Boston’s booming economy has many benefits, but it’s still leaving too many families behind. Economic mobility is down. Our middle class is hollowing out. Racial disparities persist.
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After steady increases from 2000 to 2012, our state’s opioid-related death rate has almost tripled in just four years—from 691 in 2012 to 1,990 in 2016.
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Due in part to our large share of renters and students living in college dorms, Boston has the highest share of residents living in hard to count tracts among eight similar U.S. cities.
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The Northeast is losing more residents than any other region. Fortunately, Massachusetts actually gained in recent years, as increases from international migration outpaced domestic losses.
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A recent study found that towns in Massachusetts that passed public accommodations protections before 2016 saw no significant increase in criminal incidents.
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Boston is now the sixth most diverse major U.S. city, up from 25th most diverse back in 1980.
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