Demographics of Brooklyn
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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 2,465,326 people, 880,727 households, and 583,922 families residing in Brooklyn. The population density was 13,480/km² (34,920/mi²). There were 930,866 housing units at an average density of 5,090/km² (13,180/mi²). The racial makeup of the County was 41.20% White, 36.44% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 7.54% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 10.08% from other races, and 4.27% from two or more races. 19.79% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 34.7% of the population were Whites not of Hispanic origins.
Brooklyn has a high degree of linguistic diversity. In the 2000 United States Census 18.00% of the population of Brooklyn reported speaking Spanish at home, 5.95% Russian, 4.19% French or a French-based creole, 3.92% Chinese, 3.10% Yiddish, 2.10% Italian, 1.42% Polish, 1.13% Hebrew, and 1.09% Arabic. Other languages spoken at home by at least 5000 people include Cantonese, Urdu, Bengali, Greek, Korean, Tagalog, and Albanian.[1]
Were it still a separate city and not a borough, Brooklyn would be the fourth-largest city in the United States after New York City itself, Los Angeles and Chicago.
In the 2000 Census, the following percentages of Brooklyn residents self-reported these European ancestries:
According to an estimate of the United States Census Bureau, Brooklyn's population increased to 2,486,235 in 2005.
Of its 880,727 households 33.3% have children under the age of 18 living in them, 38.6% were married couples living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. Of all households 27.8% are made up of individuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.41.
In the County the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 33 years. For every 100 females there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.
The median income for a household in the County was $32,135, and the median income for a family was $36,188. Males had a median income of $34,317 versus $30,516 for females. The per capita income for the County was $16,775. About 22.0% of families and 25.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.0% of those under age 18 and 21.5% of those age 65 or over.
The 2000 census show also that the borough is home to one of the most important concentration of Pakistani Americans in the nation, with a total population of 14,221[2].
