1. The American Community Survey: Recent Findings for NYC NYAAPOR September 27, 2007 Baruch College CUNY

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

10. 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

15. 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

43. www.gothamgazette.com/demographics www.socialexplorer.com Andrew A. Beveridge 233 Powdermaker Hall Queens College Flushing, New York 11367 718-997-2837 Email: Andrew.Beveridge@qc.cuny.edu