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[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

There are a few Malaysian restaurants in the evil suburbs

I've had them all - passable (the one in Logan Square is pretty decent too), but nothing I've ever had in the US whether it's in NYC, Chicago, or LA - came anywhere even remotely close to how good it is in Malaysia. My ex girlfriend was from there and she and her friends would homecook meals in Chicago that were better than any of the restaurants. None wanted to open a restaurant though Best food of any country I've ever been - China is #2 but luckily in the US in a few cities like NYC you can get Chinese food that is pretty legit. Based on the early reviews for this place by Malaysians...that could change. My friend from Malaysia is going to check it out and let me know how it is.

[bnk]

From a small south side business I am personally involved in that got deleted in the SSP skybar for all reasons.

Anyone know why it was deleted in less than 15 mins over here?

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=231619

[Chi-Sky21]

I miss River Kwai II that used to be on Belmont near Ashland. Their Thai spicy noodle was the best i have ever had nothing ever comes close to it.

[the urban politician]

http://abc7chicago.com/business/city...-2017/2942848/

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by marothisu

I've had them all - passable (the one in Logan Square is pretty decent too), but nothing I've ever had in the US whether it's in NYC, Chicago, or LA - came anywhere even remotely close to how good it is in Malaysia. My ex girlfriend was from there and she and her friends would homecook meals in Chicago that were better than any of the restaurants. None wanted to open a restaurant though Best food of any country I've ever been - China is #2 but luckily in the US in a few cities like NYC you can get Chinese food that is pretty legit. Based on the early reviews for this place by Malaysians...that could change. My friend from Malaysia is going to check it out and let me know how it is.

That’s actually true about most cuisine.

Even the best Indian restaurants in the US are nothing compared to the Indian food you will get in India. And home cooking? Whole new level. There’s just stuff people make at home that is never served in restaurants.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

That’s actually true about most cuisine.

Even the best Indian restaurants in the US are nothing compared to the Indian food you will get in India. And home cooking? Whole new level. There’s just stuff people make at home that is never served in restaurants.

Yep - I've never been to India, but this is what my Indian friends/coworkers and girlfriend (was in India a few months ago) said. My girlfriend went from never wanting Indian food to wanting to order it sometimes after she got back from the country because of how much better it was over there and she wanted to try and find places here on par with it.

The only food I've had that was pretty good in America compared to the actual country was Chinese food - some places in NYC are pretty good and there's a few in Chicago that are too (girlfriend and her parents approved). That being said, there are also a lot of places across the country serving Chinese food that's not even close to the country - IMO only a few areas of the country serve it pretty well. I've found that the Chinese food in Chicago got a bit better from the time I moved to Chicago and from the time I left. There is also a place in NYC that serves good Turkish food - as good as I've had it everytime in Turkey and another in Chicago that's good too (though it is Kurdish). Interestingly I've had better Italian food in a few US cities than a few (but not all) cities in Italy.

It is funny though because people here assume because a cook is from some country the food is automatically good and authentic. Pretty much means nothing - it's like what if I went over to Morocco to open an American restaurant. I can make a decent burger, but it's nowhere even close to the best you'll ever get in America.

[marothisu]

Sorry in advance for the long post. Thought this would be interesting regarding foreign born population. This post will be done by Community Area, change from 2010 to 2016. The data comes from the 2016 United States Census and was put together from Census Tract data. A dataset from cityofchicago.org was used to tie each census tract to the community area. There is a small set of census tracts that have parts of them in the suburbs, but the population is relatively low so I counted them as part of this - areas like Norwood Park and O'Hare mostly.

These are by country too, but there are some "other" categories that are together and counted here.

- Other South Central Asia: Bhutan, Turkmenistan, Maldives, Kyrgzystan, and Tajikistan

- Other East Asia: Macau, North Korea, Mongolia

- Other West Africa: Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Togo, Gambia, Mauritania, Niger

- Other North Africa: Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Western Sahara

- Other South America: Paraguay, French Guiana, Suriname

- Other East Africa: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Sudan, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar

- Other Middle Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Chad, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi


I put the data in a spoiler section below because it's so big. You'll have to click on the Show button to see the data. Of course, these are estimates - should give a good idea but maybe not 100% accurate (for example, I know someone who was living in South Loop and still is who is from Malaysia, but there's a big fat 0 for it in the data. Margin of Error is greater than 0 though so at least there's that):

Albany Park
Total Change in foreign born population: -1972 people

Top Gains
1. Honduras: +378 people
2. Ecuador: +336
3. Philippines: +318
4. India: +233
5. Nigeria: +171
6. China: +161
7. Sudan: +133
8. Thailand: +127
9. Serbia: +125
10. Guatemala: +124
11. Bangladesh: +102
12. Romania: +91
13. Other Eastern Europe: +88
14. Eritrea: +87
15. Belize: +78
16. Brazil: +74
17. Croatia: +62
18. Other Northern Africa: +6
19. Bolivia: +57
20. Burma: +54

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1628 people
2. Yemen: -440
3. Laos: -418
4. Colombia: -307
5. Korea: -234
6. Dominican Republic: -205
7. Bulgaria: -153
8. Other East Africa: -146
9. Poland: -112
10. Jordan: -110
11. Cuba: -108
12. Ghana: -102
13. Armenia: -99
14. Costa Rica: -90
15. Iraq: -76
16. Ireland: -73
17. Peru: -72
18. Bosnia & Herzegovina: -67
19. Egypt: -48
20. Albania: -45

Archer Heights
Total Change: +64 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +235 people
2. Cuba: +42
3. Morocco: +38
4. Honduras: +34
5. El Salvador: +30
6. Philippines: +29
7T. Austria: +11
7T. Colombia: +11
9. UK: +9
10. Croatia: +8

Top Losses
1. Poland: -132 people
2. Yemen: -64
3. Mexico: -62
4. Czech Republic+Slovakia: -37
5. Spain: -22
6. Italy: -20
7. Guatemala: -16
8T. Iran: -14
8T. Peru: -14
10. Germany: -13


Armour Square
Total Change: +1122 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +1350 people
2. Cambodia: +56
3. Philippines: +50
4. Thailand: +39
5. Mexico: +25
6. UK: +23
7. Chile: +20
8. Russia: +18
9. Other West Africa: +17
10. Indonesia: +14

Top Losses
1. Malaysia: -132 people
2. Honduras: -73
3. Vietnam: -48
4. India: -47
5T. Bolivia: -37
5T. Iran: -37
7. Colombia: -33
8. Saudi Arabia: -32
9. Belize: -24
10. Egypt: -23

Ashburn
Total Change: +868 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +1032 people
2. Other West Africa: +127
3. Philippines: +81
4. Dominican Republic: +74
5. Greece: +73
6. Nigeria: +68
7. Honduras: +67
8. Austria: +59
9. Romania: +54
10. Liberia: +32

Top Losses
1. Jamaica: -144 people
2. Cuba: -97
3. Poland: -96
4. Haiti: -94
5. Laos: -69
6. Guatemala: -64
7. Israel: -53
8. Pakistan: -50
9. Other Central America: -38
10. Colombia: -35

Auburn Gresham
Total Change: -171 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Belize: +72 people
2. Haiti: +50
3. India: +24
4. Guatemala: +23
5. Ghana: +21
6. Pakistan: +19
7. Nicaragua: +12
8. Canada: +10
9. New Zealand: +9
10. Trinidad and Tobago: +5


Top Losses
1. Jamaica: -184 people
2. Liberia: -146
3. Mexico: -39
4. Other Central America: -28
5. Philippines: -21
6. Germany: -12
7. Nigeria: -10
8. Korea: -9

Austin
Total Change: +953 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +614 people
2. Ecuador: +330
3. Other West Africa: +176
4. Other Middle Africa: +167
5. Korea: +107
6. Jordan: +99
7. India: +82
8. Philippines: +82
9. Bulgaria: +80
10. Guyana: +63

Top Losses
1. Nigeria: -121 people
2. China: -103
3. Romania: -102
4. Belize: -81
5. Lithuania: -77
6. Poland: -70
7. Italy: -53
8. Honduras: -48
9. Peru: -47
10. Albania: -41

Avalon Park
Total Change: +3 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Nigeria: +35 people
2. Thailand: +19
3. Belize: +13
4. Haiti: +8

