What is the ethnic composition of the neighborhood in which you live?

[JohnFKennedy]

Perry Vale

White, British: 58.29%
White, Irish: 3.18%
White, Other: 5.93%
Mixed, White & Caribbean: 1.90%
Mixed, White & African: 0.64%
Mixed, White & Asian: 0.62%
Mixed, Other Mixed: 0.92%
Asian, Indian: 1.57%
Asian, Pakistani: 0.35%
Asian, Bangladeshi: 0.56%
Asian, Other: 1.26%
Black, Caribbean: 13.71%
Black, African: 7.48%
Black, Other: 1.89%
Chinese: 0.77%
Other: 0.92%

Wow, proportions are very similar to the borough at large. Thanks Al! Where do you get all this stuff from?

www.statistics.gov.uk

Great site

Cool, could you possibly explain the "deprivation section" of the statistics.

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/AreaProfile1.do?tab=4

Those are the results for my area, I am not entirely sure what some of the numbers mean, haha.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Cool, could you possibly explain the "deprivation section" of the statistics.

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/AreaProfile1.do?tab=4

Those are the results for my area, I am not entirely sure what some of the numbers mean, haha.

Of the three indices they've got in the little box, the first means that Lewisham is the 57th most deprived local authority in England (see the little scale thingy just above that) when everything is taken into account and averaged, the second means that it's the 23rd most "income deprived" (this is the closest to the measure of poverty in the U.S, btw) LA, and the last one means that it's the 37th most deprived for employment.

[Peter]

First figure is the St Clements ward of Oxford, and the second one is Oxford as a whole.

White; British      72.97   76.75
White; Irish      1.83   2.16
White; Other White   10.12   8.20

Mixed; White and Black Caribbean   0.65   0.77
Mixed; White and Black African      0.19   0.28
Mixed; White and Asian        0.80   0.73
Mixed; Other Mixed         0.87   0.64

Asian or Asian British; Indian      1.47   1.73
Asian or Asian British; Pakistani   4.40   1.96
Asian or Asian British; Bangladeshi   1.03   0.65
Asian or Asian British; Other Asian   0.58   0.48

Black or Black British; Caribbean   0.84   1.24
Black or Black British; African      1.05   1.05
Black or Black British; Other Black   0.14   0.22

Chinese         1.69   1.83
Other Ethnic Group   1.38   1.31

[JohnFKennedy]

Cool, could you possibly explain the "deprivation section" of the statistics.

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/AreaProfile1.do?tab=4

Those are the results for my area, I am not entirely sure what some of the numbers mean, haha.

Of the three indices they've got in the little box, the first means that Lewisham is the 57th most deprived local authority in England (see the little scale thingy just above that) when everything is taken into account and averaged, the second means that it's the 23rd most "income deprived" (this is the closest to the measure of poverty in the U.S, btw) LA, and the last one means that it's the 37th most deprived for employment.

Thanks. Hmmm, didn't realise Lewisham was so far down the scale in England.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Thanks. Hmmm, didn't realise Lewisham was so far down the scale in England.

It's largely because of Deptford IIRC

[JohnFKennedy]

Thanks. Hmmm, didn't realise Lewisham was so far down the scale in England.

It's largely because of Deptford IIRC

Quite possible.

[bgwah]

my census tract (4,828 people)

Race
83.8 - White
10.1 - Asian
2.3 - Hispanic
2.2 - Two or more races
1.3 - Black
0.2 - Native American
0.1 - Other
0.04 - Pacific Islander

More specific profile for my census tract:
22.0 - German
16.7 - English
14.9 - Irish
5.8 - Swedish
4.9 - Norwegian
4.9 - Scottish
4.5 - United States or American
4.2 - Chinese
3.6 - Italian
3.2 - French
2.2 - Dutch
2.2 - Asian Indian
1.7 - Russian
1.5 - Scotch-Irish
1.4 - Japanese
1.4 - Black or African American
1.2 - Mexcian
1.1 - Danish
1.1 - French Canadian
1.1 - Polish
1.0 - Korean
1.0 - Hungarian
0.9 - Arab
0.6 - Ukrainian
0.6 - Welsh
0.5 - Czech
0.5 - Greek
0.5 - Lithuanian
0.4 - Spanish
0.4 - Filipino
0.3 - Vietnamese
0.2 - Slovak
0.2 - Venezuelan
0.2 - Native American
0.1 - Puerto Rican

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How'd you get census tract level information?

