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FACILITIES MASTER PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT<br />

percent and Columbia Heights has a poverty rate of 19 percent. This is much nearer the<br />

Washington, DC average than that of the surrounding communities which have an<br />

average poverty rate among them of 5.7 percent, (NeighborhoodInfoDC, 2000).<br />

Private residential areas surround the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Zoo</strong>. Most areas are zoned row dwellings<br />

and low to moderate apartment housing (Washington, DC, 2001). Home ownership rates<br />

fluctuate throughout the census tracts with a median rate of 40.56 percent; the<br />

Washington, DC has a median homeownership rate of 41 percent. Most fluctuation can<br />

be correlated with the proportion of areas zoned for apartment housing versus the zoning<br />

of single family dwellings (NeighborhoodInfoDC, 2000).<br />

Impacts to Demographics<br />

No-Action Alternative<br />

Under the No-Action Alternative, there would be no changes to the area’s population or<br />

demographics; therefore, there would be no impact.<br />

Alternatives A, B, and C<br />

Implementation of Alternatives A, B, and C would have no effect on the area’s<br />

population because the actions would be confined to the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Zoo</strong> property. There<br />

would be no impact on demographics.<br />

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION – NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 90 | P a g e

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