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Brooklyn by the numbers

Official figures for Brooklyn. Each one shows its date, its source and the area it covers. A figure for a larger area says so.

People

Population

8,584,629

New York City, not BrooklynCensus, July 2025

From 8,751,188 in July 2020 to 8,584,629 in July 2025.

The Census Bureau's estimate of everyone living here on July 1.

Change in a year

-0.1%

New York City, not BrooklynCensus, 2024 to 2025

Change in the population estimate over one year, from July 1 to July 1, both from the same release.

Change over 5 years

-1.9%

New York City, not BrooklynCensus, 2020 to 2025

Change in the population estimate over five years, from July 1 to July 1, both from the same release.

Sources

Figures are shown as each source publishes them. Survey figures carry a 90% margin of error. A figure for a larger area is labelled with that area.