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Boston Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Boston, MA Massachusetts United States
Family HH 135,763 47.49% 1,703,970 64.08% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 150,139 52.51% 955,113 35.92% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 76,422 56.29% 1,289,994 75.71% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 59,341 43.71% 413,976 24.29% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 12,975 21.87% 104,960 25.35% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 46,366 78.13% 309,016 74.65% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 31,529 41.26% 551,329 42.74% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 44,893 58.74% 738,665 57.26% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 4,588 7.73% 42,951 10.38% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 8,387 14.13% 62,009 14.98% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 27,734 46.74% 168,387 40.68% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 18,632 31.40% 140,629 33.97% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 73,654 49.06% 428,418 44.86% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 76,485 50.94% 526,695 55.14% 19,725,571 52.44%

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Family Household: A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

Married Family Household: A married family household consists of a married householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption.

Other Family Household: An other family household consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth or adoption. These households may have a Male Householder with No Wife Present and/or Female Householder with No Husband Present.

Non-Family Household: A non-family household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.

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Boston Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Boston, MA Massachusetts United States
Households 285,902 2,659,083 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 19.36% 8.82% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.13 2.40 2.54
Median Household Size 2.41 2.68 2.73
1 Person 107,376 37.56% 749,303 28.18% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 86,344 30.20% 858,826 32.30% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 39,270 13.74% 419,463 15.77% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 28,631 10.01% 393,069 14.78% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 14,852 5.19% 166,816 6.27% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 5,829 2.04% 50,064 1.88% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 3,600 1.26% 21,542 0.81% 1,567,455 1.32%

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Boston, Massachusetts Demographics Summary


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