The Manhattan Community Board 3 is a
New York City community board encompassing the
Manhattan neighborhoods of the
East Village, the
Lower East Side
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,
Two Bridges, and a large portion of
Chinatown
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. It is delimited by the
East River
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on the east, the
Brooklyn Bridge on the south,
Pearl Street,
Baxter Street,
Canal Street,
Bowery and
Fourth Avenue on the west, as well as by the
14th Street on the north.
Its current chair is
Andrea Gordillo, and its district manager Susan Stetzer.
Like all community boards in New York City, its members are unelected political appointees.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, Community Board 3 has a population of 163,141, about the same as in
2010 United States census. This is down from 164,407 in
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
but up from 161,617 in
1990
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. Of them (as of 2010), 52,898 (32.4%) are White non-Hispanic, 11,294 (6.9%) are
African-American
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, 55,180 (33.8%)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 241 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 434 (0.3%) of some other race, 3,036 (1.9%) of two or more race, 40,194 (24.6%) of Hispanic origins.
The racial make-up as of the
2000 census was 46,396 (28.2%) White non-Hispanic, 11,633 (7.1%)
African-American
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, 57,871 (35.2%)
Asian or Pacific Islander, 240 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 997 (0.4%) of some other race, 3,475 (2.1%) of two or more race, 44,195 (26.9%) of Hispanic origins.
49.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2009, up from 23.4 in 2000.
The land area is 1,077.1 acres, or .
References
External links
Official site of the Community BoardManhattan Community District 3 Profile
Community boards of Manhattan
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