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	People Facts	Massachusetts	USA
	Population, 2003 estimate	6,433,422	290,809,777
	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.3%	3.3%
	Population, 2000	6,349,097	281,421,906
	Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.5%	13.1%
	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.3%	6.8%
	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	23.6%	25.7%
	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.5%	12.4%
	Female persons, percent, 2000	51.8%	50.9%
	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	84.5%	75.1%
	Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.4%	12.3%
	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.9%
	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.8%	3.6%
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)	Z	0.1%
	Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.7%	5.5%
	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.3%	2.4%
	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	6.8%	12.5%
	White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	81.9%	69.1%
	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	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, 2002	2,649,029	119,302,132
	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, 1999	$50,502	$41,994
	Per capita money income, 1999	$25,952	$21,587
	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	9.3%	12.4%

	Business Facts	Massachusetts	USA
	Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	177,434	7,095,302
	Private nonfarm employment, 2001	3,129,980	115,061,184
	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	1.4%	0.9%
	Nonemployer establishments, 2000	410,481	16,529,955
	Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	77,876,576	3,842,061,405
	Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	58,578,048	2,460,886,012
	Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,579	$9,190
	Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	7.3%	14.6%
	Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	26.0%
	Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	17,465	1,747,678
	Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	47,480,206	1,901,247,889

	Geography Facts	Massachusetts	USA
	Land area, 2000 (square miles)	7,840	3,537,438
	Persons per square mile, 2000	809.8	79.6
	FIPS Code	25

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

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