Back نيو سكوير (نيويورك) Arabic New Square Catalan New Square CEB New Square, Efrog Newydd Welsh New Square Spanish New Square (New York) Basque New Square (New York) Finnish New Square French ניו סקוור HE New Square, New York HT
New Square, New York
שיכון סקווירא | |
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 Location in Rockland County and the state of New York. | |
  New Square Location within the state of New York and the USA  New Square New Square (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°8′23″N 74°1′42″W / 41.13972°N 74.02833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Rockland |
| Incorporated | November 6, 1961 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Israel Spitzer |
| • Trustees | Abraham Kohl, Hirsch Unger, Jacob Unger and Uri Braun[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km2) |
| • Land | 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 9,679 |
| • Estimate (2023)[3] | 9,824 |
| • Density | 26,373.30/sq mi (10,192.07/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 10977 |
| Area code | 845 |
| FIPS code | 36-50705 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0971939 |
| Website | Official website  |
New Square (Yiddish: שיכון סקווירא, romanized: Shikun Skvir) is an all-Hasidic village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Hillcrest, east of Viola, south of New Hempstead, and west of New City. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 9,679.[4] Its inhabitants are predominantly members of the Skverer Hasidic movement who seek to maintain a Hasidic lifestyle disconnected from the secular world. It is the poorest town (measured by median income) in New York, and the eighth poorest in the United States. It also has the highest poverty rate, at 64.4%.[5]
- ^ "Board of Trustees". Village of New Square. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "QuickFacts: New Square, New York". Census.gov.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): New Square village, New York". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 3, 2012.[needs update]
- ^ Sauter, Michael B. (June 8, 2019). "Across the US: What are the 35 poorest towns in America?". USA Today.
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