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POPULATION DIVISIONCITY OF NEW YORK

STEPHEN WOLKWITZ

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Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) 2020

• Field canvassed over

5,200 blocks

across all

5 boroughs

• Added 122,000 addresses

that were missing from the

Census Bureau’s list

• Corrected 59,000

existing addresses

(spelling or coordinates)

• Deleted 2,900 erroneous or

duplicate addresses

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Housing Units Submitted to the Census Bureauby New York City Under the 2020 Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program

Source:

Population Division-New York City Department of City Planning

Manhattan

30,138(24.6%)

The Bronx

14,510(11.9%)

Queens

30,452(24.9%)

Staten Island

5,603(4.6%)

Brooklyn

41,619(34.0%)

Housing Units Submitted for2020 Census in NYC = 122,322

1,000 or more

750 - 999

500 - 749

250 - 499

Fewer than 250

Parks

Airports/Rikers/Navy Yard

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LUCA Adds by Building Size and Borough9,6

40

35,6

75

10,7

00

27,5

17

5,4

14

952 2,6

42

4,6

45

710

30

3,8

84

3,2

79

14,7

48

2,2

19

153

THE BRONX 14,476

BROOKLYN 41,596

MANHATTAN 30,093

QUEENS 30,446

STATEN ISLAND 5,597

Small Medium Large

New York City Measure Small Buildings6 or fewer housing units

Medium Buildings7-19 housing units

Large Buildings20 or more housing units

122,208 # of Adds 88,946 8,979 24,283

100% % of Adds 73% 7% 20%

Building Size:

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Housing Styles

• Rowhouses (Attached)

• Detached or Semi-Attached Houses

• Larger Apartment Buildings

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Housing Styles

• Rowhouses (Attached)

• Detached or Semi-Attached Houses

• Larger Apartment Buildings

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Rowhouses: Brownstone Style

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Rowhouses: Brownstone Style w/ Basement

Basement converted to

residential use, despite

lack of windows.

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Rowhouses: Brick w/ Garage

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Housing Styles

• Rowhouses (Attached)

• Detached or Semi-Attached Houses

• Larger Apartment Buildings

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Detached Houses

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Semi-Attached Houses

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Rear Alley Access

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Housing Styles

• Rowhouses (Attached)

• Detached or Semi-Attached Houses

• Larger Apartment Buildings

Larger Apartment Buildings

Extra space in walk-up

building may be converted

to an apartment for the

superintendent or others

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Caution with Apartment Labels!

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The Misclassification of Housing Units as Vacant in New York City – An Example of NRFU Falling Short

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Joseph J. Salvo, Arun Peter Lobo, Misclassifying New York's Hidden Units as Vacant in 2010: Lessons

Gleaned for the 2020 Census, Population Research and Policy Review, Vol. 32, No. 5, 2013.

Percent Change in Vacant Housing Units

500% or more

200% to 499%

100% to 199%

50% to 99%

25% 49%

Less than 25%

Change in Vacants <30

Local Census Offices (LCOs)

(30 tracts)

(120)

(254)

(254)

(188)

(54)

9.3%

23%

7.4%

24.3%

8.2%

17.9%

15.7%11.4%

19.1%

24.7%

8.1%

37.2%

9.1%

12.6%

5.9%

4.7%

33.6%

Brooklyn

Heights-

Cobble HillBedford

Greenpoint

Bushwick

South

Crown Heights North

East

Williamsburg

Park Slope-

Gowanus

Ocean

Hill

Clinton

Hill Stuyvesant Heights

Bushwick

North

Fort

Greene

Williamsburg

North Side-

South Side

Cypress Hills-

City Line

Prospect

Heights

DUMBO-

Vinegar Hill-

Downtown

Brooklyn-

Boerum Hill

Percent Population who Speak English Less than Very Wellfor North Brooklyn ACOby Neighborhood Tabulation Area, 2011-2015

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015 American Community Survey—Summary FilePopulation Division-New York City Department of City Planning

Speak English Less than Very Well

25.0% or more

10.0% to 24.9%

Less than 10.0%

North Brooklyn ACO: 17.2%

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Population 5 years and over: 594,520

Speak English less than very well: 102,514

(Spanish)

(Yiddish)

North Brooklyn ACO: Greenpoint NTA

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000Hispanic

4,34013%

White25,167

75%

Black7362%

Asian1,950

6%

Other1,158

4%

Less than HS Graduate

2,5019%

HS Graduate or Some College

9,55535%

Bachelor's Degree or

Higher15,508

56%

Population: 33,351 Housing Units: 17,056

20 or more units

5 to 19 units

1 to 4

units

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

8,726 (51%)

6,960 (41%)

1,343 (8%)

Age Race/Hispanic Origin

Educational Attainment

Lived in a different

house 1 year ago

3,899 (12%)

Foreign-born Population

9,386 (28%)

Speak English

Less than “Very Well”

5,650 (18%)Language: Polish (69%)

Family Households

6,057 (38%)

Average Household Size

2.09

No Internet Access

3,309 (20%)

Greenpoint

Median Age: 34.7

Mexican

Puerto Rican

Number

1,515

1,333

Percent

35%

31%

Top Hispanic Subgroups

Polish

Italian

Irish

German

American

English

8,168

3,528

3,443

2,681

2,267

1,567

24%

11%

10%

8%

7%

5%

Number Percent

Population Living

Below Poverty Level

4,089 (12%)

Units in StructureTop Ancestry GroupsEducational Attainment

1 2011-2015 American Community Survey– Summary File2 2013-2017 American Community Survey– Summary File

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey—Summary FilePopulation Division-New York City Department of City Planning

PSAP Program Geography Changes

Old PUMA New PUMA

2010 Pop: 151,580https://factfinder-staging.planninglabs.nyc/profile/19781/census

PSAP Program Geography Changes