Baltimore Census: Ethnicity and Age
A diverse number of people with different self-identified backgrounds live in Baltimore. According to the recently release census, the majority of people (~90%) self-identify as either African-American or white, with sometimes sharp delineations between adjacent neighborhoods:
However, these data do not reflect a much more diverse city. The Hispanic/Latino community represents ~5% of the city’s population, with an over-representation in the neighborhoods to the east, and the Asian-American community represents ~2% of the city’s population, with an over-represention in neighborhoods running north-to-south through the center of the city:
Unfortunately, other pockets of diversity in the city are not represented by these data. For example, I can think of Greektown, a surprising number of Caribbean restaurants, and three Polish delis; therefore, most likely many other communities remain to be discovered. I’ll try to dig around and see how to capture more of the city’s diversity. If you have any data-centric ideas, please let me know.
The census also contains age demographics for each neighborhood. Baltimore is home to a few university, many of which run north-to-south through the center of the city and whose undergraduate population presumably contributes to the over-representation of those 19-24 years of age in these areas. Additionally, students at Coppin State University and Morgan State University also presumably contribute to the slight increase in this demographic for those neighborhoods to the west (Greater Mondawmin) and east (Northwood) of the north-south strip:
There was also a striking over-representation of people between 24-63 years of age living along the harbor, which is not too surprising given what seems to be a younger, post-college crowd in these neighborhoods:
That’s it for now, and I hope you enjoyed this first post. Coming up next: income by neighborhood. Stay tuned!