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| Amherst |
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| Elevation: | 295 feet |
| Foreign born: | 13.2% (7.7% Asia, 2.2% Europe, 2.1% Latin America) |
| County: | Hampshire |
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| Races |
| White Non-Hispanic: | 76.7% |
| Hispanic: | 6.2% |
| Black: | 5.1% |
| Chinese: | 3.4% |
| Two or more races: | 3.4% |
| Other race: | 2.9% |
| Asian Indian: | 1.6% |
| Other Asian: | 1.4% |
| Korean: | 1.3% |
| American Indian: | 0.9% |
| Japanese: | 0.6% |
| Vietnamese: | 0.5% |
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| Marital Status |
| Never married: | 64.9% |
| Now married: | 26.8% |
| Divorced: | 4.7% |
| Widowed: | 2.7% |
| Separated: | 0.9% |
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| Median |
| House value: | $177,000 |
| Household income: | $40,017 |
| Resident age: | 21.8 years |
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| Amherst Compared to Massachusetts State Average |
| Number of college students: | much above |
| Median house value: | above |
| Hispanic race population percentage: | above |
| Black race population percentage: | much below |
| Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher: | much above |
| Foreign-born population percentage: | much above |
| Median age: | much below |
| Renting percentage: | above |
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| Education |
| High school or higher: | 95.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher: | 68.7% |
| Graduate or professional degree: | 41.7% |
| Unemployed: | 8.2% |
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| Crime Statistics |
| 2002 larceny counts: | 311 (880.9 per 100,000) |
| 2002 burglaries: | 221 (626.0 per 100,000) |
| 2002 crime index: | 155.4 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime |
| 2002 assaults: | 70 (198.3 per 100,000) |
| 2002 auto thefts: | 35 (99.1 per 100,000) |
| 2002 rapes: | 17 (48.2 per 100,000) |
| 2002 robberies: | 9 (25.5 per 100,000) |
| 2002 murders: | none |
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| Ancestries |
| Irish: | 19.6% |
| English: | 12.4% |
| German: | 10.1% |
| Italian: | 9.7% |
| Polish: | 6.6% |
| French: | 5.2% |