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Massachusetts

Ranked #7 out of 50 of the Best places to Live with a Gross State Product of $317,684,000,000.00


Massachusetts Facts VS. USA :

Population, 2006 estimate 6,437,193 299,398,484
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 1.4% 6.4%
Population, 2000 6,349,097 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006 6.0% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 22.5% 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 13.3% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2006 51.6% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2006 (a) 86.5% 80.1%
Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) 6.9% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a) 0.3% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a) 4.9% 4.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a) 0.1% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006 1.3% 1.6%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) 7.9% 14.8%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006 80.0% 66.4%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 58.5% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 12.2% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 18.7% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 84.8% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 33.2% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 1,084,746 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 27.0 25.5
Housing units, 2006 2,708,986 126,316,181
Homeownership rate, 2000 61.7% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 42.7% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $185,700 $119,600
Households, 2000 2,443,580 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 2.51 2.59
Median household income, 2004 $53,657 $44,334
Per capita money income, 1999 $25,952 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 9.9% 12.7%
Business QuickFacts Massachusetts USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2005 175,2911 7,499,702
Private nonfarm employment, 2005 2,996,3471 116,317,003
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005 -2.9%1 2.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2005 471,257 20,392,068
Total number of firms, 2002 563,539 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.3% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.4% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 3.2% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 S 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.8% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.7% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 77,996,586 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 127,129,789 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 73,903,837 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,525 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 11,789,582 449,498,718
Building permits, 2006 19,580 1,838,903
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 53,120,4451 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Massachusetts USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 7,840.02 3,537,438.44
Persons per square mile, 2000 809.8 79.6
FIPS Code 25