| Official Name: | Manhattan Community District 12 |
| Other Name: | Manhattan Community Board 12 |
| Settlement Type: | Community district |
| Mapsize: | 200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York City |
| Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
| Subdivision Name3: | Manhattan |
| Parts Type: | Neighborhoods |
| Parts Style: | list |
| Parts: | list |
| P1: | Inwood |
| P2: | Washington Heights |
| Government Type: | Community board |
| Governing Body: | Manhattan Community Board 12 |
| Leader Title: | Chairperson |
| Leader Name: | Eleazar Bueno |
| Leader Title1: | District Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Ebenezer Smith |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.8 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 190,020 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 68.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | African-American |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 7.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | White |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 18.9% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Asian |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.0% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 1.7% |
| Timezone1: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset1: | −5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 10032, 10033, 10034, and 10040 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Codes: | 212, 646, and 332, and 917 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
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| Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
The Manhattan Community Board 12 is a New York City community board for the neighborhoods of Inwood and Washington Heights in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the Harlem River on the east and on the north, the Hudson River on the west and 155th Street on the south.
As of 2000, the Community Board had a population of 208,414, up from 198,192 in 1990, and 179,141 in 1980. Of the population (as of 2000), 28,242 (13.6%) are White non Hispanic, 17,480 (8.4%) are African-American, 4,310 (2.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 505 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 727 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,736 (1.3%) of two or more race, 154,414 (74.1%) of Hispanic origins. As of 2009, 42.3% of the population benefit from public assistance, which was up from 33.3% in 2000.[4]
The land area is 1,790.6 acres, or 2.8sqmi.