 |
| |
UPDATED on March 24th, 2011 with 2010 Census totals for the five boroughs...
Detailed demographic data for New York State and Kings County has not yet been released.
Brooklyn Population InfoAccording to the US Government's Census Bureau 2010 Census Data:
 2,504,700
people live in Brooklyn, New
York
The prior established estimate was 2,567,098 people as of the April 2010 Estimate.
The 2010 Census total will be challenged by the City. Read more about why Census numbers might be challenged, and what the process is...
By law, the earliest the challenge can be filed is in 2012.The prior challenge for Kings County (Brooklyn) in 2007 saw the estimated population go from 2,528,050 to 2,539,206 residents.
IMPORTANT:
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.
When searching the Census websites and data for information on Brooklyn, search for Kings County, NY.
Brooklyn remains the most populous of the city's five boroughs 2010 Census Data:
- 2,230,722 Queens
- 1,585,873 Manhattan (New York County)
- 1,385,108 The Bronx
- 468,730 Staten Island (Richmond County)
Kings County (which shares the same border as the Borough of Brooklyn) is the most populous of all counties in New York State,
and the seventh largest county in the United States after:- Los Angeles (CA),
- Cook (IL) Chicago,
- Harris (TX) Houston,
- Maricopa (AZ) Phoenix,
-
San Diego (CA), and
- Orange (CA)
counties.
Year 2010 |
Year 2000 |
The population density is Brooklyn is about 10,000 people per square mile. One percentage point in the graph above is equal to roughly 81,751 persons (2010).
Historical Population estimates
- 2010: 2,504,700 You can see why the city is going to challenge the 2010 numbers....
- 2009: 2,567,098
- 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 between 1950 and 1970 than live here today!
*Brooklyn was consolidated into the
city of New York in 1898
|
|
Race and Ethnicity 2010 Data
2010 Data — data in parenthesis is 2008 estimated data
- 42.8% (51.4%) are White
- 34.3% (37.2%) are Black or African-American
- 0.5% (0.5%) are Native American Indian and/or Alaska Native persons
- 0.0% (0.1%) are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (although listed as 0.0%, it's actually 1,243 persons in 2010)
- 10.5% (9.3%) are Asian
- 36.8% are White persons of non-Hispanic/Latino origin
- 19.8% (19.2%) are of Latino or Hispanic origin
- 10.1% (10.1%) reporting some other race
- 2.8% (1.6%) reporting two or more races
INFORMATION BELOW THIS LINE HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED WITH 2010 CENSUS DATA!
We are still waiting for the Census Bureau to release the detailed 2010 numbers for New York State.
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 Facts...
- 53% of Brooklyn residents are female.
Race and Ethnicity 2010 Data — data in parenthesis is 2008 estimated data
- 42.8% (51.4%) are White
- 34.3% (37.2%) are Black or African-American
- 0.5% (0.5%) are Native American Indian and/or Alaska Native persons
- 0.0% (0.1%) are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (although listed as 0.0%, it's actually 1,243 persons in 2010)
- 10.5% (9.3%) are Asian
- 36.8% are White persons of non-Hispanic/Latino origin
- 19.8% (19.2%) are of Latino or Hispanic origin
- 10.1% (10.1%) reporting some other race
- 2.8% (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
Here is a map of ethnicity by census block, from the New York Times
Age 2010 Data — data in parenthesis is 2008 estimated data
- 7.1% (7.5%) are under the age of 5 years
- 23.7% (25.1%) are under the age of 18
- 11.5% (12.3%) are age 65 or older
- The median age of females in Brooklyn is 35.7 (36.5) years old. For males, it's 32.4 (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 data)
- 26% are owned by women (1997 data)
- 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.
| |
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.
The most common languages other than english spoken at home:
- Spanish or Spanish Creole
- Russian
- Chinese
- Yiddish
- French Creole
- Italian
- Hebrew
- Polish
- French (including Patois, Cajun)
- Arabic
- 22% of Brooklynites have a Bachelors' degree or higher.
