Jae Lee Public Policy 224AM Officially designated as Koreatown in 1978 Bordered in Beverly Blvd WestmorelandVirgil Olympic Blvd and Crenshaw BlvdWilton Pl by Mapping LA project at latimescom ID: 463637
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Evaluating uniqueness of Koreatown as an ethnic groupJae Lee Public Policy 224AMSlide2
Officially designated as Koreatown in 1978Bordered in Beverly Blvd, Westmoreland/Virgil, Olympic Blvd, and Crenshaw Blvd/Wilton Pl by “Mapping L.A” project at latimes.com
$30,558 of Median Household Income in 2008
21.4% of residents 25 and older have a four-year degreeWhy Koreatown in LA is preferred to other area to immigrants such as Korean?
Some Facts about
Koreatown
and Research QuestionSlide3
Koreatown Boundary
Bordered in Beverly Blvd, Westmoreland/Virgil, Olympic Blvd, and Crenshaw Blvd/Wilton
Pl
124,281 population in 2008, based on LA
Dept
of City Planning
Highest densities and the most diverse neighborhoods in Los Angeles
Koreans, Korean Americans, Hispanics, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and other Asian AmericansSlide4
Many Ethnic Towns are somewhat different from Koreatown:
Only 2% of Thai in Thai Town
Less than 1% of Ethiopian in Little EthiopiaLess than 5% of Indians in Little India (Artesia)However, about 27% of Koreans in Koreatown
Whose Koreatown is it?Slide5
Origination of Immigrants in KoreatownSlide6
Korean population in KoreatownSlide7
Population by Race / Ethnicity 2008 – 2010Slide8
Year Moved In by Foreign-Born Status 2008 - 2010Slide9
Foreign-born in LA County and KoreatownSlide10
Working Poverty Rate 2000 and 2008 – 2010Slide11
Poverty in LA County and KoreatownSlide12
There is a relationship between Rent and how you are close to
Koreatown
Rent gets relatively higher in
Koreatown
Slide13
About 40 Korean Bank Branches in
Koreatown
and LA
Downtown
About 8 major supermarkets in
Koreatown
Slide14
Korean Students Enrollment near
KoreatownSlide15
Public Schools in
Koreatown
More than 10
Elementary schools
Not many Middle schools and High SchoolsSlide16
There are 9 colleges such as USC and UCLA near Koreatown
Easy access to Metro and Big Blue from
Koreatown
Not only easy
a
ccess to LA Downtown but also to West area Slide17
Koreans highly prefer Koreatown to north of LA CountySlide18
LocationPublic TransportationEducation (Colleges, Junior-High School)
Services: Banks for Garment Industry and Real Estate
Industry, Market, ChurchesConclusion Slide19
Mapping in L.A. by latimes.comLatimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez3-2009apr13,0,7756363.columnSCAG Region: Compass Blueprint Case Study Koreatown
US Census
Socialexplorer.comKoreatown: A Contested Community at a CrossradsSourcesSlide20
ModelingMeasurement/AnalysisOriginal DataCharts
Buffer
Hotspot AnalysisSkills UsedSlide21
Modeling for Raster