Bristol County, Massachusetts (MA)

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• • 446,14976.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 54,1319.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 35,2116.1%Two or more races
  • 17,7093.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 13,9052.4%Some other race alone
  • 12,4802.2%Asian alone
  • 5790.10%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $449,953

Here:	$449,953
State:	$524,317

Townhouses or other attached units: $322,530

Here:	$322,530
State:	$498,452

In 2-unit structures: $297,532

Here:	$297,532
State:	$501,689

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $343,409

Here:	$343,409
State:	$524,084

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $244,169

Here:	$244,169
State:	$506,140

Mobile homes: $146,985

Here:	$146,985
State:	$126,973

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $397,862

Here:	$397,862
State:	$1,252,838

Health of residents in Bristol County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Bristol County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $4,484 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $4,322 (1.2%)

Area name: New Bedford, MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bristol County is $658 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $753 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $902 a month.

Cities in this county include: New Bedford, Fall River, Taunton, Attleboro, Dartmouth, North Attleborough, Mansfield, Easton, Somerset, Norton.

2019 air pollution in Bristol County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.029 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Antelope County, Nebraska , Blaine County, Nebraska , Greene County, New York , Logan County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 28,891
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 79,188 (60.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 22,4902010 or later
• 13,7412000 to 2009
• 8,6901990 to 1999
• 12,8061980 to 1989
• 18,6021970 to 1979
• 22,006Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 127,135
• One, attached: 10,312
• Two: 22,830
• 3 or 4: 39,876
• 5 to 9: 17,973
• 10 to 19: 6,820
• 20 to 49: 6,504
• 50 or more: 9,703
• Mobile homes: 2,994
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 82

Housing units in Bristol County with a mortgage: 98,418 (11,825 second mortgage, 287 home equity loan, 9,774 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,301

Religion statistics for Bristol County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Bristol County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: January 26, 2015 to January 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4214: April 13, 2015, FEMA Id: 4214, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Explosions, Incident Period: April 15, 2013 to April 22, 2013, Emergency Declared EM-3362: April 17, 2013, FEMA Id: 3362, Natural disaster type: Explosion
• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 10, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4110: April 19, 2013, FEMA Id: 4110, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3350: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3350, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4097: December 19, 2012, FEMA Id: 4097, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to August 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4028: September 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 4028, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Massachusetts Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3330: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3330, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Hurricane Earl, Incident Period: September 01, 2010 to September 04, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3315: September 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 3315, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Severe Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 26, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1895: March 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1895, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 18, 2008, Emergency Declared EM-3296: December 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 3296, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.76% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($70,162 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($64 average AGI)

Bristol County:	0.01%
Massachusetts average:	0.01%

2.95% relocated from other counties in Massachusetts ($43,024 average AGI)
1.80% relocated from other states ($27,074 average AGI)

Bristol County:	1.80%
Massachusetts average:	2.58%

from Plymouth County, MA	1.04% ($57,060 average AGI)
from Norfolk County, MA	0.84% ($77,364)
from Providence County, RI	0.47% ($72,905)
from Suffolk County, MA	0.42% ($84,152)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.29% ($79,637)
from Worcester County, MA	0.13% ($64,842)
from Barnstable County, MA	0.13% ($59,234)

4.63% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($72,404 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($83 average AGI)

Bristol County:	0.01%
Massachusetts average:	0.02%

2.14% relocated to other counties in Massachusetts ($33,174 average AGI)
2.48% relocated to other states ($39,147 average AGI)

Bristol County:	2.48%
Massachusetts average:	3.43%

to Plymouth County, MA	0.74% ($67,893 average AGI)
to Providence County, RI	0.59% ($66,031)
to Norfolk County, MA	0.56% ($74,365)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.22% ($61,768)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.20% ($75,076)
to Worcester County, MA	0.16% ($61,660)
to Barnstable County, MA	0.14% ($111,454)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2018: 4.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Bristol County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 108,396 (29,965 living alone), Female householders: 125,135 (36,451 living alone)

• 104,423 spouses (103,037 opposite-sex spouses), 20,615 unmarried partners, (19,620 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 161,275 children (152,934 natural, 3,366 adopted, 4,975 stepchildren), 13,622 grandchildren, 5,071 brothers or sisters, 7,318 parents, 265 foster children, 6,566 other relatives, 13,392 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 14,086

Size of family households: 62,762 2-persons, 39,553 3-persons, 30,983 4-persons, 11,121 5-persons, 4,547 6-persons, 1,839 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 66,416 1-person, 13,489 2-persons, 1,831 3-persons, 780 4-persons, 210 5-persons.

68,218 married couples with children.
35,027 single-parent households (9,644 men, 25,383 women).

77.9% of residents of Bristol speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
14.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $3,525,670,000 ($6,432 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $535,533,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,224,078,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $786,274,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $9,562,000
Federal grants: $887,355,000
Federal procurement contracts: $519,847,000 ($483,440,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $98,554,000 ($18,407,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $78,545,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $300,271,000
Federal Government insurance: $487,292,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	-37 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 57.79 millions of gallons per day (29% from ground, 71% from surface)

• Year house built in Bristol County, Massachusetts
• 6152020 or later
• 11,4002010 to 2019
• 17,1192000 to 2009
• 22,2861990 to 1999
• 30,9371980 to 1989
• 28,4871970 to 1979
• 21,8671960 to 1969
• 25,3121950 to 1959
• 13,0531940 to 1949
• 73,1531939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bristol County, Massachusetts
• 5671 room
• 5992 rooms
• 3,1643 rooms
• 12,9454 rooms
• 28,5025 rooms
• 30,8636 rooms
• 28,4747 rooms
• 17,3068 rooms
• 21,7219+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol County, Massachusetts
• 2,7451 room
• 5,7412 rooms
• 13,8543 rooms
• 22,5284 rooms
• 23,7765 rooms
• 12,5956 rooms
• 5,0677 rooms
• 1,7058 rooms
• 1,3799+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bristol County, Massachusetts
• 691no bedroom
• 3,6461 bedroom
• 29,9892 bedrooms
• 75,6913 bedrooms
• 28,9494 bedrooms
• 5,1755+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol County, Massachusetts
• 3,002no bedroom
• 22,7371 bedroom
• 35,2992 bedrooms
• 24,0823 bedrooms
• 2,6214 bedrooms
• 1,6495+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol County, Massachusetts in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 5,008no vehicle
• 34,4741 vehicle
• 61,9192 vehicles
• 26,4383 vehicles
• 12,1214 vehicles
• 4,1815+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol County in renter-occupied apartments
• 18,418no vehicle
• 45,9791 vehicle
• 21,4552 vehicles
• 2,5083 vehicles
• 9504 vehicles
• 805+ vehicles

89.6% of Bristol County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Massachusetts.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 375,668
• Other state: 108,982
• Northeast: 79,008
• Midwest: 8,851
• South: 13,300
• West: 7,823

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 18,519
• Number of aged recipients: 4,471
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 14,048
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,646
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 12,044
• Number of recipients older than 64: 4,829
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 8,150
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 8,700

Bristol County on our top lists:

• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #34 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #45 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #78 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #99 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"