"Unpacking the 2010 Census: The New Realities of Race, Class, and Jurisdiction" is co-sponsored by Hope in the Cities and the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities. The program examines the dramatically changing landscape of human need and what we must do collectively to address the plight of our neighbors and to build a just and inclusive community in metropolitan Richmond, Virginia. This presentation was conceived, researched and designed by Dr. John V. Moeser, Senior Fellow at the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond. Part 1 of the "Unpacking the 2010 Census" presentation focuses on the current data and demographics in metropolitan Richmond.

1. John V. Moeser
Senior Fellow, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
University of Richmond
With the Assistance of
Dillon Massey, Student Coordinator
UR Bonner Center for Civic Engagement

2. Scott Clark Michael Rogers
Transit Analyst, GRTC Transit System Alumni, University of Richmond
Prepared the GIS map of bus routes and employment centers Obtained for his senior thesis two photographs of the
construction of the Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
from the Library of Virginia Archives
Brian Koziol
Research Analyst, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)
Developed the GIS Maps of trustee sales in HOLC Michael Sarahan
neighborhoods and the chart on changing opportunities Retrieved HOLC Data from the National Archives
along Interstate 64 through Richmond
Ken Studer & Rex Anson-Dwamena
Kenny McLemore Social Epidemiologists
Housing Policy Analyst, Dept. of Economic and Community Virginia Office of Minority Health and Health Equity
Development, City of Richmond
Prepared the map of subsidized housing concentration in
Richmond Anne Waring
Communications Manager, VA Department of Human
Resource Management
Dr. Robert Nelson
Supplied the percent of state employees earning less than
Director, Digital Scholarship Lab, University of Richmond
$35,000
Developed the GIS 1937 HOLC map with overlay of 2009 census
data

3. Table of Census Data
Contents
History
Employment, Housing, & Land
Policy Interventions

4. Richmond Planning District

5. 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates

6. 2011 Poverty Thresholds
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Poverty threshold for a four-person family unit is $23,021
Poverty thresholds for one person:
• Under age 65 is $11,702
• 65 or over is $10,788

7. 30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
1990 2000 2010 2011
Chesterfield 4.30% 4.80% 5.90% 6.10%
Hanover 4.30% 4.10% 4.30% 4.90%
Henrico 5.50% 6.20% 9.60% 10.20%
Richmond 19.80% 18.10% 25.30% 26.30%
Goochland 7.70% 6.70% 7.10% 5.20%
Powhatan 5.70% 5.40% 4.70% 4.40%
Charles City 15.80% 9.50% 9.70% 8.90%
New Kent 4.90% 5.10% 4.40% 5.70%

12. Richmond Poverty Rates: 1970-2011
30.0%
18.0% 19.3% 19.8% 25.3%
20.0% 26.3%
10.0% 18.2%
0.0%
1970 1980
1990
2000
2010
2011

13. 50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
1990 2000 2010 2011
Chesterfield 5.9% 6.1% 8.3% 8.1%
Hanover 4.5% 4.1% 4.6% 5.2%
Henrico 7.2% 8.4% 14.2% 15.0%
Richmond 35.8% 33.4% 38.7% 40.5%
Goochland 8.4% 7.8% 6.5% 6.8%
Powhatan 5.7% 8.6% 4.1% 2.9%
Charles City 21.7% 13.3% 8.0% 8.4%
New Kent 5.6% 8.0% 5.0% 8.8%

14. 60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Chesterfield 18.3%
Hanover 15.0%
Henrico 26.9%
Richmond 50.4%
Goochland 24.2%
Powhatan 32.0%
Charles City 35.3%
New Kent 16.1%

15. Poverty Growth/Decline: 2000-2011
(2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates)
66%
34% 36%
23%
14%
-17%
-25% -22%

16. Goochland Powhatan Chesterfield
1% 1% 17%
Richmond
48%
Hanover
4%
Henrico
29%

17. Suburbs City
53% 47%

18. Disparity Between Poorest and Wealthiest Census Tracts
Based on Median Household Income
(2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates)
Ratio of Census Tract with Highest $250,000
Household Income to Lowest
$200,000
Charles City: 1.13-----1
Chesterfield: 5.35-----1
Goochland: 1.92-----1 $150,000
Hanover: 3.24-----1
Henrico: 9.82-----1
New Kent: 1.27-----1 $100,000 Highest
Powhatan: 1.34-----1
Lowest
Richmond: 18.81-----1
$50,000
Single wealthiest tract = $226,667 (Henrico) $0
Single poorest tract = $9,926 (Richmond)
Richmond
Goochland
Chesterfield
New Kent
Henrico
Powhatan
Hanover
Charles City
Ratio: 22.84-----1

20. Other
Hispanic White
4%
11% 34%
Asian
4%
Black
47%

21. 25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
1990 2000 2010 2011
White 4.7% 4.5% 6.8% 7.2%
Black 20.7% 17.9% 18.3% 18.9%
Asian 11.1% 9.8% 12.3% 13.3%
Hispanic/Latino 8.0% 15.5% 24.4% 24.4%

22. 70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
City Suburbs
White 32.6% 67.4%
Black 60.6% 39.4%
Asian 39.0% 61.0%
Hispanic/Latino 38.2% 61.8%

23. Latino Poverty
Jeff Davis Highway Jeff Davis Highway
Midlothian Hull Street

32. Crestview
Staples Mill Jackson Whitcomb Creighton
Short Pump Deep Run (Broad Street Bryan Park Gilpin Court Sandston
& Glenside) Area Ward Court Court
Homeownership Rate 69% 72% 58% 82% 39% 30% 0% 26% 16% 80%
Poverty Rate 2.0% 2.6% 11.3% 14.2% 17.3% 20.2% 69.0% 64.8% 45.7% 1.1%
Percent Population with Public 0.9% 0.0% 0.9% 0.0% 1.7% 0.0% 23.5% 20.2% 11.6% 0.0%
Assistance Income
Percent Population Traveling 5.9% 5.0% 14.0% 2.6% 6.4% 5.9% 32.1% 22.0% 17.7% 10.6%
More than 45 Minutes to Work
Percent Visited a Doctor in Past 34% 35% 36% 30% 39% 33% 17% 16% 17% 29%
12 Months
Dropout Rate 1.2% 1.4% 2.2% 4.6% 3.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 6.5% 4.5%
Math Score 97 99 92 91 86 71 71 71 71 84