Demographic Highlights

Household Income

• Kings County is the most populous county in New York State, as well as the second-most densely populated county in the United States (after New York County).
• Brooklyn is New York City’s most populous borough, with 2,736,074 residents in 2020.
• The median household income in Brooklyn is $107,740.

Business Environment

• Brooklyn’s job market is driven by three main factors: the performance of the national and city economy, population flows and the borough’s position as a convenient back office for New York’s businesses.
• Forty-four percent of Brooklyn’s employed population, or 410,000 people, work in the borough; more than half of the borough’s residents work outside its boundaries.
• As a result, economic conditions in Manhattan are important to the borough’s jobseekers. Strong international immigration to Brooklyn generates jobs in services, retailing and construction.