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Kings County, NY

2,561,225 Population
69.4 square miles 36,917.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,173 ±$1,077 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$76,912 ±$1,830 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19% ±0.9% (481,891  ±22,615) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

41.6 minutes ±0.3 (43,183,472  ±661,691) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,035,549 ±4,511 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (2,516,072  ±2,051) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±0.6% (34,325  ±4,082) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

1,110,671 ±865 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$880,300 ±$18,745 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.1% ±0.6% (230,628  ±13,933.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

85.1% ±1.2% (1,539,530  ±21,292.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
43.5% ±0.8% (786,542  ±14,692.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

45.1% ±0.8% (1,085,779  ±18,182.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 31% 5,738,521 (±0.3% / ±53,509.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

35.9% (919,663  ±17,656) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

1.4% ±0.1% (28,211  ±2,840) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
28,211 Total veterans ±2,840 23,755 Male ±2,699 4,456 Female ±1,429

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