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  People QuickFacts Middlesex County Massachusetts
  Population, 2001 estimate 1,463,4546,379,304
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -0.1%0.5%
  Population, 2000 1,465,3966,349,097
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 4.8%5.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 57.9%58.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 88.5%84.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 43.6%33.2%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 27.427.0
  Housing units, 2000 576,6812,621,989
  Homeownership rate, 2000 61.7%61.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 46.2%42.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $247,900$185,700
  Households, 2000 561,2202,443,580
  Persons per household, 2000 2.522.51
  Median household money income, 1999 $60,821$50,502
  Per capita money income, 1999 $31,199$25,952


  Business QuickFacts Middlesex County Massachusetts
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 42,580173,267
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 814,9052,971,052
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 9.9%7.2%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 104,886404,333
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 22,587,12977,876,576
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 14,462,07658,578,048
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $10,205$9,579
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 3,61718,000
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 10,578,87944,178,642
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 44,965213,917


  Geography QuickFacts Middlesex County Massachusetts
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 8237,840
  Persons per square mile, 2000 1,779.6809.8
  Metropolitan Area Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA 
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