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Middlesex County Facts

Census Statistics

	Middlesex County	Massachusetts
Population, 2003 estimate	1,471,724	6,433,422
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.4%	1.3%
Population, 2000	1,465,396	6,349,097
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	4.8%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	22.5%	23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.8%	13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.6%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	85.9%	84.5%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.4%	5.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.2%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	6.3%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	3.7%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.2%	2.3%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	4.6%	6.8%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	83.6%	81.9%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.9%	58.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	15.2%	12.2%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	20.4%	18.7%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	88.5%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	43.6%	33.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	217,049	1,084,746
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	27.4	27.0?
Housing units, 2002	581,090	2,649,029
Homeownership rate, 2000	61.7%	61.7%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	46.2%	42.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$247,900	$185,700?
Households, 2000	561,220	2,443,580
Persons per household, 2000	2.52	2.51
Median household income, 1999	$60,821	$50,502
Per capita money income, 1999	$31,199	$25,952
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	6.5%	9.3%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	43,079	177,434
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	871,013	3,129,980
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.1%	1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	106,100	410,481
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	22,587,129	77,876,576
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	14,462,076	58,578,048
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$10,205	$9,579
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.5%	7.3%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.8%	26.6%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,841	17,465
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	11,619,223	47,480,206
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	823	7,840
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,779.6	809.8
Metropolitan Area	Boston-Worcester-Law	?
FIPS Code	017	25

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