Brooklyn Park is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 82,017 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Brooklyn Park is the sixth largest community in Minnesota.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Brooklyn Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brooklyn Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn Park who work in office and administrative support (9.13%), management occupations (9.06%), and sales jobs (7.88%). 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 12.53% 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 31.69% 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 $37,872, 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 $151,488 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, Liberian, Irish, and Swedish. Brooklyn Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.93%. The most common language spoken in Brooklyn Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and African languages.
