Age and Sex in Downtown, Boston, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Age Structure#1

Percentage in each age cohort per year of age.1 Gray areas represent percentile bands from the neighborhoods in Boston.
Scope: population of Boston, Downtown, and other neighborhoods in Boston
Downtown
Boston
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%1%2%3%Count%85+80-8475-7970-7467-6965-6662-6460-6155-5950-5445-4940-4435-3930-3425-2922-24212018-1915-1710-145-90-438391.955%1.95%663.351%3.35%371.890%1.89%1145.777%5.78%371.881%1.88%42432.152%2.15%723.648%3.65%562.841%2.84%21721811.029%11.0%1141155.804%5.80%1331346.772%6.77%1417.159%7.16%72733.679%3.68%32416.406%16.4%26713.537%13.5%94954.794%4.79%190.986%0.99%00.002%0.00%00.019%0.02%00.023%0.02%361.836%1.84%30311.557%1.56%572.902%2.90%
Count number of people in age cohort
% age cohort as a percentage of the total population
1normalized with respect to the number of years in each interval

Age and Sex#2

Percentage in each age cohort per year of age.1
Scope: population of Boston and Downtown
Female Male
Boston
Downtown
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1.0%0.5%0.0%0.5%1.0%Count%Senior2Older Adult3Younger Adult4College5Children6-0.216911%-0.123179%-0.050198%-0.216911%0.22%0.216911%0.038543%0.123179%0.255454%0.26%33617.005%17.0%-0.575004%-0.519950%-0.037048%-0.575004%0.58%0.575004%0.340095%0.519950%0.915099%0.92%73637.253%37.3%-1.037650%-0.058936%-0.980503%-0.038678%-1.096586%1.10%1.037650%0.980503%1.037650%1.04%75938.416%38.4%-0.001998%-0.247799%-1.142297%-0.179635%-0.249796%0.25%0.001998%1.142297%0.001998%0.00%19201.007%1.01%-0.157666%-0.035715%-0.455287%-0.193380%0.19%0.157666%0.455287%0.008819%0.157666%0.16%1241256.319%6.32%
Count number of people in age cohort
% age cohort as a percentage of the total population
1normalized with respect to the number of years in each interval 265+ 340-64 422-39 518-21 60-17

Detailed Age and Sex#3

Percentage in each age cohort per year of age.1
Scope: population of Boston and Downtown
Female Male
Boston
Downtown
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2%1%0%1%2%Count%85+80-8475-7970-7467-6965-6662-6460-6155-5950-5445-4940-4435-3930-3425-2922-24212018-1915-1710-145-90-4-0.058105%-0.029946%-0.037598%-0.058105%0.1%0.058105%0.005971%0.029946%0.064076%0.1%38391.955%1.95%-0.131939%-0.106672%-0.071094%-0.131939%0.1%0.131939%0.406275%0.106672%0.538213%0.5%663.351%3.35%-0.134481%-0.109014%-0.143526%-0.057848%-0.243496%0.2%0.134481%0.143526%0.134481%0.1%371.890%1.89%-0.536971%-0.081551%-0.231604%-0.052804%-0.618522%0.6%0.536971%0.231604%0.536971%0.5%1145.777%5.78%-0.181213%-0.283315%-0.042940%-0.181213%0.2%0.181213%0.264452%0.283315%0.445665%0.4%371.881%1.88%-0.392910%-0.289942%-0.348181%-0.084007%-0.682852%0.7%0.392910%0.348181%0.392910%0.4%42432.152%2.15%-0.465446%-0.285214%-0.428997%-0.043750%-0.750660%0.8%0.465446%0.428997%0.465446%0.5%723.648%3.65%-0.155851%-0.437808%-0.082032%-0.155851%0.2%0.155851%1.108907%0.437808%1.264758%1.3%562.841%2.84%-0.767882%-0.494107%-0.064319%-0.767882%0.8%0.767882%0.669941%0.494107%1.437824%1.4%21721811.029%11.0%-0.243391%-0.531993%-0.041776%-0.243391%0.2%0.243391%0.673997%0.531993%0.917388%0.9%1141155.804%5.80%-0.637300%-0.550131%-0.028195%-0.637300%0.6%0.637300%0.079716%0.550131%0.717016%0.7%1331346.772%6.77%-0.713711%-0.582884%-0.713711%0.7%0.713711%0.004388%0.582884%0.008112%0.718098%0.7%1417.159%7.16%-0.294069%-0.147727%-0.630128%-0.061615%-0.441796%0.4%0.294069%0.630128%0.294069%0.3%72733.679%3.68%-1.087690%-1.105778%-0.960656%-0.035790%-2.193468%2.2%1.087690%0.960656%1.087690%1.1%32416.406%16.4%-1.041574%-1.330986%-0.036580%-1.041574%1.0%1.041574%0.624310%1.330986%1.665884%1.7%26713.537%13.5%-0.451453%-1.013400%-0.008760%-0.451453%0.5%0.451453%0.695044%1.013400%1.146497%1.1%94954.794%4.79%-0.000631%-0.984817%-1.206479%-0.041472%-0.985448%1.0%0.000631%1.206479%0.000631%0.0%190.986%0.99%-0.001051%-0.000210%-1.217113%-0.324634%-0.001262%0.0%0.001051%1.217113%0.001051%0.0%00.002%0.00%-0.003154%-0.003084%-1.072797%-0.176217%-0.006238%0.0%0.003154%1.072797%0.003154%0.0%00.019%0.02%-0.000210%-0.447531%-0.000210%0.0%0.000210%0.007387%0.447531%0.005621%0.007597%0.0%00.023%0.02%-0.125676%-0.115848%-0.411983%-0.241524%0.2%0.125676%0.411983%0.021268%0.125676%0.1%361.836%1.84%-0.123646%-0.064181%-0.429666%-0.004071%-0.187828%0.2%0.123646%0.429666%0.123646%0.1%30311.557%1.56%-0.266691%-0.524793%-0.266691%0.3%0.266691%0.047025%0.524793%0.011181%0.313716%0.3%572.902%2.90%
Count number of people in age cohort
% age cohort as a percentage of the total population
1normalized with respect to the number of years in each interval

