People QuickFacts	Medford	Massachusetts
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	55,681	6,437,193
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	0.1%	1.4%
  	Population, 2000    	55,765	6,349,097
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	4.9%	6.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	17.9%	23.6%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	17.3%	13.5%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	53.1%	51.8% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	86.5%	84.5%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	6.1%	5.4%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	0.2%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	3.9%	3.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	Z	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	2.3%	2.3%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	2.6%	6.8% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	60.1%	58.5%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	16.2%	12.2%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	21.2%	18.7%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	85.6%	84.8%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	31.7%	33.2%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	27.3	27.0 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	22,687	2,621,989
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	58.6%	61.7%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$226,800	$185,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	22,067	2,443,580
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.43	2.51
  	Median household income, 1999    	$52,476	$50,502
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$24,707	$25,952
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	6.4%	9.3%

   	Business QuickFacts	Medford	Massachusetts
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	471,636	127,129,789
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	593,754	73,903,837
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$10,837	$11,527
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	53,774	11,789,582
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	4,243	563,539
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	2.3%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.4%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.6%	3.2%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	S	2.8%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	S
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.6%	28.7% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Medford	Massachusetts
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	8	7,840
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	6,850.7	809.8
  	FIPS Code    	39835	25
 	Counties    	Middlesex County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts