Middlesex County, Massachusetts Demographics

Middlesex County is 12th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Middlesex County is 18th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Middlesex County is 20th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Middlesex County is 22nd out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Middlesex County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Middlesex County is 23rd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Middlesex County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Middlesex County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Middlesex County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Middlesex County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Current population (2012)

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Households

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Housing units

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Race - Asian

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Retail sales

Middlesex County is 1st in Massachusetts out of 14 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Size Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	1,537,215	1st	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	817.8	3rd	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,837.9	2nd	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	6th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	20.9%	8th	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	11th	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	91.8%	7th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	49.8%	1st	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	82.3%	12th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.3%	7th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	8th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	10.1%	1st	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	8th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	7th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	6th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	76.4%	11th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	51.3%	10th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	18.7%	2nd	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	614,036	1st	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	44.8%	2nd	41.8%	25.9%
Households	577,349	1st	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	63.4%	12th	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$410,100	3rd	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.5	9th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	2,928	1st	11,111	829,658

Income Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$41,453	3rd	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$79,691	3rd	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.7%	12th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Middlesex County	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Non-farm private establishments	41,961	1st	169,146	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	802,736	1st	2,960,712	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	154,765	1st	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$19,661,130	1st	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,325	9th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$3,250,213	2nd	$14,917,210	$613,795,732