Here’s an interesting map showing racial and ethnic population distribution in our part of Philadelphia (though it will also work for any town in the country)  put together by the New York Times using 2005-2009 survey data. West Philly writer Patrick Kerkstra alerted us to this. The distribution in West Philly shouldn’t surprise anyone. Cedar Park, for example, shows up 47 percent white and 40 percent black. Walnut Hill is 60 percent black and 29 percent white.

The data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, not the 2010 Census itself. The data was released yesterday.

Thanks Patrick.