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 where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brooklyn is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce 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 touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In Brooklyn, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 43.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the borough is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Brooklyn is a big city, and with that comes lots of benefits. One benefit is that most big cities have public transit, but Brooklyn really shines when it comes to the extensiveness and use of its public transit system. More than most large American cities, Brooklyn citizens use public transit daily to get to and from work. And while there are transportation options, most people in Brooklyn ride the subway. Whereas in some cities one is destined to sit in traffic every morning to get to work and every evening to get home, in Brooklyn a lot leave their cars at home (if they even choose to own one), and hop a ride on the subway.

Brooklyn Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Brooklyn is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.85% of adults 25 and older in the borough 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Brooklyn's cultural character, accounting for 37.79% of the borough's population.

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.