People QuickFacts	Taunton	Massachusetts
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	55,940	6,587,536
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	55,874	6,547,629
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.1%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	55,874	6,547,629
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.3%	5.6%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.6%	21.7%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.5%	13.8%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.1%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	87.2%	80.4%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	5.0%	6.6%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.0%	5.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.4%	2.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	5.5%	9.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	84.5%	76.1% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	87.9%	86.1%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	11.3%	14.5%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	19.6%	21.0%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.6%	88.7%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	20.7%	38.3%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	26.9	27.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	62.9%	64.0%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	44.3%	41.7%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$285,200	$352,300
 	Households, 2006-2010    	22,024	2,512,552
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.51	2.48
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$25,945	$33,966
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$53,600	$64,509
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	12.1%	10.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Taunton	Massachusetts
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,824	596,790
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.4%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.5%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	3.3%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	23.5%	29.8% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,388,485	86,428,959
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,392,978	95,275,672
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	1,085,120	88,082,966
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$19,512	$13,553
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	90,826	14,917,210

   	Geography QuickFacts	Taunton	Massachusetts
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	46.70	7,800.06
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	1,196.4	839.4
 	FIPS Code    	69170	25
 	Counties    	Bristol 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