Pine Plains is a

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and

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(CDP) in Dutchess County, New York, United States. The population was 1,142 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York– Newark–

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, NY- NJ- CT- PA Combined Statistical Area. The community of Pine Plains is in the town of Pine Plains.

Geography

Pine Plains is located near the northern edge of Dutchess County at (41.97882, -73.661254), in the central portion of the town of Pine Plains. It is bordered to the northeast by Shekomeko Creek, a tributary of the Roeliff Jansen Kill, which flows northwest to the

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. New York State Routes

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and 82 pass through the community. NY 199 (Church Street) leads east to Millerton and west to Red Hook. NY 82 enters the community as South Main Street, then turns east on Church Street with NY 199. NY 82 leads south to Stanfordville and north by a winding route to Ancram. Poughkeepsie, the Dutchess County seat, is to the southwest via NY 82 and U.S. Route 44. According to the

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, the Pine Plains CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 9.73%, is water. The CDP includes two water bodies, Stissing Pond and Twin Island Lake, southwest of the center of town.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,412 people, 544 households, and 368 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 611 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.67%

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, 0.42%

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, 0.28% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.71% from other races, and 1.49% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population. There were 544 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were

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living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 25.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $43,548, and the median income for a family was $49,844. Males had a median income of $39,896 versus $25,682 for females. The

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for the CDP was $23,627. About 10.1% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the

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, including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pine Plains (Cdp), New York Census-designated places in New York (state) Hamlets in New York (state) Kiryas Joel–Poughkeepsie–Newburgh metropolitan area Census-designated places in Dutchess County, New York Hamlets in Dutchess County, New York