Fishers Island, New York
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Fishers Island is a hamlet located on Fishers Island in Suffolk County, New York (USA), at the eastern end of Long Island Sound. The population was 289 at the 2000 census.
Fishers Island village and the island itself are in the Town of Southold. Fishers Island has a ZIP Code (06390) associated with Connecticut.
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[edit] History
The island was once a private estate of the Winthrop family. In spite of its proximity to Connecticut, it was confirmed to be part of New York in 1879.
[edit] Geography
Fishers Island is located at (41.261936, -72.007084)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has a total area of 10.9 km² (4.2 mi²). 10.5 km² (4.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (3.57%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 289 people, 138 households, and 77 families residing in the hamlet. The population density was 27.6/km² (71.3/mi²). There were 625 housing units at an average density of 59.6/km² (154.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the community was 95.50% White, 1.04% African American, 1.04% Asian, and 2.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population.
There were 138 households out of which 26.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.5% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.72.
In the hamlet the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.
The median income for a household in the community was $50,521, and the median income for a family was $59,583. Males had a median income of $47,917 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $31,652. About 4.5% of families and 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 7.9% of those sixty five or over.
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