Here are the guiding questions for this search:
1) What is the Hispanic make-up of the Charlottesville, VA community (population #, %, etc.) ?
2) How is the Hispanic community of Charlottesville geographically concentrated?
This search will utilize the census data most available, which is in this case from the year 2010. Some Google searches, reviews of census.gov data, and help from Vatsal addressed the first of these questions:
Charlottesville, VA 2010 Total Population: 43,475
Charlottesville, VA 2010 Hispanic/Latino Population: 2,223 (5.1%)
Broken down by # %
| Mexican | 954 | 2.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rican | 200 | 0.5 |
| Cuban | 119 | 0.3 |
| Other Hispanic or Latino [5] | 950 | 2.2 |
Charlottesville, VA 2010 Hispanic/Latino Population Breakdown by Age:
Graph: Population by Age and Hispanic or Latino Origin, 2010 Census - Charlottesville, Virginia
| Population by Hispanic or Latino Origin (of any race), 2000 Census - Charlottesville, Virginia | Counts | Percentages | Color |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin | 1,102 | 2.45% | |
| Persons Not of Hispanic or Latino Origin | 43,947 | 97.55% |
Sources:
http://censusviewer.com/city/VA/Charlottesville (comes with an interactive map!)
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/51/51540lk.html (summary of Charlottesville census data and population projections)
This is, of course, of a very rough and preliminary start! Some feedback is more than welcome on what kind of data we want (spatial, numeric, health-related, etc.)!
awesome! here's some ideas we'd thrown out earlier in the year:
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Sex
Race
Ethnicity (% Latino, with specific countries of origin if possible)
Citizenship status (natural born, naturalized, legal alien, illegal alien)
Morbidity/Mortality
Birth/Death rates
Total fertility rate
Any health data! - infant mortality, HIV status, contraceptive coverage etc
language spoken at home
Here's a contact at GIS that may or may not be useful:
Roderick D. Burton
Data Management Coordinator
Division of Information Services
County of Albemarle
401 McIntire Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 296-5832 ext. 3253
rburton@albemarle.org
Albemarle County GISWeb Site
Albemarle CountyView Web (Development Tracking System)
Ariel- Dr. Kristen Wells is our research advisor, and does a lot of work with GIS. She said to contact her if you need any help, and you should be able to get GIS access for free through UVA! Her email is KW2FM@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
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