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People QuickFacts |
Franklin |
Massachusetts |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
30,175 | 6,433,422 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
2.1% | 1.3% |
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Population, 2000 |
29,560 | 6,349,097 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
33.8% | 5.5% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
9.4% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
30.3% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
8.2% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.0% | 51.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
96.0% | 84.5% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.1% | 5.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
1.7% | 3.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.0% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 3.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
0.8% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
1.1% | 6.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
58.8% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
5.3% | 12.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
8.1% | 18.7% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
92.9% | 84.8% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
42.7% | 33.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
32.2 | 27.0 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
10,327 | 2,621,989 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
81.2% | 61.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$227,100 | $185,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
10,152 | 2,443,580 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.85 | 2.51 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$71,174 | $50,502 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$27,849 | $25,952 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
2.8% | 9.3% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Franklin |
Massachusetts |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
849,917 | 112,792,386 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
302,544 | 58,578,048 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$11,123 | $9,579 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
D | 9,282,541 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
2,482 | 537,150 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
F | 7.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
31.1% | 26.6% |
