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

Boston is 10th out of 4,905 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Boston is 21st out of 4,664 other cities in Current population (2012)

Boston is 23rd out of 6,406 other cities in Households

Boston is 25th out of 6,406 other cities in Housing units

Boston is 31st out of 5,169 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Boston is 31st out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Boston is 35th out of 5,266 other cities in Retail sales

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Households

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Housing units

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 38 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Retail sales

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Boston is 1st in Massachusetts out of 53 other cities in Current population (2012)

Boston is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Size in square miles

Boston is 3rd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Boston is 4th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Boston is 4th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	636,479	1st	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	48.3	2nd	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12,792.7	4th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.2%	84th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	16.8%	103rd	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.1%	108th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	84.2%	90th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	42.8%	40th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	53.9%	111th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	24.4%	3rd	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	19th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.9%	17th	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	108th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.9%	11th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	12th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	47.0%	110th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	52.1%	50th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	27.1%	11th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	272,481	1st	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	82.2%	4th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	247,621	1st	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	34.6%	112th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$381,900	36th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.3	90th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$33,158	61st	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$51,739	86th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.4%	10th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Boston	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	49,667	1st	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,808,832	1st	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,934	28th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,661,700	1st	$14,917,210	$613,795,732