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[the urban politician]

^ The diversity of the northwest side hoods seems more fluid and natural.

Whereas the stuff you have going on in these SW side areas like Bridgeport/McKinley Park, etc just seem like a few big groups moved in and staked out their claim, but there really is no mixing.

You’ve got the Mexicans, black folks, some old school ethnic whites, and then Chinatown spillover. The diversity on the north side seems to be more broad and “fluid” in a sense.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ The diversity of the northwest side hoods seems more fluid and natural.

Whereas the stuff you have going on in these SW side areas like Bridgeport/McKinley Park, etc just seem like a few big groups moved in and staked out their claim, but there really is no mixing.

You’ve got the Mexicans, black folks, some old school ethnic whites, and then Chinatown spillover. The diversity on the north side seems to be more broad and “fluid” in a sense.

Well I think that the areas up north like West Ridge are of that type of newer immigration of certain countries, who are in smaller numbers. So ultimately it becomes a lot more mixed. I've seen some other neighborhoods on NW side like Portage Park get a lot more mixed in regards to this lately by the data.

Will be interesting to dive deeper into it. Just like everything else, sometimes there's more to just 1 number. Some neighborhoods might have decreased in terms of foreign born population a little bit, but they might have decreased a lot with 1 or 2 groups, and gained a bunch with like 10 other groups. One could easily argue it's actually more diverse in a case like that even if it had a little drop in overall foreign born population (i.e. more countries represented with sizable populations).

[LouisVanDerWright]

That Yemen number you posted is total bullshit. There's at least a few hundred of them living in the Mayfair part of Albany Park. The entire area between Montrose and Lawrence along Elston is like 50% schwarma and kebab joints and there's as many people wearing the hijab and even the occasion niquab as there are yuppies with Uppababy strollers at the Park by my house every day. I've seen probably 20ish Yemeni kids and parents in one spot at the park before. Maybe there's other nationalities from Arabia mixed in, but the community seems huge and vibrant in this corner of the city.

[moorhosj1]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ The diversity of the northwest side hoods seems more fluid and natural.

Whereas the stuff you have going on in these SW side areas like Bridgeport/McKinley Park, etc just seem like a few big groups moved in and staked out their claim, but there really is no mixing.

You’ve got the Mexicans, black folks, some old school ethnic whites, and then Chinatown spillover. The diversity on the north side seems to be more broad and “fluid” in a sense.

This data dump didn't include Central American or Caribbean countries. The data might be a little different with immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, DR, and Haiti included.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by moorhosj1

This data dump didn't include Central American or Caribbean countries. The data might be a little different with immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, DR, and Haiti included.

Mexico already posted above..

Born in Guatemala
1. Belmont Cragin: 1629 people
2. Albany Park: 1359
3. Irving Park: 1045
4. Logan Square: 861
5. Portage Park: 762
6. Humboldt Park: 734
7. Hermosa: 515
8. West Ridge: 500
9. Edgewater: 354
10. Lincoln Square: 326

Born in Peru
1. Portage Park: 603 people
2. Dunning: 384
3. Near North Side: 298
4. Belmont Cragin: 238
5. Irving Park: 237
6. Jefferson Park: 194
7. Albany Park: 135
8. Near West Side: 90
9. Logan Square: 85
10. Hermosa: 83

Born in Honduras
1. Belmont Cragin: 403 people
2. Albany Park: 301
3. Gage Park: 241
4. Humboldt Park: 235
5. Montclare: 228
6. Portage Park: 195
7. South Lawndale: 156
8. West Town: 146
9. Jefferson Park: 138
10T. Hermosa: 123
10T. New City: 123

Born in El Salvador
1. Belmont Cragin: 563 people
2. Avondale: 554
3. Portage Park: 334
4. West Ridge: 267
5. South Lawndale: 266
6. Logan Square: 185
7. O'Hare: 185
8. Irving Park: 134
9. New City: 106
10. Jefferson Park: 95

Born in Belize
1. Rogers Park: 363 people
2. Auburn Gresham: 232
3. West Ridge: 160
4. Chicago Lawn: 138
5. Albany Park: 89
6. Calumet Heights: 78
7. Bridgeport: 68
8. Humboldt Park: 59
9. West Town: 57
10. Ashburn: 55

Born in Jamaica
1. West Ridge: 233 people
2. Austin: 228
3. Rogers Park: 145
4. Chatham: 136
5. Roseland: 105
6. Auburn Gresham: 99
7. Greater Grand Crossing: 97
8. Washington Heights: 67
9. Ashburn: 66
10T. Morgan Park: 64
10T. West Pullman: 64

Born in Haiti
1. South Shore: 370 people
2. South Chicago: 247
3. Calumet Heights: 153
4. Rogers Park: 146
5. Edgewater: 100
6. West Ridge: 82
7T. Greater Grand Crossing: 61
7T. Logan Square: 61

Born in Dominican Republic
1. Belmont Cragin: 404 people
2. Humboldt Park: 287
3. Austin: 169
4. Hermosa: 90
5. Logan Square: 81
6. Edgewater: 80
7. Avondale: 75
8. Dunning: 65
9. Montclare: 51


Born in Venezuela
1. Near North Side: 154 people
2. O'Hare: 127
3. Rogers park: 95
4. Lincoln Park: 78
5. Avondale: 72
6. Ashburn: 71
7. Lakeview: 64
8. Lincoln Square: 59
9. Portage Park: 58
10. Uptown: 56

Born in Argentina
1. Near North Side: 261 people
2. Lakeview: 149
3. Edgewater: 114
4. Logan Square: 105
5. Lincoln Park: 98
6. North Center: 74
7. West Town: 67
8. Montclare: 61
9. Rogers Park: 60
10. Dunning: 54

Born in Bolivia
1. Uptown: 119 people
2. Near North Side: 118
3. Dunning: 71
4. Irving Park: 68
5. West Ridge: 57


Born in Nicaragua
1. Avondale: 151 people
2. Hermosa: 124
3. Logan Square: 120

Born in Panama
1. Humboldt Park: 91 people
2. Lakeview: 88
3. Austin: 52

Born in Guyana
1. Greater Grand Crossing: 111 people
2. Austin: 90
3. West Pullman: 56

Born in Costa Rica
1. North Park: 56 people
2. Edgewater: 50