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Kings County, New York

The most populous of New York's 62 counties.

CountyFIPS 36047

Within New York
Kings County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Kings, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
2,653,963
-68,296 (-2.5%) since 2020
Land area
69.4
square miles. A further 28.4% of the total area is water
Population density
38,254
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Kings
Kings County is its own seat.
Established
1683
342 years ago
Largest city
New York city
Population 2,653,963 for the whole place, which extends beyond this county.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Kings County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Kings County, New York from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 756 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Kings County ranks

Position among the 62 counties of New York, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn New YorkNationally
Population2,653,9631st of 629th of 3,144
Land area69.4 sq mi59th of 623,096th of 3,144
Population density38,254 per sq mi2nd of 622nd of 3,144
Median household income$80,26317th of 62575th of 3,143

Full data for Kings County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population2,653,963Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20202,722,259Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?2,736,291Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area69.4 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area27.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area96.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?38,254 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$80,263American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$905,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,009,927American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,100,772American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+16,835
32,463 births, 15,628 deaths
Net migration
-21,283
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 4 areas bordering Kings County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Queens CountyNew York28 mi2,358,182
New York CountyNew York7.3 mi1,664,862
Richmond CountyNew York7.2 mi501,290
Hudson CountyNew Jersey2.6 mi735,033

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.