[Speed of Sound]

99.8% white

[Erc]

White 82.8%
Hispanic 6.5%
Black  4.8%
Asian  3.8%  [Of which 1.9% Indian, 0.7% Chinese]
American Indian  0.1%

Italian   29.6
Irish      21.7
German 11.3
English  10.0
Polish    3.0
American 2.5
Russian 2.4
French   2.3
Scottish 2.2
West Indian 1.3
Dutch    1.2
Scotch-Irish 1.2
Other     A lot.

[bgwah]

How'd you get census tract level information?

Try this link

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AGSGeoAddressServlet?_lang=en&_programYear=50&_treeId=420

[nini2287]

    * White Non-Hispanic (90.7%)
    * Black (3.0%)
    * Chinese (2.2%)
    * Korean (1.9%)
    * Hispanic (0.7%)

Ancestries: Irish (22.8%), German (19.0%), Italian (13.3%), English (12.5%), Russian (8.8%), Polish (5.2%).

[Smash255]

 
Census Track 3,847 people 
 
One race
 3,831
 99.6
 
White
 3,693
 96.0
 
Black or African American
 22
 0.6
 
American Indian and Alaska Native
 0
 0.0
 
Asian
 96
 2.5
 
Asian Indian
 32
 0.8
 
Chinese
 49
 1.3
 
Filipino
 6
 0.2
 
Japanese
 0
 0.0
 
Korean
 4
 0.1
 
Vietnamese
 0
 0.0
 
Other Asian 1
 5
 0.1
 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
 1
 0.0
 
Native Hawaiian
 0
 0.0
 
Guamanian or Chamorro
 0
 0.0
 
Samoan
 1
 0.0
 
Other Pacific Islander 2
 0
 0.0
 
Some other race
 19
 0.5
 
Two or more races
 16
 0.4
 
 
 
 
 
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races 3
 
 
 
White
 3,706
 96.3
 
Black or African American
 28
 0.7
 
American Indian and Alaska Native
 1
 0.0
 
Asian
 102
 2.7
 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
 1
 0.0
 
Some other race
 25
 0.6
 
 
 
 
 
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
 
 
 
Total population
 3,847
 100.0
 
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
 137
 3.6
 
Mexican
 6
 0.2
 
Puerto Rican
 68
 1.8
 
Cuban
 13
 0.3
 
Other Hispanic or Latino
 50
 1.3
 
Not Hispanic or Latino
 3,710
 96.4
 
White alone
 3,581
 93.1
 

[dazzleman]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

[??????????]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

Such things do not exist....

[Speed of Sound]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

I plan to move outta here as soon as im 18. I need a mix of races, cultures, and religion, and im afraid that rural 99.8% white, 99% Christian (60% catholic, 40% Lutheran) doesnt quite meet that mark.

[dazzleman]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

I plan to move outta here as soon as im 18. I need a mix of races, cultures, and religion, and im afraid that rural 99.8% white, 99% Christian (60% catholic, 40% Lutheran) doesnt quite meet that mark.

It is nice to have some mix, but I do think that on the whole, "diversity" is overrated.  I have no problem with diversity if it doesn't require me to sacrifice quality of life, but in reality, it often does, unfortunately, and this is the unpalatable fact that many people like to gloss over.

