Brooklyn one of fastest-growing counties in NY-NJ metro area
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday on where the heaviest population growth in the New York-Newark-Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was concentrated last year.
While the fastest-growing county between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013, was Hudson County, N.J. whose population rose 1.1 percent over the period, Kings County was the second, showing 0.9 percent growth. Hudson County includes Hoboken, Union City and Jersey City.
“Kings County actually slowed down this year – it grew 1.08 percent from 2011 to 2012, and 1.25 percent from 2010 to 2011,” said Ben Bollender, demographer with the Census Bureau.