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Briefing Book - Education

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Education, Foreign-born, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Language, Race

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Document Date:
03/01/2010
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The BRA's Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The Education and the Foreign-Born in Boston is a Summit briefing book about the differences in the educational attainment between Boston's native-born and foreign-born population.

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Briefing Book - Labor Market Trends

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Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Income & Poverty, Labor Market, Race

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Document Date:
03/01/2010
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The BRA's Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The Labor Market Trends is a Summit briefing book that looks at Metro Boston's current labor market and workforce, highlighting the importance of education and language skills both currently and in the future.

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New Bostonians 2009

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Language, Race

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Document Date:
09/28/2009
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New Bostonians 2009 is an update to the New Bostonians 2005, a demographic and economic snapshot of Boston's foreign-born population, prepared for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians by the BRA Research Division. This recent update contains new data and calculations using the most recent American Community Survey, a yearly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to allow communities to see how they are changing in the years between decennial censuses.

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Imagine all the People - Hispanic

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Race

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Document Date:
06/01/2009
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Produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians this is a profile of the Hispanic population in Boston. The "imagine all the people" series highlights immigrant communities and their economic contributions to Boston's social, cultural, and economic life. This profile includes all Hispanics living in Boston, both native-born and foreign-born.

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Imagine all the People - Hispanic (Spanish)

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Race

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Document Date:
06/01/2009
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Produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians this is a profile of the Hispanic population in Boston translated in Spanish. The "imagine all the people" series highlights immigrant communities and their economic contributions to Boston's social, cultural, and economic life. This profile includes all Hispanics living in Boston, both native-born and foreign-born.

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The Boston Economy 2008

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Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
09/01/2008
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This report for 2008 presents the major economic, real estate market, and demographic trends for the city and region.

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Boston Maps 2000 - Thematic Maps

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Age, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Race

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Document Date:
09/24/2007
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A collection of thematic maps showing some of the important demographic, housing and socio-economic characteristics of Boston neighborhoods based on Census 2000 and other sources.

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The Boston Economy 2007

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Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
05/01/2007
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This report for 2007 presents the major economic, real estate market, and demographic trends for the city and region. Much of the data in this report extends through year-end 2006 and into the first quarter of 2007.

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The New Boston Chartbook - 2007

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Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
05/01/2007
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Boston's economy presented in a series of graphs showing Boston's share of Massachusetts' jobs, goods and services, and tax revenues.

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Boston's Creative Economy

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Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
10/01/2005
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The Research Division created an innovative analysis of Boston's creative economy, defined as those activities which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have the potential for wealth and job creation.

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