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People QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Population, 2012 estimate | 27,435 | 6,646,144
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 26,983 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 1.7% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 26,983 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.9% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.0% | 21.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 15.8% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 53.0% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 91.1% | 80.4%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 2.4% | 6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.8% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 1.7% | 2.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 2.5% | 9.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 89.5% | 76.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 90.0% | 86.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 13.7% | 14.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 17.3% | 21.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 95.7% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 50.6% | 38.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,431 | 412,617
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 31.1 | 27.5
Housing units, 2010 | 11,751 | 2,808,254
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 66.0% | 63.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 42.5% | 41.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $428,900 | $343,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 10,963 | 2,522,409
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.42 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $39,873 | $35,051
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $84,599 | $65,981
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.9% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Total number of firms, 2007 | 2,481 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.7% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 24,598 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 173,143 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,488 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 20,407 | 14,917,210
Geography QuickFacts | Melrose | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.68 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 5,766.8 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 40115 | 25
Counties | Middlesex County
(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