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People MapStats |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
590,763 | 6,437,193 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
0.3% | 1.4% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
1,619 | 88,088 |
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Population, 2000 |
589,141 | 6,349,097 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.4% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
19.8% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
10.4% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
51.9% | 51.8% |
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White persons, 2000 |
320,944 | 5,367,286 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
149,202 | 343,454 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
2,365 | 15,015 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
44,284 | 238,124 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
366 | 2,489 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
46,102 | 236,724 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
25,878 | 146,005 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
85,089 | 428,729 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
54.5% | 84.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
25.3% | 5.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
7.5% | 3.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
7.8% | 3.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
14.4% | 6.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
47.8% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
25.8% | 12.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
33.4% | 18.7% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
297,945 | 1,165,489 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
35.6% | 33.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
28.8 | 27.0 |
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Households, 2000 |
239,528 | 2,443,580 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.31 | 2.51 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
251,935 | 2,621,989 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
32.2% | 61.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$190,600 | $185,700 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$39,629 | $50,502 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$23,353 | $25,952 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
19.5% | 9.3% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
13,097 | 206,555 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
74,757 | 396,276 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
17.4% | 13.8% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
46.8% | 43.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
50.8% | 42.4% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
47.4% | 42.3% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
35,870 | 192,131 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
6,283 | 3,026 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
28,548 | 161,901 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
7,322 | 30,230 |
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Business MapStats |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
48,732 | 563,539 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
7.3% | 2.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.5% | 0.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
25.8% | 28.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
5.7% | 3.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.1% | 2.8% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
11,392,716 | 127,129,789 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
5,424,321 | 73,903,837 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$9,268 | $11,527 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
2,581,415 | 11,789,582 |
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