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People QuickFacts | Boston | Massachusetts
Population, 2012 estimate | 636,479 | 6,646,144
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 617,594 | 6,547,629
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 3.1% | 1.5%
Population, 2010 | 617,594 | 6,547,629
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.2% | 5.6%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 16.8% | 21.7%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 10.1% | 13.8%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.1% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 53.9% | 80.4%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 24.4% | 6.6%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.4% | 0.3%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 8.9% | 5.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.9% | 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 17.5% | 9.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 47.0% | 76.1%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 75.9% | 86.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 27.1% | 14.7%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 36.1% | 21.4%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.2% | 88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 42.8% | 38.7%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 19,804 | 412,617
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.6 | 27.5
Housing units, 2010 | 272,481 | 2,808,254
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 34.6% | 63.6%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.2% | 41.8%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $381,900 | $343,500
Households, 2007-2011 | 247,621 | 2,522,409
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.29 | 2.49
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $33,158 | $35,051
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $51,739 | $65,981
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.4% | 10.7%
Business QuickFacts | Boston | Massachusetts
Total number of firms, 2007 | 49,667 | 596,790
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.6% | 3.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.6% | 0.4%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.9% | 4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.1% | 0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.2% | 3.3%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.7% | 29.8%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,193,339 | 86,428,959
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,225,668 | 95,275,672
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 6,808,832 | 88,082,966
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,934 | $13,553
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,661,700 | 14,917,210
Geography QuickFacts | Boston | Massachusetts
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 48.28 | 7,800.06
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 12,792.7 | 839.4
FIPS Code | 7000 | 25
Counties | Suffolk 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