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Massachusetts

7,136,171 Population
7,800.9 square miles 914.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,789 ±$503 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$104,828 ±$1,650 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.7% ±0.3% (671,003  ±22,818) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.6 minutes ±0.2 (97,647,370  ±950,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

2,829,804 ±9,140 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 (6,879,639  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.3% ±0.3% (72,892  ±4,307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

3,057,853 ±244 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$607,400 ±$3,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.8% ±0.3% (760,652  ±23,233.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.4% ±0.7% (4,637,695  ±35,243.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
48.3% ±0.5% (2,449,570  ±23,913.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

25.9% ±0.4% (1,754,822  ±24,346.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

18.8% (1,337,811  ±21,991) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4% ±0.1% (227,919  ±7,225) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
227,919 Total veterans ±7,225 207,423 Male ±6,304 20,496 Female ±2,372

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