Hampshire County, Massachusetts (MA)

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• • 135,28288.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9,1366.0%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,6205.7%Asian alone
  • 4,4923.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 4,0452.7%Two or more races
  • 1640.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 950.06%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $311,239

Here:	$311,239
State:	$481,855

Townhouses or other attached units: $320,835

Here:	$320,835
State:	$464,513

In 2-unit structures: $387,328

Here:	$387,328
State:	$452,265

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $211,437

Here:	$211,437
State:	$450,840

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $201,987

Here:	$201,987
State:	$471,079

Mobile homes: $100,098

Here:	$100,098
State:	$117,333

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

1996 2000 2008 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $4,137 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $4,394 (1.6%)

Area name: Springfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Hampshire County is $629 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $799 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $956 a month.

Cities in this county include: Amherst, Northampton, South Hadley, Amherst Center, Easthampton Town, Easthampton, Ware, North Amherst, Southampton, South Amherst.

2018 air pollution in Hampshire County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.033 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.1 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Allegan County, Michigan , Bear Lake County, Idaho , Black Hawk County, Iowa , Ontario County, New York , Jones County, Iowa .

Current college students: 29,423
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 47.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 16,058 (47.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5,7812010 or later
• 3,3232000 to 2009
• 2,5741990 to 1999
• 2,5271980 to 1989
• 8631970 to 1979
• 2,306Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 63.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 39,709
• One, attached: 2,414
• Two: 5,270
• 3 or 4: 5,944
• 5 to 9: 3,197
• 10 to 19: 3,416
• 20 to 49: 1,999
• 50 or more: 1,325
• Mobile homes: 526

Housing units in Hampshire County with a mortgage: 25,067 (399 second mortgage, 4,188 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14,296

Religion statistics for Hampshire County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Hampshire County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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 Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3343: November 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 3343, Natural disaster type: Storm
• Massachusetts Severe Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4051: January 06, 2012, FEMA Id: 4051, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Storm
• 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 Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 11, 2011 to January 12, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1959: March 07, 2011, FEMA Id: 1959, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: December 11, 2008 to December 18, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1813: January 05, 2009, FEMA Id: 1813, Natural disaster type: Winter 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
• Massachusetts Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 25, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1701: May 16, 2007, FEMA Id: 1701, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.79% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($53,297 average adjusted gross income)

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($304 average AGI)

Hampshire County:	0.04%
Massachusetts average:	0.05%

4.17% relocated from other counties in Massachusetts ($29,563 average AGI)
2.58% relocated from other states ($23,430 average AGI)

Hampshire County:	2.58%
Massachusetts average:	2.35%

from Hampden County, MA	2.24% ($46,371 average AGI)
from Franklin County, MA	0.70% ($42,432)
from Worcester County, MA	0.34% ($47,054)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.29% ($68,366)
from Hartford County, CT	0.17% ($54,301)
from Berkshire County, MA	0.15% ($35,169)
from Suffolk County, MA	0.12% ($45,446)

7.39% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($51,927 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($333 average AGI)

Hampshire County:	0.06%
Massachusetts average:	0.08%

4.25% relocated to other counties in Massachusetts ($25,897 average AGI)
3.08% relocated to other states ($25,697 average AGI)

Hampshire County:	3.08%
Massachusetts average:	2.86%

to Hampden County, MA	2.14% ($44,170 average AGI)
to Franklin County, MA	0.79% ($43,790)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.34% ($45,114)
to Worcester County, MA	0.31% ($43,043)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.21% ($49,250)
to Hartford County, CT	0.15% ($66,269)
to Berkshire County, MA	0.13% ($38,278)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 3.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Hampshire 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: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 111,326 (18,638 male householders, 18,974 female householders)

  28,999 spouses, 36,143 children (35,005 natural, 705 adopted, 433 stepchildren), 1,505 grandchildren, 1,773 brothers or sisters, 1,254 parents, 937 other relatives, 3,103 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 27,594 (8,735 male householders (6,549 living alone)), 11,501 female householders (8,964 living alone)), 7,358 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 22,914

Size of family households: 19,473 2-persons, 7,555 3-persons, 7,359 4-persons, 2,443 5-persons, 432 6-persons, 350 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,513 1-person, 3,434 2-persons, 580 3-persons, 652 4-persons, 57 5-persons.

16,034 married couples with children.
5,606 single-parent households (826 men, 4,780 women).

87.7% of residents of Hampshire speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $842,836,000 ($5,477 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $88,079,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $302,026,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $169,354,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,543,000
Federal grants: $211,293,000
Federal procurement contracts: $72,710,000 ($56,220,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $85,910,000 ($11,239,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $69,296,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $26,339,000
Federal Government insurance: $62,393,000

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

Here:	-10 per 1000 residents
State:	-37 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 12.29 millions of gallons per day (52% from ground, 48% from surface)

• Year house built in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• 9032014 or later
• 1,1382010 to 2013
• 5,2482000 to 2009
• 6,9481990 to 1999
• 9,5771980 to 1989
• 7,9711970 to 1979
• 6,8721960 to 1969
• 6,4871950 to 1959
• 2,8081940 to 1949
• 15,8481939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• 111 room
• 892 rooms
• 1,7503 rooms
• 3,6724 rooms
• 7,0385 rooms
• 9,1656 rooms
• 6,9907 rooms
• 5,3488 rooms
• 5,3009+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• 9791 room
• 1,4992 rooms
• 3,8193 rooms
• 4,6134 rooms
• 4,7385 rooms
• 1,3436 rooms
• 7507 rooms
• 7008 rooms
• 449+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• 75no bedroom
• 1,2941 bedroom
• 8,5062 bedrooms
• 20,0113 bedrooms
• 7,6884 bedrooms
• 1,7895+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• 1,013no bedroom
• 5,5111 bedroom
• 7,5512 bedrooms
• 3,0263 bedrooms
• 1,2434 bedrooms
• 1415+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hampshire County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 541no vehicle
• 10,8401 vehicle
• 17,7492 vehicles
• 6,8353 vehicles
• 2,6244 vehicles
• 7745+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Hampshire County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,885no vehicle
• 9,3831 vehicle
• 5,0822 vehicles
• 2973 vehicles
• 5724 vehicles
• 2665+ vehicles

80.6% of Hampshire County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Massachusetts.

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

• This state: 99,183
• Other state: 44,698
• Northeast: 27,034
• Midwest: 5,578
• South: 8,298
• West: 3,788

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,855
• Number of aged recipients: 436
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,419
• Number of recipients under 18: 350
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,022
• Number of recipients older than 64: 483
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,210
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,399

Hampshire County on our top lists:

• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #30 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for 3rd party candidates in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #87 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #91 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+)"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election"