Brooklyn Park is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 83,324 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Brooklyn Park is the sixth largest community in Minnesota.
Also of interest is that Brooklyn Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Brooklyn Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall education level of Brooklyn Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.61% of adults in Brooklyn Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Brooklyn Park in 2022 was $36,531, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,124 for a family of four. However, Brooklyn Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Brooklyn Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brooklyn Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brooklyn Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brooklyn Park include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Liberian, and Irish.
In addition, Brooklyn Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.62%).
The most common language spoken in Brooklyn Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and African languages.