In 1990, only 4 percent of the tract's residents were Hispanic. Census data show 1,375 of the 4,655 people in the tract are Hispanic. All but 151 live in Admiral's Club Apartments. Harmony Mill, the company that owns Admiral's Club and nearby Harbor Club Apartments, decided about five years ago to cater to the area's growing Hispanic population, said Jeff Kunkely, general manager of the complexes. It's not an ethnic group.
Rental applications are now in English and Spanish.
A newsletter includes a Spanish translation. Most of the maintenance staff is bilingual, he said. Kunkely said Hispanics, many of them new immigrants without vehicles, like the complex because it is close to a main bus line. Many residents work in banking, retail, skilled trades, health care and technical jobs, he said. The neighborhood's growing Hispanic population is just one of the interesting facts in the latest Census data.