Atlantic Beach, New York
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Atlantic Beach is a village in Nassau County, New York on a barrier island off the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 1,986.
The Village of Atlantic Beach is in the Town of Hempstead.
Geography
Atlantic Beach is located at (40.589909, -73.731538)[Geographic references#1GR1].According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it (52.00%) is water.
Cultural and Literary References
Atlantic Beach is home to Sonny Corleone in The Godfather. (Sonny's father, Don Vito Corleone, lives in neighboring Long Beach).The 1984 Garry Marshall film The Flamingo Kid centers on a fictional beach club in Atlantic Beach. The film was shot on location at an actual defunct beach club in the village.
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 1,986 people, 766 households, and 569 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,597.5/km² (4,114.8/mi²). There were 954 housing units at an average density of 767.4/km² (1,976.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.98% White, 0.70% African American, 0.81% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.97% of the population.There were 766 households out of which 27.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the village the population was spread out with 19.5% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 31.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 47 years. For every 100 females there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $85,122, and the median income for a family was $93,647. Males had a median income of $67,583 versus $49,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $44,035. About 3.9% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
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