Boston, MA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2507000, place: Boston city, Massachusetts)

Total Population: 589,141
Male: 283,588 (48.14%)
Female: 305,553 (51.86%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 32,046 (5.44%)
5 to 9 years: 33,721 (5.72%)
10 to 14 years: 32,553 (5.53%)
15 to 19 years: 43,631 (7.41%)
20 to 24 years: 70,084 (11.9%)
25 to 34 years: 124,762 (21.18%)
35 to 44 years: 86,420 (14.67%)
45 to 54 years: 63,554 (10.79%)
55 to 59 years: 22,746 (3.86%)
60 to 64 years: 18,288 (3.1%)
65 to 74 years: 31,154 (5.29%)
75 to 84 years: 21,675 (3.68%)
85 years and over: 8,507 (1.44%)

Median age: 31.1 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 472,582 (80.22%)
21 years and over: 432,815 (73.47%)
62 years and over: 71,847 (12.2%)
65 years and over: 61,336 (10.41%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 472,582 (80.22%)
--Male: 224,078 (38.03%)
--Female: 248,504 (42.18%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 61,336 (10.41%)
--Male: 23,435 (3.98%)
--Female: 37,901 (6.43%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 563,263 (95.61%)
--White: 291,561 (49.49%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 85,089 (14.44%)
--Black or African American: 149,202 (25.33%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,365 (0.4%)
--Asian: 44,284 (7.52%)
----Asian Indian: 4,442 (0.75%)
----Chinese: 19,638 (3.33%)
----Filipino: 1,405 (0.24%)
----Japanese: 2,384 (0.4%)
----Korean: 2,564 (0.44%)
----Vietnamese: 10,818 (1.84%)
----Other Asian: 3,033 (0.51%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 366 (0.06%)
----Native Hawaiian: 84 (0.01%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 44 (0.01%)
----Samoan: 77 (0.01%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 161 (0.03%)
--Some other race: 46,102 (7.83%)
Two or more Races: 25,878 (4.39%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 85,089 (14.44%)
--Mexican: 4,126 (0.7%)
--Puerto Rican: 27,442 (4.66%)
--Cuban: 2,221 (0.38%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 51,300 (8.71%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 504,052 (85.56%)
--White Alone: 291,561 (49.49%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 554,064 (94.05%)
--Householder: 239,528 (40.66%)
--Spouse: 65,747 (11.16%)
--Child: 142,362 (24.16%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 100,177 (17%)
--Other relatives: 41,110 (6.98%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 13,170 (2.24%)
--Nonrelatives: 65,317 (11.09%)
----Unmarried partner: 14,719 (2.5%)
Living in group quarters: 35,077 (5.95%)
--Institutionalized Population: 8,481 (1.44%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 26,596 (4.51%)
Total households: 239,528
Family households (families): 115,096 (48.05%)
----With own children under 18 years: 54,310 (22.67%)
--Married-couple families: 65,747 (27.45%)
----With own children under 18 years: 28,219 (11.78%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 39,366 (16.43%)
----With own children under 18 years: 22,793 (9.52%)
Nonfamily households: 124,432 (51.95%)
--Householder living alone: 88,944 (37.13%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 21,796 (9.1%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 61,428 (25.65%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 45,350 (18.93%)
Average household size: 2.31 people
Average family size: 3.17 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 251,935
Occupied housing units: 239,528 (95.08%)
Vacant housing units: 12,407 (4.92%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 1,568 (0.62%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 3%
Occupied housing units: 239,528 (95.08%)
Owner occupied housing units: 77,226 (30.65%)
Renter occupied housing units: 162,302 (64.42%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.51 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.22 people

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