| According to the Bureau of the Census, there were 39,417 residents
in the six census tracts comprising the Byzantine-Latino Quarter in 1990,
showing a 3.7 percent increase with respect to the 1980 Census. Table 1
shows the total population of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter from 1940 to
1990. The neighborhood had 34,739 inhabitants in 1940. In the following
two decades the area lost population. There was a 12 percent decrease between
1940 and 1950, and a 8.2 percent decrease between 1950 and 1960. After
the 1960 Census, the population of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter started
growing again, by registering a growth of 13.4 percent between 1960 and
1970. As Table 1 and Figure 1 show, the highest increase
of population was registered between 1970 and 1980 (+19.5%), due to the
considerably high immigration rate of that decade.
Table 1. Population Growth in the Byzantine Latino Quarter
|
Year
|
Total Population
|
Percent Change
|
|
1940
|
34,739
|
|
|
1950
|
30,564
|
-12.0%
|
|
1960
|
28,062
|
-8.2%
|
|
1970
|
31,818
|
+13.4%
|
|
1980
|
38,012
|
+19.5%
|
|
1990
|
39,417
|
+3.7%
|
Source: U.S. Population Census
|
