My first Magazine MercyFirst: Community Portrait_2016 | Page 3

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Brooklyn Community District 10
Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights
134,913
Total Population
RACIAL AND ETHNIC MAKE-UP
AGE AND GENDER
EMPLOYMENT
6.9%
8.8%
39.4%
Management, Business, Science & Arts
Sales & Office
Service
Production, Transportation & Material Moving
20.7%
Construction & Maintenance
24.2%
CHILD SPECIFIC INDICATORS
21.1%
23.2%
Population under age 18
58.5%
Preschool Enrollment
(% ages 3 to 4)
Child Poverty
15%
Disconnected Youth
(% ages 16-25 not in school
and not working)
20
Homeless Children
(total # ages 0-17)
37%
Child Abuse
(% of reports referred for
investigation)