- An estimated 600,000 people are buried in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Chart of Brooklyn Ethnic breakdown Data from US Census Estimate of 2008Ancestries of Brooklynites
According to the Year 2000 federal census, 2,257,431 people self-reported their ancestry during the Census (or about 92% of the total population counted in Brooklyn also reported their ancestry). The following ancestries were reported by Brooklyn residents:
- Italian 7.5%
- Chinese (w/o Taiwanese) 5.34%
- Russian 3.8%
- United States or American 3.7%
- Jamaican 3.5%
- Dominican Republic 3.3%
- Haitian 3%
- Polish 2.9%
- Trinidadian or Tobagonian 1.9%
- German 1.6%
- Guyanese 1.6%
- Ukrainian 1.5%
- Arab 1.4%
- British West Indian 1.3%
- African 1.1% 1 percentage point is approxmiately 25,671 people
- English 0.9%
- West Indian 0.9%
- Barbadian 0.7%
- Hungarian 0.7%
- Greek 0.6%
- French (except Basque) 0.4%
- Syrian 0.4%
- Arab/Arabic 0.3%
- Egyptian 0.3%
- Israeli 0.3%
- Nigerian 0.3%
- Norwegian 0.3%
- Romanian 0.3%
- Scottish 0.3%
- Albanian 0.2%
- Austrian 0.2%
- Dutch 0.2%
- Lebanese 0.2%
- Scotch-Irish 0.2%
- Swedish 0.2%
- Turkish 0.2%
- Bangladeshi 0.17%
- Armenian 0.1%
- Belizean 0.1%
- British 0.1%
- Canadian 0.1%
- Czech 0.1%
- Czechoslovakian 0.1%
- Danish 0.1%
- French Canadian 0.1%
- Ghanian 0.1%
- Lithuanian 0.1%
- Moroccan 0.1%
- Other Arab 0.1%
- Other Subsaharan African 0.1%
- Palestinian 0.1%
- Portuguese 0.1%
- Slovak 0.1%
- Swiss 0.1%
- Welsh 0.1%
- Yugoslavian 0.1%
- Asian Indian (under 0.1%) 0.1% = approximately 2567 people.
- Pakistani (under 0.1%)
- Korean (under 0.1%)
- Other Asian (under 0.1%)
- Filipino (under 0.1%)
- Vietnamese (under 0.1%)
- Japanese (under 0.1%)
- Cambodian (under 0.1%)
- Thai (under 0.1%)
- Indonesian (under 0.1%)
- Malaysian (under 0.1%)
- Taiwanese (under 0.1%)
- Acadian/Cajun (under 0.1%)
- Sri Lankan (under 0.1%)
- Afghan (under 0.1%)
- Alsatian (under 0.1%)
- Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac (under 0.1%)
- Australian (under 0.1%)
- Bahamian (under 0.1%)
- Basque (under 0.1%)
- Belgian (under 0.1%)
- Brazilian (under 0.1%)
- Bulgarian (under 0.1%)
- Cape Verdean (under 0.1%)
- Celtic (under 0.1%)
- Croatian (under 0.1%)
- Cypriot (under 0.1%)
- Dutch West Indian (under 0.1%)
- Estonian (under 0.1%)
- Ethiopian (under 0.1%)
- Finnish (under 0.1%)
- German Russian (under 0.1%)
- Hmong (under 0.1%)
- Icelander (under 0.1%)
- Iranian (under 0.1%)
- Iraqi (under 0.1%)
- Jordanian (under 0.1%)
- Kenyan (under 0.1%)
- Laotian (under 0.1%)
- Latvian (under 0.1%)
- Liberian (under 0.1%)
- Luxemburger (under 0.1%)
- Macedonian (under 0.1%)
- Maltese (under 0.1%)
- Other West Indian (under 0.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (under 0.1%)
- Scandinavian (under 0.1%)
- Serbian (under 0.1%)
- Sierra Leonean (under 0.1%)
- Slavic (under 0.1%)
- Slovene (under 0.1%)
- Somalian (under 0.1%)
- South African (under 0.1%)
- Sudanese (under 0.1%)
- U.S. Virgin Islander (under 0.1%)
Religion in Brooklyn
Because the federal Census Bureau is unable to collect comprehensive data on religion (due to issues of separation of Church and State), accurate data on religion is hard to come by.
Estimates provided by the Association of Religion Data Archives (website)
show that approximately 1,552,336 Brooklyn residents are adherents of a religion, in approximately these ratios:
- Catholic: 58.8%
- Protestant: 12%
- Orthodox: 0.72%
- Jewish: 24.4%
- Muslim: 3.73%
Note, however, that the numbers reported by the ARDA for Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs are
so low it is likely they are well off the mark. It is also probable that traditionally African-American
churches are under-reported in their data, which is unfortunate.
What is the Census and Why is the population count important?
The Census is undertaken every ten years in the United States by the Federal US Census Bureau. Getting as accurate
a count as possible is important because the Federal, State, and local governments use population statistics to allocate
funding for programs such as education and social services.
In addition to delegation of services, the
count is used to ensure compliance with civil rights statutes, such as the Voting Rights Act and
and anti-discrimination laws.
The count is also used by the government to
decide how many seats your community will have in the US House of Representatives.
Indvidual information you give to the Census is kept secret for a period of 72 years -- it is not
available even to federal or state law enforcement, the Internal Revenue Service, etc.
The sole purpose of the censuses and surveys is to secure general statistical information.
The Census has been held in the US every ten years since 1790, without interruption.
The next census of the United States took place on April 1, 2010.
Popular Baby Names in Brooklyn
At least 10 babies per name, year 2008 data from NYC Dept of Health:
listed by order of popularity
| Girls | Boys |
| SARAH | JAYDEN |
| ESTHER | DANIEL |
| CHAYA | DAVID |
| RACHEL | MICHAEL |
| EMILY | JOSHUA |
| LEAH | MATTHEW |
| KAYLA | ANTHONY |
| SOPHIA | JOSEPH |
| ASHLEY | JUSTIN |
| MADISON | CHRISTOPHER |
| ISABELLA | KEVIN |
| SARA | ETHAN |
| BRIANNA | CHRISTIAN |
| CHANA | RYAN |
| ALYSSA | JONATHAN |
| MIRIAM | JACOB |
| OLIVIA | ELIJAH |
| ABIGAIL | JEREMIAH |
| NICOLE | ALEXANDER |
| VICTORIA | NICHOLAS |
| AVA | BRANDON |
| CHLOE | JASON |
| RIVKA | MOSHE |
| ANGELINA | ANGEL |
| GABRIELLA | ANDREW |
| ELIZABETH | ISAIAH |
| MAKAYLA | JOSIAH |
| SAMANTHA | SAMUEL |
| ARIANNA | JAMES |
| SOFIA | CHAIM |
| JADA | AARON |
| MICHELLE | TYLER |
| JASMINE | DYLAN |
| MIA | AIDEN |
