areas that are not part of any incorporated village or census-designated place:

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
17903,828—
18004,1418.2%
18105,08422.8%
18306,215—
18407,60922.4%
18508,81115.8%
186012,37640.5%
187013,99913.1%
188018,16429.8%
189023,75630.8%
190027,06613.9%
191044,29763.7%
192070,79059.8%
1930186,735163.8%
1940259,31838.9%
1950432,50666.8%
1960740,73871.3%
1970801,5928.2%
1980738,517−7.9%
1990725,639−1.7%
2000755,9244.2%
2010759,7570.5%
2020793,4094.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

The 2019 American Community Survey determined the population of the town of Hempstead was 759,793.[4] The racial and ethnic makeup of the town was 54.0% non-Hispanic white, 17.4% Black or African American, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.2% Asian, 3.7% multiracial, and 20.9% Hispanic or Latin American of any race.

Of the population, there were 244,203 households and there was an owner-occupied housing rate of 80.8%. The average household size was 3.10 and the population was made of 22.7% foreign-born residents. In 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit was $455,700 and the median gross rent of rented units at $1,678. Residents of the town had a combined median household income of $111,072 and per capita of $44,958. Of the population in 2019, 6.0% lived at or below the poverty line.

As of the census[10] of 2010, there were 759,757 people, 246,828 households, and 193,513 families residing in the town. The population density was 6,301.3 inhabitants per square mile (2,433.0/km2). There were 252,286 housing units at an average density of 2,103.0 per square mile (812.0/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 59.9% White, 16.5% Black, 0.3% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.5% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic and Latin Americans of any race were 17.4% of the population.

There were 246,828 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.02 and the average family size was 3.41.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.2 males.

According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $84,362, and the median income for a family was $96,080. Males had a median income of $50,818 versus $36,334 for females. The per capita income for the town was $28,153. About 4.0% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Lufthansa United States had its headquarters in East Meadow,[11][12][13] beginning in the 1970s, after it moved from Park Avenue in Manhattan, in order to save money. In 2019, the office had 206 employees; that year the headquarters moved to Uniondale.[14]

At one time Swiss International Air Lines operated its United States office at 776 RexCorp Plaza in the EAB Plaza in Uniondale. The airline moved from 41 Pinelawn Road in Melville, Suffolk County around 2002.[15][16]

Snapple was previously headquartered in East Meadow,[17] prior to moving their corporate office. The office space is now currently occupied by the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island.[18]

Government and politics

The town is headed by Donald X. Clavin, Jr. (R) of Garden City. The responsibilities of the office include presiding over meetings of the Town Council and directing the legislative and administrative function of that body. The position also entails creating and implementing the town's budget. One famous former supervisor was Republican Alfonse D'Amato, who later represented New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999.

Town of Hempstead Supervisor
Name Party Term
Position Established 1993
Gregory Peterson Republican 1993–1998 (Resigned)
Richard Guardino Republican 1998–2003 (Resigned)
Kate Murray Republican 2003–2015
Anthony Santino Republican 2016–2017
Laura Gillen Democratic 2018–2019
Donald X. Clavin Republican 2020–Present

Prior to 1994, the town also had a Presiding Supervisor, who along with the Supervisor, sat on what was then Nassau County's main governmental body, the Board of Supervisors, along with the Supervisors of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and the independent cities of Long Beach—formerly a part of Hempstead Town until its incorporation as a separate municipality in 1922—and Glen Cove, which had been carved out of Oyster Bay Town in 1917. Typically, the Presiding Supervisor, besides chairing the weekly county Board of Supervisors meetings, acted as the senior official in the town government with the Supervisor in a more junior, subordinate role; a number of Supervisors moved up to Presiding Supervisor whenever that office became vacant, including, in succession during the 1970s, Ralph G. Caso and Francis T. Purcell, both of whom later went on to become the county executive, and then Al D'Amato, before he moved up to the Senate. Having the Presiding Supervisor on the county board along with the Supervisor gave Hempstead—by far the most populous of the county's three towns and two cities—the most clout on that body. However, in 1993–94, a federal judge ruled that the board's makeup violated the one-person, one-vote constitutional principle and also gave no representation to the country's growing minority population.[19] As a result of that ruling, the Board of Supervisors was replaced by a 19-member county legislature. Gregory P. Peterson served as the last Presiding Supervisor, as the position was abolished with the demise of the county board. The Current Tax Collector is Jeanine Driscoll.

