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People MapStats |
New Bedford |
Massachusetts |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
92,538 | 6,437,193 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1.3% | 1.4% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
-1,230 | 88,088 |
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Population, 2000 |
93,768 | 6,349,097 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
6.7% | 6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
24.9% | 23.6% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
16.7% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.9% | 51.8% |
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White persons, 2000 |
73,950 | 5,367,286 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
4,112 | 343,454 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
579 | 15,015 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
614 | 238,124 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
44 | 2,489 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
8,915 | 236,724 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
5,554 | 146,005 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
9,576 | 428,729 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
78.9% | 84.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.4% | 5.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.6% | 0.2% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.7% | 3.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
9.5% | 3.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
5.9% | 2.3% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
10.2% | 6.8% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
57.7% | 58.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
19.6% | 12.2% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
37.8% | 18.7% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
35,560 | 1,165,489 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
10.7% | 33.2% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.9 | 27.0 |
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Households, 2000 |
38,178 | 2,443,580 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.40 | 2.51 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
41,511 | 2,621,989 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
43.8% | 61.7% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$113,500 | $185,700 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$27,569 | $50,502 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$15,602 | $25,952 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
20.2% | 9.3% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
3,306 | 206,555 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
11,456 | 396,276 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
20.6% | 13.8% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
55.1% | 43.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
40.0% | 42.4% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
38.7% | 42.3% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
3,166 | 192,131 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
3,249 | 3,026 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
2,377 | 161,901 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
789 | 30,230 |
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Business MapStats |
New Bedford |
Massachusetts |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,607 | 563,539 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.7% | 2.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.4% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
29.3% | 28.7% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | S |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.1% | 3.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 2.8% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
809,394 | 127,129,789 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
574,094 | 73,903,837 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,098 | $11,527 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 11,789,582 |
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