Let the Census fun recommence
The first set of data from the 2006 American Community Survey was made publicly available yesterday. The ACS puts the number of households in Boston at 231,522, which is about 1,500 fewer than the year before and about 8,000 fewer than the 2000 Census counted. That is, consistent with a declining population. It also suggests that Boston’s household population remains at about 520,000, the same number the 2005 ACS figured. However, the revised Census population estimate for Boston has the city’s population stable at about 590,000. In short, if one is to believe the Census numbers, Boston’s group-quarter population has doubled or almost doubled since 2000 to 70,000 people from about 35,000. That is – or would be – an interesting development.
Oh, yeah, one more thing: Boston might be mostly white again. But probably not.
