Brooklyn Park is home to 83,876 people in Minnesota. Few US cities rank higher on income. The foreign-born share is 26%. Density works out to 3,217 people per square mile. The median age is 35.2, younger than the US median of 38.9. Growth has run 24% since 2000, or 16,488 more people.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $89,891, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.2
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 42%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Brooklyn Park
What changed most since 1990
White share90.0% → 36.2%(−53.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share4.9% → 29.7%(+24.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Brooklyn Park's population equals 6.6% of Hennepin County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 12% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 3.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.7%(579)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.9%(519)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.3%(1,413)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.3%(74)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.1%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,264 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Brooklyn Park, decade by decade
Brooklyn Park population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
56,381
$96,046
$211,446
20.9%
23.3
2000
67,388
$103,055
$236,269
27.3%
59.4
2010
75,781
$89,302
$324,542
29.6%
82.6
2020
86,478
$88,730
$283,253
30.5%
90.1
2024
83,876
$89,891
$336,200
32.7%
91.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
