Queens Community District 7

Queens Community District 7 consists of Flushing, Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill, and Willets Point. In 2000, Community District 7 had a population of 242,952. Although Flushing is ethnically diverse, Asians make up a large percentage of the population with a whopping 36%

Composition according to 2000 Census

According to the 2010 Census, Flushing had an Asian population of more than 40,000 and had an overall increase of about 39.9% in its Asian population. The White Non Hispanic population had a loss of more than 2,500 or a 59.9% decrease. Similarly, the Hispanic population saw a loss of more than 2,500 or a 39.9% decrease.  The Black population had a loss of 1,499 and already had a small population to begin with. The following image provides a visual of the Asian population across the five boroughs, Flushing is represented by the darker red region in Queens. The dark red regions, which are Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, Elmhurst, Flushing, and Chinatown, across the five boroughs have high concentrations of Asians and have become Chinatown satellites. It is interesting to see that Asians are no longer limited to Manhattan’s Chinatown and are dispersing across the boroughs and forming their own niche in new neighborhoods.

From the 2010 Census

The following charts dissect the composition of the Asian and Hispanic Population of Flushing.

According to the 2010 American Community Survey

According to the 2010 American Community Survey

The following chart displays the major languages spoken at home, according to the 2000 U.S. Census.The Other 12% consists of: Persian, Serbo-Croatian, Tagalog, Polish, Japanese, Vietnamese, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Hungarian, Gujarathi, German, Yiddish, Armenian, and other.

According to the 2000 Census