North Massapequa is a

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and

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(CDP) located on

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within the

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in Nassau County, on

, in

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, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Massapequa area, which is anchored by

Massapequa Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 21,355 at the time of the 2020 census. Hist ...

. The population was 17,886 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 19,152 people, 6,281 households, and 5,288 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 6,333 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.32%

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, 0.22%

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, 0.02% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.55% from other races, and 0.74% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.23% of the population. There were 6,281 households, out of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were

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living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.33. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,825, and the median income for a family was $76,958. Males had a median income of $54,754 versus $35,859 for females. The

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for the CDP was $25,957. About 1.5% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the

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, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over. Like the other Massapequas, North Massapequa is predominantly

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, with nearly 50% of residents claiming Italian ancestry.

Education

North Massapequa is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the Farmingdale Union Free School District, the Massapequa Union Free School District, and the Plainedge Union Free School District. As such, children who reside within the hamlet and attend public schools go to school in one of these three districts, depending on where they live within North Massapequa. Southeast Corner of North Massapequa located in Massapequa School District

Southeast Corner of North Massapequa located in Massapequa School District

Notable people

Manjul Bhargava Manjul Bhargava (born 8 August 1974) is a Canadian-American mathematician. He is the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, the Stieltjes Professor of Number Theory at Leiden University, and also holds A ...

, mathematician, studied at the local high school *

Steve Guttenberg Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for playing Carey Mahoney in the '' Police Academy'' films from 1984 to 1987. He also acted in '' Three Men and a Baby ...

, actor, grew up in North Massapequa and attended

Plainedge High School Plainedge High School is an American public high school in the hamlet of North Massapequa, Long Island, New York, and is part of the Plainedge Union Free School District. It is the only high school in North Massapequa. Plainedge High School's ...

(Class of 1976). *

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, also known as "Stuttering John", celebrity who came to fame as a regular member of

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. Attended Plainedge High School (Class of 1983). * Joe Pantorno, sports editor for

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newspaper, grew up in North Massapequa *

Joseph Saladino Joseph S. Saladino (born March 28, 1961) is an American politician. He is the current Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. Saladino previously served as a member of the New York Assembly. He is a Republican. Early ...

, New York State Assemblyman *

Marilyn Singer Marilyn Singer (born 3 October 1948) is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry. Some of her poems are written as ...

, author of children's books, grew up in North Massapequa

References

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