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Nassau County
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county in New York, United States
Nassau County is a county located on Long Island in New York State, situated east of New York City. It is one of the most densely populated counties in the United States and serves as a major residential and economic hub for the New York metropolitan area.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nassau County is referenced by 2,867 other articles, and connects out to administrative territorial entity of New York, race and ethnicity in the United States Census and Hempstead.
The entry is geolocated on the map in NY, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1899 establishments in New York (state), Counties in the New York metropolitan area and Long Island.
Its subject is documented across 57 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William III of England
- Official name
- Nassau County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Contains
- Oyster Bay
- Capital
- Mineola
- Population
- 1395774
- Area
- 1173
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- New York City
- Headquarters
- Mineola
- Official website
- www.nassaucountyny.gov
- Image
- HempsteadHouseSandsPoint.jpg
- Households
- 449967
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- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Nassau County, New York
- Commons category
- Nassau County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Nassau County, New York
- located in/on physical feature
- Long Island
- different from
- Nassau County
- inception
- 1899-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Nassau County, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nassau County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 37
- native label
- Nassau County
- social media followers
- 16465
- per capita income
- 53363
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Encyclopedic overview
Manhasset Bay, as seen on a map from 1917 Nassau County (/ˈnæsɔː/ NASS-aw) is a densely populated and affluent suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United States census, Nassau County's population was 1,395,774, making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York and 29th in the nation, reflecting an increase of 56,242 (+4.2%) from the 1,339,532 residents enumerated at the 2010 census. By 2025, Nassau's population was approaching 1.4 million, driven by a high influx of Asians. The county seat is Mineola, while Nassau County's largest and most populous town is Hempstead.
Situated on western Long Island, the County of Nassau borders New York City's borough of Queens to its west, and Long Island's Suffolk County to its east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in the State of New York outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive rail, highway, and cultural connectivity. Nassau is considered one of the central counties within the New York metropolitan area.
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On the map
2 mapped locations