Quote:
Originally Posted by yuriandrade
As you guys mentioned Chicago, I decided to put its numbers together:
Downtown Chicago
---------------------- 2020 ------ 2010 ------ 2000 ------ 1990
Near North Side --- 105,481 ---- 80,484 ---- 72,811 ---- 62,842 ----- 31.1% ----- 10.5% ----- 15.9%
Loop ----------------- 42,298 ---- 29,283 ---- 16,388 ---- 11,954 ----- 44.4% ----- 78.7% ----- 37.1%
Near North Side has 6.8 km² for a density of 15,500 inh./km² and Loop 2.9 km² and 10,800 inh./km². 20 and 6 census tracts, respectively.
Loop, from a CBD, turned into a very dense residential area. Ditto for the southern tracts of Near North Side, which are the ones growing like crazy. The other areas are more stable as they've always been residential. |
Thanks for posting these. What this shows is that the near north side’s growth accelerated—big time—from 2010-2020. Wow.
However you are only getting half the picture here. We also need to see data from the near south and near west sides, as those are also considered a part of what is now described as Chicago’s “central area”