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Massachusetts

6,981,974 Population
7,800.9 square miles 895 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$54,025 ±$626 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$94,488 ±$1,260 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.4% ±0.3% (700,156  ±23,050) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28.6 minutes ±0.3 (84,746,130  ±1,045,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

2,797,776 ±8,835 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±198.6 (6,744,191  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±0.3% (71,722  ±4,699) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

3,036,303 ±363 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$534,700 ±$4,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.3% ±0.4% (853,188  ±25,841.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

91.3% ±0.7% (4,518,632  ±34,936.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
46.7% ±0.5% (2,307,709  ±22,481.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

25% ±0.3% (1,660,772  ±22,678.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

18% ±1,435.8% (1,259,871  ±21,035) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

4.3% ±0.1% (243,260  ±7,303) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
243,260 Total veterans ±7,303 224,682 Male ±6,932 18,578 Female ±2,156

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