Brooklyn is an enormous coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,465,326 people and 789 constituent neighborhoods, Brooklyn is the largest community in New York.

Unlike some boroughs, Brooklyn isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brooklyn are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brooklyn is a borough of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.21%), sales jobs (9.50%), and management occupations (6.78%).

Also of interest is that Brooklyn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The borough is also nautical, which means that parts of Brooklyn are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Brooklyn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 43.21 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. In addition, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Brooklyn, like many big cities in America, has a public transportation system, but the citizens of Brooklyn are lucky because theirs is one of the most extensive and widely used. Many commuters choose to leave their cars at home and instead use the subway to get to and from work. In fact, for some people it is feasible to forgo car ownership entirely, avoiding the cost and headache of driving in heavy traffic. The benefits include reduced air pollution and load on the road network.

Brooklyn Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Brooklyn who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.85% of adults in Brooklyn have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brooklyn in 2000 was $16,775, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $67,100 for a family of four.

Brooklyn is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Brooklyn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brooklyn is White, followed by African-American. Brooklyn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.80% of the borough's residents. Important ancestries of people in Brooklyn include Italian, Russian, Jamaican, Haitian, Polish, and Irish.

Brooklyn also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.79%.

The languages spoken by people in Brooklyn are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Brooklyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Yiddish, and French Creole.