Detailed Sex Ratio#4

Percentage more males or females in selected age cohorts.
Scope: population of Boston and Downtown
More Females More Males
Boston
Downtown
1k%0k%1k%M:FFM85+80-8475-7970-7467-6965-6662-6460-6155-5950-5445-4940-4435-3930-3425-2922-24212018-1915-1710-145-90-4-125.554851%10.277156%10.277156%0.0k%1.1031.1047.556%47.6%52.444%52.4%-66.647679%307.926619%307.926619%0.3k%4.0794.0819.688%19.7%80.312%80.3%-81.062816%-40.304826%-81.062816%0.1k%0.5520.5564.421%64.4%35.579%35.6%-15.187269%-22.799423%-15.187269%0.0k%0.8680.8753.529%53.5%46.471%46.5%-15.156390%145.934516%145.934516%0.1k%2.4592.4628.907%28.9%71.093%71.1%-73.793614%-24.127400%-73.793614%0.1k%0.5750.5863.476%63.5%36.524%36.5%-61.277579%-10.198300%-61.277579%0.1k%0.6200.6261.727%61.7%38.273%38.3%-18.736988%711.516819%711.516819%0.7k%8.1158.1210.971%11.0%89.029%89.0%-13.017278%87.245309%87.245309%0.1k%1.8721.8734.813%34.8%65.187%65.2%-7.852656%276.919964%276.919964%0.3k%3.7693.7720.968%21.0%79.032%79.0%-5.125090%12.508339%12.508339%0.0k%1.1251.1347.057%47.1%52.943%52.9%0.614765%1.391712%0.614765%0.0k%1.0061.0149.847%49.8%50.153%50.2%-50.235526%-9.778206%-50.235526%0.1k%0.6660.6760.038%60.0%39.962%40.0%-101.662918%-3.725608%-101.662918%0.1k%0.4960.5066.850%66.9%33.150%33.1%-2.748356%59.939143%59.939143%0.1k%1.5991.6038.471%38.5%61.529%61.5%-0.864438%153.957134%153.957134%0.2k%2.5402.5428.252%28.3%71.748%71.7%-1,000.000000%-3.437421%-1,000.000000%> 1000%0.0010.0099.936%99.9%0.064%0.06%-20.000000%-26.672491%-20.000000%0.0k%0.8330.8354.545%54.5%45.455%45.5%-97.777778%-16.425942%-97.777778%0.1k%0.5060.5166.418%66.4%33.582%33.6%1,000.000000%1.255940%1,000.000000%> 1000%36.12836.12.693%2.69%97.307%97.3%-92.179945%-92.179945%0.1k%5.162242%0.5200.5265.775%65.8%34.225%34.2%-51.907312%-0.947532%-51.907312%0.1k%0.6580.6660.303%60.3%39.697%39.7%17.632699%2.130493%17.632699%0.0k%1.1761.1845.949%45.9%54.051%54.1%
M:F ratio of males to females in the age cohort
F females as a percentage of the age cohort
M males as a percentage of the age cohort

Map of Age Cohorts by Tract in Downtown

Children Age Cohorts by Tract#5

Percentage of population aged 0 to 17 (%):
5.87%6.22%6.57%6.91%7.25%7.60%

College Age Cohorts by Tract#6

Percentage of population aged 18 to 21 (%):
6.8%9.0%11.1%13.2%15.3%17.5%

20s Age Cohorts by Tract#7

Percentage of population aged 22 to 29 (%):
18.788%18.810%18.832%18.855%18.877%18.899%

