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Nassau County

county in New York, United States
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Nassau County
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Summary

Nassau County is a county of New York[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of county of new york entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,592 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Mineola[5]
  • Shares border with: Suffolk County[6], Queens County[7], Westchester County[8], Bronx County[9], New York City[10]
  • Named after: William III of England[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: North Hempstead[12], Hempstead[13], Oyster Bay[14]
  • Headquarters location: Mineola[15]
  • Commons category: Nassau County, New York[16]
  • Inception: 1899[17]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Long Island[18]
  • Official website: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nassau County, New York[20]
  • Population: 1,339,532[21], 1,341,048[22], 1,345,260[23], 1,348,283[24], 1,352,146[25], 83,930[26], 55,448[27], 1,361,350[28], 1,357,429[29], 1,395,774[30]
  • Official name: Nassau County[31]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Nassau County, New York[32]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nassau County, New York[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Nassau County, New York[34]
  • Number of households: 476,732[35], 468,346[36], 449,967[37]
  • Native label: Nassau County[38]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109545[39]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Nassau County, New York[40]
  • Different from: Nassau County[41]
  • Area: 1173 km²[42]
  • Water as percent of area: 37 percent[43]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[44]

Why It Matters

Nassau County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Julius Erving New York New York City Taichung United States William III of England

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . public.tableau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . public.tableau.com. Retrieved . public.tableau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . public.tableau.com. Retrieved . public.tableau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Charmoniumq · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bar', 'bg', 'bpy', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'e
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → New York
    Located in the statistical territorial entity → New York metropolitan area
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the statistical territorial entity: New York metropolitan area"
  2. 17d ago · Porrima · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → New York
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oyster Bay, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275263|batch #275263]]"
  3. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Nassau County, New
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Nassau County, New York.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidenti"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomicon id → 1806774
    Obo gazetteer id → 22224468
    Umls cui → C3812327
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  5. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+12007'}, {'amount': '+7470'}, {'amount': '+16918'} +1
    Headquarters → —
    Population → {'amount': '+1339532'}, {'amount': '+1341048'}, {'amount': '+1345260'} +7
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1173'}
    + 37 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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