Barnstable County, Massachusetts (MA)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (22.6%), Retail trade (14.9%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (11.3%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (10.1%).

Type of workers:

Barnstable County, Massachusetts business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Barnstable County, Massachusetts:

Median resident age:	44.6 years
Massachusetts median age:	36.5 years

Males: 105,199	(47.3%)
Females: 117,031	(52.7%)

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Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $393,845

Here:	$393,845
State:	$412,156

Townhouses or other attached units: $332,314

Here:	$332,314
State:	$346,236

In 2-unit structures: $367,249

Here:	$367,249
State:	$348,924

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $177,187

Here:	$177,187
State:	$354,648

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $305,114

Here:	$305,114
State:	$326,862

Mobile homes: $35,517

Here:	$35,517
State:	$71,966

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $14,423

Here:	$14,423
State:	$284,583

Health of residents in Barnstable County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2009:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $2,538 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $2,756 (0.7%)

Area name: Barnstable Town, MA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Barnstable County is $725 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $954 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1138 a month.

Cities in this county include: Barnstable Town, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Sandwich, Bourne, Dennis, Mashpee, Harwich, South Yarmouth, Brewster.

2005 air pollution in Barnstable County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.102 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.088 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Dukes County , Plymouth County .

Current college students: 8,492
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 33.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,982 (53% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.1 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 85.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 121,955
• One, attached: 5,469
• Two: 5,144
• 3 or 4: 4,333
• 5 to 9: 4,089
• 10 to 19: 1,661
• 20 or more: 3,835
• Mobile homes: 580
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Housing units in Barnstable County with a mortgage: 41,628 (2,905 second mortgage, 5,444 home equity loan, 98 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25,393

Religion statistics:

Here		42.9%
USA		50.2%

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Barnstable County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Means of transportation to work: Drove a car alone: 80,672 (81%) Carpooled: 8,073 (8%) Bus or trolley bus: 1,077 (1%) Streetcar or trolley car: 29 (0%) Subway or elevated: 71 (0%) Railroad: 127 (0%) Ferryboat: 67 (0%) Taxi: 65 (0%) Motorcycle: 35 (0%) Bicycle: 318 (0%) Walked: 2,616 (3%) Other means: 903 (1%) Worked at home: 5,144 (5%)

5.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($70,076 average adjusted gross income)

0.18% of residents moved from foreign countries ($744 average AGI)

Barnstable County:	0.18%
Massachusetts average:	0.28%

2.59% relocated from other counties in Massachusetts ($37,268 average AGI)
2.43% relocated from other states ($32,064 average AGI)

Barnstable County:	2.43%
Massachusetts average:	2.46%

from Plymouth County, MA	0.59% ($50,745 average AGI)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.49% ($89,656)
from Norfolk County, MA	0.41% ($87,563)
from Worcester County, MA	0.27% ($72,011)
from Suffolk County, MA	0.27% ($105,914)
from Bristol County, MA	0.24% ($49,531)
from Essex County, MA	0.10% ($58,928)

5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($56,844 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($480 average AGI)

Barnstable County:	0.06%
Massachusetts average:	0.11%

2.33% relocated to other counties in Massachusetts ($21,738 average AGI)
3.45% relocated to other states ($34,627 average AGI)

Barnstable County:	3.45%
Massachusetts average:	3.26%

to Plymouth County, MA	0.62% ($63,660 average AGI)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.37% ($60,586)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.36% ($48,529)
to Norfolk County, MA	0.31% ($59,434)
to Bristol County, MA	0.21% ($39,050)
to Worcester County, MA	0.17% ($38,491)
to Essex County, MA	0.11% ($61,412)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.2

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 57,608 (52,438 aged, 5,170 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Homicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9. This is less than state average.

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 88.1. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 176,474 (44,636 male householders, 16,677 female householders)

  50,630 spouses, 54,503 children (50,556 natural, 1,685 adopted, 2,262 stepchildren), 2,132 grandchildren, 1,129 brothers or sisters, 1,522 parents, 1,623 other relatives, 3,622 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 40,074 (13,090 male householders (10,037 living alone)), 20,442 female householders (17,884 living alone)), 6,542 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 5,682 (2,531 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 32,386 2-persons, 12,292 3-persons, 10,124 4-persons, 4,643 5-persons, 1,388 6-persons, 480 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 27,921 1-person, 4,981 2-persons, 439 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

93.2% of residents of Barnstable County speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+29 per 1000 residents
State:	-37 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 25.54 millions of gallons per day (90% from ground, 10% from surface)

58% of Barnstable County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Massachusetts.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 144444
• Northeast: 43568
• Midwest: 7946
• South: 8879
• West: 4684

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $169,900

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,346
• Number of aged recipients: 596
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,750
• Number of recipients under 18: 291
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,412
• Number of recipients older than 64: 643
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,590
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,476

Barnstable County on our top lists:

• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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