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Students who attend private elementary schools or the public and gifted talented programs are far more likely to be affluent, white and living in Manhattan than most city school kids.
Recent Demographics Articles from the Gotham Gazette:
The School Divide Starts at Kindergarten
| Housing Squeeze Shows No Sign of Easing
| A Religious City
| Will the 2010 Census "Steal" New Yorkers?
Links in the News ...
- Where Brooklyn Gets Its New Yorkers (NY Observer)
- Pope Visits Manhattan Synagogue (NY Times)
- Pope’s Visit to the Big Apple (NY Times)
- Pope Visits Ground Zero (NY Times)
- Egan May Be leaving (NY Times)
- Where Manhattanites Move When They Want to Stay in NY (NY Observer)
Researching Demographics ...
The 1.4 million New Yorkers living in poverty are concentrated in certain neighborhoods, according to "Mapping Poverty in New York City," a report by the Community Service Society and the United Way. Half the city’s poor people live in neighborhoods where the poverty rate is at least 24.8 percent (compared to a citywide rate of 19.2 percent), and one quarter live in neighborhoods -- all in Upper Manhattan, the South Bronx and Central Brooklyn -- where more than a third of the households have incomes below the poverty level. Using maps, the report looks at how poverty rates correlate with other factors, such as rent costs and educational attainment. (April 14, 2008)
Income Gap
New York has the widest gap between rich and poor of any state in the nation, according to a report released today by the Fiscal Policy Institute, and the difference is even larger in New York City. The top 20 percent of New Yorkers have incomes almost nine times that of New Yorkers in the lowest 20 percent. While rich New Yorkers got significantly more affluent in the last 20 years, those at the lower rungs of the economic ladder have seen their incomes remain fairly stagnant. (April 9, 2008)
New York's 'Mating Market'
In his everlasting quest to find what makes a great place live, Richard Florida, the author of Who's Your City, has created a map of the dating scenes across the country. The New York Metro region is the best place for single men, like the large cities and metro areas on the East Coast in general, according to Florida's research. But New York is an extreme example, with single women outnumbering single men by more than 210,000. Florida argues that a vibrant, balanced "mating market" is one of the keys to attracting residents. (April 4, 2008)
Preliminary Mayor's Management Report
An interim look at the performance of various city agencies was released yesterday in a report called the Preliminary Mayor's Management Report. Published annually, it takes a look at the city's performance in the first four months of the fiscal year and forecasts performance expectations. Much of the information can be broken down by individual agency, issue, or community. Some significant highlights were: Sewer back up complaints jumped by 23 percent; the average response time to heat complaints rose by 50 percent (although stays within the goal of seven hours); and major felony crimes in schools were nearly a third lower than the same quarter last year. (February 15, 2008)
Firefighter Exam Results
The results for the written firefighter's exam were released yesterday, and the results are expected to translate into more female and minority hiring than ever before. 38 percent of test-takers to pass were minorities, with 19 percent of them Hispanic and 17 percent black. There was also a 50 percent increase of women passing the exam this year compared to the last time it was administered in 2002. "Of the 4,000 test-takers who scored the highest on the exam and are most likely to be appointed, 33 percent are minorities," the Fire Department release of the results said. To be included on the department's eligibility list, candidates must still pass the physical exam. This year's list will be used to appoint firefighters over the next four years, with about 600 per year being chosen. (November 28, 2007)
Catosphere specializes in demographics, providing both reports and maps to help businesses, academics and other planners understand and visualize population trends and economic changes.
U.S. Commerce Department
A comprehensive handle on where and how New Yorkers earn their livings. Also features information on Big Apple employers, salaries, industries and their revenues. Especially recommended is a database maintained as part of Commerce's Regional Accounts.
American FactFinder
The American Fact Finder is meant to be the Census Bureau's main access point to data from the Censuses, the American Community Survey and a variety of other sources. Some criticize it for being hard to use for comparisons from one area to another. For a quick number or two it works like a charm.
US/NYS Departments of Labor
An exemplary source is the Local Area Unemployment Statistics unit of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each month the Bureau, in a joint undertaking with the State, provides county by county estimates of the employment status of the working age population.
US Census Bureau
The Census Web site is the premier site for data from the 2000 and earlier censuses, and from a variety of other sources. The site is very well indexed and has a very good search engine. You can order data, download data, make maps, download tables and publications, view publications, etc. As with any source it may have both more and less than you want for any specific use.
Developed by Demographics page contributor Andy Beveridge and funded by the National Science Foundation. Draws on a variety of materials organized over a long time span, Beveridge and his co-workers are developing a site to allow one to interactively explore New York City, soon Los Angeles, and as part of the National Science Digital Library effort other locales. Take a look and take a spin using the dynamic maps!
The education of immigrant children in New York City, a round-up
Nearly one third of the total student population in New York City schools is made up of immigrants, and the proportion is rising steadily. This digest presents an overview of all the factors that influence the education of immigrant children, concentrating on the students' needs, aspirations, and attainment, and on the public policies directed at them.
Bronx Community Board One
Bronx Community Board 1, which represents the South Bronx, has a Web site with a simple map, a list of the members and a calendar of monthly meetings, a page of demographic information, and a lengthy description of the district and its needs. All of the Web sites for the Bronx Community Boards are based on the same template.
Population Reference Bureau
The Population Reference Bureau has information on national, international and local demography.
New York City's Housing and Vacancy Survey
Every three years the US Census Bureau provides New York City with a census-type survey of the city's households. Mandated by the rent regulation law, it contains much that is of interest to those concerned with social and economic change at the borough and neighborhood level. A compact disc containing the microdata files for the 1991, 1993 and 1996 surveys can be purchased from the Census Bureau. The 1999, 2002, and 2005 survey tables and data are available for download.
by Nancy Foner
Murder in New York City
by Eric H. Monkkonen
Population History of New York City
by Ira Rosenwaike
Still the Promised City? : Afro-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York
by Roger Waldinger
The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals
by Joel Perlmann and Mary Waters, editors
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