Some quick Brooklyn info

Brooklyn Population Info
According to the US Government's Census Bureau estimate of 2008:
2,556,598 people live in Kings County, a 3% increase since 2000
(the borders of the borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are the same,
that is, Brooklyn makes up ALL of Kings County, and Kings County is ONLY Brooklyn),

Note that this number is the revised estimate from the NYC Department of City Planning, which was submitted to and adopted by the US Census Bureau on December 3, 2008.
Read more about the process used to challenge and correct the Federal census estimate numbers. Read why the Census is important


Brooklyn remains the most populous of the city's five boroughs:
2,293,007 people live in Queens
1,634,795 live in Manhattan (New York County)
1,391,903 people live in The Bronx and
487,407 on Staten Island (Richmond County)



The population density is Brooklyn is about 10,000 people per square mile

more info is available from the US Census Bureau
Historical Population estimates

2008: 2,556,598
2007: 2,539,206
2006: 2,508,820
1990: 2,300,664
1980: 2,230,936
1970: 2,602,012
1960: 2,627,319
1950: 2,738,175
1940: 2,698,285
1930: 2,560,401
1920: 2,018,356
1910: 1,634,351
1900: 1,166,582
1890: 838,547*
1880: 599,495
1870: 419,921
1860: 279,122
1850: 138,882
1800: 5,740
1749: 2,283
1723: 2,218
1698: 2,017

note that more people lived in
Brooklyn in 1950 than do today!

*Brooklyn was consolidated into the
city of New York in 1898


Population by Neighborhood
according to the NYC Dept of City Planning (year 2000 data)


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) w
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 info is available from the NYC Dept of City Planning
More Facts...
53% of Brooklyn residents are female.
Race and Ethnicity Data from US Census Estimate of 2008
51.4% are White
37.2% are Black or African-American
0.5% are Native American Indian and/or Alaska Native persons
0.1% are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
9.3% are Asian
36.8% are White persons of non-Hispanic/Latino origin
19.2% are of Latino or Hispanic origin
10.1% reporting some other race
1.6% reporting two or more races
37.8% were born in a foreign country
46.7% speak a language other than English at home
Age
7.5% are under the age of 5 years
25.1% are under the age of 18
12.3% are age 65 or older
The median age of females in Brooklyn is 36.5 years old. For males, it's 32.7 years.
Children and Education:
44,867 are in nursery school / preschool
37,431 are in kindergarten
274,572 are in grades 1-8
160,605 are in high school, and
179,707 are in college or graduate school
of those over the age of 25,
47.7% are high school graduates
21.8% have a Bachelor's degree or higher


Miscellaneous Facts
62.9% have been living in the same house or apartment for the last 5 years
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
45% take the subway to work
22% drive to work, by themselves
10% take the bus
9% walk to work (lucky!)
8% carpool
2% work at home (even better!)
There are about 10,267 apartment buidings in Brooklyn
Median income is $41,304 per year 2007 data
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 most populous county in the United States. Ahead of Brooklyn are:
Los Angeles County (Los Angeles, CA)
Cook County (Chicago)
Harris County (Houston)
Maricopa County (Phoenix)
Orange County (Orange County, California)
San Diego County (California)



In 1998, 1,207,419 Brooklynites were registered voters, 70% are Democrats. Only 768,703 voted in the 2008 Presidential Election.
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.