Year 2000 Population 9,520 Year Round Residents

  Population increased 58.3% between 1990 and 2000

  Summer Population swells to 60,000+

  There are no campgrounds on Nantucket (not allowed)

  Land Area 48 square miles

  Approximately 3.5 miles wide by 14 miles long

  Latitude N41°16'39" Longitude W70°06'10"

  25 miles SSE of Hyannis, Massachusetts

  There are no traffic lights on the island

  There are no fast food chains on the island

  There is a significant deer population on the island

  The island has one newspaper (The Beacon and The Independent are gone)

  The NRTA provides island wide seasonal fixed route bus service

  ACK - FAA call letters for the airport taken from the original airstrip called "Ackerman Field"

  The average home price (2007) was almost 3 million dollars

  Nantucket has suffered significant erosion in recent years