Data for municipalities, like the City of Greenville, are aligned with the municipal boundaries for a given time period. For example, population data for 1960 is reported for the city boundaries as they were in 1960, and so on. It’s true that some of the population changes are due in part to those changing boundaries. However, an analysis of 2020 block-level data for the city and a comparison of 2010 and 2020 city boundaries reveals that changing city boundaries don’t account for all of the growth of white population in the City of Greenville between 2010 and 2020. The white population grew by 9,728 during that time. However, only 1,088 of those individuals are present in the expanded city boundaries between 2010 and 2020. Therefore, annexation only accounts for approximately 11% of that growth.

Our population data exactly aligns with the boundaries of the Special Emphasis Neighborhoods, like those you see in colors on this map. However, the data on median household income is aggregated at the census tract level, which can be seen outlined in black on this map. Census tracts can be good approximations of Special Emphasis Neighborhoods, but are not exact.

Tract 7 covers a different geography, prior to 2000. Data prior to 2000 are excluded to avoid inappropriate comparison. Data for 2010, 2015, and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively. Data for 2000 is from the census long form, for which margin of error was not reported.

Data for 2010, 2015, and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively. Data for 2000 is from the census long form, for which margin of error was not reported.

Tract 4 covers a different geography, prior to 2000. Data prior to 2000 are excluded to avoid inappropriate comparison. Data for 2010, 2015, and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively. Data for 2000 is from the census long form, for which margin of error was not reported.

For tract 4 income-by-race graph, data for 2009, 2015, and 2019 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2005-2009, 2011-2015, and 2015-2019, respectively. Note that 2020 or 2021 data are not shown on the income-by-race graph for tract 4. This is because for tract 4, data were unavailable for median income for Black households from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2016-2020 and 2017-2022). For more information about why data may be missing (also known as data suppression), see the following information from the US Census. Data for 2000 is from the census long form, for which margin of error was not reported.

Tract 43 covers a different geography, prior to 2010. Data prior to 2010 are excluded to avoid inappropriate comparison. Data for 2010, 2015 and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively.

Data for 2010, 2015 and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively.

For tract 9, data for 2010, 2015, and 2021 are from ACS 5-year estimates, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, and 2017-2021, respectively. Data for 1980, 1990, and 2000 are from the census long form, for which margin of error was not reported.

Note that 2015 data are not shown on the income-by-race graph for tract 9. This is because for tract 9, data were unavailable for median income for white households from the American Community Survey 5-year estimate for 2011-2015. 2020 data (2016-2020) are shown, instead of 2021, because data for Black households is unavailable in the 2017-2021 estimates. For more information about why data may be missing (also known as data suppression), see the following information from the US Census.