Poverty Maps for the Cities of Utica and Rome

Below are two maps, one for Utica and one for Rome, that show the percent of individuals in poverty at the block group level. Mapping Census data can be helpful when you need to see spatially how certain characteristics exist within communities.

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To see additional information from the 2011 three Year estimates for Utica and Rome, including information on poverty city-wide, visit this previous post .

Utica, Rome and the Town of New Hartford 2011 Profiles

With the advent of the American Community Survey (ACS), profile data is available for each and every community in the region, regardless of their size. As covered in early posts on this blog, the Census Bureau releases three versions of the American Communities Survey (ACS). These are the One Year, the Three Year, and the Five Year ACS Estimates. These are released every year and are based on the population size of the municipality. Five year estimates are released for EVERY level of census geography (down to the block group level) as well as every municipal  civil division (think town, city, and village). Three year estimates are only released for geographies or municipalities with a MINIMUM population of 20,000 persons. So many smaller villages and towns are excluded. One year estimates are released for municipalities with a MINIMUM population of 65,000. This means they are mostly available for counties and larger cities.

As noted above, three year estimates represent the most recent data available for municipalities of more than 20,000 people. In our region, this only covers three municipalities (other than Herkimer and Oneida Counties in their entirety). These municipalities are the cities of Utica and Rome, and the Town of New Hartford. Data for the ACS three year estimate profiles can be found by clicking on the links below.

Utica 2011 ACS Three Year Demographic Profile
Utica 2011 ACS Three Year Social Profile
Utica 2011 ACS Three Year Economic Profile
Utica 2011 ACS Three Year Housing Profile

Rome 2011 ACS Three Year Demographic Profile
Rome 2011 ACS Three Year Social Profile
Rome 2011 ACS Three Year Economic Profile
Rome 2011 ACS Three Year Housing Profile

Town of New Hartford 2011 ACS Three Year Demographic Profile
Town of New Hartford 2011 ACS Three Year Social Profile
Town of New Hartford 2011 ACS Three Year Economic Profile
Town of Newhartford 2011 ACS Three Year Housing Profile

Utica and Rome Hispanic Population Concentrations

the singular fastest growing segment of our population is among Hispanic peoples. The term "Hispanic" in the census is used as an ethnic identifier, not a racial category. Hence many people may identify them by one of the traditional race categories (Caucasian, African American, Asian, etc.) but also indicate that they are Hispanic. These are not mutually exclusive categories by Census definition.

Below are three maps showing the concentration of persons who identified themselves as ethnically Hispanic in the 2010 Census for the Utica and Rome metro areas, based on block group geography.