Brooklyn's getting bigger... Census Shows Brooklyn Population Growth

And de Blasio says this supports the need for more affordable housing.

Brooklyn's population is up 3.5% over three years: Census - NY Daily News

The Census Bureau on Thursday confirmed what riders of the F and L trains already know: Brooklyn is smokin’ hot. Its population surged nearly 1% last year and 3.5% over three years, making Kings County the fastest-growing borough in the city and one of the fastest-growing counties in the state.

Seems like an oxymoron to me. If people are moving to Brooklyn in droves then they already can afford the housing cost. The question is, where are they moving from?

This article tracks one group of Brooklynites origins:

Census map shows where all the Brooklyn hipsters are coming from - Mail Online

According to the U.S. Census Bureau's flow mapper, young Brooklyn residents have moved to Kings County from all over the country.