Brooklyn: a shrinking community, a third of our set at $5M+

Brooklyn (Kings County) has about 35,100 residents of Asian Indian descent, down about 6% from the 2015–2019 survey [1][2]. They are 1.3% of the borough [1][3].

Our data is more top-heavy than the population trend suggests. Of 688 people in our database at $1M+, 229 are at $5M+, about a third (our calculation), and 48 are in our $25M+ bands [8].

• 35,091 residents of Asian Indian descent (alone or in combination) in Kings County, New York, 2020–2024 average [1], or 1.3% of the population [3].
• -6.1% versus the 2015–2019 estimate of 37,375 [1][2] (our calculation).
• 688 people in the HeyAlbert database placed in Kings County, New York at an estimated $1M+, of whom 229 are in our $5M+ bands [8].

Where Kings County, New York's Indian-American residents live, by place

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts 35,091 people who report Asian Indian ancestry, alone or with another group, in Kings County, New York [1]. Brooklyn is the largest community, with 100% of the county total [4]–[7] (our calculation).

Place	Asian Indian residents	Share of place
Brooklyn	35,091	1.3%

Asian Indian alone or in any combination. Sources: ACS 5-year estimates [4]–[7]; totals from Table B01003. Change and share are our calculations. Estimates carry margins of error.

The Census treats Brooklyn as a single county and place, so these tables have no neighborhood breakdown [4]–[7]. The borough holds about 0.7% of the country's Asian Indian population [1].

What the HeyAlbert database shows in Kings County, New York

HeyAlbert builds profiles of Indian-American individuals with an estimated net worth of $1M or more from public records, and every estimate is tied to a cited source. Our database currently places 688 such people in Kings County, New York [8]. That is a count of people we have found and estimated, not a census of wealthy households: our coverage is partial and uneven.

Estimated net-worth band	People in our database
$1M–5M	459
$5M–15M	181
$25M+ (probable)	<25
$25M+ (likely)	36
Total, $1M+	688

Source: HeyAlbert database [8]. Bands are estimates from public evidence; “likely” and “probable” describe our confidence in the $25M+ tier. Cells under 25 are suppressed.

City	$1M+	of which $5M+	of which $25M+
Brooklyn	688	229	48

Source: HeyAlbert database [8]. Cities with 25+ people at $1M+; cells under 25 shown as <25. The city is where our sources place the person; for some records it is a workplace rather than a home. Cities in our database are matched by name to the Census places and townships in the county; a few that straddle a county line are counted whole, and large cities that extend well beyond the county are left out.

Our database places 688 people in Brooklyn at $1M+: 459 in the $1M–5M band, 181 at $5–15M and 48 in our $25M+ bands [8].

Why our Kings County, New York count looks the way it does

Each estimate in our database rests on a primary piece of public evidence. The mix differs from place to place, depending on which records we have been able to process, and it shapes the counts above more than any real difference in wealth does [8].

Primary evidence for the estimate	People	Share
Home value (public assessor or listing records)	452	66%
Other public signals (executive roles, company filings, gifts, pay)	236	34%

Source: HeyAlbert database [8], people at $1M+. Categories under 25 not shown.

Home values support 452 of our 688 estimates and other public signals 236 [8]. About a third of the estimates rest on signals other than property (our calculation).

What it means if you work with these families

For advisors and nonprofits, Brooklyn is a smaller and slightly shrinking community, but our data shows a real $5M+ tier there.

Methodology

Census figures are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020–2024 and 2015–2019, Table B02018, using “Asian Indian, alone or in any combination” [1][2]. Total population comes from Table B01003 [3]. The Census Bureau changed how it codes detailed race responses in 2020, so part of the change between the two periods may reflect coding rather than migration. All estimates carry margins of error. Shares and growth rates are our calculations.

HeyAlbert counts are aggregates from our database as of October 2026 [8]. They include people we identified as likely of Indian origin with an estimated net worth of $1M or more, based on public records such as property assessments, professional licenses, patents, SEC filings and donor rolls. Coverage is partial and depends on which public records exist and which we have processed. These counts are not population totals. Any cell under 25 is suppressed, and we publish aggregates only, never individual records.

Related

• Indian-American wealth in New York State: two different New Yorks
• Indian-American wealth in the New York metro: the center has moved to New Jersey
• Where $25M+ Indian-American families live: cities and states in our data

HeyAlbert finds Indian-American families worth $1M+ and tells you who to call, with every fact cited. See who is in Kings County, New York at heyalbert.site.

Sources

1. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all counties. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=010XX00US$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
2. ACS 2015–2019 5-year estimates, Table B02018, all counties. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2019.B02018?g=010XX00US$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
3. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, all counties. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=010XX00US$0500000 (data: machine-readable)
4. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, places in Kings County, New York. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=050XX00US36047$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
5. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, places in Kings County, New York. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=050XX00US36047$1600000 (data: machine-readable)
6. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B02018, county subdivisions in Kings County, New York. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B02018?g=050XX00US36047$0600000 (data: machine-readable)
7. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates, Table B01003, county subdivisions in Kings County, New York. US Census Bureau. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=050XX00US36047$0600000 (data: machine-readable)
8. HeyAlbert database, aggregate counts (October 2026 snapshot); how we build it is described on our methodology page. HeyAlbert. https://heyalbert.site/research/methodology/