Order up! So third in my series of posts documenting the racial dynamics of online profiles on Manhunt and Adam4Adam is the New York Edition! See here for my San Francisco version, and here for my Atlanta analysis. As you'll remember, in both towns (although moreso in SF), as age increased among profiles, their racial diversity dramatically declined. Let's see if profiles in NYC fare similarly.

As I indicate each time, caution is urged: profiles are not people! Keep that in mind. The data below was collected from the 49,295 profiles on Adam4Adam, and 22,975 profiles on Manhunt that were listed in New York City (which on both includes outlying boroughs). Let's begin with some overall demographics.

Overview: NYC versus Manhunt versus Adam4Adam

As you can see below, the latest census data indicates that about 44% of folks in NYC are white, while Black and Latino folks make up about 27% of the population each. Asian-Americans come in just under 10% (source):

NYC General Population:

As always, we'rel again taking a leap of faith here to say that we would expect that men who have sex with men in NYC are probably racially distributed along similar lines to the city's general population.

Let's begin with Manhunt. As I indicated last time, Manhunt seems to appeal to a largely white population. You'll remember that in San Francisco, where there are strong API and Latino communities, over 70% of Manhunt profiles were white. In Atlanta, where over 60% the population is Black, only 8% of Manhunt profiles were listed as such -- while 81.5% of profiles were white. Now, in NYC, Manhunt profiles are similarly white. In NYC, where as I've said about 45% of the population is white, just over two-thirds of Manhunt profiles are white. "Profiles of color" are vastly underrepresented here. In general, 27% of folks in the city are Latino. The same is true for Blacks. Yet, less than 6% of Manhunt profiles are listed as Black, and only 12% are listed as Latino:

Manhunt New York City Profiles Racial Demographics:

Adam4Adam (A4A) has a history of being more populated by "profiles of color." Let's see how it fares in NYC. In both Atlanta and San Francisco, Adam4Adam was far more reflective of the city's demographics than was Manhunt.In New York City, that trend continues. As you can see here, other than a lack of representation of API profiles, the city's demos and Adam4Adam's demos match up fairly closely -- with less white profiles than in the general population:

Adam4Adam New York City Profiles Racial Demographics:

Just as it was last time, you see a vast overrepresentation on A4A of folks in the "Other" category. Many folks listed as "Other" here -- a composition of A4A's categories of "Mix," "Middle Eastern," "Native American," and "Other" -- would be counted as Black, Latino, or perhaps White in a census.

Race and Age: Age Goes Up, Diversity Goes Down

As I've found before in San Fran and Atlanta, it appears that the racial diversity of profiles among age groups decreases dramatically as age went up. So how does New York City fare? Let's start with Manhunt. In Atlanta's 18-21 year old age group, well over two-thirds of the profiles on Manhunt were labeled as white -- in NYC the trend starts a bit less radically, with only about 55% of profiles in that age group labeled as white. But just as it did in SF and ATL, the percentage of white profiles climbs steadily until it peaks at just under 90% in the oldest age group:

Percentage of White Profiles in NYC on Manhunt, By Age Group:

I've separated the data for "profiles of color" into a second graph, since their numbers are so low that including them in the same graph would make it difficult to see their numbers. As you can see, about 17% of profiles are labeled as Latino in the youngest age group. But that number drops to about 5% in the eldest group. The percentage of Black profiles actually doesn't decline all that much. It begins low, at about 8%, and ends around 5%:

Percentage of "Profiles of Color" in NYC on Manhunt, By Age Group:

As was the case in ATL and SF, NYC's Adam4Adam profiles show evidence as well of this trend -- just less dramatic. While the percentage of profiles of color is very strong in the youngest age group (>30% Black, Latino), that diversity drops steadily (but slowly) until the eldest (20% Black; 10% Latino). Conversely, the percentage of white profiles climbs from only 12% to a commanding 70%. But it takes until the 42-25 age group for the percentage of white profiles to cross over 50%:

Percentage of Profile's Ethnicity on A4A, By Age Group:

When looking at the raw numbers of Black and White profiles by age group in Atlanta, we saw that number of white profiles continued to climb until it peaked at the 38-41 age group. In contrast, the raw numbers of Black profiles peaked in the 26-29 age group. In NYC, as you can see, again the number of Black profiles peaks in the 26-29 age group, but so does that number of white profiles -- though it really seems to plateau for longer.

Raw Number Ethnicity Profiles on A4A, By Age Group:

Conclusions

So again we see the same pattern. Increasing age, declining diversity. I'm beginning to think I'm onto something! New York City, Atlanta, and San Francisco. The demographics look totally different, but the trend seems to hold in each place. Very innerestin'!