Top Losses
1. Cameroon: -45 people
2. Jamaica: -17
3. UK: -10

Avondale
Total Change: -1590 people

Top Gains
1. El Salvador: +422 people
2. Other South Central Asia: +128
3. Burma: +103
4. Iran: +81
5. Philippines: +72
6. Canada: +69
7. Cuba: +66
8. Thailand: +48
9. Afghanistan: +42
10. UK: +41

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1023 people
2. Guatemala: -312
3. Poland: -296
4. Ecuador: 193
5. Belize: -101
6. India: -85
7. Honduras: -84
8. Domnican Republic: -79
9. Romania: -63
10. Other Middle Africa: -61

Belmont Cragin
Total Change: -2302 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Cuba: +207 people
2. Dominican Republic: +190
3. Ukraine: +165
4. Philippines: +72
5T. Turkey: +43
5T. UK: +43
7. Bulgaria: +42
8. Venezuela: +39
9. Cambodia: +33
10. Lithuania: +30

Top Losses
1. Poland: -1223 people
2. Peru: -450
3. Ecuador: -267
4. Czech Republic+Slovakia: -176
5. Honduras: -121
6. Germany: -118
7. Romania: -108
8T. Mexico: -85
8T. Other Middle Africa: -85
10. Colombia: -79

Beverly
Total Change: -74 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +84 people
2. Philippines: +36
3. Germany: +33
4T. Colombia: +16
4T. Other Eastern Europe: +16
6. Jamaica: +15
7. Iran: +13
8. Morocco: +12
9. Croatia: +11
10T. Argentina: +10
10T. India: +10

Top Losses
1. Ethiopia: -78 people
2. Poland: -66
3. Lithuania: -43
4T. Spain: -34
4T. Sweden: -34
6. Haiti: -31
7. Canada: -28
8. Belize: -24
9. Italy: -20
10. Bulgaria: -10

Bridgeport
Total Change: +139 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +588 people
2. Guatemala: +141
3. India: +78
4. Poland: +66
5. Lithuania: +59
6. Other Northern Africa: +54
7. Nepal: +47
8. El Salvador: +39
9. Malaysia: +37
10. Canada: +35

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -481 people
2. Egypt: -101
3. Indonesia: -94
4. Croatia: -89
5. Burma: =55
6. Bosnia & Herzegovina: -47
7. Costa Rica: -35
8. Laos: -30
9T. Bulgaria: -29
9T. Italy: -29

Brighton Park
Total Change: +579 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +644 people
2. China: +629
3. El Salvador: +80
4. Cuba: +35
5. Dominican Republic: +29
6. Colombia: +27
7. Belize: +26
8. Malaysia: +15
9. Vietnam: +14
10T. Czech Republic+Slovakia: +10
10T. India: +10

Top Losses
1. Poland: -279 people
2. Philippines: -147
3. Lithuania: -118
4. Chile: -71
5. Honduras: -53
6. Nicaragua: -46
7. Ecuador: -40
8. Macedonia: -27
9. Other Central America: -22
10. Bolivia: -21

Burnside
Total Change: -42 foreign born people

Top Gains
Haiti: +71 people

Top Losses
1. Nigeria: -68 people
2. Jamaica: -33
3. Ukraine: -12

Calumet Heights
Total Change: -340 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Haiti: +107 people
2. Belize: +90
3. Mexico: +85
4. Bahamas: +32
5. Other East Africa: +22
6T. Kenya: +16
6T. Panama: +16
8. Dominican Republic: +12
9. El Salvador: +10
10. China: +7

Top Losses
1. Other West Africa: -417 people
2T. Ghana: -71
2T. India: -71
4. Nigeria: -62
5. Jamaica: -50
6. Germany: -30
7. Trinidad & Tobago: -22
8. Philippines: -14

Chatham
Total Change: +290 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ghana: +118 people
2. Nigeria: +112
3. Jamaica: +43
4. Cameroon: +36
5. Pakistan: +31
6. Other East Africa: +23
7. Other West Africa: +12
8T. Canada: +10
8T. Spain: +10
10T. Belize: +9
10T. Germany: +9
10T. Other Middle Africa: +9

Top Losses
1. Philippines: -80 people
2. Trinidad and Tobago: -34
3. China: -28
4. India: -22
5. Sudan: -18
6. UK: -12
7. Bahamas: -3

Chicago Lawn
Total Change: +1786 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +1805 people
2. Honduras: +167
3. Belize: +142
4. Guatemala: +68
5T. Jamaica: +58
5T. Pakistan: +58
7. El Salvador: +34
8. German: +33
9. Canada: +30
10. Poland: +24

Top Losses
1. Lithuania: -175 people
2. Colombia: -122
3T. Jordan: -63
3T. Nigeria: -63
5. Philippines: -61
6. Ghana: -61
7. Other East Africa: -48
8. India: -43
9. Other Central America: -32
10. Kenya: -29

Clearing
Total Change: -31 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Poland: +346 people
2. Italy: +80
3. Philippines: +75
4. Lithuania: +48
5T. India: +46
5T. Ukraine: +46
7. Russia: +39
8. Korea: +38
9. Argentina: +35
10. Dominican Republic: +22

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -571 people
2. Colombia: -149
3. Romania: -57
4. Croatia: -24
5. Ireland: -22
6. Germany: -19
7. Greece: -18
8. Jordan: -17
9. Guatemala: -14
10T. Norway: -12
10T. Venezuela: -12

Douglas
Total Change: +928 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +816 people
2. India: +224
3. Brazil: +117
4. Saudi Arabia: +72
5. Canada: +69
6. Bangladesh: +69
7. Other East Asia: +51
8. Mexico: +47
9. Turkey: +38
10. Ghana: +33

Top Losses
1. Korea: -224 people
2. Nigeria: -217
3. Philippines: -135
4. Iran: -55
5. Ukraine: -47
6. Sweden: -45
7. UK: -33
8. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: -31
9. Germany: -27
10. Pakistan: -23

Dunning
Total Change: -2012 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +230 people
2. Peru: +223
3. Bosnia & Herzegovina: +192
4. Czech Republic + Slovakia: +123
5. China: +122
6. Bolivia: +70
7. Albania: +60
8. Macedonia: +59
9. France: +40
10. Nigeria: +36

Top Losses
1. Poland: -1961 people
2. India: -224
3. Philippines: -172
4. Italy: -135
5. Romania: -110
6. Argentina: -90
7. Cuba: -82
8. Germany: -70
9. Haiti: -65
10. Ecuador: -58

East Garfield Park
Total Change: -220 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +44
2. Philippines: +32
3. Ecuador: +25
4. Poland: +20
5. Trinidad and Tobago: +19
6T. Belize: +7
6T. Russia: +7
6T. Vietnam: +7
9. Bulgaria: +6
10T. Indonesia: +5
10T. UK: +5

Top Losses
1. Jamaica: -107 people
2. Nigeria: -58
3. Brazil: -54
4. India: -52
5. Other Central America: -29
6. Germany: -21
7. Other Middle Africa: -16
8. Canada: -9
9. France: -8
10. Thailand: -6

East Side
Total Change: -1803 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Other Eastern Europe: +128 people
2. Serbia: +86
3. Ecuador: +44
4. Nigeria: +40
5. China: +33
6. El Salvador: +29
7. Belize: +26
8T. Other Central America: +17
8T. UK: +17
10T. Philippines: +12
10T. Uruguay: +12

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1484 people
2. Guatemala: -210
3. Honduras: -89
4. Greece: -60
5. Peru: -52
6. Israel: -48
7. Argentina: -35
8. Ireland: -34
9. Germany: -24
10. Italy: -22

Edgewater
Total Change: -711 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Bosnia & Herzegovina: +422 people
2. India: +314
3. Mexico: +291
4. Nepal: +178
5. Macedonia: +147
6. Sri Lanka: +138
7. Other East Asia: +107
8. Ethiopia: +104
9. Other Eastern Europe: +84
10T. Guatemala: +75
10T. Iran: +75
12. Bangladesh: +73
13. Serbia: +65
14T. Argentina: +51
14T. Canada: +51
16. Iraq: +49
17. Armenia: +47
18T. Peru: +42
18T. Trinidad and Tobago: +42
20. El Salvador: +39

