| | People QuickFacts | Middlesex County | Massachusetts |
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Population, 2011 estimate | NA | 6,587,536 |
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Population, 2010 | 1,503,085 | 6,547,629 |
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Population, percent change, 2000 to 2010 | 2.6% | 3.1% |
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Population, 2000 | 1,465,396 | 6,349,097 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.7% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 21.3% | 21.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 13.1% | 13.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.4% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 80.0% | 80.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 4.7% | 6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 9.3% | 5.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.5% | 2.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 6.5% | 9.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 76.5% | 76.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 | 85.4% | 86.1% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 | 18.4% | 14.5% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 | 23.7% | 21.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 91.6% | 88.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 | 49.3% | 38.3% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010 | 83,499 | 425,979 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 | 27.7 | 27.3 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 612,004 | 2,808,254 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 | 63.9% | 64.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 | 44.7% | 41.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 | $420,800 | $352,300 |
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Households, 2006-2010 | 572,847 | 2,512,552 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010 | 2.49 | 2.48 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 | $40,139 | $33,966 |
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Median household income 2006-2010 | $77,377 | $64,509 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 | 7.6% | 10.5% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Middlesex County | Massachusetts |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2009 | 42,023 | 170,4731 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2009 | 799,100 | 2,967,8771 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2009 | -6.3% | -3.9%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2009 | 115,363 | 447,219 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 154,765 | 596,790 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 3.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.2% | 4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.1% | 29.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 22,482,647 | 86,428,959 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,873,334 | 95,275,672 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,661,130 | 88,082,966 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,325 | $13,553 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,250,213 | 14,917,210 |
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Building permits, 2010 | 2,109 | 9,075 |
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Federal spending, 2009 | 21,407,397 | 81,769,8021 |
