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The Town of Brookhaven is located in central Suffolk County, New York, USA, and stretches from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. Brookhaven is part of the New York metropolitan area. The populus of the town was 448,248 at the 2000 census. It has coastline on both the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound. Riverhead and Southampton lie to the east, and Smithtown and Islip lie to the west. A large part of Fire Island and the Great South Bay are in the town. The current Town Supervisor is Brian X. Foley, a Democrat who was elected in 2005, putting to end longtime Republican control of the town. As of the censusē of 2000, there were 448,248 people, 146,828 households, and 112,910 families residing in the town. The populus density was 1,728.8 people per square mile (667.5/kmē). There were 155,406 housing units at an avg density of 599.4/sq mi (231.4/kmē). The racial makeup of the town was 88.43% White, 4.33% Black or African US, 0.23% Native US, 2.90% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.21% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.04% of the populus. In the town the populus was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.
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