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'''Brooklyn''' is a [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] of [[New York City]]. Located on the westernmost end of [[Long Island]], it is coextensive with '''Kings County''' in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. With 2,736,074 residents as of the [[2020 United States census]],<ref name="2020CensusMap"/> Kings County is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City and the most populous [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County|county]] in the State of New York.<ref name=Counties2020NYS>[https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/vital_statistics/2020/table02.htm Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020], [[New York State Department of Health]]. Accessed January 2, 2024.</ref><ref name="GR1">[http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/county_sub_list_36.txt 2010 Gazetteer for New York State], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed September 18, 2016.</ref> The population density of Brooklyn was {{Convert|37,339.9|PD/sqmi}} in 2022, making it the [[County statistics of the United States#Most densely populated|second-most-densely-populated county]] in the United States, behind [[Manhattan]],<ref name=CensusDensity2022>[https://www.census.gov/popclock/embed.php?component=density Highest Density States, Counties and Cities (2022)], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 2, 2024.</ref> and it had the ninth-highest population of any county nationwide.<ref name=CensusPopulation2022>[https://www.census.gov/popclock/embed.php?component=populous Most Populaous States, Counties and Cities (2022)], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 2, 2024.</ref> Were Brooklyn still an independent city, it would be the [[List of United States cities by population|fourth most populous in the U.S.]] after the rest of [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Chicago]].<ref name=CensusPopulation2022/>
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