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Kings County, NY — Dentists Saturation

How many dentists exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 44 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: General & family dentists · Orthodontists · Oral surgeons · Other dental specialists. Counted together because official statistics use one 621210 code.

Measured density: Below average — 0.80× the U.S. rate (between 0.80× and 0.81× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 8 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 3 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Below the U.S. rate   Kings County dentists — 80–81% of the U.S. rate

811 dentists are counted in Kings County — 2.7 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 80% of the U.S. rate of 3.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 7% between 2015 and 2023 (855 → 798). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 11229 (Brooklyn), 11209 (Brooklyn), 11235 (Brooklyn) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 11221 (Brooklyn), 11233 (Brooklyn), 11208 (Brooklyn).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 762 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Kings County sits at 80% of the U.S. rate for dentists. 3 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 80% and 81% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 11229 and 11209; the lowest measured density is in 11221 and 11233.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing dentists and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Dentists
811–827
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (8 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
2.7
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
3.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.80×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
762
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
2,631,396
38 ZIPs with data
Workers
741,324
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,617,631
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−3.6%
−98,824 people
Net migration 2024
+9,511
international +37,669, domestic −28,158
Jobs located here
897,513
LODES 2022, +2.7% since 2019

Kings County had an estimated 2,617,631 residents on July 1, 2024 — 3.6% fewer than in 2020 (−98,824). In the latest year it gained 24,694 people: births minus deaths +15,400, international migration +37,669, domestic migration −28,158. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

897,513 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+2.7% since 2019), and 1,176,979 employed residents lived there (−2.7% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
11239 Brooklyn
+28.5%
11212 Brooklyn
+17.7%
11222 Brooklyn
+16.2%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
11211 Brooklyn
−36.7%
11236 Brooklyn
−12.7%
11234 Brooklyn
−11.1%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
642
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$53.5M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$83K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more dentists in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — down 7% since 2015

Number of dentists in Kings County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

855
2015
846
2018
824
2020
810
2021
792
2022
798
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
11229 Brooklyn
291%
11209 Brooklyn
284%
11235 Brooklyn
198%
11201 Brooklyn
167%
11230 Brooklyn
137%
11214 Brooklyn
122%
11223 Brooklyn
115%
11204 Brooklyn
114%
11222 Brooklyn
111%
11215 Brooklyn
109%
11217 Brooklyn
106%
11234 Brooklyn
103%
11210 Brooklyn
93%
11228 Brooklyn
93%
11220 Brooklyn
88%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
11221 Brooklyn
9%
11233 Brooklyn
10%
11208 Brooklyn
11%
11207 Brooklyn
15%
11216 Brooklyn
18%
11213 Brooklyn
21%
11225 Brooklyn
24%
11206 Brooklyn
28%
11203 Brooklyn
29%
11232 Brooklyn
34%
11236 Brooklyn
35%
11249 Brooklyn
38%
11226 Brooklyn
48%
11237 Brooklyn
51%
11218 Brooklyn
65%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few dentists may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = dentists per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersDentists Per 10kIndexStatus
11229Brooklyn 78,37719,393 86 9.8 291% Very high density
11209Brooklyn 71,00415,871 75 9.5 284% Very high density
11235Brooklyn 78,55845,195 67 6.6 198% High density
11201Brooklyn 70,67455,471 55 5.6 167% High density
11230Brooklyn 86,97839,731 49 4.6 137% Above average
11214Brooklyn 89,39717,006 40 4.1 122% Above average
11223Brooklyn 78,09326,032 35 3.8 115% Above average
11204Brooklyn 79,80018,343 34 3.8 114% Above average
11222Brooklyn 42,85316,703 19 3.7 111% Above average
11215Brooklyn 70,44128,322 31 3.7 109% Above average
11217Brooklyn 43,49020,006 19 3.6 106% Above average
11234Brooklyn 83,18719,304 32 3.4 103% Above average
11210Brooklyn 57,91511,876 20 3.1 93% Below average
11228Brooklyn 42,2415,196 14 3.1 93% Below average
11220Brooklyn 90,65236,084 32 2.9 88% Below average
11211Brooklyn 65,31436,368 21 2.5 75% Below average
11219Brooklyn 94,19642,483 28 2.4 72% Below average
11231Brooklyn 38,27612,186 10 2.3 67% Below average
11238Brooklyn 58,34510,588 14 2.2 66% Below average
11224Brooklyn 50,8227,986 12 2.2 65% Below average
11218Brooklyn 72,04230,451 19 2.2 65% Below average
11237Brooklyn 45,33414,734 9 1.7 51% Below average
11226Brooklyn 95,1449,078 16 1.6 48% Far below average
11249Brooklyn 47,72814,151 7 1.3 38% Far below average
11236Brooklyn 88,05112,742 11 1.2 35% Far below average
11232Brooklyn 27,81631,662 5 1.1 34% Far below average
11203Brooklyn 74,81716,898 8 1.0 29% Far below average
11206Brooklyn 93,02029,577 10 0.9 28% Far below average
11225Brooklyn 58,1586,239 5 0.8 24% Far below average
11213Brooklyn 68,8465,882 5 0.7 21% Far below average
11216Brooklyn 60,6857,818 4 0.6 18% Far below average
11207Brooklyn 93,19814,853 5 0.5 15% Far below average
11208Brooklyn 105,42810,635 4 0.4 11% Far below average
11233Brooklyn 81,8227,391 3 0.4 10% Far below average
11221Brooklyn 91,5887,755 3 0.3 9% Far below average
11202Brooklyn —58 0–2 — — Not published
11205Brooklyn 51,67620,861 0–2 — — Not published
11212Brooklyn 89,02012,769 0–2 — — Not published
11239Brooklyn 16,4103,684 0–2 — — Not published
11241Brooklyn —572 0–2 — — Not published
11242Brooklyn —521 0–2 — — Not published
11243Brooklyn —93 4 — — Not published
11245Brooklyn —3,042 0–2 — — Not published
11252Brooklyn —86 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 621210 — offices of dentists. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 762 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (3.35 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

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