The Town Council comprises six voting members, elected from a councilmanic district. Their primary function is to adopt the annual budget, adopting and amending the town code and the building zone ordinances, adopting all traffic regulations, and hearing applications for changes of zone and special exceptions to zoning codes.

As of 2022, the council members are:[20]

  1. Dorothy L. Goosby (D-Hempstead Village)
  2. Thomas E. Muscarella (R-Garden City)
  3. Melissa Miller (R-Atlantic Beach)
  4. Anthony P. D'Esposito (R-Island Park)(Elected to US House of Representatives NY-04, beginning in January 2023)
  5. Chris Carini (R-Seaford)
  6. Dennis Dunne, Sr. (R-Levittown)

Other elected officials in the town include the clerk and the receiver of taxes. The clerk is responsible for issuing birth, marriage, and death certificates and is considered the town's record keeper. The clerk is currently Kate Murray (R). The Receiver of Taxes is Jeanine C. Driscoll (R).[21] The Town of Hempstead formerly elected the offices of Constable, Overseer of the Poor, Town Assessor, Town Treasurer, Town Auditors, Superintendent of Highways, Overseer of the Public Cemetery, and Justices of the Peace. Most of these functions have been included in other governments or made non-elected.

State and federal representation

Hempstead is part of New York's 2nd, 4th and 5th Congressional Districts. District 2, represented by Andrew Garbarino (R-Sayville), is the southern and eastern portions of the town, while District 4, formerly represented for nine terms by Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) and since the beginning of 2015 by Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), covers the northern and western portions of the town. Gregory Meeks represents District 5 which includes minority majority areas in the western portion of the Town like Elmont and North Valley Stream.

Hempstead is in parts of New York's 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Senatorial Districts. They are currently represented by Kevin Thomas (D), Anna Kaplan (D), John Brooks (D), and Todd Kaminsky (D), respectively.

Nine assembly districts are either within or partly within the town. They are Districts 12, 14–15, and 17–22. The assembly members are Joseph Saladino (R), Brian F. Curran (R), Michael Montesano (R), Thomas McKevitt (R), Earlene Hill Hooper (D), David G. McDonough (R), Melissa "Missy" Miller;(R), Edward Ra (R), and Michaelle Solages (D), respectively.

County legislators[22]

Hempstead has 12 county legislative districts either within or in part of the town. They are districts 1–8, 13–15, and 19. The legislators who represent those districts are:

  1. Kevan Abrahams
  2. Siela Bynoe
  3. Carrie Solages
  4. Denise Ford
  5. Debra Mule
  6. C. William Gaylor, III
  7. Howard Kopel
  8. Vincent Muscarella
  9. Thomas McKevitt
  10. Laura Schaefer
  11. John Ferretti, Jr.
  12. Steven D. Rhoads

Sister city

On September 12, 2016, the Town of Hempstead signed a Declaration of Cooperation with the Shomron Regional Council in the Israeli-controlled West Bank. This council represents 35 Israeli settlements in that region. Signing the pact was its proponent Councilmen Bruce Blakeman and Anthony D'Esposito and Supervisor Santino and Shomron leader Yossi Dagan.[23][24]

Politics

See also: Law and Government of Nassau County

Though the town government is still controlled by the Republicans (and has been for almost the entire history of the party), town voters in recent years leaned Democratic in elections on the state and federal level. In presidential elections since 1996, the Democrat has won in Hempstead (Bill Clinton received 56% in 1996, Al Gore received 58% in 2000 and John Kerry got 53% in 2004). Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer won Hempstead by a large margin in 2004, and Democratic County Executive Thomas Suozzi won in 2001 and 2005. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won 49 percent of voters in 2016, while President Donald Trump won 42 percent of voters. In 2021 Bruce Blakeman, a Republican Town Councilman, was elected Nassau County Executive in a surprising defeat of Democratic incumbent Laura Curran.