[Virginian87]

My neighborhood is completely white.  Although here in New York, it's extremely diverse.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

84.78% White
9.38% African American
0.86% Native American
2.09% Asian,
0.03% Pacific Islander,
0.89% from other races, and
1.97% from two or more races.
2.44% of the population are Hispanic

[Smash255]

Bored tonight, so decided to look further for my Precinct

 
 
 
 
 
 
Total population
 1,378
 100.0
 1,027
 100.0
 
One race
 1,375
 99.8
 1,025
 99.8
 
White
 1,296
 94.0
 978
 95.2
 
Black or African American
 15
 1.1
 9
 0.9
 
American Indian and Alaska Native
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 
Asian
 61
 4.4
 36
 3.5
 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 
Some other race
 3
 0.2
 2
 0.2
 
Two or more races
 3
 0.2
 2
 0.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total population
 1,378
 100.0
 1,027
 100.0
 
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
 31
 2.2
 21
 2.0
 
Not Hispanic or Latino
 1,347
 97.8
 1,006
 98.0
 
One race
 1,346
 97.7
 1,006
 98.0
 
White
 1,270
 92.2
 961
 93.6
 
Black or African American
 15
 1.1
 9
 0.9
 
American Indian and Alaska Native
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 
Asian
 61
 4.4
 36
 3.5
 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 
Some other race
 0
 0.0
 0
 0.0
 
Two or more races
 1
 0.1
 0
 0.0
 

[phk]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

I plan to move outta here as soon as im 18. I need a mix of races, cultures, and religion, and im afraid that rural 99.8% white, 99% Christian (60% catholic, 40% Lutheran) doesnt quite meet that mark.

It is nice to have some mix, but I do think that on the whole, "diversity" is overrated.  I have no problem with diversity if it doesn't require me to sacrifice quality of life, but in reality, it often does, unfortunately, and this is the unpalatable fact that many people like to gloss over.

Not true at all, many minorities here in CA are more economically ambitous and upward mobile than the actual native whites, mostly Asian and South Asians. Especially noted in places like San Jose.

[dazzleman]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

I plan to move outta here as soon as im 18. I need a mix of races, cultures, and religion, and im afraid that rural 99.8% white, 99% Christian (60% catholic, 40% Lutheran) doesnt quite meet that mark.

It is nice to have some mix, but I do think that on the whole, "diversity" is overrated.  I have no problem with diversity if it doesn't require me to sacrifice quality of life, but in reality, it often does, unfortunately, and this is the unpalatable fact that many people like to gloss over.

Not true at all, many minorities here in CA are more economically ambitous and upward mobile than the actual native whites, mostly Asian and South Asians. Especially noted in places like San Jose.

That's great, but those aren't the minorities that people generally refer to when they talk about the need for 'diversity.'  'Diversity' is effectively pushed as a charitable measure to aid disadvantaged minorities.

[phk]

99.8% white

You can always move if that's too white for you.

I plan to move outta here as soon as im 18. I need a mix of races, cultures, and religion, and im afraid that rural 99.8% white, 99% Christian (60% catholic, 40% Lutheran) doesnt quite meet that mark.

It is nice to have some mix, but I do think that on the whole, "diversity" is overrated.  I have no problem with diversity if it doesn't require me to sacrifice quality of life, but in reality, it often does, unfortunately, and this is the unpalatable fact that many people like to gloss over.

Not true at all, many minorities here in CA are more economically ambitous and upward mobile than the actual native whites, mostly Asian and South Asians. Especially noted in places like San Jose.

That's great, but those aren't the minorities that people generally refer to when they talk about the need for 'diversity.'  'Diversity' is effectively pushed as a charitable measure to aid disadvantaged minorities.

We don't really have that many blacks for that kind of 'diversity', so we go by a different definition. Our disadvantaged are the Hispanics largely and they are becoming more upward mobile as well.

[dazzleman]

We don't really have that many blacks for that kind of 'diversity', so we go by a different definition. Our disadvantaged are the Hispanics largely and they are becoming more upward mobile as well.

Good.  I like upward mobility.  I hate categorizing people as 'minorities' because it implies that they are permanently different.  'Minority' status should only be temporary.  For blacks, it seems at this point to be permanent, and I think that's very tragic.

[phk]

We don't really have that many blacks for that kind of 'diversity', so we go by a different definition. Our disadvantaged are the Hispanics largely and they are becoming more upward mobile as well.

Good.  I like upward mobility.  I hate categorizing people as 'minorities' because it implies that they are permanently different.  'Minority' status should only be temporary.  For blacks, it seems at this point to be permanent, and I think that's very tragic.

Blacks are quite different from other minorities and probably would require different approaches.