Worcester, Massachusetts county Neighborhood Info

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Worcester, Massachusetts county QuickFacts

	Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
Total population	750,963	281,421,906
State	Massachusetts
County	WORCESTER

Worcester, Massachusetts county Population

	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
Male	366,921	48.86%	49.06%
Female	384,042	51.14%	50.94%
Median age (years)	36.3		35.3

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
18 years and over	558,515	74.37%	74.31%
21 years and over	528,847	70.42%	69.97%
62 years and over	113,220	15.08%	14.66%
65 years and over	97,969	13.05%	12.43%

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
White	672,915	89.61%	75.14%
Black or African American	20,498	2.73%	12.32%
Asian	19,700	2.62%	3.64%
Some other race	24,210	3.22%	5.46%
Two or more races	13,640	1.82%	2.43%

Worcester, Massachusetts county Housing

	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
Total households	283,927		105,480,101
Family households (families)	192,423	67.77%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	91,504	32.23%	31.94%

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
Total housing units	298,159		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	14,232	4.77%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	283,927	95.23%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	182,104	61.08%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	101,823	34.15%	30.77%

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	1,043	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	23,015	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	55,194	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	33,326	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	24,356	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	10,715	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	1,660	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	79	0.57%
Median (dollars)	146,000	119,600

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	45,479	16.02%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	78,511	27.65%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	44,808	15.78%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	46,728	16.46%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	28,436	10.02%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	39,965	14.08%	9.65%

Worcester, Massachusetts county Education

	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	205,456		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	14,877	7.24%	6.47%
Kindergarten	11,234	5.47%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	91,437	44.5%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	41,724	20.31%	21.38%
College or graduate school	46,184	22.48%	22.81%

Worcester, Massachusetts county Economy

	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
Population 16 years and over	578,707		217,168,077
In labor force	383,764	66.31%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	383,266	66.23%	63.39%
- - Employed	366,942	63.41%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	16,324	2.82%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	498	0.09%	0.53%
Not in labor force	194,943	33.69%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	300,603	51.94%	51.66%
In labor force	180,359	31.17%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	180,288	31.15%	29.65%
- - Employed	172,979	29.89%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	58,924	10.18%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	36,399		12,787,501

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	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	284,218		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	25,152	8.85%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,111	6.02%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	31,075	10.93%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	31,373	11.04%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	42,839	15.07%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	58,935	20.74%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	35,696	12.56%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	28,596	10.06%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,406	2.61%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	6,035	2.12%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	47,874		41,994

	Worcester, Massachusetts	%, Worcester, Massachusetts	United States
With earnings	227,567	39.32%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	62,968		56,604
With Social Security income	75,168	12.99%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,977		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	14,028	2.42%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,560		6,320
With public assistance income	9,336	1.61%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,878		3,032
With retirement income	46,331	8.01%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,348		17,376

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