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People QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
Population, 2014 estimate	6,745,408	318,857,056
Population, 2013 estimate	6,708,874	316,497,531
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base	6,547,817	308,758,105
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014	3.0%	3.3%
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013	2.5%	2.5%
Population, 2010	6,547,629	308,745,538
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013	5.5%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013	20.8%	23.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013	14.8%	14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2013	51.5%	50.8%

White alone, percent, 2013 (a)	83.2%	77.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a)	8.1%	13.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.5%	1.2%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a)	6.0%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a)	0.1%	0.2%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013	2.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b)	10.5%	17.1%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013	75.1%	62.6%

Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013	86.7%	84.9%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013	15.0%	12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013	21.9%	20.7%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013	89.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013	39.4%	28.8%
Veterans, 2009-2013	383,087	21,263,779
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013	28.0	25.5
Housing units, 2014	2,828,492	133,957,180
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013	62.7%	64.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	41.7%	26.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013	$330,100	$176,700
Households, 2009-2013	2,530,147	115,610,216
Persons per household, 2009-2013	2.51	2.63
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013	$35,763	$28,155
Median household income, 2009-2013	$66,866	$53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013	11.4%	15.4%

Business QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2013	172,533¹	7,488,353
Private nonfarm employment, 2013	3,062,689¹	118,266,253
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2012-2013	0.9%¹	2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2013	484,147	23,005,620
Total number of firms, 2007	596,790	27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	3.4%	7.1%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.4%	0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	4.5%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	3.3%	8.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	29.8%	28.8%

Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)	86,428,959	5,319,456,312
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)	95,275,672	4,174,286,516
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)	88,082,966	3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita, 2007	$13,553	$12,990
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)	14,917,210	613,795,732
Building permits, 2014	14,486	1,046,363

Geography QuickFacts	Massachusetts	USA
Land area in square miles, 2010	7,800.06	3,531,905.43
Persons per square mile, 2010	839.4	87.4
FIPS Code	25

1: Includes data not distributed by county.

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(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
F: Fewer than 25 firms
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
X: Not applicable
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown

Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits
Last Revised: Wednesday, 05-Aug-2015 09:23:30 EDT

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