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Census Data for Governors Island

As far as we can tell, Governors Island<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Governors Island, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • New York
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • New York is located in Kings County
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  • Jersey City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jersey City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Hoboken
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hoboken is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Bayonne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bayonne is located in Hudson County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayonne
  • Union City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
  • West New York
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • West New York is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Guttenberg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Guttenberg is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Secaucus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Secaucus is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Harrison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrison is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Kearny
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kearny is located in Hudson County (NJ)
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  • Newark
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Newark is located in Essex County (NJ)
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  • Elizabeth
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Elizabeth is located in Union County (NJ)
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    • Bloomfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bloomfield is located in Richmond County
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    • East Orange
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • East Orange is located in Essex County (NJ)
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    • Ridgefield Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Ridgefield Park is located in Bergen County (NJ)
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New York County ...

Governors Island is located in New York County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for New York County.

Miscellaneous Information for Governors Island ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either New York County or the community of Governors Island:

  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Governors Island is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Governors Island.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Governors Island may originally have been Governor's Island. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Governors Island might be written as Governor Island. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Governors Island.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including New York, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.