Transportation

Railroad lines

The Long Island Rail Road's Main Line runs through the northwestern part of the town with stations from Bellerose through Merillon Avenue in Garden City. The Hempstead Branch breaks away from the Main Line in Floral Park, and uses stations from Bellerose into Hempstead. The West Hempstead Branch runs from Valley Stream northeast to West Hempstead. Further south in the town, the Babylon Branch runs from the New York City Line into southern portions of the Town of Oyster Bay with stations between Valley Stream and Seaford. Also the Far Rockaway Branch branches off from Valley Stream and curves to the southwest from that station through Inwood before finally re-entering the city in the Rockaways. Just east of there, the Long Beach Branch breaks away at Lynbrook and runs southeast into Long Beach.

Bus service

The Town of Hempstead is served primarily by Nassau Inter-County Express bus routes, though some MTA Bus Routes enter Nassau County from Queens. The City of Long Beach also has a separate bus service.

Major roads

See also: List of county routes in Nassau County, New York

State parks

References

  1. ^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hempstead town, Nassau County, New York Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census".
  3. ^ "Hempstead ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "2019 U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Hempstead town, Nassau County, New York". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ J.A. Jacobs, The Colony of New Netherland: A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth Century America, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, pages 87, 268, 273-4
  6. ^ a b . The Incorporated Village of Hempstead. 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  7. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017.
  8. ^ Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-1557871541.
  9. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  11. ^ "Contact us". SWISS USA. Retrieved on January 29, 2011. "1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, NY"
  12. ^ "Ticket copy request." Lufthansa. Retrieved on January 29, 2011. "1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, NY 11554."
  13. ^ "East Meadow CDP, New York[permanent dead link]." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 29, 2011.
  14. ^ Madore, James T. (2019-03-05). "Lufthansa moves Americas headquarters, seeks tax breaks". Newsday. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  15. ^ "Contact Us SWISS USA." Swiss International Air Lines. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
  16. ^ Anastasi, Nick. "SwissAir USA HQ heads to market.(Swiss International Airlines moves to Uniondale)." Long Island Business News. June 7, 2002. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.
  17. ^ "Snapple history." Snapple Beverage Corporation History. Retrieved on September 24, 2012.
  18. ^ "Epilepsy Foundation to revamp former Snapple HQ". Long Island Business News. Retrieved on September 24, 2012.
  19. ^ McQuiston, John T. (9 June 1994). "Judge Says He Will Create a Nassau Legislature on His Own if Supervisors Fail to Act". The New York Times.
  20. ^ {{Cite web|url=https://hempsteadny.gov/655/Town-Council-Members}
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  22. ^ "County Legislature | Nassau County, NY - Official Website". www.nassaucountyny.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  23. ^ Colapietro, Diana "Town creates ‘sister’ relationship with Israeli region. Hempstead officials reaffirm their anti-BDS stance and support for the Jewish state" LI Herald September 14, 2016 http://www.liherald.com/stories/Town-creates-sister-relationship-with-Israeli-region,83694
  24. ^ "In anti-BDS stand, Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council" Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/In-anti-BDS-stand-Hempstead-New-York-signs-sister-city-pact-with-settler-council-467880

