Tag: Census

Chicago had largest downtown population growth from 2000 to 2010

Chicago had largest downtown population growth from 2000 to 2010

Our local media have been taking pride in a recent US Census report (PDF) showing Chicago as the metro area with the largest numeric increase in " [...]
Historically black wards turning white

Historically black wards turning white

The Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky looked at Rob Paral's new Census mashups and the results of the spring elections to see how Chicago's 50 wards -- an [...]

Fewer housing units occupied in Cook County than 10 years ago

We’ve based a number of recent posts on an interactive New York Times map of a variety of demographic data at the census tract level throughout the Un [...]

How many Chicagoans have mortgage-free homes?

A recent Tribune article calls attention to the recently-released 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS) data for the Chicago Metropolitan Area. The A [...]
Mapping population changes by ward

Mapping population changes by ward

Word is there's some sort of election going on today, so it's fitting that the latest mashup of Census data I've seen plots out population changes fro [...]
Quote of the day: Where we’re going

Quote of the day: Where we’re going

Aaron Renn of The Urbanophile digs into the new Census numbers at NewGeography.com: The non-Hispanic White Only population of the city actually dec [...]

Census: City loses 200K, metro area gains 210K

Chicago's population fell by more than 200,000 to 2,695,598 people over the course of the last decade, due in large part to an outflux of African-Amer [...]
No sign of ‘others’ in Mount Greenwood

No sign of ‘others’ in Mount Greenwood

Mount Greenwood has never been Chicago's best model of diversity, but the 2009 American Community Survey data do show signs of change amongst its [...]
New Chinatown becoming more Chinese

New Chinatown becoming more Chinese

The "New Chinatown" appellation never sat right with me  -- yes, the area around Argyle Street in Uptown is a distinctly Asian corridor, but many [...]
Who’s leaving Albany Park?

Who’s leaving Albany Park?

Over the past decade, Albany Park's white, black, and Hispanic populations all grew by modest amounts, yet the community area's total population d [...]
Hispanics become the majority in Humboldt Park, even as their numbers decline

Hispanics become the majority in Humboldt Park, even as their numbers decline

The Hispanic population of Humboldt Park fell by 4% in the past decade, dropping from 31,607 to 30,337, according to new Census data. But due to a [...]
A decade of changes for Belmont Cragin

A decade of changes for Belmont Cragin

If you start tracking which community areas Chicago's white, black, and Hispanic populations migrated in and out of between 2000 and 2009, you'll [...]
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