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Massachusetts

7,001,399 Population
7,800.9 square miles 897.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,897 ±$450 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$99,858 ±$1,355 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.4% ±0.4% (706,730  ±24,578) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.9 minutes ±0.2 (93,102,016  ±1,049,623) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

2,800,984 ±8,760 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 (6,760,613  ±) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.4% ±0.4% (73,773  ±5,978) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

3,045,867 ±257 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$570,800 ±$3,746 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±0.4% (816,565  ±25,330.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.4% ±0.7% (4,546,817  ±33,154.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
47.8% ±0.5% (2,377,209  ±22,965.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

25.3% ±0.3% (1,684,973  ±21,948.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

18.1% (1,263,580  ±22,521) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.1% ±0.1% (234,066  ±7,800) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
234,066 Total veterans ±7,800 216,683 Male ±7,623 17,383 Female ±1,702

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