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People QuickFacts |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
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Population, 2011 estimate |
625,087 |
6,587,536 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base |
617,594 |
6,547,629 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 |
1.2% |
0.6% |
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Population, 2010 |
617,594 |
6,547,629 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 |
5.2% |
5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 |
16.8% |
21.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 |
10.1% |
13.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 |
52.1% |
51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
53.9% |
80.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
24.4% |
6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
0.4% |
0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) |
8.9% |
5.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) |
Z |
0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 |
3.9% |
2.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) |
17.5% |
9.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 |
47.0% |
76.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 |
75.9% |
86.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 |
27.1% |
14.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 |
36.1% |
21.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 |
84.2% |
88.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 |
42.8% |
38.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 |
19,804 |
412,617 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 |
28.6 |
27.5 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 |
34.6% |
63.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 |
82.2% |
41.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 |
$381,900 |
$343,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 |
247,621 |
2,522,409 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 |
2.29 |
2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 |
$33,158 |
$35,051 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 |
$51,739 |
$65,981 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 |
21.4% |
10.7% |