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Boston, Massachusetts Population Profile

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	Boston, Massachusetts	United States
State	Massachusetts
City	Boston
Total population	589,141	281,421,906
Male	283,588	138,053,563
Female	305,553	143,368,343
Median age (years)	31.1	35.3
Total households	239,528	105,480,101
Median household income (dollars)	39,629	41,994

Boston, Massachusetts Population

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	283,588	48.14%	49.06%
Female	305,553	51.86%	50.94%
Under 5 years	32,046	5.44%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	33,721	5.72%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	32,553	5.53%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	43,631	7.41%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	70,084	11.9%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	124,762	21.18%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	86,420	14.67%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	63,554	10.79%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	22,746	3.86%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	18,288	3.1%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	31,154	5.29%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	21,675	3.68%	4.39%
85 years and over	8,507	1.44%	1.51%
Median age (years)	31.1		35.3
18 years and over	472,582	80.22%	74.31%
- Male	224,078	38.03%	35.89%
- Female	248,504	42.18%	38.42%
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%
- Male	23,435	3.98%	5.12%
- Female	37,901	6.43%	7.31%
RACE
One race	563,263	95.61%	97.57%
- White	320,944	54.48%	75.14%
- Black or African American	149,202	25.33%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	2,365	0.4%	0.88%
- Asian	44,284	7.52%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	4,442	0.75%	0.6%
- - Chinese	19,638	3.33%	0.86%
- - Filipino	1,405	0.24%	0.66%
- - Japanese	2,384	0.4%	0.28%
- - Korean	2,564	0.44%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	10,818	1.84%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	3,033	0.51%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	366	0.06%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	84	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	44	0.01%	0.02%
- - Samoan	77	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	161	0.03%	0.04%
- Some other race	48,833	8.29%	5.46%
Two or more races	25,878	4.39%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	334,684	56.81%	77.08%
Black or African American	163,006	27.67%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,384	0.91%	1.46%
Asian	47,634	8.09%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,565	0.27%	0.31%
Some other race	64,262	10.91%	6.58%

	Boston, Massachusetts	%, Boston, Massachusetts	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	589,141		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	85,089	14.44%	12.55%
- Mexican	4,126	0.7%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	27,442	4.66%	1.21%
- Cuban	2,221	0.38%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	51,300	8.71%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	504,052	85.56%	87.45%
- White alone	291,561	49.49%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	589,141		281,421,906
In households	554,064	94.05%	97.24%
- Householder	239,528	40.66%	37.48%
- Spouse	65,747	11.16%	19.36%
- Child	142,362	24.16%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	100,177	17.0%	22.92%
- Other relatives	41,110	6.98%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	13,170	2.24%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	65,317	11.09%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	14,719	2.5%	1.95%
In group quarters	35,077	5.95%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	8,481	1.44%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	26,596	4.51%	1.32%

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The data is taken from www.census.gov reports.