NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY

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2023 Population

125,637

0.531% 1-year decline

US Senator

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Party

US Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic Party

2023 Poverty Rate

12.2%

4.26% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Household Income

$145,141

8.12% 1-year growth

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25.9% of the households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

89.5% of the residents in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in N/A are CUNY New York City College of Technology (2,673 degrees awarded in 2022), St. Joseph's University-New York (1,418 degrees), and Pratt Institute-Main (1,161 degrees).

Most people in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY used public transit to get to work, and the average commute time was 33.8 minutes. The average car ownership in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was 0 cars per household.

NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY borders NYC-Manhattan Community District 3--Lower East Side & Chinatown PUMA, NY, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 1--Williamsburg & Greenpoint PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 3--Bedford-Stuyvesant PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 6--Park Slope & Carroll Gardens PUMA, NY, and NYC-Brooklyn Community District 8--Crown Heights (North) PUMA, NY.

United States New York

Population & Diversity

NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY is home to a population of 126k people, from which 89.5% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary langauge in households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY are Spanish (10,744 households), Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (6,016 households), and French (Incl. Cajun) (2,567 households).

Population & Diversity

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY

70,655

Women

55%

57,768

Men

45%

The resident population of United States in N/A was 128,423 inhabitants, with 45% men, and 55% women.

The visualization shows the distribution of the residents by gender and age in the United States.

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Citizenship

89.5%

2023 Citizenship

89.7%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Global Diversity

Most Common Origin

China
4,259 ± 1,575 people
Dominican Republic
1,378 ± 906 people
Korea
1,235 ± 859 people

In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was China, the natal country of 4,259 NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 1,378 and Korea with 1,235.

Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages

Spanish
10,744 households (9.14%)
Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
6,016 households (5.12%)
French (Incl. Cajun)
2,567 households (2.18%)

25.9% of the households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is higher than the national average of 22%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2023, the most common non-English language spoken in households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was Spanish. 9.14% of the households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
545 ± 174
Gulf War (2001-)
422 ± 178
Gulf War (1990s)
194 ± 83

NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.29 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY employs N/A people. The largest industries in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY are Computer Systems Design (3,940 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,939 people), and Legal services (3,471 people), and the highest paying industries are Shoe stores ($425,816), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($331,615), and Banking & related activities ($289,478).

Males in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY have an average income that is 1.31 times higher than the average income of females, which is $136,901. The income inequality in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY (measured using the Gini index) is 0.482, which is higher than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

RACE/ETHNICITY

39,736

Women

52.3%

36,181

Men

47.7%

The workforce of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY in 2020 was 75,917 people, with 52.3% woman, and 47.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY.

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Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (4,051 people), Other managers (4,035 people), and Software developers (2,263 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY, are Computer Systems Design (3,940 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,939 people), and Legal services (3,471 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY, though some of these residents may live in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($195,079), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($158,865), and Information ($144,263).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Wholesale Trade ($158,313), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($141,761), and Information ($122,639).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.74%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New York.

Education

In 2022, universities in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY awarded 7,481 degrees. The student population of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 11,680 male students and 15,747 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY are White (1,987 and 30.6%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (1,644 and 25.3%), Black or African American (1,500 and 23.1%), and Asian (948 and 14.6%).

The largest universities in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY by number of degrees awarded are CUNY New York City College of Technology (2,673 and 35.7%), St. Joseph's University-New York (1,418 and 19%), and Pratt Institute-Main (1,161 and 15.5%).

The most popular majors in N/A are Medical Assistant (492 and 6.58%), General Business Administration & Management (467 and 6.24%), and Registered Nursing (383 and 5.12%).

The median tuition costs in N/A are $31,760 for private four year colleges, and $6,930 and $14,880 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2022 there were 27,427 students enrolled in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY, 42.6% men and 57.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 6,893 records, of which 63.5% were women and 36.5% men.

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Universities

Gender

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

CUNY New York City College of Technology
2,673 degrees awarded
St. Joseph's University-New York
1,418 degrees awarded
Pratt Institute-Main
1,161 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was CUNY New York City College of Technology with 2,673 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2022, 2,778 men were awarded degrees from institutions in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY, which is 0.591 times less than the 4,703 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 1,987 degrees mean that there were 1.21 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 1,644 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2022, 1.13% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.893% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY in 2022 were Bachelors Degree (36.9k), Graduate Degree (32.6k), and Some college (13k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY have an average commute time of 33.8 minutes, and they used public transit to get to work. Car ownership in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY is lower than the national average, with an average of 0 cars per household.

Median household income in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY is $145,141. In N/A, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY with a value of $179,572, followed by Westchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY and Suffolk County (Northwest)--Huntington Town (South) PUMA, NY, with respective values of $177,181 and $171,948.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

In N/A, the PUMA with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY with a value of $179,572, followed by Westchester County (Northeast) PUMA, NY and Suffolk County (Northwest)--Huntington Town (South) PUMA, NY, with respective values of $177,181 and $171,948.

The following map shows all of the PUMAs in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$145,141

Median Household Income

± $6,881

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

0.482

2022 Wage GINI in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY

0.488

2021 Wage GINI in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY

In 2022, the income inequality in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was 0.482 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.19% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY was higher than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Public Transit (47.4%)
Worked At Home (30.2%)
Walked (9.12%)

In 2023, 47.4% of workers in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY used public transit to get to work, followed by those who worked at home (30.2%) and those who walked to work (9.12%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

33.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY have a longer commute time (33.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.99% of the workforce in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

0 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY have 0 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY (14.6k out of 120k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY is Black, followed by Hispanic and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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Health

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Primary care physicians in New York see 1174 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1180 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1218 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,174 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in New York

Primary care physicians in New York see an average of 1,174 patients per year. This represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1,180 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in New York in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 17.1% under 18 years, 32.5% between 18 and 34 years, 38.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 12% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.5% were men and 55.5% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 2--Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene PUMA, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.