Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the city population was 26,964.Part of the early 20th century Gold Coast of the North Shore, Glen Cove has a diverse population. Of Nassau County's five municipalities, Glen Cove is one of the two municipalities that is a city, rather than a town, the other being Long Beach on the South Shore.The city was also the location of several successful manufacturing facilities in the 20th century.GeographyThe city is on the north shore of Long Island, on Long Island Sound. The hills that stretch along the shore are terminal moraines left by glaciers of the last ice age.Glen Cove sits at (40.867326, −73.627738).The city of Glen Cove is bordered on three sides by the town of Oyster Bay, and on the fourth by the sound.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has 19.2sqmi, including 6.7sqmi of land and 12.6sqmi of it (65.51%) water.Demographics2010 censusAs of the 2010 census, Glen Cove is 74.2% White (59.4% non-Hispanic white), 7.2% African American, 4.6% Asian, 10.1% some other race, 3.2% two or more races, 0.4% Native American, and 0.1% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Hispanics or Latinos of any race make up 27.9% of the population.