Top Losses
1. Philippines: -699 people
2. Nigeria: -439
3. Ukraine: -192
4. Romania: -162
5. Turkey: -150
6. Japan: -147
7. Other East Africa: -133
8. Ghana: -125
9. Pakistan: -123
10. Other West Asia: -117
11. Sierra Leone: -116
12. Kenya: -115
13. Thailand: -82
14T. Brazil: -78
14T. Costa Rica: -78
16. Bulgaria: -70
17. Belarus: -67
18. Egypt: -63
19T. Other South Central Asia: -62
19T. Vietnam: -62

Edison Park
Total Change: +314 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +110 people
2. Poland: +108
3. Turkey: +94
4. India: +76
5. Italy: +66
6. Albania: +45
7. UK: +22
8. Korea: +22
9T. Austria: +17
9T. Other Eastern Europe: +17
9T. Romania: +17

Top Losses
1. China: -69 people
2. Philippines: -57
3. Ireland: -38
4. Canada: -32
5. Bulgaria: -23
6. Ecuador: -19
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -18
8. Japan: -17
9. Germany: -15
10. Sri Lanka: -12

Englewood
Total Change: +370 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +175 people
2. Jamaica: +120
3. Trinidad and Tobago: +46
4. Nigeria: +42
5T. Liberia: +31
5T. Other Middle Africa: +31
7. Haiti: +22
8. India: +17
9. Honduras: +15
10. Other Northern Africa: +14


Top Losses
1. Belize: -76 people
2. Ghana: -41
3. Kenya: -18

Forest Glen
Total Change: -289 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Romania: +194 people
2. Italy: +107
3. Cambodia: +92
4. Mexico: +81
5. Ukraine: +64
6. Thailand: +57
7. Iraq: +56
8. Serbia: +53
9. Nigeria: +47
10. El Salvador: +44


Top Losses
1. Vietnam: -245 people
2. Poland: -158
3. Greece: -135
4. Philippines: -107
5. Colombia: -88
6. Korea: -65
7. Canada: -59
8. Croatia: -52
9. Sweden: -45
10. Other East Africa: -44

Fuller Park
Total Change: +16 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Poland: +33 people
2. Jamaica: +19
3. Brazil: +13
4T. Ghana: +6
4T. Lithuania: +6

Top Losses
1. Other West Africa: -59 people
2. China: -9

Gage Park
Total Change: -888 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Guatemala: +107 people
2. Colombia: +65
3. Korea: +52
4. Philippines: +43
5. China: +42
6. El Salvador: +28
7. Ghana: +25
8. Dominican Republic: +24
9. Costa Rica: +20
10. Canada: +18


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -907 people
2. Ecuador: -122
3. Poland: -59
4. Thailand: -57
5. Nicaragua: -55
6. Peru: -37
7. Romania: -23
8. Cuba: -19
9. Ukraine: -18
10. Uruguay: -11

Garfield Ridge
Total Change: +515 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +1300 people
2. Ecuador: +120
3. China: +99
4. Cuba: +60
5. Honduras: +51
6. Argentina: +28
7. Germany: +22
8. Serbia: +18
9. Czech Republic + Slovakia: +17
10T. Ireland: +16
10T. Lithuania: +16

Top Losses
1. Poland: -608 people
2. Philippines: -132
3. Thailand: -125
4. Israel: -97
5. Italy: -91
6. Ukraine: -44
7. Vietnam: -43
8. Canada: -29
9. Chile: -17
10T. France: -15
10T. Greece: -15

Grand Boulevard
Total Change: -16 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Nigeria: +45 people
2. Philippines: +40
3. Other West Africa: +31
4. Belize: +30
5. Kenya: +27
6. Cuba: +19
7. Guyana: +15
8T. Ireland: +12
8T. Mexico: +12
10T. Brazil: +11
10T. Egypt: +11


Top Losses
1. Poland: -52 people
2. Russia: -50
3. Barbados: -36
4. Saudi Arabia: -32
5. Honduras: -25
6. Ukraine: -21
7. Germany: -18
8. Jamaica: -17
9. Ghana: -16
10. Haiti: -14

Greater Grand Crossing
Total Change: +206 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Jamaica: +69 people
2. Haiti: +55
3. Nigeria: +48
4. Other West Africa: +42
5. Canada: +39
6. Other Central America: +22
7. Guyana: +18
8T. Ethiopia: +9
8T. Guatemala: +9
8T. Trinidad and Tobago: +9


Top Losses
1. Belize: -37 people
2. Panama: -29
3. China: -20
4T. Egypt: -17
4T. Philippines: -17
6. France: -10
7. Honduras: -9
8. Hungary: -8
9. Ghana: -5

Hegewisch
Total Change: +27 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Guatemala: +68 people
2. Poland: +48
3. Croatia: +46
4. Greece: +45
5. Panama: +35
6. Ecuador: +27
7. Serbia: +16
8. Venezuela: +9
9. Brazil: +8


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -137 people
2. Jordan: -59
3. Philippines: -45
4. Peru: -15
5. Germany: -14
6. Moldova: -11
7. Italy: -5

Hermosa
Total Change: -450 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ecuador: +623 people
2. El Salvador: +204
3. Colombia: +130
4. Cuba: +87
5. Nicaragua: +63
6. Ukraine: +59
7. Other West Africa: +48
8. Philippines: +41
9. UK: +39
10T. Korea: +34
10T. Latvia: +34


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1028 people
2. Peru: -172
3. Germany: -92
4. Poland: -86
5. Guatemala: -83
6T. Honduras: -48
6T. India: -48
8. Romania: -39
9. Jordan: -35
10. Vietnam: -28

Humboldt Park
Total Change: +46 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Honduras: +264 people
2. Other Middle Africa: +204
3. Ecuador: +133
4. Philippines: +66
5. Poland: +65
6. UK: +41
7. Nepal: +31
8. Peru: +23
9. Other Central America: +22
10T. Costa Rica: +15
10T. Other West Africa: +15

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -176 people
2. Dominican Republic: -99
3. Venezuela: -86
4. Other East Africa: -77
5. Canada: -56
6. El Salvador: -46
7. Nicaragua: -44
8. Jordan: -42
9. Korea: -41
10. Colombia: -37

Hyde Park
Total Change: +295 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +334 people
2. Mexico: +183
3. UK: +157
4. Canada: +102
5. Brazil: +79
6. Germany: +72
7. Chile: +68
8. Netherlands: +65
9. India: +49
10. Japan: +40


Top Losses
1. Korea: -141 people
2. Ghana: -132
3. France: -91
4. Israel: -69
5. Russia: -60
6. Czech Republic+Slovakia: -58
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -45
8. Spain: -43
9. Bulgaria: -38
10. Egypt: -36

Irving Park
Total Change: +215 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Poland: +357 people
2. Thailand: +338
3. Mexico: +321
4. Cuba: +166
5. Other South American: +159
6. Pakistan: +149
7. Jordan: +134
8. Moldova: +122
9. Other East Asia: +109
10. Serbia: +104
11T. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +100
11T. Peru: +100
13. China: +96
14. Vietnam: +81
15. UK: +67
16. Russia: +55
17T. Cambodia: +52
17T. France: +52
19. Bangladesh: +50
20. Bolivia: +50



Top Losses
1. Philippines: -479 people
2. Ecuador: -343
3. Guatemala: -311
4. Korea: -219
5. Other East Africa: -194
6. India: -190
7. Honduras: -121
8. Ireland: -118
9. Bulgaria: -91
10. Nicaragua: -84
11. Sudan: -80
12. Italy: -74
13. Yemen: -71
14. Turkey: -70
15T. Austria: -51
15T. Other Eastern Europe: -51
15T. Spain: -51
18. Venezuela: -50
19. Israel: -42
20T. Belarus: -41
20T. Ethiopia: -41

Jefferson Park
Total Change: +88 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Vietnam: +336 people
2. Peru: +195
3. Romania: +127
4. Albania: +125
5. Korea: +112
6. Germany: +101
7. Mexico: +98
8. Other Eastern Europe: +81
9. Other Northern Africa: +77
10. Czech Republic + Slovakia: +66


Top Losses
1. Poland: -443 people
2. India: -290
3. Ukraine: -223
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -217
5. Pakistan: -93
6. Uruguay: -73
7. Lithuania: -56
8. Dominican Republic: -50
9. Cambodia: -42
10. Jordan: -37

Kenwood
Total Change: +93 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +535 people
2. Ghana: +46
3. Poland: +44
4. Mexico: +28
5. Venezuela: +25
6. Other West Africa: +22
7. Colombia: +21
8. Kuwait: +18
9T. Grenada: +16
9T. Switzerland: +16


