Boston, Massachusetts Neighborhood Info

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Boston, Massachusetts QuickFacts

	Boston, Massachusetts	United States
Total population	589,141	281,421,906
State	Massachusetts
City	boston

Boston, Massachusetts Population

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
Male	283,588	48.14%	49.06%
Female	305,553	51.86%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.1		35.3

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	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
18 years and over	472,582	80.22%	74.31%
21 years and over	432,815	73.47%	69.97%
62 years and over	71,847	12.2%	14.66%
65 years and over	61,336	10.41%	12.43%

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	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
White	320,944	54.48%	75.14%
Black or African American	149,202	25.33%	12.32%
Asian	44,284	7.52%	3.64%
Some other race	48,833	8.29%	5.46%
Two or more races	25,878	4.39%	2.43%

Boston, Massachusetts Housing

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
Total households	239,528		105,480,101
Family households (families)	115,096	48.05%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	124,432	51.95%	31.94%

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	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
Total housing units	251,935		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	12,407	4.92%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	239,528	95.08%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	77,226	30.65%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	162,302	64.42%	30.77%

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	Boston, Massachusetts	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	297	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	1,462	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	6,372	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	8,718	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	8,473	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	3,622	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	930	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	593	0.57%
Median (dollars)	190,600	119,600

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	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	57,514	24.01%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	80,525	33.62%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	34,374	14.35%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	29,598	12.36%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	17,043	7.12%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	20,474	8.55%	9.65%

Boston, Massachusetts Education

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	185,384		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	6,833	3.69%	6.47%
Kindergarten	7,934	4.28%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	55,372	29.87%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	29,398	15.86%	21.38%
College or graduate school	85,847	46.31%	22.81%

Boston, Massachusetts Economy

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
Population 16 years and over	484,995		217,168,077
In labor force	308,395	63.59%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	308,107	63.53%	63.39%
- - Employed	285,859	58.94%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	22,248	4.59%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	288	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	176,600	36.41%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	254,891	52.56%	51.66%
In labor force	152,910	31.53%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	152,864	31.52%	29.65%
- - Employed	142,635	29.41%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	35,204	7.26%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	19,969		12,787,501

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	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	239,603		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	37,230	15.54%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	15,764	6.58%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	27,276	11.38%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	27,496	11.48%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	35,928	14.99%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	41,496	17.32%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	23,784	9.93%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	18,496	7.72%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	5,491	2.29%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,642	2.77%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	39,629		41,994

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
With earnings	189,454	39.06%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	60,165		56,604
With Social Security income	44,831	9.24%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,243		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	17,158	3.54%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,569		6,320
With public assistance income	9,766	2.01%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,917		3,032
With retirement income	26,234	5.41%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,498		17,376

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