Massachusetts QuickFacts from US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts
Massachusetts
USA

Population, 2005 estimate
6,398,743
296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
0.8%
5.3%

Population, 2000
6,349,097
281,421,906

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
6.2%
6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
22.8%
24.8%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
13.3%
12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2005
51.5%
50.7%


White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
86.7%
80.2%

Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
6.9%
12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
0.3%
1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
4.7%
4.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.1%
0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.3%
1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
7.9%
14.4%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
80.3%
66.9%


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, 2005
2,688,014
124,521,886

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, 2003
$52,713
$43,318

Per capita money income, 1999
$25,952
$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
9.5%
12.5%

Business QuickFacts
Massachusetts
USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
175,9331
7,387,724

Private nonfarm employment, 2004
2,979,6901
115,074,924

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
-3.5%1
0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2004
457,981
19,523,741


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
NA
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, 2005
24,549
2,155,316

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
53,120,4451
2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts
Massachusetts
USA

Land area, 2000 (square miles)
7,840
3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000
809.8
79.6