Manhattan Community Board 1
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The Manhattan Community Board 1 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Battery Park City, the Financial District, the South Street Seaport, and TriBeCa in Lower Manhattan in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the East River on the east, Upper New York Bay on the south, the Hudson River on the west and Canal Street on the north.
Its current chairwoman is Julie Menin, and its district manager Paul Goldstein.
[edit] Demographics
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 34,420, up from 25,366 in 1990 and 15,918 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 23,041 (66.9%) are white non-Hispanic, 2,348 (6.8%) are African American, 4,868 (14.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 30 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alskan, 457 (1.3%) of some other race, 902 (2.6%) of two or more race, 2,774 (8.1%) of Hispanic origins.
9.5% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 5.8 in 2000.
The land area is 1,100.3 acres, or 1.71 square miles (4.45 km²).
