2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Total Population In 1990, the total population for the Times Square Neighborhood was 25,65 1, which was slightly higher than the previous decade. The racial characteristics are depicted below. In general, over half of the population was White (higher than the Manhattan percentage); 11 % was Black/Non-Hispanic, and 24% were Hispanic. During the decade from 1980 to 1990, the Hispanic population declined slightly, while the Asian (particularly the non -Chinese Asian) population increased to approximately the same as that of the borough of Manhattan, or 7%. TABLE 1 POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS, 1990 ..TIMES SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD* Number -fir White 14,251 Blade, Non -Hispanic 2,252 Hispanic Asian Other 6,793 "' 1980 .:1990 Number 1990 % 57.9.. 14,807 _ 57.7 9.22,785 10.9 27.6 6,099 23.8 . 4.5 1,761 6.9 .. 0.8 .. 199 _ 0.8 TOTAL 24,612 25.651 100.0 U..�n Brrreu of Mf Cw==, 1980 and 1990 Censu.;"m of Popdabb, and Housh7g Chuactsrl,_d,,7d SocW , Econ nwc Ch+r:ctensffcs. - - } Despite the image of Times Square as a solely commercial area, it Is a place where many people 'raise their children.•'In 1990, "there 'were 3,690 families with children under the age of 1S living.in the six census tracts. Housing Units - - In 1990, there were over 18,000 housing units in the neighborhood, ofwhPch' 75 % were rental units and 49 % were in large buildings of over 50 units. In a borough In which less than 10% of the units were vacant, 20.5% were vacant in Times Square. The size of housing units within the six census tracts is smaller than elsewhere in the borough. While the median number of rooms per unit is 3 for Manhattan, it is 2.2 for the Times Square Neighborhood and 1 for the one census tract bounded by 42nd and 45th Streets, Sixth to Eighth Avenues. EVER00204 18