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For the village located within this town see Hempstead village New York The Town of Hempstead historically known as South Hempstead is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay in the U S state of New York It occupies the southwestern part of the county on the western half of Long Island Twenty two incorporated villages one of which is named Hempstead are completely or partially within the town The town s combined population was 759 757 at the 2010 census which is the majority of the population of the county and by far the largest of any town in New York In 2019 its combined population increased to an estimated 759 793 according to the American Community Survey 4 Hempstead New YorkTownTown of HempsteadAtlantic Beach view downtown Hempstead Uniondale skyline Wantagh ParkFlagSealLocation of Hempstead in Nassau County right and location of Nassau County in the State of New York left HempsteadLocation in New YorkShow map of Long 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the size of Buffalo which has long been the state s second largest city It would be the 18th largest city in the country behind San Francisco California and ahead of Seattle Washington Hempstead is thus the most populous municipality in the New York metropolitan area outside New York City Hofstra University s main campus is located in the Town of Hempstead Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Communities 2 1 1 Villages 2 1 2 Hamlets 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 Government and politics 5 1 State and federal representation 5 2 County legislators 22 5 3 Sister city 5 4 Politics 6 Transportation 6 1 Railroad lines 6 2 Bus service 6 3 Major roads 7 State parks 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditThe town was first settled around 1644 following the establishment of a treaty between English colonists John Carman and Robert Fordham and the Lenape Indians in 1643 Although the settlers were from the English colony of Connecticut a patent was issued by the government of New Netherland after the settlers had purchased land from the local natives This transaction is depicted in a mural in the Hempstead Village Hall reproduced from a poster commemorating the 300th anniversary of Hempstead Village In local Dutch language documents of the 1640s and later the town was invariably called Heemstede 5 and several of Hempstead s original 50 patentees were Dutch suggesting that Hempstead was named after the Dutch town and or castle Heemstede which are near the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam However the authorities possibly had Dutchified a name given by co founder John Carman who was born in 1606 in Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire England on land owned by his ancestors since the 13th century 6 In 1664 the settlement under the new Province of New York adopted the Duke s Laws austere statutes that became the basis upon which the laws of many colonies were to be founded For a time Hempstead became known as Old Blue as a result of the Blue Laws 6 During the American Revolution the Loyalists in the south and the American sympathizers in the north caused a split in 1784 into North Hempstead and South Hempstead With the 1898 incorporation of the Borough of Queens as part of the city of New York and the 1899 split of Queens County to create Nassau County some southwestern portions of the Town of Hempstead seceded from the town and became part of the Borough of Queens Richard Hewlett who was born in Hempstead served as a Lieutenant Colonel with the British Army under General Oliver De Lancey in the American Revolution Afterward Hewlett departed the United States with other Loyalists and settled in the newly created Province of New Brunswick in what later became Canada A settlement there was named Hampstead in Queen s County next to Long Island in the Saint John River Geography Edit The water tower at Jones Beach State Park centered over the Wantagh Parkway According to the United States Census Bureau the town has a total area of 191 3 square miles 495 5 km2 of which 120 0 square miles 310 7 km2 is land and 71 4 square miles 184 8 km2 37 30 is water The western town line is the border of Queens County in New York City Its northern border with the town of North Hempstead and the town of Oyster Bay is along the main line of the Long Island Rail Road and along Old Country Road in Garden City heading east towards the Wantagh Parkway Its eastern border also with the town of Oyster Bay runs parallel to and several hundred feet west of Route 107 To the south is the Atlantic Ocean off of Atlantic Beach Lido Beach Point Lookout and Jones Beach as well as the city of Long Beach The most popular beach on the east coast of the United States Jones Beach State Park is located in Hempstead The beach is a popular destination for Long Islanders and residents of New York The beach itself receives approximately six million visitors per year Communities Edit The town of Hempstead contains 22 villages and 38 hamlets 7 8 Villages Edit Atlantic Beach Bellerose Cedarhurst East Rockaway Floral Park small part in North Hempstead Freeport Garden City