The American Community
Survey: Recent Findings for
NYC
NYAAPOR September 27, 2007
Baruch College CUNY
What is the
American Community Survey?
• A large, continuous demographic survey
– Produces annual and multi-year estimates
of the characteristics of the population and
housing
– Produces characteristics, not a population count
– Produces information for small areas including
tracts, block groups and population subgroups updated every year
– Key component of reengineered 2010 census
Effects of the
American Community Survey
on the 2010 Census
•Better knowledge of local areas
•Ongoing contacts with local governments
•Cost savings
•Eliminate long-form
American Community Survey
Program Schedule
• ACS testing and development: 1996-2004
• ACS full implementation began 2005
• First ACS data products, 2006; annually
updated data products each year thereafter
Full Implementation
•Implement a national sample of about 3 million
addresses in every county, American Indian and
Alaska Native area, and Hawaiian Home Land in
the United States, and in Puerto Rico
•Provide profiles every year for communities of
65,000 or more
•Provide 3- to 5-year cumulations for
communities of less than 65,000 population
Sources and Limits
• Data 1990, 2000 Census and 2005
American Community Survey Public Use
Micro Samples
• Only People Living Households
• Sample Density Makes Truly Small Area
Data Impossible to Use (5 % and 1 %
Samples)
Population Growth and
Composition
• Manhattan and the Outer Boroughs Both
Experienced Population Growth Since
1990
• Manhattan Grew from 1.40 to 1.52 million
from 1990 to 2005 or 9.2 percent
• Outer Boroughs Grew from 5.60 to 6.43
million or 14.9 percent
• Growth Was Uneven Throughout NYC
Neighborhood Growth and Decline
• 5 Neighborhoods Decline: Throgs Neck–
Coop City; China Town—Lower East Side;
South Crown Heights; Flatbush and Coney
Island
• Jackson Heights Grew about 42 percent;
Several Others Grew at Least 20 percent
• Household Population; Same Area
Highly Segregated Population
• Hispanics in Washington Heights, East
Harlem, South and Central Bronx
• Black Concentration in Harlem, South East
Queens, and Centered in Flat Bush and
Bedford Stuyvesant
• Asians in China Town, and Flushing,
Bayside and Adjacent Areas in Queens
• White Concentration in Upper East Side,
and South in Manhattan, Gravesend in
Brooklyn, Southern Staten Island
Race and Hispanic Composition, NYC, 1990 to 2006
50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
1990
2000
35.0%
2006
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian Pac island
Race and Hispanic Composition, Age 0 to 4, NYC 1990 to 2006
40.0%
35.0%
1990
2000
2006
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian Pac island
40.0%
Race and Hispanic Composition, NYC, Age 5 to 10, 1990 to
2006
35.0%
30.0%
1990
2000
2006
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian Pac island
Race and Hispanic Composition, NYC, Age 25 and over, 1990, 2000 and 2006
60.0%
50.0%
1990
2000
2006
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian Pac island
Change in Major Population Groups: Manhattan
and Outer Boroughs: 1980, 1990, 2000, and
2005
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
NH Multi
Age Distribution Change in Manhattan and Elsewhere 1980 to
2005
50.00%
Manhattan
Outer Boros
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
-10.00%
-20.00%
-30.00%
Total
Age 0 to 4
Age 5 to 18 Age 18 to 29 Age 30 to 44 Age 45 to 64
Age65UP
Median Household Income, Manhattan and Elsewhere: 1980, 1990,
2000, and 2005
$100,000
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$0
All
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
Median House Value: Manhattan and Elsewhere, 1980, 1990, 2000
and 2005
$1,000,000
$900,000
$800,000
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000
$400,000
$300,000
$200,000
$100,000
$0
All
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
% Income Paid for Housing Costs (Homeowners With Mortgage)
90
80
Median
Top Quarter
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
All
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Median Income by Affordability
$140,000
$120,900
$120,000
$100,000
$80,000
$74,390
$60,000
$39,900
$40,000
$20,000
$0
Less than 30%
30 to 50%
Over 50%
% Homeowners Affordable (w mortages)
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Hispanic
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Median HH Income Children 0 to 4: Manhattan and Elsewhere,
1980, 1990, 2000 and 2005
$300,000
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
All
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
Percent With Spouse Present, Households with Children Age 0 to 4
in Manhattan, 1990, 2000, and 2005
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
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Andrew A. Beveridge
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Queens College
Flushing, New York 11367
718-997-2837
Email: Andrew.Beveridge@qc.cuny.edu
Father's Earnings Households With Children Age 0 to 4, 1990,
2000, and 2005 in Manhattan
$300,000
$250,000
$200,000
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic
Mother's Earnings with Children Age 0 to 4, 1990, 2000 and 2005 in
Manhattan
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$0
NH White
NH Black
NH Asian
Hispanic