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PDFFrom ImmigrationProf blog:
In a three block neighborhood in Jackson Heights in Queens live immigrants from 51 different countries and speak 21 different languages. Census tract 281 is the most diverse neighborhood in the Big Apple. Census tract 281 – Roosevelt Ave. to Northern Blvd., from 83rd to 85th Sts. and a part of 86th St. – may be the most diverse, based on language and country of origin.
The tract is about 31% white, 2% black, 11% Asian and 54% Hispanic, and 59% foreign-born, according to 2000 Census data. 2009 American Community Survey data reveals that, in Tract 281, more than 70% speak languages other than English, with large populations speaking Spanish, French, Russian, Hindi, Chinese and Tagalog.
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