| GIANNA | ERIC |
| MELANIE | ABRAHAM |
| EMMA | ADAM |
| JULIA | GABRIEL |
| GABRIELLE | WILLIAM |
| JENNIFER | ISAAC |
| IMANI | JOHN |
| ANNA | BRYAN |
| DESTINY | BRIAN |
| STEPHANIE | IVAN |
| AALIYAH | VINCENT |
| KIMBERLY | JADEN |
| JAYLA | NATHANIEL |
| MALKA | XAVIER |
| MAYA | ADRIAN |
| NEVAEH | MENACHEM |
| HAILEY | EVAN |
| JESSICA | STEVEN |
| KIMORA | KYLE |
| LAILA | LUIS |
| MARIA | SEAN |
| SERENITY | BENJAMIN |
| DEVORAH | CARLOS |
| JADE | YOSEF |
| NATALIE | AMIR |
| AMY | JOSE |
| DIANA | JOEL |
| FAIGY | JORDAN |
| GRACE | NOAH |
| MALKY | ARON |
| NAOMI | NATHAN |
| ALEXANDRA | YEHUDA |
| KIARA | SEBASTIAN |
| LAUREN | MALACHI |
| MYA | OMAR |
| RAIZY | ROBERT |
| TIFFANY | YISROEL |
| AMANDA | ANDY |
| CHRISTINA | ELI |
| SAVANNAH | MUHAMMAD |
| ADRIANA | THOMAS |
| CHELSEA | TRISTAN |
| HANNAH | JAIDEN |
| KAREN | MARK |
| TAYLOR | MORDECHAI |
| VANESSA | OSCAR |
| ANIYAH | VICTOR |
| BRIANA | ALEX |
| EVELYN | SHIMON |
| KAYLEE | JEREMY |
| REBECCA | SHLOMO |
| ALEXA | AIDAN |
| ARIANA | JAYLEN |
| FAITH | ANTONIO |
| GENESIS | KENNETH |
| GITTY | RAYMOND |
| MARIAH | YITZCHOK |
| FATIMA | ALAN |
| FIONA | JESUS |
| ALLISON | MOHAMMAD |
| GABRIELA | AYDEN |
| NATALIA | JUAN |
| NIA | JULIAN |
| NYLA | LUCAS |
| ADRIANNA | RICHARD |
| ALEXIS | MOHAMED |
| AMELIA | CALEB |
| HEAVEN | EMMANUEL |
| HINDY | GIOVANNI |
| SABRINA | HENRY |
| VIVIAN | JEFFREY |
| ZOE | YAAKOV |
| BAILA | ZION |
| JOCELYN | JACK |
| NECHAMA | NASIR |
| RIVKY | AHMED |
| SHAINDY | CHARLES |
| ALICIA | EDWIN |
| CIARA | SHMUEL |
| DANIELA | ALI |
| ELIANA | AVRAHAM |
| JENNY | PETER |
| JOANNA | DEVIN |
| KATHERINE | MARCUS |
| RIHANNA | TZVI |
| SHANIA | ZACHARY |
| ANGELA | ALEJANDRO |
| CHAVA | MAX |
| DANIELLA | ALEXIS |
| DANIELLE | GEORGE |
| ISABEL | MIGUEL |
| JACQUELINE | SHANE |
| JAYLENE | DIEGO |
| JENNA | GAVIN |
| KAITLYN | IBRAHIM |
| LAYLA | ISRAEL |
| ROCHEL | LIAM |
| TOBY | MALIK |
| BROOKE | MEIR |
| CINDY | ALVIN |
| ERICA | AMARI |
| EVA | JERRY |
| JANIYA | NICOLAS |
| JAYDA | RICARDO |
| MIKAYLA | SHULEM |
| SHIRA | TIMOTHY |
| YEHUDIS | CHASE |
| ALICE | CRISTIAN |
| AMINA | ELIEZER |
| ARIEL | ELIMELECH |
| ELLA | MOHAMMED |
| MARIAM | YAKOV |
| MINDY | ALBERT |
| SOPHIE | CHRIS |
| WENDY | JORGE |
| ALANA | LEO |
| DINA | MENDEL |
| KEIRA | OLIVER |
| LESLIE | YEHOSHUA |
| MEGAN | EDWARD |
| PEREL | ERICK |
| VERONICA | IAN |
| YITTY | JARED |
| ANDREA | KAYDEN |
| ANGEL | MAYER |
| BRACHA | MOSES |
