Massachusetts state Population Profile

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Massachusetts state Population

	Massachusetts	%, Massachusetts	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	3,058,816	48.18%	49.06%
Female	3,290,281	51.82%	50.94%
Under 5 years	397,268	6.26%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	430,861	6.79%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	431,247	6.79%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	415,737	6.55%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	404,279	6.37%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	926,788	14.6%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	1,062,995	16.74%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	873,353	13.76%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	310,002	4.88%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	236,405	3.72%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	427,830	6.74%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	315,640	4.97%	4.39%
85 years and over	116,692	1.84%	1.51%
Median age (years)	36.5		35.3
18 years and over	4,849,033	76.37%	74.31%
- Male	2,289,671	36.06%	35.89%
- Female	2,559,362	40.31%	38.42%
21 years and over	4,587,935	72.26%	69.97%
62 years and over	997,277	15.71%	14.66%
65 years and over	860,162	13.55%	12.43%
- Male	341,539	5.38%	5.12%
- Female	518,623	8.17%	7.31%
RACE
One race	6,203,092	97.7%	97.57%
- White	5,367,286	84.54%	75.14%
- Black or African American	343,454	5.41%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	15,015	0.24%	0.88%
- Asian	238,124	3.75%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	43,801	0.69%	0.6%
- - Chinese	84,392	1.33%	0.86%
- - Filipino	8,273	0.13%	0.66%
- - Japanese	10,539	0.17%	0.28%
- - Korean	17,369	0.27%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	33,962	0.53%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	39,788	0.63%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,489	0.04%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	562	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	529	0.01%	0.02%
- - Samoan	476	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	922	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	254,228	4.0%	5.46%
Two or more races	146,005	2.3%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	5,472,809	86.2%	77.08%
Black or African American	398,479	6.28%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	38,050	0.6%	1.46%
Asian	264,814	4.17%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8,704	0.14%	0.31%
Some other race	320,907	5.05%	6.58%

	Massachusetts	%, Massachusetts	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	6,349,097		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	428,729	6.75%	12.55%
- Mexican	22,288	0.35%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	199,207	3.14%	1.21%
- Cuban	8,867	0.14%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	198,367	3.12%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	5,920,368	93.25%	87.45%
- White alone	5,198,359	81.88%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	6,349,097		281,421,906
In households	6,127,881	96.52%	97.24%
- Householder	2,443,580	38.49%	37.48%
- Spouse	1,197,917	18.87%	19.36%
- Child	1,844,182	29.05%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	1,382,189	21.77%	22.92%
- Other relatives	283,525	4.47%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	87,502	1.38%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	358,677	5.65%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	130,919	2.06%	1.95%
In group quarters	221,216	3.48%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	88,453	1.39%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	132,763	2.09%	1.32%

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