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New Bedford, MA Urban Area

152,104 Population
59.3 square miles 2,564.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,859 ±$2,544 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$63,231 ±$4,931 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.8% ±3.1% (26,066  ±4,517) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26 minutes ±1.9 (1,615,100  ±156,115) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

62,877 ±2,552 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (145,984  ±3,860) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6% ±2.5% (2,107  ±898) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

65,596 ±2,528 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$402,700 ±$14,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.8% ±2.6% (20,596  ±3,943.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

81.3% ±2.9% (86,577  ±4,432) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24% ±2.1% (25,524  ±2,378.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

17.4% ±2.2% (26,524  ±3,426) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.5% ±0.9% (5,504  ±1,121) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,504 Total veterans ±1,121 5,277 Male ±1,138 227 Female ±203

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