Brooklyn Neighborhood Reports 2012
Demographics ■ Youth & Education ■ Economy ■ Housing ■ Environment ■ Health ■ Public Safety ■ Arts & Culture ■ Civic Engagement Top 5 Ethnicities CD 15 (2000) Religious Responses (12.1%)
CD 15 (2007/09) Religious Responses (20.9%)
Brooklyn (2007/09) African American (15.3%)
Russian (11.8%)
Russian (13.1%)
Religious Responses (7.4%)
Italian (11.3%)
Chinese (8.7%)
Puerto Rican (6.0%)
Chinese (7.9%)
Italian (7.7%)
Italian (5.8%)
Ukrainian (5.8%)
United States (5.1%)
Chinese (4.7%)
Language 28.3%
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
21.4%
Top 5 Places of Birth CD 15 (2000) New York State (49.8%)
CD 15 (2007/09) New York State (50.3%)
Brooklyn (2007/09) New York State (50.6%)
Ukraine (9.3%)
Russia (9.3%)
China (3.8%)
Russia (8.0%)
Ukraine (7.4%)
Jamaica (2.7%)
China (5.3%)
China (5.4%)
Haiti (2.3%)
Syria (2.0%)
Israel/Palestine (1.9%)
Puerto Rico (2.3%)
18.1%
16.6% 14.3%
13.2%
CD 15 (2000) CD 15 (2007/09) Brooklyn (2007/09)
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
Residents Who Don't Speak Households Where No Person English Well or at All 14 years or Older Speaks English Very Well
Top 5 Languages Spoken at Home CD 15 (2000)
CD 15 (2007/09)
Brooklyn (2007/09)
English (44.3%)
English (41.1%)
English (53.9%)
Russian (23.0%)
Russian (25.2%)
Spanish (16.9%)
Chinese (9.2%)
Chinese (9.6%)
Chinese (5.6%)
Spanish (5.4%)
Spanish (5.6%)
Russian (5.4%)
Hebrew (3.4%)
Hebrew (4.8%)
Yiddish (3.7%)
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
Foreign Born
Foreign Born Citizenship Status
44.5% 44.7% 100%
36.8%
CD 15 (2000) CD 15 (2007/09) Brooklyn (2007/09)
90% The percent foreign born in CD 15 80% has increased by 70% 0.2 60% percentage points 50% since 2000. 40%
53.2%
70.0%
55.2%
CD 15 Citizen CD 15 Not A Citizen 46.8%
30.0%
44.8%
Brooklyn Citizen Brooklyn Not A Citizen
30%
Source: Mike G, Flickr
20% 10%
Foreign Born
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
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0%
CD 14 (2000)
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
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