Massachusetts population in 2010: 6,547,629 according to the United States Census Bureau’s 2010 Census (population count) That’s 3.1% more than in 2000.
The United States Census Bureau released population figures for the United States and the 50 states and District of Columbia yesterday. The table below shows how state populations in the 2010 census population count differ from the 2009 population estimates. A handful of states had population estimates that exceeded the 2009 population estimate. State 2010 [...]
The table below shows the computed poverty rate for the school-aged population in school districts in Massachusetts 2007 through 2009. The districts are listed in alphabetical order. The list does not include Lee/Berkshire Hills in Farmington River Regional which did not report school-aged population below the poverty line in 2007 and 2008. District 2007 2008 [...]
Last night IKEA in Stoughton, Massachusetts, served a julbord – i.e., a traditional Swedish Christmas buffet. I believe it was the first one the store has ever served. Maybe it’s also the last. It was a debacle. It wasn’t for a lack of trying. The cafeteria-style restaurant was nicely decorated for the occasion and the [...]
The following table shows the poverty rate for student-aged population in Massachusetts in 2009. Student poverty rate by school district for all states. # District Population Students Poverty Rate 1 Norfolk School District 10,738 1,304 19 1.46% 2 Westford School District 21,331 4,660 84 1.8% 3 Richmond School District 1,554 164 3 1.83% 4 Westwood [...]
The table below shows the poverty rate by county in Massachusetts in 2009 for the entire population (the second column) as well as for the population under 18 (the third column). The last column shows the median household income. Poverty rates are set as a percentage of the the population below a certain income household [...]
You can tell there’s more money in the industry now from the increase in pretty women. That was a seasoned tech start-up entrepreneur’s assessment as he scanned the ballroom at Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambrdige where Boston WebInno‘s 28th meeting and also five-year anniversary took place last Monday night. WebInno is place where founders, funders, [...]
Hotmail recently slightly altered the way it renders HTML. As a consequence the service re-introduced an old display bug: White lines that run below certain images in a design. Specifically the issue appears for images that have a break tag appended. Here are three examples of emails affected by the white-line bug in Hotmail: There [...]
It took WBZ-FM 98.5 The Sports Hub one year to catch up to and in some ways overtake regional sports-talk behemoth 850 WEEI in the ratings. I have my – admittedly rather conventional – theories for why The Sports Hub is beating WEEI – but there’s no doubt that the newcomer has changed the game [...]
Here are a few photos from the very enjoyable 2010 Boston Tuba Christmas at Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market: A heartfelt thank you to tall the tuba players who participated! You contribute to a great tradition! Photos from the 2008 concert
