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1905
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About Hempstead
Town on Long Island, New York, United StatesHempstead is the most populous town in the state of New York. It is the largest of the three towns within Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay), located on Long Island, immediately east of southern Queens. The population was 793,409 at the time of the 2020 United States census, and its highest decennial census count ever was back in the 1970 United States census, where the town recorded a population of 801,592, which also made it the ninth largest municipality in the country by population at that time. The town occupies the southwestern part of Nassau County, on western Long Island. A total of 22 incorporated villages (one of which is named Hempstead) are completely or pa…
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Housing in Hempstead
The typical Hempstead home is worth about $647,000, up 4.1% in a year, 23% above the New York typical home.
Schools in Hempstead
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The public schools Hempstead’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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