Kings County, New York (NY)

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• • 925,50035.7%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 697,51826.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 489,45118.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 318,56012.3%Asian alone
  • 116,5124.5%Two or more races
  • 38,2651.5%Some other race alone
  • 3,7130.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 9970.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $1,151,492

Here:	$1,151,492
State:	$476,719

Townhouses or other attached units: $1,083,161

Here:	$1,083,161
State:	$699,270

In 2-unit structures: $1,088,428

Here:	$1,088,428
State:	$713,077

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,147,254

Here:	$1,147,254
State:	$764,568

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $853,091

Here:	$853,091
State:	$912,009

Mobile homes: $492,292

Here:	$492,292
State:	$88,925

Health of residents in Kings County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $5,860 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $6,254 (0.8%)

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kings County is $1003 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1133 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1406 a month.

Cities in this county include: Brooklyn.

2023 air pollution in Kings County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 10.6 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bronx County , Blackford County, Indiana , Indiana County, Pennsylvania , Howard County, Indiana , Harrison County, Ohio .

Current college students: 174,210
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 83.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 42.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 907,780 (63.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 249,2192010 or later
• 192,9662000 to 2009
• 203,8371990 to 1999
• 270,3821980 to 1989
• 135,6561970 to 1979
• 114,628Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): ) minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 97.9%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 49,541
• One, attached: 89,960
• Two: 181,164
• 3 or 4: 171,372
• 5 to 9: 112,608
• 10 to 19: 71,371
• 20 to 49: 161,978
• 50 or more: 260,566
• Mobile homes: 2,454
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 415

Housing units in Kings County with a mortgage: 176,181 (15,012 second mortgage, 989 home equity loan, 11,572 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,368

Religion statistics for Kings County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Kings County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4085: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4085, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4020: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4020, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3328: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3328, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: September 16, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1943: October 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 1943, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• New York Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornado, Incident Period: August 08, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1724: August 31, 2007, FEMA Id: 1724, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 17, 2003 to February 18, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3184: March 27, 2003, FEMA Id: 3184, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• 7 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.58% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($85,156 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($71 average AGI)

Kings County:	0.01%
New York average:	0.01%

3.36% relocated from other counties in New York ($53,782 average AGI)
2.22% relocated from other states ($31,302 average AGI)

Kings County:	2.22%
New York average:	1.86%

from New York County, NY	1.48% ($129,834 average AGI)
from Queens County, NY	0.93% ($53,556)
from Bronx County, NY	0.27% ($35,894)
from Richmond County, NY	0.14% ($52,505)
from Nassau County, NY	0.14% ($81,468)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.10% ($89,982)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.10% ($92,085)

8.71% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($91,142 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($119 average AGI)

Kings County:	0.02%
New York average:	0.02%

4.09% relocated to other counties in New York ($39,465 average AGI)
4.60% relocated to other states ($51,557 average AGI)

Kings County:	4.60%
New York average:	3.55%

to Queens County, NY	1.17% ($53,265 average AGI)
to New York County, NY	1.03% ($91,355)
to Richmond County, NY	0.43% ($58,118)
to Nassau County, NY	0.28% ($102,735)
to Hudson County, NJ	0.24% ($85,119)
to Los Angeles County, CA	0.24% ($111,136)
to Bronx County, NY	0.24% ($38,106)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 16.3
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 13.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 6.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 6.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 3.8

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Kings County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 21%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 460,926 (132,942 living alone), Female householders: 565,435 (194,025 living alone)

• 361,360 spouses (352,189 opposite-sex spouses), 85,639 unmarried partners, (77,273 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 730,779 children (709,327 natural, 8,581 adopted, 12,871 stepchildren), 72,708 grandchildren, 35,925 brothers or sisters, 51,916 parents, 3,823 foster children, 60,159 other relatives, 117,800 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 44,046

Size of family households: 223,420 2-persons, 141,983 3-persons, 110,738 4-persons, 55,495 5-persons, 26,134 6-persons, 26,690 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 326,967 1-person, 89,353 2-persons, 18,263 3-persons, 4,716 4-persons, 1,835 5-persons, 238 6-persons, 529 7-or-more-persons.

330,790 married couples with children.
151,965 single-parent households (28,638 men, 123,327 women).

55.8% of residents of Kings speak English at home.
14.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
17.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
8.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (34% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $63,702,634,000 ($25,735 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $631,446,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $13,978,169,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $13,544,166,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $850,407,000
Federal grants: $29,543,211,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,016,467,000 ($265,410,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $3,770,214,000 ($240,556,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $388,518,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $2,554,862,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,808,191,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-117 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

• Year house built in Kings County, New York
• 12,5462020 or later
• 87,4882010 to 2019
• 57,4222000 to 2009
• 29,0461990 to 1999
• 32,0251980 to 1989
• 59,3161970 to 1979
• 105,6621960 to 1969
• 118,5781950 to 1959
• 101,9451940 to 1949
• 497,4011939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Kings County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Kings County, New York
• 10,1571 room
• 9,3502 rooms
• 40,7003 rooms
• 57,2044 rooms
• 59,3275 rooms
• 49,9666 rooms
• 23,9797 rooms
• 17,1358 rooms
• 34,5439+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kings County, New York
• 77,9961 room
• 68,3222 rooms
• 200,1753 rooms
• 206,2684 rooms
• 106,3075 rooms
• 42,5046 rooms
• 11,0497 rooms
• 5,3468 rooms
• 6,0339+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Kings County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Kings County, New York
• 11,295no bedroom
• 35,6771 bedroom
• 88,6402 bedrooms
• 110,5033 bedrooms
• 36,5424 bedrooms
• 19,7045+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kings County, New York
• 84,101no bedroom
• 238,6751 bedroom
• 256,2142 bedrooms
• 119,2083 bedrooms
• 21,6834 bedrooms
• 4,1195+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Kings County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kings County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 88,637no vehicle
• 153,5191 vehicle
• 47,5792 vehicles
• 9,7143 vehicles
• 2,0624 vehicles
• 8505+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Kings County in renter-occupied apartments
• 477,435no vehicle
• 218,1451 vehicle
• 24,6472 vehicles
• 3,0543 vehicles
• 5414 vehicles
• 1785+ vehicles

89.1% of Kings County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 1,262,988
• Other state: 335,454
• Northeast: 97,829
• Midwest: 59,053
• South: 123,868
• West: 54,704

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 141,929
• Number of aged recipients: 39,937
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 101,992
• Number of recipients under 18: 13,727
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 60,297
• Number of recipients older than 64: 67,905
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 35,710
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 75,429

Kings County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #22 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant adherents"