Roslyn is a village in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island.

The Village of Roslyn is in the Town of North Hempstead.

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,570 people, 1,060 households, and 603 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,575.1/km² (4,082.2/mi²). There were 1,124 housing units at an average density of 688.9/km² (1,785.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 86.81% White, 2.33% African American, 0.08% Native American, 6.15% Asian, 2.02% from other races, and 2.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.34% of the population.

There were 1,060 households out of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.1% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the village the population was spread out with 18.2% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 83.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $72,404, and the median income for a family was $101,622. Males had a median income of $65,156 versus $45,221 for females. The per capita income for the village was $47,166. About 1.3% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.

People associated with Roslyn
Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, A Little Princess and Little Lord Fauntleroy is buried in Roslyn Cemetery
Michael Crichton, author Jurassic Park and creator ER, raised in Roslyn; went to Roslyn High School
William Cullen Bryant lived in Roslyn; buried in Roslyn Cemetery
Allison Danzig, sportswriter for The New York Times and author, lived in Roslyn
Carolyn Gusoff lives in Roslyn
Jeffrey Guterman lived in Roslyn
Wendy Liebman, raised in Roslyn
Clarence Mackay lived in Roslyn
Christopher Morley lived in Roslyn; buried in Roslyn Cemetery
Darin Strauss, best-selling author, lived in Roslyn.



Information courtesy of US Census Bureau and wikipedia.org