Brooklyn

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Population Estimates and Demography

Brooklyn is home to 305,000 Jewish adults and 157,000 Jewish children in 195,000 households. These households are home to 542,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 18% of households in Brooklyn include a Jewish person.

The average age of adults in Jewish households in Brooklyn is 42, lower than the average age in the eight-county area. 20% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 32% of this area's population are children, for a total of 176,000 children and 69,000 seniors.

The percentage of adults in Jewish households by age groups.

62% of adults in Jewish households in Brooklyn are married, compared with 62% in the eight-county overall. 19% have never married and 7% are divorced or separated.

The percentage of adults in Jewish households who are single, married, widowed, or divorced.

28% of adults in Jewish households in Brooklyn were born outside of the U.S., and 51% were born in the New York area, a rate lower than in the eight-county area as a whole.

Poverty and Well-Being

Brooklyn has a lower median income compared with that of the eight county area. The share of low-income households is higher compared with the eight-county area as a whole.

The percentage of Jewish households by income bracket. Income reflects earnings from all members of the household, before taxes and not including government benefits.

Compared with the eight-county area, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 35% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line. 110,000 people live in poor or near poor households in Brooklyn.

36% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 28% say they have some extra money or are well off.

8% of households in Brooklyn are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.

The percentage of Jewish households that, in the past year, have run out of food before they had money to buy more.

Jewish Engagement

67% of Jewish adults in Brooklyn report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 86% feel being Jewish is important to them, greater than the rate across the eight counties.

46% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 74% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.

52% of Jewish adults in Brooklyn are Orthodox, 5% are Conservative, and 9% are Reform. 34% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.

The percentage of Jewish adults who identify as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or other/none of the above.

Jewish Practices and Behaviors

46% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 18% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, greater than the rate across the eight counties.