Manhattan Community Board 2
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The Manhattan Community Board 2 is a local government unit of New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by Bowery on the east, Canal Street on the south, the Hudson River on the west and 14th Street on the north.
Its current chairman is Maria Passannante Derr, and its district manager is Bob Gormley.
[edit] Demographics
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 93,111, down from 94,105 in 1990 but up from 87,069 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 69,683 (74.8%) are White non Hispanic, 2,226(2.4%) are African American , 13,622 (14.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 74 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alskan, 324 (0.3%) of some other race, 1,860 (2.0%) of two or more race, 5,290 (5.7%) of Hispanic origins.
9.3% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 5.2 in 2000. The land area is 993.6 acres, or 1.55 square mile (4.02 km²).