Top Losses
1. Korea: -127 people
2. India: -84
3. Peru: -74
4. Haiti: -67
5. Ethiopia: -62
6. Kenya: -47
7. UK: -41
8. Italy: -35
9. Nigeria: -32
10. Malaysia: -30

Lake View
Total Change: +401 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Spain: +337 people
2T. Japan: +233
2T. UK: +233
4. Ghana: +228
5. Saudi Arabia: +227
6. Romania: +182
7. China: +164
8. Turkey: +122
9. Canada: +121
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +110
11. India: +105
12. Iran: +95
13. Lithuania: +71
14. Colombia: +68
15. Chile: +67
16. Iraq: +64
17. Israel: +52
18T. France: +49
18T. Liberia: +49
20. Indonesia: +44

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -894 people
2. Germany: -260
3. Nigeria: -171
4. Other Northern Africa: -94
5. Albania: -90
6. Russia: -84
7. Other South American: -79
8. Ecuador: -78
9T. Belarus: -70
9T. Pakistan: -70
11. Lebanon: -66
12. Cuba: -58
13. Vietnam: -56
14. Latvia: -48
15. New Zealand: -46
16. Ireland: -41
17. Italy: -37
18. Brazil: -35
19. Poland: -34
20. Philippines: -32

Lincoln Park
Total Change: +1025 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ghana: +226 people
2. Poland: +191
3. China: +189
4. Russia: +159
5. India: +125
6. Colombia: +121
7. Australia: +106
8. Bulgaria: +104
9. Argentina: +90
10. Ecuador: +88
11T. Belarus: +74
11T. Other Eastern Europe: +74
13. Pakistan: +64
14. Mexico: +61
15. Belize: +53
16. Moldova: +47
17. Other East Asia: +44
18T. Lebanon: +43
18T. Venezuela: +43
20T. Iran: +40
20T. New Zealand: +40


Top Losses
1. Japan: -160 people
2. Canada: -135
3. Israel: -83
4. Thailand: -76
5. Austria: -72
6. France: -72
7. Korea: -68
8T. Philippines: -59
8T. Serbia: -59
10. Greece: -57

Lincoln Square
Total Change: -155 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Philippines: +430 people
2. Guatemala: +308
3. Iraq: +251
4. Other South Central Asia: +206
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +182
6. Colombia: +160
7. China: +124
8. Kazakhstan: +119
9. Thailand: +106
10. Other Eastern Europe: +102
11. Nicaragua: +87
12T. Other East Asia: +85
12T. Other Northern Africa: +85
12T. Vietnam: +85
15. Egypt: +78
16. Yemen: +73
17. Russia: +67
18. Macedonia: +65
19. Costa Rica: +58
20. Serbia: +55


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -534 people
2. Pakistan: -395
3. Korea: -375
4. Romania: -240
5. Greece: -223
6. El Salvador: -126
7. Bulgaria: -124
8. Japan: -115
9. Bangladesh: -112
10. Germany: -88
11. Latvia: -77
12. Venezuela: -69
13. Ecuador: -67
14. Czech Republic + Slovakia: -65
15. Sudan: -60
16T. Armenia: -59
16T. India: -59
18. Cuba: -43
19. Laos: -42
20. Croatia: -41

Logan Square
Total Change: -3210 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ecuador: +133 people
2. El Salvador: +106
3. France: +105
4. Ukraine: +97
5. UK: +82
6. Venezuela: +73
7. Iran: +71
8. Cuba: +62
9T. Nicaragua: +59
9T. Russia: +59


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -2907 people
2. Guatemala: -385
3. Philippines: -198
4. Poland: -196
5. India: -159
6. Cambodia: -134
7. Peru: -130
8. Honduras: -129
9. Bulgaria: -97
10. Australia: -49

Loop
Total Change: +3397 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +1063 people
2. India: +488
3. Canada: +341
4. Serbia: +197
5. Italy: +186
6. UK: +177
7. Korea: +166
8. Iran: +139
9. Brazil: +138
10T. Mexico: +108
10T. Vietnam: +108
12. Poland: +101
13. Japan: +99
14. Other East Africa: +68
15. Saudi Arabia: +67
16. Chile: +61
17. Guatemala: +56
18. Philippines: +54
19T. Jordan: +44
19T. Other Eastern Europe: +44

Top Losses
1. Ethiopia: -119 people
2. Other West Asia: -76
3. Indonesia: -66
4. Portugal: -54
5. Netherlands: -50
6. Lebanon: -40
7. Russia: -39
8. Egypt: -35
9. Other South America: -30
10. Jamaica: -28

Lower West Side
Total Change: -3343 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Guatemala: +123 people
2. China: +88
3. Other Central America: +80
4. India: +78
5. Philippines: +69
6. Other South Central Asia: +54
7. Sri Lanka: +37
8. El Salvador: +36
9. Belize: +35
10. Nigeria: +33


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -3845 people
2. Poland: -94
3. Dominican Republic: -68
4. Bolivia: -66
5. Ecuador: -54
6. Spain: -30
7. Ireland: -24
8. Belgium: -19
9. Haiti: -18
10. Other West Asia: -17

McKinley Park
Total Change: +199 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Vietnam: +76 people
2. Ecuador: +47
3. Belize: +38
4. Korea: +34
5. Greece: +27
6. Honduras: +21
7. Poland: +15
8. Nigeria: +13
9T. Canada: +12
9T. Guatemala: +12


Top Losses
1. Peru: -37 people
2. Mexico: -32
3. India: -20
4T. Serbia: -12
4T. UK: -12
6. Macedonia: -8
7. Germany: -7

Montclare
Total Change: -526 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Guatemala: +135 people
2. India: +73
3. Other Middle Africa: +46
4. Colombia: +43
5. Serbia: +39
6. Romania: +38
7. Vietnam: +36
8. Saudi Arabia: +31
9. Bulgaria: +28
10. Czech Republic + Slovakia: +25


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -496 people
2. Honduras: -163
3. Ecuador: -117
4. Iraq: -80
5. Greece: -68
6. Cuba: -53
7. Italy: -51
8. Peru: -43
9. Ukraine: -19
10T. Brazil: -13
10T. Kuwait: -13

Morgan Park
Total Change: -83 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Other West Africa: +102 people
2. Mexico: +79
3. Nigeria: +45
4. Jamaica: +32
5. Ukraine: +28
6. Serbia: +26
7. Austria: +18
8. Dominica: +16
9. China: +12
10. Ecuador: +10


Top Losses
1. Philippines: -106 people
2. Haiti: -58
3. India: -52
4. Poland: -32
5. Belize: -25
6. Saudi Arabia: -24
7. Pakistan: -23
8. Kuwait: -17
9T. France: -15
9T. Panama: -15

Mount Greenwood
Total Change: +367 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Philippines: +165 people
2. Argentina: +47
3. Mexico: +45
4. China: +43
5. Vietnam: +31
6. Korea: +28
7T. Morocco: +21
7T. Poland: +21
9. Germany: +14
10T. Belarus: +11
10T. Italy: +11


Top Losses
1. Ireland: -56 people
2. Nigeria: -38
3. Spain: -20
4. Dominican Republic: -16
5. Russia: -8
6. Brazil: -7
7. India: -5
8. Greece: -3
9. Jamaica: -2

Near North Side
Total Change: +2236 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +579 people
2. India: +572
3. Iraq: +413
4. UK: +296
5. Peru: +236
6. France: +222
7. Canada: +207
8. Other West Asia: +186
9. Ethiopia: +150
10. Thailand: +146
11. Saudi Arabia: +140
12. Argentina: +139
13. Japan: +125
14. Pakistan: +117
15. Iran: +113
16. Netherlands: +108
17. Greece: +103
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +101
19. Colombia: +98
20. Russia: +94
21. Morocco: +89
22. Lithuania: +78
23. Belarus: +67
24. Spain: +55
25. Portugal: +38

Top Losses
1. Germany: -227 people
2. Ecuador: -163
3. Ukraine: -161
4. Vietnam: -124
5. Poland: -117
6. Israel: -117
7. Australia: -106
8T. Hungary: -88
8T. Philippines: -88
10. Jamaica: -80

