Town of Sterling, MA - Demographics

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Demographics

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	Demographics as of the 2000 Census More complete demographics, including Housing information, Education, Income, Marital Status, etc. is available from e-podunk or the US Census Bureau. Note: Hispanic ethnicity is a separate data category from race. This number should not be added to race totals. U. S. Census Bureau 2000 Results for Sterling E-podunk Sterling Demographic Information

Population

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
Total population	7,257
Square miles (land)	30.52
Population per square mile	237.75	809.83	79.56

Gender

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	3,612 - 49.8%	48.2%	49.1%
Female	3,645 - 50.2%	51.8%	50.9%

Age

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
15 or younger	1,692 - 23.3%	19.8%	21.4%
16 - 24	714 - 9.8%	12.9%	13.9%
25 - 44	2,230 - 30.7%	31.3%	30.2%
45 - 64	1,966 - 27.1%	22.4%	22.0%
65+	655 - 9.0%	13.5%	12.4%
Average Age	36.12 years	37.4 years	36.22 years

Race and Ethnicity

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
White	7,116 - 98.1%	84.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	42 - 0.6%	5.4%	12.3%
American Indian and Alaska native	7 - 0.1%	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	29 - 0.4%	3.8%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	1 - 0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	20 - 0.3%	3.7%	5.5%
Two or more races	42 - 0.6%	2.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	59 - 0.8%	6.8%	12.5%

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