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Boston in Context 2020
All Neighborhoods
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Feb 07 2020
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Boston in Context tabulates various social, demographic, and economic characteristics from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey by Boston Neighborhood. Citywide totals as well as totals for Massachusetts and the United States are provided for comparison.
Topics: Population & Demographics
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Boston in Context 2019
All Neighborhoods
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Jan 25 2019
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Boston in Context tabulates various social, demographic, and economic characteristics from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey by Boston Neighborhood. Citywide totals as well as totals for Massachusetts and the United States are provided for comparison.
Data on slides 22-23 revised June, 2019.
Topics: Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Race
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Demographic Trends in Boston 2010-2017
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Jan 11 2019
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Boston has experienced rapid population growth in recent years. This report uses the most recent American Community Survey to examine how the composition of Boston's population has changed from 2010 to 2017. Variables covering age, race, educational attainment, income, housing, and transportation are included.
Topics: Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Language, Race
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Approaches to Immigration Policy and their Impacts on Boston
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Jan 08 2019
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Boston’s healthcare, scientific, educational, and finance sectors have driven its recent economic growth. Foreign-born workers have supplied needed labor in these sectors. Using the REMI model, this report examines the economic impact that two proposed changes in U.S. immigration policy would have on
Boston’s economy over a 10-year period.
Topics: Foreign-born
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Historical Trends in Boston Neighborhoods since 1950
All Neighborhoods
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Dec 13 2017
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This report analyzes trends in Boston neighborhoods since 1950 in the areas of population, housing, age distribution, race and ethnicity, nativity, educational attainment and labor force participation using data from the 1950-2010 Decennial Censuses and the 2006-2010 and 2011-2015 5-year American Community Surveys.
Topics: Age, Education, Foreign-born, Race
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imagine all the people: Vietnamese
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Apr 13 2016
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“imagine all the people” is a series of publications produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement. The series provides a comprehensive profile of Boston’s diverse immigrant communities. This report profiles Bostonians who were born in Vietnam.
Topics: Foreign-born
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imagine all the people: Trinidadians and Tobagonians
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Apr 13 2016
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“imagine all the people” is a series of publications produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement. The series provides a comprehensive profile of Boston’s diverse immigrant communities. This report profiles Bostonians who were born in Trinidad and Tobago.
Topics: Foreign-born
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