Brooklyn, New York Population

Overview

2.71 million

Total Population

35.7

Median age

52.37%

Female population %

91:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

30-34 years

Largest age group

50.6

Total dependency ratio

White

Largest racial group

509,527

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Brooklyn borough's population is young compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Brooklyn borough is 35.7, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Brooklyn borough's population under 18 was 22.94%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Brooklyn borough's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 14.11% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Brooklyn borough, 19.49% were under the age of 15, 20.26% aged 15 to 29, 46.14% aged 30 to 64, 12.28% aged 65 to 84, and 1.83% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 128,410 more females than males in Brooklyn borough:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.37% females and 47.63% males in Brooklyn, New York.
The Brooklyn, New York gender ratio is 91:100 i.e. 91 men to 100 women (0.910).
For male population, the largest age group is 30-34 years with a population of 119,278.
For the female population, the largest age group is 25-29 years with a population of 126,794.

Brooklyn borough's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Brooklyn borough population: 42.10% are White, 30.46% are Black or African American, 0.45% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 11.82% are Asian, 0.05% are Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 9.30% are some other race and 5.82% are multiracial.
Brooklyn borough's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is no majority of any race in the borough.
By ethnicity, 509,527 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 2.20 million (81.21% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Brooklyn borough is White with a population of 1.14 million (42.10% of the total population).

Brooklyn borough's stop-gap:

The peak population was stop-gap in the year stop-gap
From 2000 to 2010, Brooklyn borough's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), as compared to the national growth of stop-gap.
From 2010 to 2020, Brooklyn borough's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the stop-gap was stop-gap.
Between the year stop-gap and stop-gap, Brooklyn borough's population was lowest in year stop-gap at stop-gap.