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New Bedford city, Bristol County, MA

100,683 Population
20 square miles 5,033.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$27,635 ±$1,728 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $42,385 ±$1,182
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$53,583 ±$6,274 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bristol County: $81,148 ±$2,111
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

23.5% ±4.4% (23,328  ±4,364) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Bristol County: 13% 73,897 (±1.3% / ±7,086)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

25.3 minutes ±2 (1,032,600  ±103,420) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bristol County: 29.2 7,788,660 (±1 / ±323,013)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

41,300 ±2,082 Number of households
  • Bristol County: 233,990 ±2,493
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.4 ±0.1 (99,264  ±60) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bristol County: 2.4 567,164 (±0 / ±125)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)

6.6% ±3.2% (1,646  ±816) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bristol County: 4.7% † 6,252 (±1.2% / ±1,580)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

42,977 ±2,117 Number of housing units
  • Bristol County: 245,727 ±82
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$366,600 ±$11,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Bristol County: $459,700 ±$7,872
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

15.8% ±3.7% (15,485  ±3,639.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 10.7% † 61,516 (±1.4% / ±7,808.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

77.4% ±4.5% (52,159  ±3,560.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 86.6% 358,090 (±2.3% / ±9,646.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
17.4% ±2.3% (11,750  ±1,582.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bristol County: 31.3% 129,605 (±1.5% / ±6,207.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.5% ±3.1% (21,592  ±3,151) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bristol County: 14.2% † 82,391 (±13,520.7% / ±5,909)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)

4.1% ±1.2% (3,150  ±921) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bristol County: 5.2% † 24,080 (±0.6% / ±2,564)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
3,150 Total veterans ±921 3,150 Male ±921 N/A Female ±225

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