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  People QuickFacts Suffolk County Massachusetts
  Population, 2001 estimate 682,0626,379,304
  Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 -1.1%0.5%
  Population, 2000 689,8076,349,097
  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 3.9%5.5%
  Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 49.3%58.5%
  High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 78.1%84.8%
  Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 32.5%33.2%
  Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 29.027.0
  Housing units, 2000 292,5202,621,989
  Homeownership rate, 2000 33.9%61.7%
  Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 81.6%42.7%
  Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $187,300$185,700
  Households, 2000 278,7222,443,580
  Persons per household, 2000 2.342.51
  Median household money income, 1999 $39,355$50,502
  Per capita money income, 1999 $22,766$25,952


  Business QuickFacts Suffolk County Massachusetts
  Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 20,313173,267
  Private nonfarm employment, 1999 547,0632,971,052
  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 7.3%7.2%
  Nonemployer establishments, 1999 37,174404,333
  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 4,317,93677,876,576
  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 4,842,46958,578,048
  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $7,539$9,579
  Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 65218,000
  Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) 8,630,72244,178,642
  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 31,506213,917


  Geography QuickFacts Suffolk County Massachusetts
  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 597,840
  Persons per square mile, 2000 11,788.4809.8
  Metropolitan Area Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA-NH NECMA 
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