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COMMUNITY PORTRAITS: CENSUS DATA, ASSIGNMENT 2,
Name of Community: Massapoag
		1990		2000		2000-1990
		#	%	#	%	#	%
I.  POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS
A	Total Population	12000	100.0%	15000	100.0%	3000	25.0%
B	Age Distribution
	under 5	1200	10.0%	1440	9.6%	240	20.0%
	5-17	2400	20.0%	3021	20.1%	621	25.9%
	18-24	2700	22.5%	3348	22.3%	648	24.0%
	25-44	3600	30.0%	4500	30.0%	900	25.0%
	45-64	1300	10.8%	1651	11.0%	351	27.0%
	65+	800	6.7%	1040	6.9%	240	30.0%
C	Gender Distribution
	Female	6010	50.1%	7800	52.0%	1790	29.8%
	Male	5990	49.9%	7200	48.0%	1210	20.2%
D	Racial/Ethnic Distribution
	White	9600	80.0%	11250	75.0%	1650	17.2%
	Black	975	8.1%	1719	11.5%	744	76.3%
	Asian/Pacific Islander	185	1.5%	471	3.1%	286	154.6%
	Native American/Eskimo/Aleut	240	2.0%	300	2.0%	60	25.0%
	Other	200	1.7%	210	2.0%	10	5.0%
	Hispanic/Latino	800	6.7%	1050	7.0%	250	31.3%
E	Family/Household Distribution
	Total Households	3430	100.0%	4288	100.0%	858	25.0%
	1. Married-couple families	1715	50.0%	2104	40.0%	389	22.7%
	married-couple families w/children	1458	42.5%	1672	39.0%	214	14.7%
	2. Female-householder families	858	25.0%	1093	25.5%	235	27.4%
	female-householder families w/children	772	22.5%	1072	25.0%	300	38.9%
	3. Male-householder families	429	12.5%	546	12.7%	117	27.3%
	male-householder families w/children	86	2.5%	214	5.0%	128	148.8%
	4. Non-family households	428	12.5%	545	12.7%	117	27.3%
II. ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
A	Labor Force
	Total in Labor Force	5142	100.0%	6685	100.00%	1543	30.0%
	Employed	4885	95.0%	6284	94.0%	1399	28.6%
	Unemployed	257	5.0%	401	6.0%	144	56.0%
B	Occupational Distribution
	Total Employed	4885	100.0%	6284	100.0%	1399	28.6%
	Managerial& & Professional	1466	30.0%	2199	35.0%	733	50.0%
	Technical, Sales, & Admin. Support	1319	27.0%	1777	28.3%	458	34.7%
	Service	777	15.9%	1049	16.7%	272	35.0%
	Farming, Forestry, & Fishing	125	2.6%	66	1.1%	-59	-47.2%
	Precision Production, Craft, & Repair	658	13.5%	628	10.0%	-30	-4.6%
	Operators, Fabricators, & Laborers	540	11.1%	565	9.0%	25	4.6%
C	Median Household Income	$57,000		$68,000		$11,000  11,000.00	19.3%
D	Poverty
	Families Below the Poverty Level	510	17.0%	674	18.0%	164	32.2%
	Unrelated Individuals Below Poverty Level	107	25.0%	147	27.0%	40	37.4%
III.  HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
A	Total Housing Units	3415	100.0%	4267	100.0%	852	24.9%
B	Tenure
	Owner Occupied	2732	80.0%	3499	82.0%	767	28.1%
	Renter Occupied	628	18.4%	722	16.9%	94	15.0%
	Vacant	55	1.6%	46	1.1%	-9	-16.4%
C	Units by Building Type					0
	1 unit houses	2860	83.7%	3627	85.0%	767	26.8%
	2 unit houses	144	8.4%	163	7.6%	19	13.2%
	3&4 unit houses	41	4.2%	49	4.0%	8	19.5%
	5 to 9 unit houses	10	2.0%	10	1.6%	0	0.0%
	10+ unit houses	6	2.1%	8	2.2%	2	33.3%
D	Median Rent	$900      900.00		$1,800		$900       900.00	100.0%
E	Median/Mean Value 1-unit houses	$200,000		$350,000		$150,000	75.0%

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