Brooklyn’s population increased by over 230,000 people in the past decade, marking the biggest increase of any borough in New York City, and far outpacing expectations, according to newly released 2020 Census data. Kings County’s population now stands at 2,736,074 people — a 9.2 percent jump from the 2010 population of 2,504,700 as recorded in that year’s Census. Brooklyn remains the most populous borough in the city, which overall saw its population swell by about 630,000 people, to a historic high of 8.8 million people. Brooklyn’s growth is both the largest numerical and proportional population increase for any of the five boroughs. Moreover, Kings County’s head count grew at a significantly higher rate than statisticians forecasted, as a 2019 estimate by the Census…