Essex County, Massachusetts
SNAPS data is derived from the 2000 U.S. Census and several 2003 CDC databases. For more information, see the Credits page.
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State Health Department
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health: 250 Washington Street 2nd Floor, Boston
Population:
- Total Population: 723,419
- Males: 346,723
- Females: 376,696
Ethnicity:
- White: 601,218
- Black/African American: 13,714
- Hispanic: 79,629
- Native American/Eskimo: 1,019
- Asian: 17,122
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 89
- Other: 1,249
- 2 or more: 9,379
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (544,870)
- Spanish (68,985)
- French (9,345)
- Italian (8,125)
- Portuguese (6,615)
Top 7 Countries of Origin for Immigrants
Total Reported: 82,039
- Dominican Republic (25,852)
- Canada (4,684)
- Portugal (3,633)
- Italy (3,168)
- Cambodia (2,820)
- Vietnam (2,655)
- United Kingdom (2,654)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (362,900)
- Jewish Estimate (21,700)
- United Church of Christ (15,358)
- Episcopal Church (14,064)
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (10,272)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 221,299
- Sensory: 18,801
- Physical: 46,770
- Mental: 31,550
- Self-care: 16,088
- Go outside home: 47,764
- Employment: 56,598
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 3,009
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 275,419
- Utility gas: 131,427
- Bottled or LP gas: 6,012
- Electricity: 28,375
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 106,479
- Coal or Coke: 199
- Wood: 1,294
- Solar Energy: 0
- Other fuel: 905
- No fuel used: 728
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 537,935
- No vehicle: 58,432
- 1 or more vehicle: 479,503
Education Attainment:
- No School: 6,469
- No High School: 22,393
- Some High School: 46,105
- High School: 136,744
- Some College: 86,102
- Associate's Degree: 37,065
- College Degree: 95,184
- Master's Degree: 41,423
- Professional Degree: 10,666
- Doctoral Degree: 4,952
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 275,419
- Owners with phone: 174,623
- Owners without phone: 399
- Renters with phone: 97,802
- Renters without phone: 2,595
10 closest counties:
- Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Strafford County, New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- York County, Maine
- Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Providence County, Rhode Island
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
01810, 01812, 01830, 01831, 01832, 01833, 01834, 01835, 01840, 01841, 01842, 01843, 01844, 01845, 01860, 01885, 01899, 01901, 01902, 01903, 01904, 01905, 01906, 01907, 01908, 01910, 01913, 01915, 01921, 01922, 01923, 01929, 01930, 01931, 01936, 01937, 01938, 01940, 01944, 01945, 01949, 01950, 01951, 01952, 01960, 01961, 01965, 01966, 01969, 01970, 01971, 01982, 01983, 01984, 01985, 05501, 05544
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WBMT (88.3 FM) TOPSFIELD/BOXFORD, MA
- WMWM (91.7 FM) SALEM, MA
- WCYI (93.9 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WHOM (94.9 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WOKQ (97.5 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WOQL (97.7 FM) HAVERHILL, MA
- WJBQ (97.9 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WCLZ (98.9 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WSAK (102.1 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WBLM (102.9 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WSHK (105.3 FM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WEGZ (105.9 FM) NORTH ANDOVER, MA
- WJTO (730 AM) ROWLEY, MA
- WJIB (740 AM) ROWLEY, MA
- WNNW (800 AM) METHUEN, MA
- WGAM (900 AM) HAMILTON, MA
- WOON (1240 AM) HAMILTON, MA
- WNRI (1380 AM) HAMILTON, MA
- WNBP (1450 AM) NEWBURYPORT, MA
- WVOI (1480 AM) METHUEN, MA
- WCCM (1490 AM) METHUEN, MA
- WNSH (1570 AM) HAMILTON, MA
- WPEP (1570 AM) HAMILTON, MA
- WCNZ (1660 AM) METHUEN, MA
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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