Kiryas Joel
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| Nickname(s): KJ | |
 Location in Orange County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 41°20′24″N 74°10′2″W / 41.34000°N 74.16722°WCoordinates: 41°20′24″N 74°10′2″W / 41.34000°N 74.16722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Orange |
| Government | |
| • Administrator | Gedalye Szegedin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.11 sq mi (2.88 km2) |
| • Land | 1.11 sq mi (2.87 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 842 ft (257 m) |
| Population (July 1, 2015) | |
| • Total | 22,851 |
| 2010 United States Census | |
| Time zone | US EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 845 Exchange: 492, 781, 782, 783 |
| FIPS code | 36-39853 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979938 |
Kiryas Joel (Yiddish: קרית יואל, Kiryas Yoyel, Yiddish pronunciation: [ˈkɪʁ.jəs ˈjɔɪ.əl], often locally abbreviated as KJ) is a village within the town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The majority of its residents are Yiddish-speaking Hasidic Jews who belong to the worldwide Satmar Hasidic sect.
Kiryas Joel is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area.
According to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, Kiryas Joel has by far the youngest median age population of any municipality in the United States, and the youngest, at 13.2 years old, of any population center of over 5,000 residents in the United States. Residents of Kiryas Joel, like those of other Haredi Jewish communities, typically have large families.
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