Town of Sterling, MA - Demographics

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	Demographics as of the 2010 Census More complete demographics, including Housing information, Education, Income, Marital Status, etc. is available from the US Census Bureau. Visit the American FactFinder website to find more information. We have compiled the information from the 2010 Census report on Population, Age, Sex, Race, Households and Housing comparing the counts for Sterling, Massachusetts and the United States, which you can access here. The American FactFinder also provides the results of the American Community Survey on Education, Income, Occupancy and Housing data sets.

Population

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
Total population	7,808	6,547,629	308,745,538
Square miles (land)	30.52
Population per square mile	255.8	839.4	87.4

Gender

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	3,841 - 49.2%	48.4%	49.2%
Female	3,967 - 50.8%	51.6%	50.8%

Age

	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
14 or younger	1,525- 19.5%	17.7%	19.8%
15 - 24	838 - 10.7%	14.3%	14.1%
25 - 44	1,676 - 21.5%	26.5%	26.6%
45 - 64	2,713- 34.7%	27.7%	26.4%
65+	1,056 - 13.5%	13.8%	13.0%
Average Age	44.0 years	39.1 years	37.2 years

Race and Ethnicity

One Race	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
White	7,571- 97.0%	80.4%	72.4%
Black or African American	55 - 0.7%	6.6%	12.6%
American Indian and Alaska native	14 - 0.2%	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	68 - 0.9%	5.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	5 - 0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	23 - 0.3%	4.7%	6.2%
Total One Race	7,736 - 99.1%	97.4%	97.1%

Two or More Races	Sterling	Massachusetts	U.S.
White; Amer. Indian & Alaska Native	20 - 0.3%	0.2%	0.5%
White; Asian	18 - 0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
White; Black or African Amer.	20 - 0.2%	0.6%	0.6%
White; Some Other Race	4 - 0.1%	0.5%	0.6%
Total Two or More Races	72 - 0.9%	2.6%	2.9%

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