People QuickFacts	North Adams	Massachusetts
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	13,583	6,646,144
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	13,708	6,547,629
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	-0.9%	1.5%
 	Population, 2010    	13,708	6,547,629
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.5%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	19.1%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	16.6%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	53.0%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	93.0%	80.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.3%	6.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.6%	2.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.5%	9.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	91.2%	76.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	87.3%	86.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.9%	14.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	4.0%	21.4%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	84.0%	88.9%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	20.0%	38.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,029	412,617
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	19.9	27.5 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	6,752	2,808,254
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	52.9%	63.6%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	53.7%	41.8%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$148,200	$343,500
 	Households, 2007-2011    	5,867	2,522,409
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.14	2.49
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,330	$35,051
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,424	$65,981
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	17.2%	10.7%

   	Business QuickFacts	North Adams	Massachusetts
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,046	596,790
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	4.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	3.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	29.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	71,996	86,428,959
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	67,729	95,275,672
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	214,959	88,082,966
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$15,494	$13,553
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	24,477	14,917,210

   	Geography QuickFacts	North Adams	Massachusetts
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	20.34	7,800.06
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	673.8	839.4
 	FIPS Code    	46225	25
 	Counties    	Berkshire County
 	

(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