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General Demographics

Homeless Demographics

Indicators Massachusetts Boston Cambridge Springfield Worcester  Populations Total population 6,449,755[1] 613,117[2] 95,736[3] 149,455[4] 173,599[5] Families 736,985[6] 49,287[7] 7,706[8] 17,398[9] 21,286[10] Children 1,873,474[11] 156,229[12] 16,762[13] 45,660[14] 51,421[15]  Households Average family size 3.17[16] 3.49[17] 2.82[18] 3.27[19] 3.09[20]  Family Composition One parent (female) 23.54%[21] 46.37%[22] 35.06%[23] 52.43%[24] 33.81%[25] One parent (male) 6.47%[26] 6.74%[27] 0.66%[28] 10.06%[29] 8.94%[30] Two-parent 69.99%[31] 46.89%[32] 64.27%[33] 37.51%[34] 57.25%[35]  Income Median family income $78,497[36] $55,998[37] $80,560[38] $40,137[39] $51,925[40] Mean family income $99,830[41] $84,521[42] $120,125[43] $53,542[44] $67,251[45] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $1,193[46] $1,353[47] $1,353[48] $844[49] $965[50] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $47,719[51] $54,120[52] $54,120[53] $33,760[54] $38,600[55]  Employment Unemployed 6.12%[56] 8.23%[57] 5.10%[58] 11.29%[59] 4.92%[60]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 11.48%[61] 26.25%[62] n/a 30.47%[63] 20.69%[64] Children under 5 13.34%[65] 28.52%[66] n/a 26.72%[67] 23.84%[68] Children 5-17 12.29%[69] 31.80%[70] n/a 39.73%[71] 24.23%[72]  Education No high school diploma 11.61%[73] 17.23%[74] 5.11%[75] 23.37%[76] 16.25%[77] High school and above 88.39%[78] 82.77%[79] 94.89%[80] 76.63%[81] 83.75%[82] Bachelor’s degree and above 37.90%[83] 40.34%[84] 70.37%[85] 17.35%[86] 28.65%[87] High school dropout rate 3.80%[88] n/a n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 5.98%[89] n/a n/a n/a n/a Birth rate ranking 2[90]