Census Data Along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona

With the aim of our project being to study Roosevelt Avenue, a closer look at the census tracts bordering Roosevelt Avenue in Corona gives a us a better visual of the demographics of this area. The data from these census tracts permits us to see the origins of the residents of these areas, as well as their economic standing.  Furthermore, data from these census tracts allows us to see emerging economic and racial patterns in Corona, Roosevelt Avenue.

Racial demographics of the census tracts in Corona that border or cover Roosevelt Avenue between the years 2007 and 2011 (based on the American Community Survey 5-year via social explorer.com)

Looking at the chart above, it is evident that most of the people living in the Corona census tracts near Roosevelt Avenue are of Hispanic/Latino and Asian descent. This same trend is seen in Jackson Heights and Elmhurst as well. However, it is interesting to note that Corona has the smallest Asian population in comparison to these neighborhoods, with the Hispanic population greatly dominating this area. Besides Asians, it can be seen that individuals that are White, African American or Other are also greatly underrepresented in these census tracts.

Hispanic/Latino population by country of origin between 2007 and 2011 (based on the ACS 5-year estimate via socialexplorer.com)

Based on the census tract data for Corona shown above, one can see that  most of the Hispanic/Latino residents of Corona, Roosevelt Avenue are of Ecuadorian, Dominican Republic and Mexican origin. In sharp contrast to this, there is an extremely low number of residents of other Hispanic/Latino origin.

Asian population by country of origin between 2007 and 2011 (based on the ACS 5-year estimate via social explorer.com)

Here it can be noted that most of the Asian residents living in the Corona census tracts shown above are of Asian Indian and Chinese (except Taiwanese) origin. The Asians of Chinese (except Taiwanese) origin make up the majority of Asian residents living in these census tracts as of 2011.  On the other hand, Asians of other origins are barely present in these census tracts.