Where New Yorkers speak French and Haitian Creole, today

Census by census, the share of New Yorkers who spoke French and Haitian Creole at home in every part of the city, with the neighborhoods that had the most speakers.

1970

Whole city: 1%

1. Upper East Side: 7,230 (4%)
2. Upper West Side: 6,570 (3%)
3. Crown Heights: 5,660 (4%)
4. East Flatbush: 3,100 (2%)
5. Midtown: 2,370 (5%)

1990

Whole city: 2%

1. East Flatbush: 16,260 (12%)
2. Flatbush: 14,040 (15%)
3. Crown Heights: 9,110 (7%)
4. Upper West Side: 7,540 (4%)
5. Prospect-Lefferts Gardens: 6,940 (14%)

2010

Whole city: 3%

1. East Flatbush: 16,970 (12%)
2. Flatbush: 13,100 (14%)
3. Canarsie: 10,840 (15%)
4. Flatlands: 10,540 (15%)
5. Queens Village: 7,940 (15%)

Today

Whole city: 2%

1. East Flatbush: 14,960 (11%)
2. Canarsie: 10,760 (17%)
3. Flatbush: 10,030 (12%)
4. Flatlands: 7,820 (13%)
5. Crown Heights: 6,940 (5%)

1970: mother tongue. From 1990: language spoken at home by people 5 and over. Source: US census, IPUMS NHGIS.

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