![]() It is the largest center of Hasidic Judaism in the United States outside of New York City, with approximately 5,400 households (4.2% of the world's Hasidic population). Monsey is a major center of Orthodox Judaism in the United States, along with Kiryas Joel, Kaser, Spring Valley, and New Square. About 25.4% of families and 30.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 37.8% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,000. Males had a median income of $41,606 versus $33,576 for females. The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,194, and the median income for a family was $45,911. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.6 males. ![]() For every 100 females, there were 106.8 males. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 48.6% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 16.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 4.74 and the average family size was 5.16. 10.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 2,981 households, out of which 58.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.0% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.9% were non-families. 43.98% speak English at home, 41.48% Yiddish, 6.88% Hebrew, 2.69% French or a French creole, 1.85% Spanish, and 1.24% Russian. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.86% of the population. The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.8% White, 3.0% African American, 0.03% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. There were 4,244 housing units at an average density of 1,400.0/sq mi (541.2/km 2). The population density was 6,554.3 per square mile (2,533.9/km 2). ![]() Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km 2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km 2) (0.90%) is water.Īs of the census of 2017, there were 22,043 people, 3,984 households, and 2,596 families residing in the CDP. On Decemit was the site of a mass stabbing in the home of a Hasidic rabbi who was hosting a Hanukkah party, leaving five injured and one dead. Located in Monsey is the Houser-Conklin House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. ![]() By 1997, Monsey had 112 synagogues and 45 yeshivas. In the 1950s, Monsey was a one stoplight town with a single yeshiva. The Monsey railroad station, which received its name from an alternate spelling of the Munsee Lenape, was built when the New York & Erie Railroad passed through the glen in 1841. ![]() Numerous artifacts have been found there and some rock shelters are still visible. Monsey Glen, a Native American encampment, is located west of the intersection of State Route 59 and State Route 306. Rockland County was inhabited by the Munsee band of Lenape Native Americans, who were speakers of the Algonquian languages. ![]()
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