San Francisco County: Chinatown

Chinatown is one of the densest neighborhoods in the US with some 160 people per acre: only New York City's Chinatown can beat that. The majority (75%) of its residents are foreign-born; the citywide proportion is 28 percent. The median household income in Chinatown is about ten thousand dollars, one-third the median income of the city as a whole. Chinatown is actually four "cities" within one neighborhood: [1] the old Chinese ghetto-become-neighborhood with its 20,000 residents, half of them elderly, who thrive e on San Francisco's oldest blocks rubbing against the Financial District's highrises; [2] the cultural "capital city" for the Bay Area's affluent, assimilated Chinese Americans who descend on it on Saturdays; [3] the shopping district for non-Chinese San Franciscans; and [4] the tourist attraction.

For more detailed information on Chinatown visit:
Chinatown Neighborhood Guide