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Brookline is governed by a representative (elected) Town Meeting and a five-person Board of Selectmen.
First settled in the early 1600s as part of Boston, Massachusetts and originally known landscape architect, Conan O'Brien's Muddy River, Brookline was incorporated as an independent town in 1705.
President John F. Kennedy was born here. It was also the home of Frederick Law Olmsted, an influential American landscape architect, 60 Minutes icon Mike Wallace and Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts and Democratic Presidential candidate in 1988.
The Country Club , an exclusive sporting club in the town, claims to be the first private club in the United States formed exclusively for outdoor activities. It is most famous as a golf club; it was one of the five clubs that formed what is now the United States Golf Association, and has hosted the U.S. OpenThe United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual event run by the United States Golf Association. US Opens are held for both men and women; each is among the most important tournaments in the sport. The men's version is part of the PGA TOUR and the wom three times and the Ryder Cup MatchesThe Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. The Ryder Cup was first competed for in 1927, with the US competing against Great Britain. After nearly 40 once.Brookline is also home to the Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.7 km˛ (6.8 mi˛This article is about the unit of measure. In England, the Square Mile is a traditional name for the City of London. A square mile (symbol sq. or mi is an imperial unit which is the area of a square whose side is one mile (or 5,280 feet). A square mile is). 17.6 km˛ (6.8 mi˛) of it is land and 0.1 km˛ (0.04 mi˛) of it is water. The total area is 0.44% water.
As of the censusA census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). It can be contrasted with sampling in which information is only obtained from a subset of a population. As such it is a method used f 2The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. These sources are cited within the thousands of articles which link to this page. of 2000, there are 57,107 people, 25,594 households, and 12,233 families residing in the CDP. The population density is 3,247.3/km˛ (8,409.7/mi˛). There are 26,413 housing units at an average density of 1,501.9/km˛ (3,889.6/mi˛). The racial makeup of the CDP is 81.08% White, 2.74% Black or African American, 0.12% Native American, 12.83% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.01% from other races, and 2.18% from two or more races. 3.53% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 25,594 households out of which 21.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.4% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 52.2% are non-families. 36.7% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.18 and the average family size is 2.86.
In the CDP the population is spread out with 16.6% under the age of 18, 11.7% from 18 to 24, 37.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 82.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.1 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP is $66,711, and the median income for a family is $92,993. Males have a median income of $56,861 versus $43,436 for females. The per capita income for the CDP is $44,327. 9.3% of the population and 4.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 5.3% of those under the age of 18 and 7.5% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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