Brooklyn Neighborhood Reports 2012
Demographics ■ Youth & Education ■ Economy ■ Housing ■ Environment ■ Health ■ Public Safety ■ Arts & Culture ■ Civic Engagement Top 5 Ethnicities CD 5 (2000) African American (24.5%)
CD 5 (2007/09) African American (28.8%)
Brooklyn (2007/09) African American (15.3%)
Puerto Rican (10.6%)
Puerto Rican (12.7%)
Religious Responses (7.4%)
Dominican (8.8%)
Dominican (12.3%)
Puerto Rican (6.0%)
Guyanese (3.4%)
Guyanese (4.5%)
Italian (5.8%)
Jamaican (3.1%)
Jamaican (3.9%)
Chinese (4.7%)
Language 18.1%
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
Top 5 Places of Birth
13.2%
CD 5 (2000) New York State (50.9%)
CD 5 (2007/09) New York State (54.2%)
Brooklyn (2007/09) New York State (50.6%)
Dominican Republic (7.9%)
Dominican Republic (7.3%)
China (3.8%)
Puerto Rico (6.8%)
Guyana (4.9%)
Jamaica (2.7%)
Guyana (5.0%)
Puerto Rico (4.3%)
Haiti (2.3%)
Jamaica (3.1%)
Jamaica (3.2%)
Puerto Rico (2.3%)
11.4%
14.0% 12.2%
9.9%
CD 5 (2000) CD 5 (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 5 (2000)
CD 5 (2007/09)
Brooklyn (2007/09)
English (53.7%)
English (57.7%)
English (53.9%)
Spanish (36.5%)
Spanish (33.3%)
Spanish (16.9%)
Russian (2.3%)
Bengali (2.0%)
Chinese (5.6%)
Bengali (1.3%)
Russian (1.4%)
Russian (5.4%)
French/Haitian Creole (1.2%)
French/Haitian Creole (1.3%)
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 33.5%
34.5%
Foreign Born Citizenship Status 100%
36.8%
90%
CD 5 (2000) CD 5 (2007/09) Brooklyn (2007/09)
The percent foreign 80% 70% born in CD 5 has grown by 1 60% 50% percentage point since 2000. 40%
51.2%
60.4%
55.2% CD 5 Citizen CD 5 Not A Citizen Brooklyn Citizen
48.8%
39.6%
44.8%
Brooklyn Not A Citizen
30% 20% 10% 0%
Foreign Born
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
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CD 14 (2000)
Data Sources: U.S. Census 2000; 2007/09 American Community Survey
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