Appendix A: Estimates of Boston Population of Infant-Toddlers and Preschool-age Children, by Neighborhood Neighborhood
Infant -toddler
Infant-toddler
Preschool
Preschool
Birth record*
Range+
Birth record*
Range+
Allston-Brighton
1647
1301-1794
1579
984-1733
Back Bay/Beacon Hill/Downtown
801
501-841
730
248-771
Charlestown/Nor th End
915
676-940
733
517-759
Dorchester
6200
5179-6459
5649
5095-5919
East Boston
1913
1596-2020
1752
1307-1864
Jamaica Plain/Roxbury
3388
2699-3506
3107
2521-3230
Mattapan
865
805-910
875
846-922
Roslindale/West Roxbury/Hyde Park
3882
3606-4025
3674
3118-3824
South Boston
1097
860-1122
947
743-973
South End/Chinatown/ Fenway
1346
888-1449
1109
706-1217
Boston Total^
22297
18111-23307
20525 2052
16085-21581
* Source for 1997 -2002 birth records was Boston Public Health Commission +Population ranges were 2000 Census Bureau to Birth records + foreign born ^ Boston Total is greater than sum of neighborhoods for Birth records and Birth records + foreign born. Birth record data provided by BPHC included children with birth records with missing census tract information or non-Boston census tract, though indicating Boston resident.
Early Childhood in Boston
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