| CRYSTAL | PATRICK |
| JASMIN | RAFAEL |
| JOYCE | RANDY |
| KELLY | ZEV |
| LILY | CAMERON |
| PAIGE | DARIUS |
| SANAA | DEREK |
| TAMIA | FRANK |
| VALERIE | JAYSON |
| YOCHEVED | JOHNNY |
| ANASTASIA | LOGAN |
| CAMILA | LOUIS |
| CATHERINE | MICAH |
| KYLA | SHAWN |
| LEILA | SIMON |
| LONDON | ASHER |
| MELISSA | DAMIAN |
| MELODY | DARREN |
| NYLAH | JAKE |
| PEARL | JAVIER |
| SHIRLEY | JULIUS |
| SUMMER | KAI |
| SYDNEY | LEVI |
| VALERIA | OMARI |
| ZAINAB | OWEN |
| AISHA | PRESTON |
| ALEXIA | RICKY |
| AMAYA | SOLOMON |
| AMBER | YECHIEL |
| AMIRA | ANSON |
| AMIYAH | AUSTIN |
| ANIYA | BRYCE |
| BLIMA | ELIYAHU |
| BROOKLYN | EMANUEL |
| HELEN | GREGORY |
| IVY | JAEDEN |
| JAYLEEN | JAKUB |
| KATELYN | JAMARI |
| KYLIE | MARIO |
| KYRA | MATHEW |
| LAURA | MEKHI |
| MARY | NAFTALI |
| MORGAN | NAFTULI |
| SHILOH | PAUL |
| SHOSHANA | PINCHAS |
| SURY | ADONIS |
| VALENTINA | ANDRE |
| ALINA | ARYEH |
| ALISA | AVROHOM |
| ARIELLE | BENSON |
| FRANCESCA | DANNY |
| JASLENE | DEVON |
| MADELINE | DOV |
| PESSY | DOVID |
| SARAI | ERIK |
| SKYE | HERSHEL |
| SURI | KAMARI |
| TRACY | KAREEM |
| ALISHA | MARC |
| BLIMY | MYLES |
| CAROL | SINCERE |
| DEVORA | WILSON |
| ELAINE | ABDULLAH |
| ELIZA | ANDRES |
| EMELY | ANGELO |
| ESTY | ARIEL |
| GISELLE | BRENDAN |
| GLORIA | CESAR |
| GOLDY | DENNIS |
| JANIYAH | EDGAR |
| JULIANNA | HERSH |
| KALIYAH | JASIAH |
| KATIE | JIMMY |
| KHLOE | MARTIN |
| LIBBY | ROY |
| MARLEY | TERRENCE |
| NINA | ZAIRE |
| RILEY | AHMAD |
| SANAI | BENNY |
| SANIYA | CALVIN |
| SHANIYA | CURTIS |
| SIENNA | EDUARDO |
| SIMA | HECTOR |
| SKYLA | JALEN |
| ALISON | JAMAL |
| ALIYAH | JOSUE |
| ANAYA | JUSTICE |
| ANGELICA | KADEN |
| ANGELIQUE | MARVIN |
| ANISA | MESSIAH |
| ANNIE | PHILLIP |
| ASHLEE | PRINCE |
| ATHENA | RAPHAEL |
| AUTUMN | SAM |
| AYANNA | SAUL |
| BELLA | SHAYA |
| BIANCA | SHIA |
| BREANNA | STEPHEN |
| CHANY | TERRELL |
| CHARLOTTE | URIEL |
| DAISY | YOUSEF |
| DEANNA | BRAYAN |
| DELILAH | BRYANT |
| DULCE | DAMANI |
| HALEY | DANTE |
| HEIDI | DOMINICK |
| JANIAH | ELIAS |
| JULISSA | ELVIS |
| KELSEY | FERNANDO |
| KRISTINA | FRANCISCO |
| LIANA | ISMAEL |
| NATHALIE | ISSAC |
| TRINITY | JACE |
| VIOLET | JULIO |
| ZISSY | KEITH |
| SARAH | KENNY |
| ESTHER | LEONARDO |
| CHAYA | MAKAI |
| RACHEL | MANUEL |
| EMILY | MARCOS |
| LEAH | MASON |
| KAYLA | NIKITA |
| SOPHIA | RONALD |
| ASHLEY | SHILOH |
| MADISON | TROY |
| ISABELLA | USHER |
| SARA | YOEL |
|
|
|
