Neighborhood-level analysis based on American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
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By Jiyun Tsai
Each year, the Census Bureau releases the American Community Survey (ACS) population estimates data with demographic, socioeconomic, health, education (and more topics) based on geography in the United States. The project aggregates census tracts in San Francisco into the city's 41 assigned neighborhoods, and analyzes demographic data with selected topics. Click on each neighborhood to see detailed information in maps below.
To see the comparison between neighborhoods, the following map shows the proportions of selected race/ethnicity in a neighborhood:
White people make up 43.4% of the SF population citywide, while Asian and Black people account for 34.4% and 5.2%, respectively. Out of the city’s 38 neighborhoods, 18 are more than half white, seven are more than half Asian and only one neighborhood —Bayview-Hunters Point—is over 25% Black.
What about poverty status in San Francisco? The Census reported today that 12.6% of U.S. population live below the poverty line. In San Francisco, individual poverty rate is 10.3%, with 33.4% of Asian, 13% Black, and 32.6% White.
The following map shows poverty rates in both households and individuals in San Francisco Neighborhoods. Though the poverty rates is lower than the whole nation, both individual and households counts, poverty hits more than one-fifth in three neighborhoods: Chinatown, Treasure Island, and Tenderloin.