Lowell, Massachusetts


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Lowell
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Population 2000:105,167
Population 2002:104,901
Area codes:978
Elevation:102 feet
Foreign born:22.1% (11.9% Asia, 4.9% Latin America, 3.5% Europe)
Land area:13.8 square miles
County:Middlesex
Industries:Manufacturing (24.2%), Educational,health and social services (19.9%), Retail trade (10.1%).
Population growth:-266 (-0.25%)
Races
White Non-Hispanic:62.5%
Hispanic:14.0%
Other Asian:11.8%
Other race:6.5%
Black:4.2%
Two or more races:3.9%
Asian Indian:2.3%
Vietnamese:1.5%
Chinese:0.6%
American Indian:0.6%
Marital Status
Now married:43.5%
Never married:37.0%
Divorced:9.3%
Widowed:7.1%
Separated:3.1%
Median
House value:$134,200
Household income:$39,192
Resident age:31.4 years
Lowell Compared to Massachusetts State Average
House age:above
Hispanic race population percentage:much above
Black race population percentage:much below
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Population density:above
Median age:below
Renting percentage:above
Education
High school or higher:71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher:18.1%
Graduate or professional degree:6.7%
Unemployed:6.6%
Crime Statistics
2002 auto thefts:822 (772.0 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:637 (598.3 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:630 (591.7 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:369.6 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 robberies:158 (148.4 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:47 (44.1 per 100,000)
2002 murders:7 (6.6 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,957 (1838.0 per 100,000)
Ancestries
Irish:19.5%
French:11.0%
French Canadian:8.4%
English:5.9%
Portuguese:5.8%
Italian:5.7%
 

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Lowell, Massachusetts ZIP Codes: 01850 01851 01852 01854