Near South Side
Total Change: +1926 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +621 people
2. India: +304
3. Korea: +221
4. Brazil: +185
5. Philippines: +156
6. Lebanon: +132
7. Nigeria: +129
8. Vietnam: +117
9. Ecuador: +113
10. Bahamas: +105
11. Russia: +97
12. France: +76
13. Singapore: +69
14T. Germany: 59
14T. Ghana: +59
16T. Other South Central Asia: +47
16T. Other West Asia: +47
18. Other East Africa: +45
19T. Australia: +43
19T. New Zealand: +43

Top Losses
1. Colombia: -108 people
2. Poland: -102
3. Malaysia: -66
4. Jamaica: -64
5. Ethiopia: -60
6. Pakistan: -48
7. Ireland: -45
8. Mexico: -42
9. Thailand: -36
10. Belgium: -28

Near West Side
Total Change: +2880 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +1406 people
2. India: +186
3. Nigeria: 165
4. France: +145
5T. Ghana: +138
5T. Pakistan: +138
7. Brazil: +127
8. Ukraine: +117
9. Poland: +114
10. UK: +111
11. Canada: +98
12. Saudi Arabia: +79
13. Trinidad and Tobago: +75
14. Ethiopia: +74
15. Argentina: +73
16. Laos: +71
17T. Iran: +66
17T. Other Eastern Europe: +66
19. Korea: +63
20. Germany: +58


Top Losses
1. Philippines: -196 people
2. Russia: -139
3. Bulgaria: -83
4. Thailand: -70
5. Romania: -61
6. Jamaica: -60
7. Other West Africa: -55
8. Lebanon: -43
9 Guatemala: -42
10T. Barbados: -39
10T. Turkey: -39

New City
Total Change: -212 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +187 people
2. Honduras: +153
3. Philippines: +64
4. Israel: +51
5. Venezuela: +42
6. Guatemala: +37
7. El Salvador: +35
8. Laos: +33
9 Colombia: +32
10. Cuba: +24


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -367 people
2. Poland: -188
3. Ghana: -83
4. Costa Rica: -80
5. India: -67
6. UK: -41
7. Ecuador: -21
8. Morocco: -19
9. Belize: -18
10. Dominica: -16

North Center
Total Change: -242 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. France: +149 people
2. Guatemala: +130
3. India: +120
4. Russia: +73
5. Canada: +60
6. Bulgaria: +50
7. Peru: +49
8. Venezuela: +48
9. Romania: +46
10T. Jamaica: +44
10T. Vietnam: +44

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -270 people
2. Germany: -164
3. Korea: -163
4. Philippines: -137
5. Ecuador: -124
6. Poland: -83
7. Ireland: -72
8. China: -42
9 Honduras: -37
10. Spain: -34

North Lawndale
Total Change: +251 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +272 people
2. Nigeria: +39
3. Other West Africa: +27
4. Colombia: +17
5T. Japan: +14
5T. Liberia: +14
7. Ecuador: +12
8T. El Salvador: +11
8T. Poland: +11
8T. Serbia: +11
8T. Sudan: +11


Top Losses
1. Honduras: -156 people
2. Brazil: -49
3. Pakistan: -38
4. Ethiopia: -18

North Park
Total Change: -316 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. India: +469 people
2. Bangladesh: +372
3. Morocco: +194
4. Pakistan: +106
5. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +97
6. Turkey: +81
7. Colombia: +79
8. Kazakhstan: +74
9. Romania: +71
10. Ukraine: +67


Top Losses
1. Philippines: -452 people
2. Korea: -340
3. Mexico: -306
4. Vietnam: -279
5. Guatemala: -150
6. Cambodia: -121
7. Germany: -88
8. El Salvador: -84
9. Bulgaria: -75
10.Iraq: -65

Norwood Park
Total Change: -1328 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ukraine: +243 people
2. Egypt: +196
3. China: +159
4. Guyana: +127
5. Moldova: +115
6. Philippines: +109
7. Bulgaria: +108
8. Cuba: +92
9T. Czech Republic+Slovakia: +83
9T. Italy: +83


Top Losses
1. Poland: -605 people
2. Colombia: -302
3. Mexico: -262
4. India: -250
5. Vietnam: -202
6. Ecuador: -156
7. Germany: -132
8. France: -86
9. Greece: -84
10. Lebanon: -76

Oakland
Total Change: +416 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ghana: +181 people
2. Italy: +123
3. Nigeria: +67
4. Other West Africa: +25
5. Bangladesh: +19
6. Panama: +15
7. Philippines: +14
8T. Other East Africa: +11
8T. Saudi Arabia: +11
10T. Haiti: +8
10T. Korea: +8
10T. Vietnam: +8


Top Losses
1. China: -35 people
2. Mexico: -21
3. Trinidad and Tobago: -18
4. Thailand: -16
5. Colombia: -9
6. Poland: -8
7. Belize: -7

O'Hare
Total Change: +966 foreign born people

Top Gains
1T. Philippines: +464 people
1T. Ukraine: +464
3. Jordan: +252
4. Morocco: +193
5. Mexico: +177
6. Greece: +158
7. Venezuela: +127
8. Other Northern Africa: +111
9. Germany: +108
10. Other East Asia: +101
11. Iraq: +100
12T. Macedonia: +98
12T. TUrkey: +98
14. Pakistan: +92
15. Other Eastern Europe: +90
16. Other Middle Africa: +77
17. Uzbekistan: +71
18. Romania: +70
19. Croatia: +62
20. Other South Central Asia: +59

Top Losses
1. Poland: -1212 people
2. India: -290
3. Korea: -117
4. Bulgaria: -69
5. Peru: -67
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -63
7. Other West Asia: -58
8. Colombia: -56
9. Ecuador: -55
10. Other West Africa: -46

Portage Park
Total Change: +650 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +730 people
2. Philippines: +421
3. Ecuador: +377
4. Peru: +316
5. Albania: +306
6. Other Northern Africa: +224
7. Romania: +170
8. Other Eastern Europe: +134
9. Egypt: +122
10. Honduras: +115
11. Ukraine: +87
12. Guatemala: +70
13T. Cambodia: +66
13T. Other East Asia: +66
15. Pakistan: +50
16. China: +48
17. Morocco: +41
18. Other East Africa: +36
19T. All at 34: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Moldova, Other South Central Asia, Panama, Russia, Spain


Top Losses
1. Poland: -822 people
2T. El Salvador: -276
2T. India: -276
4. Bulgaria: -227
5. Cuba: -203
6. Germany: -153
7. Other South America: -145
8. Ireland: -136
9. Serbia: -90
10. Czech Republic + Slovakia: -80
11. Lithuania: -77
12T. Costa Rica: -74
12T. Italy: -74
14. Israel: -59
15. Colombia: -57

Pullman
Total Change: -78 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ghana: +26
2. Philippines: +13
3. China: +11
4. Jamaica: +6
5T. Germany: +5
5T. Haiti: +5
5T. Ireland: +5
8. Canada: +4
9. Italy: +3


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -115 people
2. Guatemala: -41

Riverdale
Total Change: +91 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +73 people
2T. China: +17
2T. Guatemala: +17
4. Jamaica: +9

Top Losses
Philippines: -25 people

Rogers Park
Total Change: -956 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Nigeria: +437 people
2. Burma: +298
3. Other Middle Africa: +234
4. India: +203
5. Other South Central Asia: +191
6. Dominican Republic: +133
7. Other East Africa: +120
8. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +113
9T. Other Central America: +98
9T. Panama: +98
11. Brazil: +94
12. Argentina: +89
13. Malaysia: +79
14. Italy: +78
15. Russia: +59
16. Albania: +56
17T. Ethiopia: +54
17T. Serbia: +54
19. Cuba: +49
20. Afghanistan: +47


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1463 people
2. Belize: -359
3. Philippines: -208
4. UK: -197
5. Other Northern Africa: -166
6. Ecuador: -154
7. Jamaica: -153
8. Romania: -112
9. Lebanon: -100
10. China: -94
11. Haiti: -90
12. Colombia: -89
13. Other West Africa: -82
14. Korea: -78
15. Iran: -76
16. Poland: -70
17. Canada: -68
18. Guyana: -52
19. Cambodia: -50
20. Trinidad and Tobago: -48

Roseland
Total Change: +464 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Other West Africa: +167 people
2. Haiti: +131
3. Belize: +82
4. Philippines: +72
5. Ghana: +30
6. Nigeria: +29
7. India: +17
8. Jordan: +12
9. Spain: +9
10T. China: +8
10T. Hungary: +8
10T. UK: +8


Top Losses
1. Jamaica: -85 people
2. Trinidad and Tobago: -65
3. Israel: -24
4T. Cameroon: -14
4T. Canada: -14
6. Panama: -10

South Chicago
Total Change: -1371 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Nigeria: +211 people
2. Belize: +99
3. Liberia: +59
4. Other East Africa: +26
5T. Guatemala: +24
5T. Other Eastern Europe: +24
7. Poland: +17
8T. China: +16
8T. Italy: +16
10. Barbados: +6


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1222 people
2. Ghana: -214
3. El Salvador: -136
4. Haiti: -83
5. Jamaica: -41
6. Nicaragua: -34
7. UK: -31
8. Other West Africa: -25
9. Ecuador: -21
10. Japan: -17

South Deering
Total Change: -590 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Haiti: +75 people
2. Guatemala: +48
3. Italy: +38
4. Lithuania: +37
5. Ethiopia: +18
6. Barbados: +17
7. Ghana: +16
8. Other Eastern Europe: +11
9. Germany: +0
10. Canada: +8


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -703 people
2. Jamaica: -80
3. Japan: -40
4. Nicaragua: -21
5. Nigeria: -19
6. Macedonia: -13
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -8
8. Croatia: -4

South Lawndale
Total Change: -2750 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ecuador: +61 people
2. India: +53
3. Philippines: +43
4. Korea: +41
5. Brazil: +32
6. Spain: +31
7. Peru: +27
8. Other Central America: +23
9. Cuba: +22
10. Jordan: +20


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -2755 people
2. Dominican Republic: -95
3. Poland: -74
4. Panama: -48
5. Belize: -45
6. Uruguay: -40
7. Jamaica: -26
8. Germany: -24
9T. Czech Republic + Slovakia: -14
9T. El Salvador: -14

South Shore
Total Change: +49 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Haiti: +96 people
2. Colombia: +66
3. Other East Africa: +46
4. Japan: +44
5. Ethiopia: +43
6. Mexico: +40
7. Philippines: +40
8. Other West Africa: +30
9. Dominican Republic: +24
10. Trinidad and Tobago: +21


Top Losses
1. Nigeria: -149 people
2. Jamaica: -122
3. Ghana: -58
4. Thailand: -41
5T. Belize: -29
5T. Cameroon: -29
7. Bahamas: -25
8. France: -16
9. Panama: -7
10. UK: -1

Uptown
Total Change: -2889 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ethiopia: +451 people
2. Iraq: +372
3. Ireland: +238
4. Ghana: +210
5. Thailand: +203
6. Jordan: +169
7. Bangladesh: +152
8. Singapore: +124
9. Kenya: +113
10. Colombia: +110
11. Other East Africa: +103
12. Bolivia: +90
13. Cuba: +84
14. Guatemala: +78
15. UK: +77
16. Pakistan: +68
17. Cambodia: +57
18T. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +52
18T. Latvia: +52
20. Armenia: +44

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1327 people
2. China: -508
3. India: -440
4. Romania: -327
5. Other West Africa: -289
6. Poland: -286
7. Vietnam: -208
8. Canada: -192
9. Burma: -187
10. Ukraine: -186
11. Russia: -178
12. Philippines: -158
13. Ecuador: -149
14. Nigeria: -119
15. Belarus: -107
16. Other West Asia: -102
17. Egypt: -87
18. Switzerland: -82
19. Chile: -64
20. Bulgaria: -60

Washington Heights
Total Change: +14 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Jamaica: +113 people
2. Haiti: +73
3. Poland: +17
4. Panama: +12
5. Switzerland: +10
6. Italy: +8
7. Germany: +7


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -108 people
2. Nigeria: -52
3. Belize: -47
4. India: -14
5. Canada: -5

Washington Park
Total Change: +27 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Nigeria: +37 people
2. Other West Africa: +27
3. Panama: +14
4. Guyana: +13
5. Jamaica: +9
6. Thailand: +6

Top Losses
1. Mexico: -51 people
2. Ecuador: -46
3. Liberia: -10
4. Japan: -9

West Elsdon
Total Change: +959 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +976 people
2.China: +110
3. Colombia: +70
4.Ecuador: +59
5. Croatia: +46
6. Guatemala: +44
7. Nigeria: +33
8. Belarus: +27
9. Belize: +22
10. Germany: +10


Top Losses
1. Cameroon: -107 people
2. India: -63
3. Philippines: -59
4. El Salvador: -46
5. Panama: -43
6. Dominican Republic: -28
7. Ukraine: -27
8. Kuwait: -26
9T. Ghana: -11
9T. Trinidad and Tobago: -11

West ENglewood
Total Change: +345 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +464 people
2. Honduras: +80
3. Ecuador: +23
4. Belize: +18
5. Philippines: +10
6. Jamaica: +9
7. Barbados: +7
8. Poland: +5
9. Bolivia: +3
10. Colombia: +2


Top Losses
1. Ghana: -77
2. Liberia: -47
3. Korea: -28
4. Haiti: -25
5T. Other Middle Africa: -21
5T. Other West Africa: -21
7. Guyana: -18
8. Nigeria: -13
9T. Italy: -11
9T. Nicaragua: -11

West Garfield Park
Total Change: +108 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +83 people
2. India: +11
3T. Brazil: +7
3T. Italy: +7
5. Laos: +5
6T. Costa Rica: +4
6T. Trinidad and Tobago: +4
8. Indonesia: +1

Top Losses
1. Nigeria: -11 people
2. Gutemala: -3

West Lawn
Total Change: +279 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Mexico: +798 people
2. Dominican Republic: +118
3. Bulgaria: +47
4. India: +35
5T. Italy: +31
5T. Romania: +31
7. Greece: +26
8. Russia: +21
9. Czech Republic + Slovakia: +20
10. Jordan: +15


Top Losses
1. Poland: -186
2. Guatemala: -173
3. Ecuador: -120
4. Colombia: -113
5. Honduras: -102
6. Venezuela: -37
7. Lithuania: -31
8. Israel: -21
9 Latvia: -14
10T. Cuba: -13
10T. Panama: -13

West Pullman
Total Change: +63 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Ghana: +69 people
2. Philippines: +51
3. Guatemala: +39
4. India: +31
5T. Barbados: +18
5T. Trinidad and Tobago: +22
7. Panama: +18
8. Other South Central Asia: +14
9T. Germany: +12
9T. Pakistan: +12


Top Losses
1. Belize: -123 people
2. Mexico: -72
3. Other West Africa: -20
4. Other Middle Africa: -16
5T. Israel: -9
5T. Italy: -9
7. Jamaica: -6

West Ridge
Total Change: -94 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Other South Central Asia: +828 people
2. Nigeria: +507
3. Pakistan: +402
4. Burma: +398
5. Israel: +254
6T. Jordan: +177
6T. Romania: +177
8. Iran: +151
9. Peru: +148
10. Iraq: +133
11. Lebanon: +127
12. India: +121
13. Bangladesh: +117
14. Ukraine: +116
15. Liberia: +103
16. Japan: +101
17. Saudi Arabia: +88
18. Lithuania: +86
19. Honduras: +74
20. France: +68
21. Argentina: +63
22. Nicaragua: +57
23T. Cameroon: +55
23T. Other East Asia: +55
25. Kuwait: +54


Top Losses
1. Mexico: -1938 people
2. Philippines: -412
3. China: -311
4. Colombia: -268
5. Bulgaria: -235
6. Guatemala: -220
7. Ecuador: -210
8. Greece: -190
9. UK: -151
10T. Czech Republic + Slovakia: -137
10T. Haiti: -137
12. Bosnia and Herzegovina: -120
13. Other Middle Africa: -118
14. Vietnam: -116
15. Kenya: -103
16. Turkey: -101
17. New Zealand: -93
18. Thailand: -92
19. Morocco: -85
20. Albania: -81
21. Poland: -75
22. Other Eastern Europe: -65
23T. Jamaica: -62
23T. Uruguay: -62
25. Other Northern Africa: -48

West Town
Total Change: -105 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. UK: +244 people
2. Ukraine: +237
3. Philippines: +208
4. Canada: +149
5. Ecuador: +104
6. China: +102
7. Honduras: +95
8. Nigeria: +82
9. Colombia: +75
10. Serbia: +62


Top Losses
1. Poland: -697 people
2. Mexico: -662
3. Dominican Republic: -198
4. Vietnam: -115
5. Turkey: -102
6. Italy: -101
7. Peru: -91
8. Morocco: -74
9. Guatemala: -74
10. Czech Republic + Slovakia: -44

Woodlawn
Total Change: +595 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. Haiti: +96 people
2. India: +80
3. Korea: +74
4. Canada: +72
5. Mexico: +68
6. Philippines: +62
7. Other West Africa: +54
8. Jamaica: +41
9T. China: +36
9T. Trinidad and Tobago: +36


Top Losses
1. Saudi Arabia: -39 people
2. Lithuania: -29
3T. Brazil: -25
3T. Panama: -25
5. Bangladesh: -24
6. Nigeria: -20
7T. Guatemala: -18
7T. Romania: -18
9. Ghana: -13
10. Costa Rica: -12

[pip]

Interesting stuff there!

I don't suppose you have a total, not by group, but rather total loss and total gain?

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Sorry in advance for the long post. Thought this would be interesting regarding foreign born population. This post will be done by Community Area, change from 2010 to 2016. The data comes from the 2016 United States Census and was put together from Census Tract data. A dataset from cityofchicago.org was used to tie each census tract to the community area. There is a small set of census tracts that have parts of them in the suburbs, but the population is relatively low so I counted them as part of this - areas like Norwood Park and O'Hare mostly.

Holy dataset batman!

Seriously though, interesting stuff. Confirms a lot of the trends I've been hearing about. Few general observations:

- The Mexican population of Chicago seems highly mobile, moving into and out of areas very rapidly in these numbers.

- Certain areas had a shocking variety of people both moving into and out of them. For example, Irving Park has net gains in 20 separate groups and the same number of groups with net losses. Albany Park is the same, which isn't surprising, but you don't typically include Irving Park with immigrant heavy areas like Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Albany Park.

- In general wherever you see gentrification and/or Chinese immigration, you see Mexicans moving out. Wherever you see Mexicans moving in is generally either former Polish enclaves or African American neighborhoods.

- LOL at the huge influx of Canadians in Avondale, that's a harbinger of gentrification if I've ever heard one.

- The Chinese are moving in growing numbers to many areas on the SW side. This includes the following areas: Archer Heights, Armor Square (duh), Bridgeport, Douglas (800+), Hyde Park, Kenwood, Near South Side, Near West Side (+1406, biggest immigrant growth in the West Loop by a lot), the Loop itself gained over 1000 Chinese born residents.

- The Mexican community is moving in growing numbers largely to the South and the West from where they are now. This is happening in large numbers in Ashburn (+1032), Austin (+614), Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn (1800+!), Garfield Ridge (+1500), West Elsdon (+975), West Lawn (+798) , North Lawndale (+272), West Englewood (+475), Even Englewood gained 175.

- Fair or not, gentrification is very real particularly for certain Mexican communities, Logan Square (-2907!!) and Pilsen (-3845!!!) in particular. But at the same time you see large changes in many Mexican American areas for what appear to be unrelated reasons. For example, Little Village lost 2755, but that might be too soon to attribute to gentrification and more likely to be the result of a general unwinding of what was once historically high population densities in this area.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by pip

Interesting stuff there!

I don't suppose you have a total, not by group, but rather total loss and total gain?

Not really sure what you mean...can you elaborate?

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

- Certain areas had a shocking variety of people both moving into and out of them. For example, Irving Park has net gains in 20 separate groups and the same number of groups with net losses. Albany Park is the same, which isn't surprising, but you don't typically include Irving Park with immigrant heavy areas like Rogers Park, Edgewater, and Albany Park.

So actually, I have data on 116 countries (and a handful of regions as "other" categories) for every single one of the 77 community areas of Chicago. I kept it to just the top 10 for each except for when there was a lot of "bigger" change. There is 1 country that is not in 2010 data, but is in 2016 data (Somalia), so I cannot provide the net change for that one though I believe you'd see a lot. I remember having a cab driver in 2015 from Somalia talking about how Somalis were moving to Chicago from Minneapolis.

Community areas by number of categories (mostly countries) with a net gain from 2010 to 2016 (this could mean even +1):
1. West Town: 61 countries with net gain
2. Edgewater: 57
3. Logan Square: 53
4. Lake View: 52
5T. Albany Park: 51
5T. Lincoln Park: 51
7T. Irving Park: 50
7T. Rogers Park: 50
7T. West Ridge: 50
10. Loop: 49
11. Near West Side: 48
12T. Lincoln Square: 47
12T. Near North Side: 47
14T. Jefferson Park: 45
14T. Uptown: 45
16. Hyde Park: 44
17. Portage Park: 43
18. O'Hare: 40
19. North Center: 39
20. North Park: 38
21. Douglas: 37
22. Lower West Side: 36
23. Near South Side: 35
24. Woodlawn: 32
25. Avondale: 31
26T. Dunning: 30
26T. Norwood Park: 30
28T. Belmont Cragin: 28
28T. Roseland: 28
30T. Austin: 27
30T. Forest Glen: 27
32T. Bridgeport: 26
32T. Garfield Ridge: 26
34T. Humboldt Park: 25
34T. New City: 25
36. Ashburn: 24
37. South Shore: 23
38T. Armour Square: 22
38T. Mount Greenwood: 22
38T. North Lawndale: 22
38T. South Lawndale: 22
42T. Clearing: 21
42T. Kenwood: 21
42T. Montclare: 21
45T. Edison Park: 20
45T. Hermosa: 20
47T. Chicago Lawn: 19
47T. Morgan Park: 19
47T. West Elsdon: 19
57T. West Lawn: 19
51T. Brighton Park: 18
51T. West Pullman: 18
53T. Archer Heights: 17
53T. Grand Boulevard: 17
53T. McKinley Park: 17
56T. Beverly: 15
56T. Chatham: 15
56T. East Side: 15
56T. Englewood: 15
60T. Gage Park: 14
60T. Greater Grand Crossing: 14
62T. East Garfield Park: 13
62T. South Chicago: 13
62T. South Deering: 13
65T. Auburn Gresham: 12
65T. Oakland: 12
67T. Calumet Heights: 10
67T. West Englewood: 10
69T. Hegewisch: 9
69T. Pullman: 9
71. West Garfield Park: 8
72. Washington Heights: 7
73. Washington Park: 6
74. Fuller Park: 5
75T. Avalon Park: 4
75T. Riverdale: 4
77. Burnside: 1

- The Chinese are moving in growing numbers to many areas on the SW side. This includes the following areas: Archer Heights, Armor Square (duh), Bridgeport, Douglas (800+), Hyde Park, Kenwood, Near South Side, Near West Side (+1406, biggest immigrant growth in the West Loop by a lot), the Loop itself gained over 1000 Chinese born residents.

You forgot Brighton Park which had an increase of 629 people born in China as well as Near North Side with an increase of 579 people born in China. Also Hyde Park and Kenwood together had a gain of over 850. Interestingly too, New City (I think mainly Canaryville) had an increase of nearly 200 and Archer Heights had an increase over 235. Archer Heights is interesting because this just shows the natural progression of Chinese population SW along I-55. In 2010, there were 0 people born in China living in Archer Heights - now there's 235 of them in 2016. Also, McKinley Park isn't on here because the net change was literally 0, but McKinley Park has the 5th highest born in China population in the city.

Here are the top 25 areas of the growth of people born in China:
1. Near West Side: +1406 people born in China
2. Armour Square: +1350
3. Loop: +1063
4. Douglas: +816
5. Brighton Park: +629
6. Near South Side: +621
7. Bridgeport: +588
8. Near North Side: +579
9. Kenwood: +535
10. Hyde Park: +334
11. Archer Heights: +235
12. Lincoln Park: +189
13. New City: +187
14. Lake View: +164
15. Albany Park: +161
16. Norwood Park: +159
17. Lincoln Square: +124
18. Dunning: +122
19. West Elsdon: +119
20. West Town: +102
21. Garfield Ridge: +99
22. Irving Park: +96
23. Lower West Side: +88
24. Portage Park: +48
25. Mount Greenwood: +43

Here are the top 25 areas of born in China population in the city:
1. Bridgeport: 8300 people
2. Armour Square: 7567
3. Near West Side: 2609
4. Brighton Park: 2083
5. McKinley Park: 1949
6. Near North Side: 1655
7. Loop: 1646
8. Douglas: 1222
9. Hyde Park: 1191
10. Near South Side: 1054
11. Lake View: 837
12. Kenwood: 746
13. West Ridge: 555
14. Edgewater: 543
15. Lincoln Park: 540
16. New City: 470
17. Albany Park: 405
18. Uptown: 392
19. Rogers Park: 356
20. Lincoln Square: 277
21. Irving Park: 243
22. Archer Heights: 235
23. West Town: 228
24. North Park: 218
25. Norwood Park: 183

- The Mexican community is moving in growing numbers largely to the South and the West from where they are now. This is happening in large numbers in Ashburn (+1032), Austin (+614), Brighton Park, Chicago Lawn (1800+!), Garfield Ridge (+1500), West Elsdon (+975), West Lawn (+798) , North Lawndale (+272), West Englewood (+475), Even Englewood gained 175.

