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« on: March 16, 2014, 02:25:33 PM » |
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Nassau County, NT. Just to the east of NYC, as it borders Queens. It was mostly farmland until WW2, but grew rapidly after that as it was one of the first suburbs.
The county has a high population density - 4,705 people /sq mile, and the highest of any county in the country that doesn't have a major city in it (with the exception of Arlington which is a city/county)
Nassau county is fairly diverse, though some areas of the county are anything but. The Asian population almost doubled between 2000 and 2010
65.5% Non-Hispanic white
14.6% Hispanic
11.1% African American
7.6% Asian
Median Household Income $97,049
Politically the county was quite Republican for a long time. From 1916 to 1988 the GOP Presidential candidate won it every time with the exception of LBJ's 64 landslide. Nassau hasn't gone Republican since as it swung rapidly Democratic during the 90's like many other counties in the region. It did backtrack quite a bit after the 2000 election in which it seemed to max out and has leveled off since then, basically a lean Dem county at this point. Locally the county is a bit of a mixed bag, though the state Senate is Republican. Ideology wise the county is generally socially liberal and fiscally moderate. Property taxes tend to be a major issue as property taxes are among the highest in the country and in most cases over $10,000 a year.
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