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People QuickFacts | Suffolk County | Massachusetts
Population, 2013 estimate | 755,503 | 6,692,824
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 722,135 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 4.6% | 2.2%
Population, 2010 | 722,023 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 5.7% | 5.5%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 17.3% | 20.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 10.9% | 14.8%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.6% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 63.0% | 83.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 24.5% | 8.1%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.8% | 0.5%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 8.7% | 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.9% | 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 21.3% | 10.5%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 47.5% | 75.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2009-2013 | 79.0% | 86.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2009-2013 | 27.4% | 15.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2009-2013 | 37.4% | 21.9%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 83.9% | 89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2009-2013 | 40.4% | 39.4%
Veterans, 2009-2013 | 23,808 | 383,087
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2009-2013 | 29 | 28
Housing units, 2013 | 315,379 | 2,813,536
Homeownership rate, 2009-2013 | 35.5% | 62.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013 | 80.5% | 41.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2009-2013 | $358,700 | $330,100
Households, 2009-2013 | 288,240 | 2,530,147
Persons per household, 2009-2013 | 2.39 | 2.51
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2013 dollars), 2009-2013 | $32,835 | $35,763
Median household income, 2009-2013 | $53,540 | $66,866
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2009-2013 | 20.8% | 11.4%
Business QuickFacts | Suffolk County | Massachusetts
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 19,827 | 171,278
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 586,037 | 3,035,897
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 6.4% | 2.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 48,049 | 480,410
Total number of firms, 2007 | 55,613 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.0% | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.7% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.8% | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.3% | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.5% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,703,400 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 8,914,822 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 7,565,785 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,381 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,795,879 | 14,917,210
Building permits, 2012 | 1,965 | 11,111
Geography QuickFacts | Suffolk County | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 58.15 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 12,415.7 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 25 | 25
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area
(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