30s Age Cohorts by Tract#8

Percentage of population aged 30 to 39 (%):
18.2%18.9%19.5%20.2%20.8%21.5%

40s Age Cohorts by Tract#9

Percentage of population aged 40 to 49 (%):
10.7%11.3%11.9%12.5%13.1%13.7%

50s Age Cohorts by Tract#10

Percentage of population aged 50 to 59 (%):
6.9%8.3%9.7%11.1%12.5%13.9%

60s Age Cohorts by Tract#11

Percentage of population aged 60 to 69 (%):
9.19%9.44%9.69%9.93%10.18%10.43%

70s Age Cohorts by Tract#12

Percentage of population aged 70 to 79 (%):
5.48%5.77%6.04%6.32%6.59%6.87%

80+ Age Cohorts by Tract#13

Percentage of population aged 80 and older (%):
2.1%2.8%3.5%4.1%4.8%5.5%
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Map of Age Cohorts by Block Group in Downtown

Children Age Cohorts by Block Group#14

Percentage of population aged 0 to 17 (%):
0.0%2.5%5.1%7.6%10.2%12.8%

College Age Cohorts by Block Group#15

Percentage of population aged 18 to 21 (%):
0.0%4.9%9.9%14.8%19.7%24.7%

20s Age Cohorts by Block Group#16

Percentage of population aged 22 to 29 (%):
7%13%19%25%30%36%

30s Age Cohorts by Block Group#17

Percentage of population aged 30 to 39 (%):
0%8%16%24%32%40%

40s Age Cohorts by Block Group#18

Percentage of population aged 40 to 49 (%):
1%8%15%21%28%35%

50s Age Cohorts by Block Group#19

Percentage of population aged 50 to 59 (%):
4%10%15%21%26%33%

60s Age Cohorts by Block Group#20

Percentage of population aged 60 to 69 (%):
5.5%7.4%9.2%11.1%12.9%14.8%

70s Age Cohorts by Block Group#21

Percentage of population aged 70 to 79 (%):
0.0%4.3%8.7%13.0%17.3%21.7%

80+ Age Cohorts by Block Group#22

Percentage of population aged 80 and older (%):
0.0%2.0%4.0%6.0%8.0%10.0%
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Map of Age Cohorts by Block in Downtown

Children Age Cohorts by Block#23

Percentage of population aged 0 to 17 (%):
0%7%13%20%27%34%

College Age Cohorts by Block#24

Percentage of population aged 18 to 21 (%):
0.0%4.4%8.9%13.3%17.8%22.3%

20s Age Cohorts by Block#25

Percentage of population aged 22 to 29 (%):
0%20%40%60%80%100%

30s Age Cohorts by Block#26

Percentage of population aged 30 to 39 (%):
0%10%20%30%40%50%

40s Age Cohorts by Block#27

Percentage of population aged 40 to 49 (%):
0%13%27%40%53%67%

50s Age Cohorts by Block#28

Percentage of population aged 50 to 59 (%):
0%12%24%36%48%61%

60s Age Cohorts by Block#29

Percentage of population aged 60 to 69 (%):
0%6%11%17%23%29%

70s Age Cohorts by Block#30

Percentage of population aged 70 to 79 (%):
0.0%3.3%6.7%10.0%13.3%16.7%

80+ Age Cohorts by Block#31

Percentage of population aged 80 and older (%):
0.0%4.2%8.3%12.5%16.7%20.9%
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Age Cohorts by Neighborhood in Boston

There are 41 neighborhoods in Boston. This section compares Downtown to all of the neighborhoods in Boston and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Downtown.

Children by Neighborhood#32

Percentage of population aged 0 to 17 (%):
Scope: population of Downtown, selected other neighborhoods in Boston, and entities that contain Downtown
0%5%10%15%20%Count#Roxbury NeighborhoodRoxburyMattapan NeighborhoodMattapanNewton Corner NeighborhoodNewton CornerChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesHyde Park NeighborhoodHyde ParkSprague-Manor NeighborhoodSprague-ManorNortheastRoslindale NeighborhoodRoslindaleSouth Dorchester NeighborhoodS DorchesterWest Roxbury NeighborhoodWest RoxburyEast Boston NeighborhoodEast BostonMassachusettsNew EnglandBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaEast Dedham NeighborhoodEast DedhamRiverdale NeighborhoodRiverdaleCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownNorth Dorchester NeighborhoodN DorchesterSuffolk CountySuffolkBostonBoston School DistrictBostonChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillJamaica Plain NeighborhoodJamaica PlainEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleSouth End NeighborhoodSouth EndSouth Boston NeighborhoodSouth BostonLeather District NeighborhoodLeather DistMission Hill NeighborhoodMission HillChinatown NeighborhoodChinatownEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeWest End NeighborhoodWest EndBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonLongwood NeighborhoodLongwoodHaymarket NeighborhoodHaymarketBeacon Hill NeighborhoodBeacon HillBack Bay NeighborhoodBack BayDowntown NeighborhoodDowntownNorth End NeighborhoodNorth EndGovernment Center NeighborhoodGovernment CtrAllston NeighborhoodAllstonBay Village NeighborhoodBay VillageDowntown Crossing NeighborhoodDntn CrossingKenmore NeighborhoodKenmoreFenway NeighborhoodFenwayLong Island NeighborhoodLong IslandBoston Harbor Islands NeighborhoodBoston Hbr Iss24.962668%24.962668%25.0%13,11313.1k124.665031%24.665031%24.7%8,4828,483224.228231%24.228231%24.2%1,4071,408324.024832%24.024832%24.0%2,117423.108006%23.108006%23.1%73,612,43873.6M22.486061%22.486061%22.5%7,1607,161522.404453%22.404453%22.4%699700621.341491%21.341491%21.3%11,965,27112.0M21.209755%21.209755%21.2%5,8585,859721.200812%21.200812%21.2%12,88812.9k821.154155%21.154155%21.2%6,4396,440920.802409%20.802409%20.8%8,4268,4271020.624778%20.624778%20.6%1,390,5521.39M20.620396%20.620396%20.6%3,024,7813.02M20.611211%20.611211%20.6%974,672975k20.395944%20.395944%20.4%9971119.245340%19.245340%19.2%6991218.829295%18.829295%18.8%3,0951317.695249%17.695249%17.7%4,8731417.231044%17.231044%17.2%132,286132k16.549062%16.549062%16.5%108,939109k16.549062%16.549062%16.5%108,939109k15.953357%15.953357%16.0%1,2941,2951515.728797%15.728797%15.7%6,4901615.549053%15.549053%15.5%1,2701715.008247%15.008247%15.0%4,5561812.996151%12.996151%13.0%4,3781912.727273%12.727273%12.7%812012.408049%12.408049%12.4%1,7282110.583011%10.583011%10.6%7272210.195729%10.195729%10.2%941239.123984%9.123984%9.1%486248.998981%8.998981%9.0%4,137257.721642%7.721642%7.7%135267.658926%7.658926%7.7%1617276.892827%6.892827%6.9%685286.477053%6.477053%6.5%1,417296.318827%6.318827%6.3%124125305.772667%5.772667%5.8%612315.540166%5.540166%5.5%1617324.975464%4.975464%5.0%1,4331,434334.784475%4.784475%4.8%175344.155990%4.155990%4.2%3334353.093894%3.093894%3.1%532362.126003%2.126003%2.1%450370.000000%0.000000%0.0%0380.000000%0.000000%0.0%039
Count number of children
# rank of neighborhood out of 39 by %

Definitions

The US Census reports extensively on the topics of age and sex, often reporting other topics broken down by age and sex cohorts. This page reports on age and sex alone; charts presenting other topics by age and sex can be found on their topic-specific pages.

  • Children: less than 18 years old
  • College: from 18 to 21 years old
  • 20s: from 22 to 29 years old, to not overlap the college category
  • Younger Adult: from 22 to 39 years old
  • Older Adult: from 40 to 64 years old
  • Senior: more than 64 years old

Unlike the other geographical entities detailed on this site, neighborhoods are not recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau. To overcome this we have computed reasonable estimates of the same statistics that are presented for other the entity types. Each statistic is computed as the weighted sum or average of the census tracts or block groups that overlap the neighborhood. A weighted sum is used for counts of people or households, and a weighted average is used for statistics that are themselves some form of average, such as median household income. Census block groups are preferred when the statistic in question is available on the block group level. The weight for a given tract (or block group) is computed as the population of the census tabulation blocks that occupy the intersection between the tract and the neighborhood as a fraction of the total population of the neighborhood.

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State:
Massachusetts
County:
Suffolk
Metro Area:
Boston Area
City:
Boston
ZIP Codes:
02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02127, 02203, 02210
Unified School District:
Boston
Congressional Districts:
MA-7, MA-8
Upper State Legislative Districts:
MA-1st Suffolk and Middlesex, MA-1st Suffolk, MA-2nd Suffolk
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-3rd Suffolk, MA-4th Suffolk, MA-9th Suffolk
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, Government Center, Haymarket, Leather District, North End, South Boston, South End
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Back Bay, Bay Village, Charlestown, East Boston, East Cambridge, MIT, North Dorchester, The Port - Area 4, Wellington-Harrington, West End