Manhattan Community Board 5
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The Manhattan Community Board 5 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Midtown in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by Lexington Avenue, 40th street, Madison Avenue, 34th street, Lexington Avenue again, Grammercy Park and Irving Place on the east, 14th street on the south, the Avenue of the Americas, the 26th street and Eight Avenue on the west and Central Park south and 59th street on the north.
Its current chairman is David Diamond, and its district manager Gary Parker.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 44,028, up from 43,507 in 1990 and 39,543 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 31,813 (72.3%) are White non hispanic, 1,948 (4.4%) are African-American , 6,143 (14.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 52 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 141 (0.3%) of some other race, 967 (2.2%) of two or more race, 2,964 (6.7%) of Hispanic origins.
11.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 8.9% in 2000.
The land area is 1,046.4 acres, or 1.64 square miles (4.23 km²).
