Marriage vs. Divorce Rates in NYC

Fall 2014, Columbia Journalism School

Where the married and divorced most commonly live in NYC

In class, we examined recent census data available through the American Fact Finder on the Census website. http://factfinder2.census.gov. For the data used in the maps below, I used a data sheet from 2012, covering 5-year data, based on census tracts on marriage.

The more red a neighborhood is, the fewer number of marriages there are. The greener a neighborhood, the greater the number of marriages. White represents neighborhoods that have the median numbers of marriages, which in NYC in 2012 was: 39.90%.

The more red a neighborhood is, the higher the number of divorces there are. The greener a neighborhood, the lower the divorce rate. White represents neighborhoods that have the median numbers of divorces, which in NYC in 2012 was: 7.6%.