Ward 6 in the 2010 Census

NeighborhoodInfo has posted the new data from the 2010 Census. It's really easy to look at the changes by census tract, ANC, zip code, ward, whole city, etc. Since they have the ward-level data, I decided to compare the change in two census tracts. Tract 71 is east of 11th below Pennsylvania Avenue. Tract 67 is just below Lincoln Park to Pennsylvania Avenue. These census tracts are about just a couple of blocks away from each other, but on opposite sides of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Poorest by income: Tract 71

	Tract 71	DC Avg	Low	High
Population, 1980	3,279	3,395	49	8,188
Population, 1990	2,880	3,228	42	7,767
Population, 2000	2,780	3,043	149	7,278
Population, 2010	2,911	3,201	171	7,976
% children, 1980	32	22	0.0	46
% children, 1990	30	19	0.0	43
% children, 2000	36	20	0.0	51
% children, 2010	21	17	0.0	43

Richest by Income: Tract 67

	Tract 67	DC Avg	Low	High
Population, 1980	3,744	3,395	49	8,188
Population, 1990	3,480	3,228	42	7,767
Population, 2000	3,543	3,043	149	7,278
Population, 2010	3,775	3,201	171	7,976
% children, 1980	14	22	0.0	46
% children, 1990	11	19	0.0	43
% children, 2000	10.0	20	0.0	51
% children, 2010	13	17	0.0	43

Here we can see that, after the significant decline in population in the 1980s, the population has rebounded in Tract 67 and remained steady in Tract 71. There was a significant drop in the percentage of children in Tract 71 during the 2000s.

For the tables below, the changes in racial composition are quite dramatic. The largest changes were in Tract 71, which cannot be explained by population growth (131 new people in 2010). The comparisons with census tracts in the rest of the city (Low/High) are also illuminating.

Poorest by income: Tract 71

	Tract 71	DC Avg	Low	High
% black non-Hispanic, 1990	86	65	0.0	100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000	83	61	1.4	100
% black non-Hispanic, 2010	59	51	2.4	98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990	10	27	0.0	93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000	10	28	0.0	94
% white non-Hispanic, 2010	31	35	0.0	87
% Hispanic, 1990	1.4	5.2	0.0	44
% Hispanic, 2000	5.0	7.9	0.0	51
% Hispanic, 2010	5.4	9.1	0.2	43
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990	1.0	1.8	0.0	66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000	0.8	3.0	0.0	40
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010	3.5	4.2	0.0	34

Richest by Income: Tract 67

	Tract 67	DC Avg	Low	High
% black non-Hispanic, 1990	30	65	0.0	100
% black non-Hispanic, 2000	22	61	1.4	100
% black non-Hispanic, 2010	13	51	2.4	98
% white non-Hispanic, 1990	67	27	0.0	93
% white non-Hispanic, 2000	70	28	0.0	94
% white non-Hispanic, 2010	79	35	0.0	87
% Hispanic, 1990	0.9	5.2	0.0	44
% Hispanic, 2000	4.7	7.9	0.0	51
% Hispanic, 2010	3.9	9.1	0.2	43
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 1990	2.0	1.8	0.0	66
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2000	2.9	3.0	0.0	40
% Asian/P.I. non-Hispanic, 2010	4.2	4.2	0.0	34