small part in North Hempstead Hempstead village Hewlett Bay Park Hewlett Harbor Hewlett Neck Island Park Lawrence Lynbrook Malverne Mineola almost all in North Hempstead New Hyde Park part with North Hempstead Rockville Centre South Floral Park Stewart Manor Valley Stream Woodsburgh Hamlets Edit Baldwin Baldwin Harbor Barnum Island Bay Park Bellerose Terrace Bellmore Bethpage almost all in Oyster Bay East Atlantic Beach East Garden City East Meadow Elmont Franklin Square Garden City South Harbor Isle Hewlett Inwood Lakeview Levittown Lido Beach Malverne Park Oaks Merrick Munson North Bellmore North Lynbrook North Merrick North Valley Stream North Wantagh North Woodmere Oceanside Point Lookout Roosevelt Salisbury South Westbury Seaford South Hempstead South Valley Stream Uniondale Wantagh West Hempstead Woodmere In addition there are a few areas that are not part of any incorporated village or census designated place Jones Beach Island and nearby uninhabited islands in South Oyster Bay A small area between Lynbrook and Rockville Centre that contains only Rockville CemeteryDemographics EditHistorical population CensusPop Note 17903 828 18004 1418 2 18105 08422 8 18306 215 18407 60922 4 18508 81115 8 186012 37640 5 187013 99913 1 188018 16429 8 189023 75630 8 190027 06613 9 191044 29763 7 192070 79059 8 1930186 735163 8 1940259 31838 9 1950432 50666 8 1960740 73871 3 1970801 5928 2 1980738 517 7 9 1990725 639 1 7 2000755 9244 2 2010759 7570 5 2020793 4094 4 U S Decennial Census 9 The 2019 American Community Survey determined the population of the town of Hempstead was 759 793 4 The racial and ethnic makeup of the town was 54 0 non Hispanic white 17 4 Black or African American 0 3 American Indian or Alaska Native 6 2 Asian 3 7 multiracial and 20 9 Hispanic or Latin American of any race Of the population there were 244 203 households and there was an owner occupied housing rate of 80 8 The average household size was 3 10 and the population was made of 22 7 foreign born residents In 2019 the U S Census Bureau estimated the median value of an owner occupied housing unit was 455 700 and the median gross rent of rented units at 1 678 Residents of the town had a combined median household income of 111 072 and per capita of 44 958 Of the population in 2019 6 0 lived at or below the poverty line As of the census 10 of 2010 there were 759 757 people 246 828 households and 193 513 families residing in the town The population density was 6 301 3 inhabitants per square mile 2 433 0 km2 There were 252 286 housing units at an average density of 2 103 0 per square mile 812 0 km2 The racial makeup of the town was 59 9 White 16 5 Black 0 3 Native American 5 2 Asian 0 03 Pacific Islander 4 5 from other races and 2 2 from two or more races Hispanic and Latin Americans of any race were 17 4 of the population There were 246 828 households out of which 36 5 had children under the age of 18 living with them 62 2 were married couples living together 12 3 had a female householder with no husband present and 21 6 were non families 18 1 of all households were made up of individuals and 9 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 3 02 and the average family size was 3 41 In the town the population was spread out with 25 4 under the age of 18 7 8 from 18 to 24 29 2 from 25 to 44 23 4 from 45 to 64 and 14 1 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 38 years For every 100 females there were 92 3 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88 2 males According to a 2007 estimate the median income for a household in the town was 84 362 and the median income for a family was 96 080 Males had a median income of 50 818 versus 36 334 for females The per capita income for the town was 28 153 About 4 0 of families and 5 8 of the population were below the poverty line including 6 6 of those under age 18 and 5 7 of those age 65 or over Economy EditLufthansa United States had its headquarters in East Meadow 11 12 13 beginning in the 1970s after it moved from Park Avenue in Manhattan in order to save money In 2019 the office had 206 employees that year the headquarters moved to Uniondale 14 At one time Swiss International Air Lines operated its United States office at 776 RexCorp Plaza in the EAB Plaza in Uniondale The airline moved from 41 Pinelawn Road in Melville Suffolk County around 2002 15 16 Snapple was previously headquartered in East Meadow 17 prior to moving their corporate office The office space is now currently occupied by the Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island 18 Government and politics EditThe town is headed by Donald X Clavin Jr R of Garden City The responsibilities of the office include presiding over meetings of the Town Council and directing the legislative and administrative function of that body The position also entails creating and implementing the town s budget One famous former supervisor was Republican Alfonse D Amato who later represented New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999 Town of Hempstead Supervisor Name Party TermPosition Established 1993Gregory Peterson Republican 1993 1998 Resigned Richard Guardino Republican 1998 2003 Resigned Kate Murray Republican 2003 2015Anthony