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

Lowell is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Asian

Lowell is 4th in Massachusetts out of 53 other cities in Current population (2012)

Lowell is 6th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Households

Lowell is 8th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Housing units

Lowell is 9th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Residents younger than 5

Lowell is 10th in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lowell is 12th in Massachusetts out of 38 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Lowell is 13th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Lowell is 14th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Income below poverty line

Lowell is 14th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	108,522	4th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	13.6	38th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	7,842.1	14th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	9th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.7%	31st	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.1%	107th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.3%	108th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	23.3%	90th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	60.3%	108th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.8%	18th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	25th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	20.2%	2nd	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	39th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	3.6%	17th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	13th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	52.8%	107th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	50.4%	106th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	24.4%	16th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	41,431	8th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	61.6%	22nd	41.8%	25.9%
Households	39,399	6th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	48.9%	94th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$242,600	94th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.6	35th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$23,600	101st	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$51,471	87th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.6%	14th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lowell	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,893	10th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$573,912	27th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$5,586	42nd	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$107,884	12th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732