Brooklyn's 2010 Census Count
The city is calling into question the 2010 Census numbers released yesterday, saying the population count, at a record high of 8,175,133, falls short of its projections. (The Observer reports the Census Bureau is standing behind its data). Meanwhile, here are some of the stats released about Brooklyn: -The Local’s chart on Brooklyn’s stats show…
The city is calling into question the 2010 Census numbers released yesterday, saying the population count, at a record high of 8,175,133, falls short of its projections. (The Observer reports the Census Bureau is standing behind its data). Meanwhile, here are some of the stats released about Brooklyn:
-The Local’s chart on Brooklyn’s stats show an increase of 39,374 people in Brooklyn between the 2000 and 2010 tallies, for a total of 2,504,700.
-According to The Times, “Manhattan and Brooklyn accounted for the only counties in the country with a million or more people where the white share of the population rose.”
-Also from The Times: “According to the census, Queens registered a net loss in occupied housing since 2000 and a 59 percent increase in vacancies. Brooklyn recorded a 66 percent rise in vacancies. In the eyes of the census, [Joseph J. Salvo, the director of the population division at the city’s Planning Department] said, ‘huge swaths of housing have essentially been depopulated.’ He added that in many cases, the neighborhoods where the census found high vacancy rates were not necessarily where new housing had been built, or where foreclosures had been rampant.”
-The screengrab above is from WNYC’s interactive map, which lets you zoom in on tracts to see the population increases and decreases that were reported.
Census: New York City’s Population Barely Rose in the Last Decade [NY Times]
Mapping Changes in the Five Boroughs [WNYC]
A Population Grows in Brooklyn [The Local]
Census Bureau Stands By Numbers [NY Observer]
Weather was a minor point in my posting.
It is remarkable that Manhattan and Brooklyn, taken separately, are the only two “cities” in the whole country, with populations greater than a million, where there was an increase in the White population.
But the big story is the Asian and Hispanic populations which are really booming.
I don’t know if the city will grow or shrink by 2020, but neither does Bloomberg. His 2020 plans are treated by the media as if they come directly from the hands of God, and they do not.
I think NYC doesn’t offer the same opportunities it did years ago- the job market is certainly different and I think that’s reflected in how people come or go. It isn’t easy living here- as wonderful as it can be, it can be horribly stressful, expensive and difficult. I think more people are opting for places that aren’t as demanding, and easier to deal with. That said, there is no other place like NYC.
Holy demographic shift! My part of Clinton Hill +300% white, -30% black. Surprised its that extreme.
Notice the loss of population in older areas with rent control/rent stabilization?
We’re losing out on lower-cost lower-amenity apartments because they’re all locked up in rent controls; this lack of competition in the housing market drives the middle class out, which is evidenced in the census figures.
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I’m here for the four seasons. Snow on the trees, crocusses in the spring, little clothing in the summer and color in the fall.
It says a lot then that we are the largest city in the country and nobody moves here for the weather (which I agree with). But London is damp and gray, Berlin is also quite gray a lot, Paris doesn’t have as many extremes but it’s not LA.
Minard is speaking like a true older person who considers weather a determining factor of where to live.
Sadly, she’s wrong since NYC is by far the most populated city in the country, even with the “mostly bad” weather.
“NOBODY moves here for the weather.”
Snort!
> The weather is mostly bad
I don’t know if I think it is MOSTLY bad, but we do have bitter cold winters and hot fetid summers. NOBODY moves here for the weather.
I think there is a lot of weather in NYC and most of it is bad.
Compared to Buffalo and Chicago however, this is Malibu.