Lattingtown, New York
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Lattingtown is a village in Nassau County, New York in the USA. The population was 1,860 at the 2000 census. The Village of Lattingtown is within the Town of Oyster Bay. Initially, Lattingtown was a marsh, populated by Matinecock Indians who lived nearby. The Matinecocks sold the area in 1660 to Richard Latting and his son, Josiah Latting. The Lattings sold marsh reeds for thatched-roof houses.
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[edit] Geography
Lattingtown is located at (40.894334, -73.595118)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 9.9 km² (3.8 mi²). 9.8 km² (3.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.05%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,860 people, 627 households, and 509 families residing in the village. The population density was 190.0/km² (491.9/mi²). There were 688 housing units at an average density of 70.3/km² (182.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.46% White, 0.59% African American, 3.49% Asian, 0.38% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.31% of the population.
There were 627 households out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.8% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.25.
In the village the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 4.6% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $136,807, and the median income for a family was $156,462. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $44,063 for females. The per capita income for the village was $76,260. About 2.1% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.
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