Census Data for Shelter Island

As far as we can tell, Shelter Island 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 Shelter Island, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Dering Harbor
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Dering Harbor is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dering Harbor
• Greenport
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenport is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenport
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenport <1>
• North Haven
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • North Haven is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Haven
• Sag Harbor
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sag Harbor is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sag Harbor
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sag Harbor <1>
• East Hampton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • East Hampton is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hampton
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Hampton <1>
• Sagaponack
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Sagaponack is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagaponack
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sagaponack <1>
• Southampton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Southampton is located in Suffolk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southampton
  • Southampton has also been known as:
  • Southampton village
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• Old Saybrook
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Old Saybrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Saybrook
• Old Lyme
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Old Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
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• Westbrook
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Westbrook is located in Middlesex County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westbrook
• Clinton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Clinton is located in Middlesex County (CT)
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• Essex
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Essex is located in Middlesex County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essex
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  • East Lyme
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • East Lyme is located in New London County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lyme
  • Pine Valley
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Valley is located in Suffolk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
  • Deep River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Deep River is located in Middlesex County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River

Suffolk County ...

Shelter Island is located in Suffolk County<2>.

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

Miscellaneous Information for Shelter 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 Suffolk County or the community of Shelter Island:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Shelter Island:
  • GNIS ID for Shelter Island: 965036
  • GNIS ID for Suffolk County: 974149
  • GNIS ID for State of New York: 1779796

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 36 (New York)
  • County Code: 103 (Suffolk County)
  • Place Code: 66828 (Shelter Island)
  • State & County Code: 36/103 (New York / Suffolk County)
  • State & Place Code: 36/66828 (New York / Shelter Island)

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

• The US Postal Service ZIP Code ...
  • While some people have used a ZIP code to identify a community, the purpose of the ZIP code was to make mail delivery more efficient by grouping addresses together. Although the ZIP Code doesn't specifically identify a community like Shelter Island, it does identify addresses that are in (or near) Shelter Island. It's important to remember that the boundaries of a ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned or overlapped with other ZIP Codes.
  • The ZIP code for Shelter Island:11964<3>

• Census ZCTA Codes ...
  • The US Census Bureau created statistical entities that they call ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and these ZCTAs are frequently confused with the ZIP codes that come from the US Postal Service (USPS).
  • ZCTAs were first created for the 2000 Census and at that time, they were based upon the USPS ZIP codes. While largely covering the same areas, the boundaries of a ZCTA do not necessarily match the boundaries of a postal ZIP code with the same number. For example, while a postal ZIP code can cross a county or state line, a Census ZCTA can not. They should be treated as separate entities with no correlation between them.

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