Community Profile

Pledge Summary

The Town of Hempstead is proud to be America's largest township, with a population of approximately 770,000 people, and one of the nation’s oldest, dating back to 1644. Bordering New York City to the east, and the Hempstead Bay estuary and Atlantic Ocean on the southern border, the town encompasses more than 142 square miles, 20,000 acres of wetlands, and 180 miles of coastal waterways. During the Town's first two years of taking the Pledge, since 2022, Leadership Circle status was achieved. For the third year participating in the pledge, the Town is committing to various actions that build upon programs established in 2022 and 2023, including public outreach and education about native pollinator plants that support monarch populations, a citizen science project where the Town will be tagging monarch butterflies in partnership with Camp ANCHOR in Lido Beach, and maintaining several demonstration gardens at Town facilities. The Town owns and operates a greenhouse that is focused on native pollinator plant species that will be able to support many of these action items.