People QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	6,646,144	313,914,040
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	6,547,629	308,747,508
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	1.5%	1.7%
 	Population, 2010    	6,547,629	308,745,538
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011     	5.6%	6.5%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011     	21.3%	23.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011     	14.0%	13.3%
 	Female persons, percent, 2011     	51.6%	50.8% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	84.1%	78.1%
 	Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	7.8%	13.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.5%	1.2%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)    	5.6%	5.0%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a)     	0.1%	0.2%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011     	2.0%	2.3%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)     	9.9%	16.7%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011     	76.4%	63.4% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.5%	84.6%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	14.7%	12.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	21.4%	20.3%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.9%	85.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	38.7%	28.2%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	412,617	22,215,303
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	27.5	25.4 			
 	Housing units, 2011    	2,818,940	132,312,404
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	63.6%	66.1%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	41.8%	25.9%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$343,500	$186,200
 	Households, 2007-2011    	2,522,409	114,761,359
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.49	2.60
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$35,051	$27,915
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$65,981	$52,762
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.7%	14.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
 	Private nonfarm establishments, 2010    	169,790	7,396,628
 	Private nonfarm employment, 2010    	2,928,545	111,970,095
 	Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010    	-5.1	-1.8
 	Nonemployer establishments, 2010    	472,534	22,110,628 			
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	596,790	27,092,908
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.4%	7.1%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.4%	0.9%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.5%	5.7%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	0.0%	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	3.3%	8.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	29.8%	28.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	86,428,959	5,319,456,312
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	95,275,672	4,174,286,516
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	88,082,966	3,917,663,456
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,553	$12,990
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	14,917,210	613,795,732
 	Building permits, 2011     	7,725	624,061

   	Geography QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	7,800.06	3,531,905.43
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	839.4	87.4
 	FIPS Code    	25	 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts