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.Brooklyn Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brooklyn Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brooklyn Park who work in office and administrative support (10.37%), sales jobs (8.70%), and management occupations (8.30%). 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 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. 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Brooklyn Park's cultural character, accounting for 24.62% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Brooklyn Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and African languages.
