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Massachusetts Population
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People QuickFacts |
Massachusetts |
| Population, 2005 estimate
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6,398,743 |
| Population, percent change,
April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 |
0.8% |
| Population, 2000
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6,349,097 |
| Population, percent change,
1990 to 2000 |
5.5% |
| Persons under 5 years old,
percent, 2004 |
6.2% |
| Persons under 18 years old,
percent, 2004 |
22.8% |
| Persons 65 years old and over,
percent, 2004 |
13.3% |
| Female persons, percent, 2004
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51.6% |
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| White persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
87.0% |
| Black persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
6.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska
Native persons, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.3% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2004
(a) |
4.6% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a) |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more
races, percent, 2004 |
1.3% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino
origin, percent, 2004 (b) |
7.7% |
| White persons, not Hispanic,
percent, 2004 |
80.8% |
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| Living in same house in 1995
and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
58.5% |
| Foreign born persons,
percent, 2000 |
12.2% |
| Language other than English
spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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18.7% |
| High school graduates,
percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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84.8% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher,
pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
33.2% |
| Persons with a disability,
age 5+, 2000 |
1,084,746 |
| Mean travel time to work
(minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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27.0 |
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| Housing units, 2004
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2,672,061 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000
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61.7% |
| Housing units in multi-unit
structures, percent, 2000 |
42.7% |
| Median value of
owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$185,700 |
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| Households, 2000
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2,443,580 |
| Persons per household, 2000
|
2.51 |
| Per capita money income, 1999
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$25,952 |
| Median household income, 2003
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$52,713 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2003 |
9.5% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Massachusetts |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2003 |
178,6751 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
2003 |
2,974,7791 |
| Private nonfarm employment,
percent change 2000-2003 |
-3.6%1 |
| Nonemployer establishments,
2003 |
442,002 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 2002
($1000) |
77,996,586 |
| Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
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73,903,837 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002
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$11,525 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent
of total, 1997 |
7.3% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of
total, 1997 |
26.6% |
| Housing units authorized by
building permits, 2004 |
22,477 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
53,120,4451 |
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Geography QuickFacts |
Massachusetts |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles)
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7,840 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000
|
809.8 |
| FIPS Code
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25 |
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