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In 2017, Massachusetts had a population of 6.86M people with a median age of 39.5 and a median household income of $77,385. Between 2016 and 2017 the population of Massachusetts grew from 6.81M to 6.86M, a 0.705% increase and its median household income grew from $75,297 to $77,385, a 2.77% increase.
The population of Massachusetts is 71.5% White Alone, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, and 6.97% Black or African American Alone. 23% of the people in Massachusetts speak a non-English language, and 92% are U.S. citizens.
The largest universities in Massachusetts are Boston University (10,671 degrees awarded in 2016), University of Massachusetts-Amherst (8,265 degrees), and Harvard University (7,908 degrees).
The median property value in Massachusetts is $385,400, and the homeownership rate is 62.3%. Most people in Massachusetts commute by Drove Alone, and the average commute time is 28.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Massachusetts is 2 cars per household.
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ECONOMY
The economy of Massachusetts employs 3.42M people. The largest industries in Massachusetts are Hospitals (217,395 people), Elementary & secondary schools (208,160 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (197,346 people), and the highest paying industries are Support activities for agriculture & forestry ($215,045), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($162,461), and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($143,860).
Median household income in Massachusetts is $77,385. Males in Massachusetts have an average income that is 1.32 times higher than the average income of females, which is $65,619. The income inequality in Massachusetts (measured using the Gini index) is 0.484, which is higher than than the national average.
HEALTH
97.2% of the population of Massachusetts has health coverage, with 54.1% on employee plans, 19.1% on Medicaid, 10.9% on Medicare, 12.4% on non-group plans, and 0.752% on military or VA plans.
Per capita personal health care spending in the state of Massachusetts was $10,559 in 2014. This is a 2.78% increase from the previous year ($10,273).
Primary care physicians in Massachusetts see 954 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.421% increase from the previous year (950 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1010 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 185 patients per year.
Comparing across all counties in the state, Bristol County has the highest prevalence of diabetes (11.4%). Additionally, Bristol County has the highest prevalence of adult obesity (29.1%)
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Average Income: As of early 2012, the employment RSE in Massachusetts is 0.4%. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate in Massachusetts as of Feb 2012 is 6.9%. (Link:Massachusetts Department of Labor)
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State park System: The state parks and forests of Massachusetts are some of the most treasured areas of the state. You can have a magnificent experience and connect with nature while going for a natural hike, bike, climb, swim or paddle. The state has one of the largest park systems in the entire country, some of which are Myles Standish State Forest, Harold Parker State Forest, Nickerson State Park, Mount Greylock Reservation, and Maudslay State Park.The oldest public park in the U.S. is the Boston Common. Boston citizens originally purchased the area in 1634 for £30 as an area to hold military training exercises and as a place to graze cattle. Massachusetts is home to the lake with the longest name in the world.
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State Capital: Boston
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Largest Cities: Boston, Province town, Cape Cod, Concord, Sturbridge, Salem, Lexington
National Parks: Adams National Historical Park, Boston National Historical Park, Lowell National Historical Park, Minute Man National Historical Park, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Major Airports: Boston Logan International Airport, Nantucket Memorial Airport, New Bedford Regional Airport, Fitchburg Municipal Airport
HOUSING & LIVING
The median property value in Massachusetts was $385,400 in 2017, which is 1.77 times larger than the national average of $217,600. Between 2016 and 2017 the median property value increased from $366,900 to $385,400, a 5.04% increase. The homeownership rate in Massachusetts is 62.3%, which is lower than the national average of 63.9%. People in Massachusetts have an average commute time of 28.3 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Massachusetts is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
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Massachusetts is home to a population of 6.86M people, from which 92% are citizens. As of 2017, 16.2% of Massachusetts residents were born outside of the country.
The ethnic composition of the population of Massachusetts is composed of 4.91M White Alone residents (71.5%), 811k Hispanic or Latino residents (11.8%), 478k Black or African American Alone residents (6.97%), 450k Asian Alone residents (6.56%), 142k Two or More Races residents (2.07%), 61.8k Some Other Race Alone residents (0.9%), 9.44k American Indian & Alaska Native Alone residents (0.138%), and 953 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander Alone residents (0.0139%).
The most common foreign languages spoken in Massachusetts are Spanish or Spanish Creole (550,235 speakers), Portuguese or Portuguese Creole (186,864 speakers), and Chinese (136,070 speakers).
Serving Massachusetts State Area
Abington, MA Bridgewater, MA Dracut, MA Hudson, MA Methuen Plainville, MA South Weymouth, MA Weymouth, MA Acton, MA Brighton, MA East Braintree Hyannis, MA Milford, MA Plymouth, MA Springfield, MA Wilmington, MA Agawam, MA Brockton, MA East Cambridge Jamaica Plain, MA Natick, MA Quincy, MA Stoneham, MA Winchester, MA Allston, MA Brookline, MA Edgemere, MA Lawrence, MA Needham, MA Randolph, MA Stoughton, MA Winthrop, MAAmherst, MA Burlington, MA Everett, MA Leominster New Bedford, MA Reading, MA Swampscott, MA Woburn, MA Andover, MA Cambridge, MA Fall River, MA Lexington, MA Newburyport, MA Revere Beach Taunton, MA Worcester, MA Arlington, MA Canton, MA Falmouth, MA Lowell, MA Newton, MA Revere, MA Tewksbury, MA Ashland, MA Charlestown, MA Fitchburg, MA Lynn, MA North Attleboro, MA Roxbury, MA Uxbridge, MA Attleboro, MA Chelmsford, MA Foxborough, MA Malden, MA North Cambridge Salem, MA Wakefield, MA Bellingham, MA Chelsea, MA Framingham, MA Mansfield, MA North Quincy, MA Saugus, MA Walpole, MA Belmont, MA Chestnut Hill, MA Franklin, MA Marlborough, MA North Waltham, MA Sharon, MA Waltham, MA Beverly Farms Chicopee, MA Gloucester, MA Marshfield, MA Northampton, MA Shrewsbury, MA Watertown, MA Beverly, MA Danvers, MA Greenfield, MA Mashpee Norton, MA Somerville, MA Wellesley, MA Billerica, MA Dartmouth, MA Grove Hall, MA Mattapan Norwood, MA South Amherst, MA West Medford Boston, MA Dedham, MA Haverhill, MA Medford, MA Peabody, MA South Chelmsford Westborough Braintree, MA Dorchester, MA Holyoke, MA Melrose, MA Pittsfield, MA South Quincy Westfield, MA