Editing Suffolk County, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1790 = 44865
| 1800 = 28015
| 1810 = 34381
| 1820 = 43940
| 1830 = 62163
| 1840 = 95773
| 1850 = 144517
| 1860 = 192700
| 1870 = 270802
| 1880 = 387927
| 1890 = 484780
| 1900 = 611417
| 1910 = 731388
| 1920 = 835522
| 1930 = 879536
| 1940 = 863248
| 1950 = 896615
| 1960 = 791329
| 1970 = 735190
| 1980 = 650142
| 1990 = 663906
| 2000 = 689807
| 2010 = 722023
| 2020 = 797936
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 793144
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 13, 2025}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=September 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ma190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428025655/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ma190090.txt|archive-date=April 28, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 16, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/25025.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 22, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624023543/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/25025.html|archive-date=June 24, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html|title=2020 Population and Housing State Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>
}}

Of the 292,767 households, 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.1% were married couples living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 52.0% were non-families, and 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.11. The median age was 31.5 years.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US25025
  |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
  |access-date=January 12, 2016
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213020907/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US25025
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

The median income for a household in the county was $50,597 and the median income for a family was $58,127. Males had a median income of $48,887 versus $43,658 for females. The per capita income for the county was $30,720. About 15.7% of families and 20.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US25025
  |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=January 12, 2016
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213032933/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US25025
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ '''Suffolk County Racial Breakdown of Population (2017)'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/suffolkcountymassachusetts,US/PST045217|title=Suffolk County, Massachusetts QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|work=census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ma,US/PST045217|title=Massachusetts QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau|work=census.gov}}</ref>
|-
! Race
! Percentage of <br/>Suffolk County<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>Massachusetts<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>United States<br/>population
! County-to-State<br/>Difference
! County-to-USA<br/>Difference
|-
| [[White Americans|White]] || 61.7% || 81.3% || 76.6% || –19.6% || –14.9%
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White (Non-Hispanic)]] || 45.4% || 72.1% || 60.7% || –26.7% || –15.3%
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]] || 24.9% || 8.8% || 13.4% || +16.1% || +11.5%
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] || 22.9% || 11.9% || 18.1% || +11.0% || +4.8%
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]] || 9.1% || 6.9% || 5.8% || +2.2% || +3.3%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]/[[Native Hawaiians|Hawaiians]] || 0.9% || 0.6% || 1.5% || +0.3% || –0.6%
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]] || 3.4% || 2.4% || 2.7% || +1.0% || +0.7%
|}

===Ancestry===
According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in Suffolk County, Massachusetts are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=PEOPLE REPORTING ANCESTRY 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=August 25, 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign=bottom
! Ancestry
! Percentage of<br/>Suffolk County<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>Massachusetts<br/>population
! Percentage of<br/>United States<br/>population
! County-to-State<br/>Difference
! County-to-USA<br/>Difference
|-
| [[Irish Americans|Irish]]
| 13.73%
| 21.16%
| 10.39%
| –7.42%
| +3.35%
|-
| [[Italian Americans|Italian]]
| 9.50%
| 13.19%
| 5.39%
| –3.69%
| +7.80%
|-
| [[West Indian Americans|West Indian]]
| 6.05%
| 1.96%
| 0.90%
| +4.09%
| +1.05%
|-
| [[Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican]]
| 5.32%
| 4.52%
| 1.66%
| +0.80%
| +3.66%
|-
| [[English Americans|English]]
| 4.32%
| 9.77%
| 7.67%
| –5.45%
| –3.35%
|-
| [[German Americans|German]]
| 4.21%
| 6.00%
| 14.40%
| –1.79%
| –10.19%
|-
| [[Chinese Americans|Chinese]]
| 4.02%
| 2.28%
| 1.24%
| +1.74%
| +2.78%
|-
| [[American ancestry|American]]
| 3.96%
| 4.26%
| 6.89%
| –0.30%
| –2.93%
|-
| [[African immigration to the United States|Sub-Saharan African]]
| 3.78%
| 2.00%
| 1.01%
| +1.78%
| +2.76%
|-
| [[Haitian Americans|Haitian]]
| 3.13%
| 1.15%
| 0.31%
| +1.98%
| +2.82%
|-
| [[Polish Americans|Polish]]
| 2.41%
| 4.67%
| 2.93%
| –2.26%
| –0.53%
|-
| [[French Americans|French]]
| 2.01%
| 6.82%
| 2.56%
| –4.81%
| –0.55%
|-
| [[Cape Verdean Americans|Cape Verdean]]
| 1.99%
| 0.97%
| 0.03%
| +1.02%
| +1.96%
|-
| [[Vietnamese Americans|Vietnamese]]
| 1.61%
| 0.69%
| 0.54%
| +0.92%
| +1.07%
|-
| [[Russian Americans|Russian]]
| 1.56%
| 1.65%
| 0.88%
| –0.08%
| +0.69%
|-
| [[Arab Americans|Arab]]
| 1.54%
| 1.10%
| 0.59%
| +0.44%
| +0.95%
|-
| [[Jamaican Americans|Jamaican]]
| 1.47%
| 0.44%
| 0.34%
| +1.03%
| +1.12%
|-
| [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]
| 1.27%
| 2.28%
| 1.71%
| –1.02%
| –0.45%
|-
| [[Indian Americans|Asian Indian]]
| 1.22%
| 1.39%
| 1.09%
| –0.17%
| +0.13%
|-
| [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]
| 1.18%
| 0.67%
| 11.96%
| +0.51%
| –10.78%
|-
| [[French Canadian Americans|French Canadian]]
| 1.19%
| 3.91%
| 0.65%
| –2.72%
| +0.53%
|-
|}

===Demographic breakdown by town===

====Income====
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
Data is from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213610/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212212105/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212212620/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_S1101&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- valign=bottom
! Rank
! Town
!
! Area (land)
! Per capita<br/>income
! Median<br/>household<br/>income
! Median<br/>family<br/>income
! Population
! Number of<br/>households
|-
| 1
| [[Winthrop, Massachusetts|Winthrop]]
| City
| {{convert|2.0|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}
| $36,624
| $61,744
| $81,647
| 17,430
| 7,356
|-
| 
| ''[[Massachusetts]]''
| State
| 
| $35,051
| $65,981
| $83,371
| 6,512,227
| 2,522,409
|-
| 2
| [[Boston]]
| City
| {{convert|48.42|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}
| $33,158
| $51,739
| $61,035
| 609,942
| 247,621
|-
| 
| ''Suffolk County''
| County
|
| $32,034
| $51,638
| $60,342
| 713,089
| 286,437
|-
| 
| ''[[United States]]''
| Country
|
| $27,915
| $52,762
| $64,293
| 306,603,772
| 114,761,359
|-
| 3
| [[Revere, Massachusetts|Revere]]
| City
| {{convert|5.9|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}
| $25,085
| $50,592
| $58,345
| 50,845
| 19,425
|-
| 4
| [[Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea]]
| City
| {{convert|2.2|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}
| $20,214
| $43,155
| $46,967
| 34,872
| 12,035
|-
|}