Search Results for: ""United States Census""

Notes from the 15th Floor1
/ March 18, 2010 6:35 am

Notes from the 15th Floor

...w some of my sociological experiences in the new building. I live in 3333 Broadway, a massive, 1,193-apartment building towering over the Manhattanville/Hamilton Heights neighborhood of West Harlem. It comprises its own U.S. census tract with over 4,000 residents, and the neighborhood—bustling, safe, and convenient to transportation—is booming; in the last two weeks, a Dunkin Donuts, a supermarket and a deli have sprung up within a two-block rad...

2012 Latin American Political Playbook0
/ February 17, 2012 2:00 pm

2012 Latin American Political Playbook

...oadcast throughout Latin America; I have found my South American friends to be, at times, more informed about US politics than we are. However, the same cannot be said about Hispanic voters at home. In 2009, the United States Census estimated that over the course of four years, the number of Hispanic voters grew by nearly 30 percent. However, raw numbers rarely translate directly into increased participation. In the last decade, the Hispanic popu...