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People QuickFacts |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
732,684 | 6,497,967 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
6.2% | 2.3% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
689,809 | 6,349,113 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2008 |
6.3% | 5.9% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2008 |
19.7% | 22.0% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2008 |
10.7% | 13.4% |
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Female persons, percent, 2008 |
51.4% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
66.7% | 86.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
23.3% | 7.0% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.5% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2008 (a) |
7.6% | 4.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2008 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2008 |
1.7% | 1.4% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2008 (b) |
18.1% | 8.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2008 |
53.1% | 79.2% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
49.3% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
25.5% | 12.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
33.8% | 18.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.1% | 84.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
32.5% | 33.2% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
145,514 | 1,084,746 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
29.0 | 27.0 |
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Housing units, 2008 |
299,019 | 2,735,443 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
33.9% | 61.7% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
81.6% | 42.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$187,300 | $185,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
278,722 | 2,443,580 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.34 | 2.51 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$49,853 | $62,383 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$22,766 | $25,952 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
19.3% | 10.0% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Suffolk County |
Massachusetts |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2007 |
19,374 | 176,7011 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2007 |
576,545 | 3,073,9411 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2007 |
1.0% | -0.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2007 |
42,504 | 465,019 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
54,514 | 563,539 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.1% | 2.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.6% | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.0% | 3.2% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.7% | 2.8% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
25.3% | 28.7% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
3,909,976 | 77,996,586 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,426,399 | 127,129,789 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
6,007,610 | 73,903,837 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$8,768 | $11,525 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,684,230 | 11,789,582 |
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Building permits, 2008 |
775 | 9,883 |
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Federal spending, 2008 |
14,296,119 | 72,114,9441 |
