Brooklyn Population InfoAccording to the US Government Census Bureau estimate of 2006:- 2,528,050 people live in Kings County, a 1.8% increase since 2000
(the boro of Brooklyn and Kings County share the same borders),
- Brooklyn remains the most populous of the city's five boroughs.
- The population density is Brooklyn is about 10,000 people per square mile
Historical Population estimates, between 1990 and 1900:
- 2006: 2,508,820 estimated population
- 1990: 2,300,664
- 1980: 2,230,936
- 1970: 2,602,012
- 1960: 2,627,319
- 1950: 2,738,175 note that more people lived in Brooklyn in 1950 than do today!
- 1940: 2,698,285
- 1930: 2,560,401
- 1920: 2,018,356
- 1910: 1,634,351
- 1900: 1,166,582
Population by Neighborhood
according to the NYC Dept of City Planning
- Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights 122,542 (Community Board 10)
- Bedford Stuyvesant 143,867 (CB3)
- Bensonhurst, Bath Beach 172.129 (CB11)
- Borough Park, Ocean Parkway 185,046 (CB12)
- Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene 98,620 (CB2)
- Brownsville, Ocean Hill 85,343 (CB16)
- Bushwick 104,358 (CB4)
- Canarsie, Flatlands 194,653 (CB18)
- Coney Island, Brighton Beach 106,120 (CB13)
- Crown Heights / South Wingate: 104,014 (CB9)
- Crown Heights North 96,076 (CB8)
- East Flatbush, Rugby, Farragut 165,753 (CB17)
- East New York, Starrett City 173,198 (CB5)
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- Flatbush / Midwood 168,806 (CB14)
- Park Slope, Carroll Gardens 104,054 (CB6)
- Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach 160,319 (CB15)
- Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace 120,063 (CB7)
- Williamsburg, Greenpoint 168,338 (CB1)
More Facts...
- 53% of Brooklyn residents are female.
- 41.2% are White
- 36.4% are Black or African-American
- 0.4% are Native American Indian and/or Alaska Native persons
- 0.1% are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
- 7.5% are Asian
- 34.7% are White persons of non-Hispanic/Latino origin
- 19.8% are of Latino or Hispanic origin
- 10.1% reporting some other race
- 4.3% reporting two or more races
- 7.4% are under the age of 5 years
- 26.9% are under the age of 18
- 11.5% are age 65 or older
- 62.9% have been living in the same house or apartment for the last 5 years
- 37.8% were born in a foreign country
- 46.7% speak a language other than English at home
- of those over the age of 25,
- 47.7% are high school graduates
- 21.8% have a Bachelor's degree or higher
- 603,816 have a disability
- there are 38,732 businesses with paid employees in Brooklyn.
- 37% of those are minority owned (1997)
- 26% are owned by women (1997)
- Brooklynites spend an average of 43 minutes traveling to work
- There are about 10,267 apartment buidings in Brooklyn
- Median income is $29,961 per year
- an estimated 24% of Brooklynites live in poverty.
vs.- 27% Bronx
- 18% Manhattan
- 16% Queens
- 9% Staten Island
Read how the Census Bureau defines poverty
or how the census bureau defines race
Geography and Trivia
- Kings County (which contains Brooklyn) is the 7th largest county in the United States
- In 1998, 1,207,419 Brooklynites were registered voters, 70% are Democrats.
- Brooklyn covers 71 square miles
- There are about 34,916 people per square mile in Brooklyn
- Brooklynites represent 93 different ethnic groups, 150 nationalities, and speak 136 different languages.
More Trivia...
- Brooklyn residents spend an average of 43 minutes commuting to work each day.
- 86% of the housing in Brooklyn is in multi-unit dwellings, i.e. apartments in buildings with two or more units. There are about 10,267 apartment buildings in Brooklyn.
- 47% of Brookynites speak a language other than English at home.
- 22% of Brooklynites have a Bachelors' degree or higher.
- An estimated 600,000 people are buried in Green-Wood Cemetary.
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