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People QuickFacts | Middlesex County | Massachusetts
Population, 2012 estimate | 1,537,215 | 6,646,144
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,503,077 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 2.3% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 1,503,085 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.7% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.0% | 21.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.3% | 14.0%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 51.3% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 82.8% | 84.1%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 5.2% | 7.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 9.8% | 5.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 1.9% | 2.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 6.8% | 9.9%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 77.1% | 76.4%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.0% | 86.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 18.7% | 14.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 24.3% | 21.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 91.8% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 49.8% | 38.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 81,460 | 412,617
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28 | 27.5
Housing units, 2011 | 614,036 | 2,818,940
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 63.4% | 63.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 44.8% | 41.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $410,100 | $343,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 577,349 | 2,522,409
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.49 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $41,453 | $35,051
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $79,691 | $65,981
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 7.7% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Middlesex County | Massachusetts
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 42,001 | 169,790
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 791,554 | 2,928,545
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -7.2 | -5.1
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 121,791 | 472,534
Total number of firms, 2007 | 154,765 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 6.2% | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 31.1% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 22,482,647 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 32,873,334 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 19,661,130 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $13,325 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,250,213 | 14,917,210
Building permits, 2011 | 1,823 | 7,725
Geography QuickFacts | Middlesex County | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 817.82 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,837.9 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 17 | 25
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, 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