Editing Brookline, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA | state=not collapsed
 | 1790|484
 | 1800|605
 | 1810|784
 | 1820|900
 | 1830|1043
 | 1840|1365
 | 1850|2516
 | 1860|5164
 | 1870|6650
 | 1880|8057
 | 1890|12103
 | 1900|19935
 | 1910|27792
 | 1920|37748
 | 1930|47490
 | 1940|49786
 | 1950|57589
 | 1960|54044
 | 1970|58886
 | 1980|55062
 | 1990|54718
 | 2000|57107
 | 2010|58732
 | 2020|63191
 | 2023*|62962
 | footnote=: * = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref name="1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790">{{cite web | title=1950 Census of Population | volume=1: Number of Inhabitants | at=Section 6, Pages 21–7 through 21-9 (pp. 135–136), Massachusetts Table 4. Population of Urban Places of 10,000 or more from Earliest Census to 1920 | publisher=Bureau of the Census | access-date=July 12, 2011 | year=1952 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609073753/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Quick"/><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020−2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=November 24, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref> of 2010, 58,732 people, 24,891 households, and 12,233 families were residing in the town. The population density was {{convert|8,701.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 26,448 housing units had an average density of {{convert|3,889.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the town was 73.3% White, 3.4% African American, 0.12% Native American, 15.6% Asian (6.7% [[Chinese American|Chinese]], 2.6% [[Indian American|Indian]], 2.3% [[Korean American|Korean]], and 1.8% [[Japanese American|Japanese]]), 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.01% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 5.0% of the population (0.9% [[Mexican American|Mexican]] and 0.8% [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]]). (Source: 2010 Census Quickfacts)

Of the 25,594 households,  21.9% had children under 18, living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52.2% were not families. About 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the town, the age distribution was 16.6% under 18, 11.7%, from 18 to 24, 37.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.6 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 79.1 males.

The median income<ref name="census.gov">{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/brooklinecdpmassachusetts | title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Brookline CDP, Massachusetts }}</ref> for a household for 2021 in the town was $83,318, and for a family was $122,356. Males had a median income of $56,861 versus $43,436 for females. The per capita income for the town was $44,327. About 4.5% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.3% of those under the age of 18 and 7.5% of those ages 65 and older. The poverty rate of Brookline's residents rate rose from 9.3% in 2000 to 13.1% in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://brookline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Understanding-Brookline-Emerging-Trends-and-Changing-Needs.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116203828/http://brookline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Understanding-Brookline-Emerging-Trends-and-Changing-Needs.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |url-status=live |title=Understanding Brookline|author=Brookline Community Foundation|date=2013 }}</ref> and then reduced to 10.2% in 2021<ref name="census.gov"/>