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Kings County, NY

2,590,516 Population
69.4 square miles 37,339.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$45,309 ±$988 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$73,951 ±$2,037 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

19.8% ±1.1% (507,449  ±26,855) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

41.8 minutes ±0.4 (41,207,616  ±801,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

1,026,361 ±4,771 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (2,546,470  ±812) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5.1% ±0.6% (33,866  ±3,672) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

1,101,429 ±372 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$849,900 ±$14,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.9% ±0.6% (280,066  ±14,295.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

83.9% ±1.2% (1,522,599  ±20,876.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
42.4% ±0.8% (769,512  ±14,244.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

44.2% ±0.9% (1,071,128  ±21,760.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,712,754 (±0.3% / ±46,340.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

35% (907,780  ±17,020) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

1.6% ±0.2% (32,407  ±3,037) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
32,407 Total veterans ±3,037 27,591 Male ±2,728 4,816 Female ±1,400

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