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People QuickFacts |
Massachusetts |
USA |
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Population, 2011 estimate |
6,587,536 | 311,591,917 |
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Population, 2010 |
6,547,629 | 308,745,538 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 |
3.1% | 9.7% |
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Population, 2000 |
6,349,097 | 281,421,906 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
5.6% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
21.7% | 24.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
13.8% | 13.0% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 |
51.6% | 50.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
80.4% | 72.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
6.6% | 12.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.3% | 0.9% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
5.3% | 4.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.0% | 0.2% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
2.6% | 2.9% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
9.6% | 16.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
76.1% | 63.7% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
86.1% | 84.2% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 |
14.5% | 12.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 |
21.0% | 20.1% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
88.7% | 85.0% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
38.3% | 27.9% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 |
425,979 | 22,652,496 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 |
27.3 | 25.2 |
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Housing units, 2010 |
2,808,254 | 131,704,730 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 |
64.0% | 66.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 |
41.7% | 25.9% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 |
$352,300 | $188,400 |
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Households, 2006-2010 |
2,512,552 | 114,235,996 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 |
2.48 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 |
$33,966 | $27,334 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 |
$64,509 | $51,914 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 |
10.5% | 13.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Massachusetts |
USA |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 |
170,4731 | 7,433,465 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 |
2,967,8771 | 114,509,626 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 |
-3.9%1 | 0.4% |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 |
447,219 | 21,090,761 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 |
596,790 | 27,092,908 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
3.4% | 7.1% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.4% | 0.9% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
4.5% | 5.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
0.0% | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
3.3% | 8.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 |
29.8% | 28.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |
86,428,959 | 5,338,306,501 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) |
95,275,672 | 4,174,286,516 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) |
88,082,966 | 3,917,663,456 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 |
$13,553 | $12,990 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) |
14,917,210 | 613,795,732 |
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Building permits, 2010 |
9,075 | 604,610 |
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Federal spending, 2009 |
81,769,8021 | 3,175,336,0502 |
