New Bedford, Massachusetts Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

New Bedford is 2nd in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

New Bedford is 4th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Two or More

New Bedford is 5th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Housing units

New Bedford is 6th in Massachusetts out of 53 other cities in Current population (2012)

New Bedford is 7th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Households

New Bedford is 8th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Income below poverty line

New Bedford is 11th in Massachusetts out of 42 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

New Bedford is 13th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

New Bedford is 14th in Massachusetts out of 116 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

New Bedford is 14th in Massachusetts out of 38 other cities in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Current population (2012)	94,929	6th	6,646,144	313,914,040
Size in square miles	20	28th	7,800.1	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4,754.3	25th	839.4	87.4

Age Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	16th	5.5%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.2%	33rd	21.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.6%	61st	14.4%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	67.3%	114th	88.9%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.6%	109th	38.7%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Race - White	74.5%	99th	83.7%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.4%	19th	7.9%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	2nd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.9%	102nd	5.8%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	17th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	5.7%	4th	2.0%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	16.7%	14th	10.1%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	67.9%	100th	75.8%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Female residents	52.0%	60th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	19.7%	26th	14.7%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Housing units	42,933	5th	2,818,940	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	65.3%	13th	41.8%	25.9%
Households	38,869	7th	2,522,409	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	44.2%	103rd	63.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$239,900	96th	$343,500	$186,200
People per household	2.4	71st	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Income per capita	$21,558	107th	$35,051	$27,915
Income per household	$37,493	109th	$65,981	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.7%	8th	10.7%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	New Bedford	Rank	Massachusetts	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	5,570	11th	596,790	27,092,908
Retail sales	$726,956	20th	$88,082,966	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,975	37th	$13,553	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$101,252	14th	$14,917,210	$613,795,732