Kings County, New York Demographics

Kings County is 2nd out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Kings County is 3rd out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Kings County is 6th out of 3,143 other counties in Foreign born residents

Kings County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Kings County is 7th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Kings County is 8th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kings County is 9th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Kings County is 12th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Kings County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Kings County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Kings County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Kings County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Current population (2012)

Kings County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Households

Kings County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Housing units

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Foreign born residents

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Home median value

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Income below poverty line

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Kings County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Size Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	2,565,635	1st	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	70.8	59th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	35,369.1	2nd	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	4th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	7th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.7%	59th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.0%	61st	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	29.2%	17th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	49.5%	61st	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	35.8%	2nd	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.0%	9th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	11.3%	3rd	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	24th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.2%	17th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	5th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	35.8%	60th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	52.6%	3rd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	37.3%	2nd	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	1,001,210	1st	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	85.7%	3rd	50.5%	25.9%
Households	907,785	1st	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	29.9%	60th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$570,800	2nd	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.7	9th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3,353	1st	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$24,398	33rd	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$44,593	52nd	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.1%	2nd	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Kings County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	49,837	2nd	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	513,746	3rd	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	253,129	2nd	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$15,431,858	4th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,077	59th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,544,409	6th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732