Santino Republican 2016 2017Laura Gillen Democratic 2018 2019Donald X Clavin Republican 2020 PresentPrior to 1994 the town also had a Presiding Supervisor who along with the Supervisor sat on what was then Nassau County s main governmental body the Board of Supervisors along with the Supervisors of the towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay and the independent cities of Long Beach formerly a part of Hempstead Town until its incorporation as a separate municipality in 1922 and Glen Cove which had been carved out of Oyster Bay Town in 1917 Typically the Presiding Supervisor besides chairing the weekly county Board of Supervisors meetings acted as the senior official in the town government with the Supervisor in a more junior subordinate role a number of Supervisors moved up to Presiding Supervisor whenever that office became vacant including in succession during the 1970s Ralph G Caso and Francis T Purcell both of whom later went on to become the county executive and then Al D Amato before he moved up to the Senate Having the Presiding Supervisor on the county board along with the Supervisor gave Hempstead by far the most populous of the county s three towns and two cities the most clout on that body However in 1993 94 a federal judge ruled that the board s makeup violated the one person one vote constitutional principle and also gave no representation to the country s growing minority population 19 As a result of that ruling the Board of Supervisors was replaced by a 19 member county legislature Gregory P Peterson served as the last Presiding Supervisor as the position was abolished with the demise of the county board The Current Tax Collector is Jeanine Driscoll The Town Council comprises six voting members elected from a councilmanic district Their primary function is to adopt the annual budget adopting and amending the town code and the building zone ordinances adopting all traffic regulations and hearing applications for changes of zone and special exceptions to zoning codes As of 2022 the council members are 20 Dorothy L Goosby D Hempstead Village Thomas E Muscarella R Garden City Melissa Miller R Atlantic Beach Anthony P D Esposito R Island Park Elected to US House of Representatives NY 04 beginning in January 2023 Chris Carini R Seaford Dennis Dunne Sr R Levittown Other elected officials in the town include the clerk and the receiver of taxes The clerk is responsible for issuing birth marriage and death certificates and is considered the town s record keeper The clerk is currently Kate Murray R The Receiver of Taxes is Jeanine C Driscoll R 21 The Town of Hempstead formerly elected the offices of Constable Overseer of the Poor Town Assessor Town Treasurer Town Auditors Superintendent of Highways Overseer of the Public Cemetery and Justices of the Peace Most of these functions have been included in other governments or made non elected State and federal representation Edit Hempstead is part of New York s 2nd 4th and 5th Congressional Districts District 2 represented by Andrew Garbarino R Sayville is the southern and eastern portions of the town while District 4 formerly represented for nine terms by Carolyn McCarthy D Mineola and since the beginning of 2015 by Kathleen Rice D Garden City covers the northern and western portions of the town Gregory Meeks represents District 5 which includes minority majority areas in the western portion of the Town like Elmont and North Valley Stream This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2022 Hempstead is in parts of New York s 6th 7th 8th and 9th Senatorial Districts They are currently represented by Kevin Thomas D Anna Kaplan D John Brooks D and Todd Kaminsky D respectively Nine assembly districts are either within or partly within the town They are Districts 12 14 15 and 17 22 The assembly members are Joseph Saladino R Brian F Curran R Michael Montesano R Thomas McKevitt R Earlene Hill Hooper D David G McDonough R Melissa Missy Miller R Edward Ra R and Michaelle Solages D respectively County legislators 22 Edit Hempstead has 12 county legislative districts either within or in part of the town They are districts 1 8 13 15 and 19 The legislators who represent those districts are Kevan Abrahams Siela Bynoe Carrie Solages Denise Ford Debra Mule C William Gaylor III Howard Kopel Vincent Muscarella Thomas McKevitt Laura Schaefer John Ferretti Jr Steven D RhoadsSister city Edit On September 12 2016 the Town of Hempstead signed a Declaration of Cooperation with the Shomron Regional Council in the Israeli controlled West Bank This council represents 35 Israeli settlements in that region Signing the pact was its proponent Councilmen Bruce Blakeman and Anthony D Esposito and Supervisor Santino and Shomron leader Yossi Dagan 23 24 Politics Edit See also Law and Government of Nassau County Though the town government is still controlled by the Republicans and has been for almost the entire history of the party town voters in recent years leaned Democratic in elections on the state and federal level In presidential elections since 1996 the Democrat has won in Hempstead Bill Clinton received 56 in 1996 Al Gore received 58 in 2000 and John Kerry got 53 in 2004 Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer won Hempstead by a large margin in 2004 and Democratic County Executive Thomas Suozzi won in 2001 and 2005 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won 49 percent of voters in 2016 while President Donald Trump won 42 percent of voters In 2021 Bruce Blakeman a Republican Town Councilman was elected Nassau County Executive in a surprising defeat of Democratic incumbent Laura Curran Transportation EditRailroad lines Edit The Long Island Rail Road s Main Line runs through the northwestern part of the town with stations from Bellerose through Merillon Avenue in Garden City The Hempstead Branch breaks away from the Main Line in Floral Park and uses stations from Bellerose into Hempstead The West Hempstead Branch runs from Valley Stream northeast to West Hempstead Further south in the town the Babylon Branch runs from the New York City Line into southern portions of the Town of Oyster Bay with stations between Valley Stream and Seaford Also the Far Rockaway Branch branches off from Valley Stream and curves to the southwest from that station through Inwood before finally re entering the city in the Rockaways Just east of there the Long Beach Branch breaks away at Lynbrook and runs southeast into Long Beach Bus service Edit The Town of Hempstead is served primarily by Nassau Inter County Express bus routes though some MTA Bus Routes enter Nassau County from Queens The City of Long Beach also has a separate bus service Major roads Edit See also List of county routes in Nassau County New York Meadowbrook State Parkway Wantagh State Parkway Southern State Parkway Bay Parkway Loop Parkway Ocean Parkway New York State Route 25 Glen Cove Road Peninsula Boulevard New York State Route 24 New York State Route 27 Merrick Road New York State Route 102 New York State Route 105 New York State Route 106 New York State Route 107 New York State Route 135 New York State Route 878State parks EditHempstead Lake State Park Jones Beach State Park Valley Stream State Park New York state portalReferences Edit 2016 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved Jul 5 2017 Hempstead town Nassau County New York Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census Hempstead ZIP Code zipdatamaps com 2023 Retrieved January 12 2023 a b 2019 U S Census Bureau QuickFacts Hempstead town Nassau County New York www census gov Retrieved 2021 03 18 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link J A Jacobs The Colony of New Netherland A Dutch Settlement in Seventeenth Century America Cornell University Press Ithaca pages 87 268 273 4 a b History of The Village of Hempstead The Incorporated Village of Hempstead 2006 Archived from the original on June 18 2010 Retrieved August 9 2010 Town of Hempstead Map PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2 February 2017 Winsche Richard October 1 1999 The History of Nassau County Community Place Names Interlaken New York Empire State Books pp 69 70 ISBN 978 1557871541 Census of Population and Housing Census gov Retrieved June 4 2016 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved 2008 01 31 Contact us SWISS USA Retrieved on January 29 2011 1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow NY Ticket copy request Lufthansa Retrieved on January 29 2011 1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow NY 11554 East Meadow CDP New York permanent dead link U S Census Bureau Retrieved on January 29 2011 Madore James T 2019 03 05 Lufthansa moves Americas headquarters seeks tax breaks Newsday Retrieved 2020 05 17 Contact Us SWISS USA Swiss International Air Lines Retrieved on January 20 2009 Anastasi Nick SwissAir USA HQ heads to market Swiss International Airlines moves to Uniondale Long Island Business News June 7 2002 Retrieved on January 25 2009 Snapple history Snapple Beverage Corporation History Retrieved on September 24 2012 Epilepsy Foundation to revamp former Snapple HQ Long Island Business News Retrieved on September 24 2012 McQuiston John T 9 June 1994 Judge Says He Will Create a Nassau Legislature on His Own if Supervisors Fail to Act The New York Times Cite web url https hempsteadny gov 655 Town Council Members Jeanine C Driscoll Receiver of Taxes Town of Hempstead Archived from the original on 2020 04 13 Retrieved 2020 03 16 County Legislature Nassau County NY Official Website www nassaucountyny gov Retrieved 2019 02 25 Colapietro Diana Town creates sister relationship with Israeli region Hempstead officials reaffirm their anti BDS stance and support for the Jewish state LI Herald September 14 2016 http www liherald com stories Town creates sister relationship with Israeli region 83694 In anti BDS stand Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council Jerusalem Post http www jpost com Israel News Politics And Diplomacy In anti BDS stand Hempstead New York signs sister city pact with settler council 467880External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Town of Hempstead New York Town of Hempstead official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hempstead New York amp oldid 1138640146, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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