Lawrence, Massachusetts Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Lawrence is 1st in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Lawrence is 1st in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lawrence is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Two or More

Lawrence is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Residents younger than 18

Lawrence is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Lawrence is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Foreign born residents

Lawrence is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Income below poverty line

Lawrence is 7th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lawrence is 8th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Lawrence is 9th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in People per household

Size Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	77,326	12th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	6.9	66th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	11,027.6	7th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	8.4%	2nd	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	29.0%	2nd	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.6%	113th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	64.7%	116th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	11.7%	116th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	42.8%	115th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	7.6%	15th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	1st	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.5%	64th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.5%	2nd	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	73.8%	1st	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	116th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	51.9%	62nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	36.1%	3rd	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	27,137	14th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	74.8%	8th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	27,048	13th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	32.5%	114th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$241,700	95th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.8	9th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$17,068	115th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$31,478	116th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	28.6%	3rd	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lawrence	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	4,329	18th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$429,589	35th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,140	41st	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$42,072	34th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732