Brooklyn, Iowa Brooklyn, Iowa Brooklyn Iowa 2009 - 0802 Welcome Sign.JPG Location of Brooklyn, Iowa Location of Brooklyn, Iowa Brooklyn is a town/city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
Near the center of town Brooklyn boasts a large display of flags from each of the fifty states, the four chapters of the military, and a smattering of other sources.
The town/city bills itself as "Brooklyn: Community of Flags." According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.24 square miles (3.21 km2), all of it land. The state flag display in Brooklyn, Iowa.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,468 citizens , 615 homeholds, and 370 families residing in the city.
There were 665 housing units at an average density of 536.3 per square mile (207.1/km2).
There were 615 homeholds of which 32.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.8% were non-families.
33.5% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 36.2 years.
26.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 16.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,367 citizens , 582 homeholds, and 349 families residing in the city.
There were 639 housing units at an average density of 534.2 per square mile (205.6/km ).
There were 582 homeholds out of which 29.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.9% were non-families.
36.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
24.5% were under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,583, and the median income for a family was $44,531.
About 2.9% of families and 6.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.6% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
Brooklyn region residents have access to Brooklyn Medical Clinic, positioned at 128 Jackson St.
During the Presidential caucus of 2008 the editor of The Brooklyn Paper, a small New York City broadsheet journal, spent a week in Brooklyn, Iowa, posting daily reports on the city, its inhabitants and the political process. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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