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Boston's colleges and universities exert a significant impact on the regional economy. Boston attracts more than 350,000 college students from around the world, who contribute more than US$4.8 billion annually to the city's economy. [191] [192] The area's schools are major employers and attract industries to the city and surrounding region.
Greater Boston has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people, [39] [40] and 261,000 [41] or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole.
In 2021, Massachusetts's age-adjusted death rate was 721.4 deaths per 100,000 residents. [9] ... There is a growing Brazilian population in the Boston area ...
Boston is: a city. the county seat of Suffolk County; the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; primate city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Population of Boston: 673,184 (2016) Area of Boston: 89.63 sq mi (232.14 km 2) Atlas of Boston
Population: 562,994. 1981 Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella, [167] and Boston Area Feminist Coalition [111] founded. Boston Food Bank incorporated. [168] [169] J.P. Licks in business. 1982 Suffolk Construction Company in business. Boston Gay Men's Chorus [170] and Boston Fair Housing Commission [30] established.
Boston is considered the cultural and historical capital of New England. [1] [2] According to the 2018 American Community Survey, New England had an estimated population of 14,853,290, of which 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Approximately 19.7% of the population were under 18 years of age; 17.4% were 65 years of age or over. [3]
Boston's Tremont Street Subway is the oldest subway tunnel in North America. As the population increased rapidly, Boston-area streetcar lines facilitated the creation of a profusion of streetcar suburbs. Middle-class businessmen, office workers and professionals lived in the suburbs and commuted into the city by subway. [70]
Boston is the state capital in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 692,600, [394] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,873,019, is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the nation. [395] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, Quincy, New Bedford, and Lynn.