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Suffolk County, MA

766,381 Population
58.3 square miles 13,156 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$55,328 ±$2,113 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $54,025 ±$626
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$85,358 ±$3,286 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $94,488 ±$1,260
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.4% ±1.1% (118,711  ±7,744) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,156 (±0.3% / ±23,050)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

30.8 minutes ±0.5 (10,558,740  ±339,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 28.6 84,746,130 (±0.3 / ±1,045,915)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

330,101 ±3,236 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,797,776 ±8,835
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.2 ±0 (720,504  ±762) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,744,191
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

3.3% ±0.7% (7,424  ±1,511) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 71,722 (±0.3% / ±4,699)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

357,351 ±361 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,036,303 ±363
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$669,800 ±$13,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $534,700 ±$4,603
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

20.5% ±1.2% (155,610  ±9,222.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.3% 853,188 (±0.4% / ±25,841.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

87.9% ±2.1% (472,993  ±11,379.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,518,632 (±0.7% / ±34,936.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
49.9% ±1.5% (268,356  ±7,883.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.7% 2,307,709 (±0.5% / ±22,481.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

38.3% ±1.3% (279,239  ±9,088.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 25% 1,660,772 (±0.3% / ±22,678.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

29.7% (227,433  ±9,828) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18% 1,259,871
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

2.4% ±0.3% (15,519  ±1,975) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,260 (±0.1% / ±7,303)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,519 Total veterans ±1,975 13,119 Male ±1,856 2,400 Female ±808

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