I found this to be one of the most interesting things. Unfortunately, there was a lot of almost 17,000 people born in Mexico in the city in this time period. The MSA though had a gain of a few thousand which leads me to hypothesize that many have moved to suburbs. If you look at the numbers, you'll realize that a lot of the CAs that lost overall foreign born population did so either because of the mass exodus of the Mexican population or the mass exodus of the Polish population.. In many cases, but not all, without so many people leaving, we would have seen far less CAs with negative change.

[the urban politician]

^ A lot of truth in these observations. For the most part I feel like we’re looking at statistical noise, but the clear emerging trends are the growth of Chinese around downtown and just north of it, as well as southwest. It will be interesting to see if you will see enough Chinese population growth in Bronzeville to start attracting business that caters to them. Right now they are the second largest demographic in that neighborhood.

Also, Indians continue to increasingly move downtown or to areas of the north side. Again, no surprises, except that 25 or 30 years ago the former would have been much rarer than the latter.

Now who are the 17 Indian people who moved to Engelwood? The hell if I know...

Let’s also not forget that the loss of immigrants can also be due to deaths, not moves. And if their US born children choose to stick around, that will reflect as a decline without necessarily a loss in population.

Thanks, Marothisu!

[the urban politician]

Here are the top 25 areas of the growth of people born in China:
1. Near West Side: +1406
2. Armour Square: +1350
3. Loop: +1063
4. Douglas: +816
5. Brighton Park: +629
6. Near South Side: +621
7. Bridgeport: +588
8. Near North Side: +579
9. Kenwood: +535
10. Hyde Park: +334

This is very telling. I was in a spirited debate with Segun in another thread, who was sort of denying that Chinese are moving east of the Dan Ryan. Even if you exclude Hyde Park, which naturally will attract a lot due to the University, you’ve got over 1400 gained just between Douglas and Kenwood alone

[pip]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Not really sure what you mean...can you elaborate?

If you have handy in your stats the total number of immigrant gains vs losses in all the communities combined.

[Kngkyle]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Let’s also not forget that the loss of immigrants can also be due to deaths, not moves. And if their US born children choose to stick around, that will reflect as a decline without necessarily a loss in population.

I suspect this is the case for the vast majority of the Polish declines.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ A lot of truth in these observations. For the most part I feel like we’re looking at statistical noise, but the clear emerging trends are the growth of Chinese around downtown and just north of it, as well as southwest. It will be interesting to see if you will see enough Chinese population growth in Bronzeville to start attracting business that caters to them. Right now they are the second largest demographic in that neighborhood.

I too believe there's some statistical noise, but a lot of interesting trends as well which you would see if you had my spreadsheet and you were able to group, sort, etc. The China born population is interesting - as I noted before, the downtown area + Chinatown surrounding area has over 30,000 people born in China living in it which is pretty amazing in my opinion. That's an increase of 8000 people since 2010.

There's some other interesting trends like:
- Nigerian born population increasing by over 1100 between Albany Park, West Ridge, and Rogers Park.

- Other South Central Asian born population going from a population of 0 in West Ridge in 2010 to a population of 802 in 2016. I believe this to be populations from Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.

- Bosnia born population increasing by nearly 1100 people in Edgewater, Lincoln Square, Rogers Park, Lakeview, Irving Park, North Park, and Uptown

- Ghana born population increasing by 725 between Lakeview, Lincoln Park, Uptown, Rogers Park, and West Ridge

- Haiti born population increasing by 754 people in further south side neighborhoods like Roseland, South Shore, Greater Grand Crossing, Woodlawn, etc

- India born population increasing by 1550 people in the downtown area. Over 3100 if you count Lakeview, Lincoln Park, North Center, Rogers Park, North Park, Edgewater and Albany Park

- Iraq born population increasing by 1334 people in Loop, Near North Side, Rogers Park, Edgewater, West Ridge, Lakeview, Lincoln Square, Uptown

- Japan born population increasing by 457 people in Lakeview, Near North Side, and Loop

- Philippines born population increasing nearly 1200 people in Albany Park, Lincoln Square, and Portage Park, but overall city-wise that population is down nearly 850 people.

There's a lot more out there

Now who are the 17 Indian people who moved to Engelwood? The hell if I know...

ALWAYS interesting to see these types of things. Could be statistical noise, but I don't think they would have estimated people born in India living in these areas if they didn't actually survey someone from there. I kind of love those anomalies and wonder why they chose to live there. It reminds me of when I was driving through Auburn Gresham once and saw a (very) white woman walking her daughter, then in Chicago Lawn I saw a few Chinese people (outside of a Chinese restaurant).

Let’s also not forget that the loss of immigrants can also be due to deaths, not moves. And if their US born children choose to stick around, that will reflect as a decline without necessarily a loss in population.

I was thinking about this - I wonder how many people like those born in Italy that were counted for Chatham were really old people who never moved away with the white flight, and continued to live in those neighborhoods all their lives and recently died of old age.

Thanks, Marothisu!

I have a big excel file in case you want to look at ALL the data yourself. I bet I could upload this to Google or something....

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by pip

If you have handy in your stats the total number of immigrant gains vs losses in all the communities combined.

Are you talking about the entire city or are you talking about the gains and losses of every single country (115 of them) city wide?

[marothisu]

Here's data for the downtown area (Near North, Near South, Near West, and Loop combined):

Total Net Change: +10,439 foreign born people

Top Gains
1. China: +3669 people
2. India: +1550
3. Canada: +654
4. UK: +606
5. France: +478
6. Iraq: +433
7. Korea: +385
8. Brazil: +383
9. Iran: +292
10. Saudi Arabia: +286
11. Japan: +281
12. Nigeria: +280
13. Peru: +265
14. Ghana: +250
15. Argentina: +231
16. Pakistan: +217
17. Greece: +176
18. Italy: +143
19. Other Eastern Europe: +134
20. Serbia: +132
21. Mexico: +120
22. Bahamas: +113
23. Bosnia and Herzegovina: +111
24. Other West Asia: +102
25. Other West Africa: +93

Top Losses
1. Jamaica: -232 people
2. Israel: -158
3. Romania: -133
4. Bulgaria: -94
5. Hungary: -75
6. Philippines: -74
7. Germany: -72
8. Malaysia: -70
9. Belgium: -68
10. Sweden: -65

[pip]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Are you talking about the entire city or are you talking about the gains and losses of every single country (115 of them) city wide?

The entire city aggregate. Not a breakdown of all the different countries just the total. Net gain or net loss number

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by pip

The entire city aggregate. Not a breakdown of all the different countries just the total. Net gain or net loss number

Depends on the data set (1 year or 5 year). So the one with the Census Tracts (5 year) with the data I've presented, the aggregate would be -4534 foreign born people city wide. However, when doing city wide they encourage to use the 1 year, which is +1949 foreign born people. Either way, either not big gains aggregate wise or not huge losses aggregate wise for the city, which is why I broke it down by the area - much more interesting trends that way.

The MSA is up more though - I am pretty sure that some of the big losses in the city like Mexican born population are just going to the suburbs considering the net gain for Mexican population is up a few thousand for the MSA even though the city is down nearly 17,000 for it.

[the urban politician]

It would be easier for a large immigrant population trend to be happening without notice if it were happening in the suburbs instead of the city. It’s easy to be sort of invisible in the burbs.

I know this would probably be a lot of labor, but it would be really neat if you could produce data like this for the suburbs as well. This would especially matter since many immigrants these days move straight to the suburbs.