Editing Long Island City (section)

==Demographics==
Based on data from the [[2010 United States Census]], the population of the combined Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Long Island City neighborhood was 20,030, a decrease of 1,074 (5.1%) from the 21,104 counted in [[2000 United States Census|2000]]. Covering an area of {{convert|540.94|acres}}, the neighborhood had a population density of {{convert|37.0|PD/acre|PD/sqmi PD/sqkm}}.<ref name="PLP5">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610175331/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2016.</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 14.7% (2,946) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 25.9% (5,183) [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% (62) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 15.5% (3,096) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% (6) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.2% (248) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.9% (385) from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 40.5% (8,104) of the population.<ref name="PLP3A">[http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf Table PL-P3A NTA: Total Population by Mutually Exclusive Race and Hispanic Origin – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610170733/http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p3a_nta.pdf |date=June 10, 2016 }}, Population Division – New York City Department of City Planning, March 29, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2016.</ref>

Long Island City is split between [[Queens Community Board 1]] to the north of Queens Plaza and [[Queens Community Board 2]] south of Queens Plaza.<ref>{{cite web | title=Community Boards | website=nyc.gov | url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cau/community-boards/community-boards.page | access-date=March 9, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424013217/https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cau/community-boards/community-boards.page | archive-date=April 24, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> The entirety of Queens Community Board 1, which comprises northern Long Island City and Astoria, had 199,969 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 83.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018-1">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn1.pdf|title=Long Island City and Astoria (Including Astoria, Astoria Heights, Queensbridge, Dutch Kills, Long Island City, Ravenswood and Steinway)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080837/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn1.pdf|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} The entirety of Queens Community Board 2, which comprises southern Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside, had 135,972 inhabitants as of [[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene|NYC Health]]'s 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 85.4 years.<ref name="CHP2018-2">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn2.pdf|title=Woodside and Sunnyside (Including Blissville, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens and Woodside)|date=2018|website=nyc.gov|publisher=NYC Health|access-date=March 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810174351/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets//doh/downloads/pdf/data/2018chp-qn2.pdf|archive-date=August 10, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|2, 20}} Both figures are higher than the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods.<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|title=2016-2018 Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan: Take Care New York 2020|date=2016|website=[[government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene]]|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909004755/https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/tcny/community-health-assessment-plan.pdf|archive-date=September 9, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Rp|53 (PDF p. 84)}}<ref>{{cite web | title=New Yorkers are living longer, happier and healthier lives | website=New York Post | last=Short | first=Aaron | date=June 4, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | access-date=March 1, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024959/https://nypost.com/2017/06/04/new-yorkers-are-living-longer-happier-and-healthier-lives/ | archive-date=March 2, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> In both community boards, most inhabitants are middle-aged adults and youth.<ref name="CHP2018-1" />{{Rp|2}}<ref name="CHP2018-2" />{{Rp|2}}

As of 2017, the median [[household income]] was $66,382 in Community Board 1<ref name="CB1PUMA">{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604101-nyc-queens-community-district-1-astoria-long-island-city-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Queens Community District 1--Astoria & Long Island City PUMA, NY|work=Census Reporter |access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080859/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604101-nyc-queens-community-district-1-astoria-long-island-city-puma-ny/|archive-date=March 8, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and $67,359 in Community Board 2.<ref name="CB2PUMA">{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604109-nyc-queens-community-district-2-sunnyside-woodside-puma-ny/|title=NYC-Queens Community District 2--Sunnyside & Woodside PUMA, NY|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328042728/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/79500US3604109-nyc-queens-community-district-2-sunnyside-woodside-puma-ny/|archive-date=March 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, an estimated 18% of Community Board 1 and 20% of Community Board 2 residents lived in poverty, compared to 19% in all of Queens and 20% in all of New York City. The unemployment rate was 8% in Community Board 1 and 5% in Community Board 2, compared to 8% in Queens and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 47% in Community Board 1 and 51% in Community Board 2, slightly lower than the citywide and boroughwide rates of 53% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, northern LIC is considered to be [[gentrification|gentrifying]], while southern LIC is considered to be high-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying.<ref name="CHP2018-1" />{{Rp|7}}<ref name="CHP2018-2" />{{Rp|7}}

According to the 2020 census data from [[New York City Department of City Planning]], the southern portion of Long Island City south of the [[Queensboro Bridge]] had an approximate average equal population of White and Asian residents with each their populations being between 10,000 and 19,999 residents, while the Hispanic and Black populations each were under 5,000 residents. North of the [[Queensboro Bridge]] in northern Long Island City had between 10,000 and 19,999 Hispanic residents while the White, Black, and Asian populations were each between 5,000 and 9,999 residents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/dcp_2020-census-briefing-booklet-1.pdf|title=Key Population & Housing Characteristics; 2020 Census Results for New York City|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|date=August 2021|access-date=November 7, 2021|pages=21, 25, 29, 33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Map: Race and ethnicity across the US | website=CNN | date=August 14, 2021 | url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/us/census-race-ethnicity-map/ | access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

According to a ''[[New York Times]]'' article from October 18, 2021, the Asian population of Long Island City has grown fivefold since 2010 nearing 11,000 residents making up 34% of the neighborhood's population. The new Asian residents are mainly Chinese, Bengalis, Koreans, and Japanese, and the neighborhood had at least 15 Asian-owned businesses in the neighborhood. Unlike the largely working-class Asian immigrant populations in southern Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, the growing Asian population in Long Island City tends to be second- or third-generation Americans and are largely middle or upper class. Exceptionally however, the growing Asian population in [[New York City Housing Authority|NYCHA]]'s [[Queensbridge Houses]] section of Long Island City at 11% are mostly from immigrant working-class backgrounds and largely have limited English skills, which has presented issues when residents are unable to find interpreters to communicate with NYCHA. [[New York City Council]] member [[Julie Won]], who represents the neighborhood, has spoken about the need for outreach to the area's Asian residents and businesses.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hong|first=Nicole|date=2021-10-18|title=Inside the N.Y.C. Neighborhood With the Fastest Growing Asian Population|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/long-island-city-asian-population.html|access-date=2021-10-27|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Fang |first=Benjamin |date=December 26, 2019 |url=http://www.queensledger.com/view/full_story/27688519/article-Asian-Tenants-Union-calls-for-fully-funded-NYCHA? |title=Asian Tenants Union calls for fully funded NYCHA|website=Queens Ledger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108125348/http://www.queensledger.com/view/full_story/27688519/article-Asian-Tenants-Union-calls-for-fully-funded-NYCHA |archive-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aapineighborhoods.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Copy-of-Our-Stories-CAAAV-Yellow.pdf |title=The time public housing residents changed the housing authority's language access policies |publisher=CAAAV |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108125344/https://www.aapineighborhoods.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Copy-of-Our-Stories-CAAAV-Yellow.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pearson|first=Erica|date=September 15, 2015|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/asian-immigrant-nycha-tenants-struggle-tranlation-aid-article-1.2360649|title=EXCLUSIVE: Asian immigrant NYCHA tenants struggle to get translation aid for basic repair requests|website=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Claire|date=November 3, 2021|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nyc-council-5-new-asian-americans-mirroring-city-accurately-rcna4412|title=NYC Council has 5 new Asian Americans, a record that mirrors city more accurately|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>