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Neighborhood Description

Race and Ethnicity

The Great Falls Neighborhood is a diverse, though majority-Hispanic neighborhood. Hispanics comprise 59.9% of the neighborhood population, while Asians account for 16.8% and African Americans account for 13.9%.

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Over the last twenty years, Asians have experienced a 153% growth in their share of the neighborhood population. Hispanics have seen their share remain relatively constant at around 60% during that same time period. Meanwhile, the African-American share of the neighborhood population has declined by almost 20%.

People of Bangladeshi descent make up the vast majority (nearly 70%) of the neighborhood’s Asian population. The neighborhood’s Hispanic population is more diverse, with sizeable Dominican, Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Peruvian populations, along with people of other Latin American and Caribbean nationalities.

Great Falls Neighborhood

Proposed Strategies and Activities – 2022

Our Neighborhood’s Bangladeshi population has Grown 153% since the year 2000