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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Hmmm, so Pilsen isn’t becoming “white” as fast as people think? Of course, lower west side encompasses a large area, so it may hard to measure specifically what is happening in Pilsen looking at this.
Interesting that Armour square is 8% more Asian. I mean, it’s Chinatown, after all, I would have figured it was nearly all Asian by now.
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I think it was actually in the General Development thread then that I posted specifically about Pilsen doing this down to the tract. You can find it probably a week or so back. Pilsen is becoming less Hispanic because they've been moving away. The actual gains of other races there aren't massive...and I believe Asian and Black had larger increases than White in most tracts. East Pilsen grew in overall population and I think that it went up by 500 or 600 for Asian population.
As far as Armour Square goes, remember that it also includes a part west of the interstate. I think there are a few public housing projects in Armour Square that are not at all Asian. I think...which is why it's not as high previously as you might think.