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People QuickFacts | Massachusetts | USA
Population, 2013 estimate | 6,692,824 | 316,128,839
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 6,547,629 | 308,747,716
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.2% | 2.4%
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 [NAME] 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, 2008-2012 | 86.7% | 84.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.8% | 12.9%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 21.7% | 20.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 89.1% | 85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 39.0% | 28.5%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 400,874 | 21,853,912
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 27.7 | 25.4
Housing units, 2013 | 2,813,536 | 132,802,859
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 63.2% | 65.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 41.6% | 25.9%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $335,500 | $181,400
Households, 2008-2012 | 2,525,694 | 115,226,802
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.5 | 2.61
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $35,485 | $28,051
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $66,658 | $53,046
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 11.0% | 14.9%
Business QuickFacts | Massachusetts | USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 171,278 | 7,431,808
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 3,035,897 | 115,938,468
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 2.5% | 2.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 480,410 | 22,735,915
Total number of firms, 2007 | 596,790 | 27,092,908
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.4% | 7.1%
American Indian- and [NAME] 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, 2012 | 11,111 | 829,658
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
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts