Manhattan Community Board 12

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Manhattan Community District 12
Manhattan Community Board 12
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Location in Upper Manhattan
CountryUnited States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Manhattan
Neighborhoods
Government
  Type Community board
  BodyManhattan Community Board 12
  ChairpersonEleazar Bueno
  District ManagerEbenezer Smith
Area
  Total2.8 sq mi (7 km2)
Population
 (2010)
  Total190,020
  Density68,000/sq mi (26,000/km2)
Ethnicity
  Hispanic and Latino Americans68.8%
  African-American7.6%
  White18.9%
  Asian3.0%
  Others1.7%
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern)
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
10032, 10033, 10034, and 10040
Area codes 212, 646, and 332, and 917
Police Precincts
Website cbmanhattan.cityofnewyork.us/cb12/
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The Manhattan Community Board 12 is a New York City community board for the neighborhoods of Inwood and Washington Heights in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the Harlem River on the east and on the north, the Hudson River on the west and 155th Street on the south.

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Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board had a population of 208,414, up from 198,192 in 1990, and 179,141 in 1980. Of the population (as of 2000), 28,242 (13.6%) are White non Hispanic, 17,480 (8.4%) are African-American, 4,310 (2.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 505 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 727 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,736 (1.3%) of two or more race, 154,414 (74.1%) of Hispanic origins. As of 2009, 42.3% of the population benefit from public assistance, which was up from 33.3% in 2000. [4]

The land area is 1,790.6 acres, or 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2). [4]

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