Bristol County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 438,495 75.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59,389 10.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 23,490 4.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 14,126 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 36,154 6.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 423 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 31 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10,162 1.7%

• Under 18 119,489 20.5%
• 18–24 50,258 8.6%
• 25–44 150,692 25.9%
• 45–64 158,363 27.2%
• 65 and over 103,468 17.8%

Median household income

$81,898

90% interval $78,193–$85,603

−$22,671 vs MA · 11th of 14

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.9%–11.5%

+0.4 pp vs MA · 5th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+0.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$36.0B

4.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$66,851

Establishments

18,273

• Education & health services 62,260 27.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 53,897 23.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 24,283 10.8%
• Manufacturing 22,505 10.0%
• Professional & business services 19,815 8.8%
• Other services 8,090 3.6%
• Financial activities 5,606 2.5%
• Public administration 5,554 2.5%
• Construction 536 0.2%
• Information 269 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.3%

−0.2 pp vs MA · 11th of 14

Median gross rent

$1,245

−$517 vs MA · 11th of 14

Owner-occupied

145,649

Renter-occupied

88,176

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $94,626/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,927/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 137,813 49.8%
• Republican 134,201 48.5%
• Other / third-party 4,896 1.8%

• Spanish 36,223 6.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8,781 1.6%
• Chinese 1,827 0.3%
• Arabic 1,822 0.3%
• Vietnamese 1,295 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 981 0.2%
• Tagalog 621 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 557 0.1%
• Korean 326 0.1%

Households

233,825

Family households

151,204

64.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

37,028

24.5% of families

Single-mother families

17,788

11.8% of families

Veterans

24,032

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 190,588 32.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 25,729 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,233 2.3%
• Mainline Protestant 11,992 2.1%
• Orthodox 1,491 0.3%
• Black Protestant 726 0.1%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.3 pp

2nd of 14

With a disability

14.9%

±0.4 pp

4th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

30.8%

±0.7 pp

−16.5 pp vs MA · 13th of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.4%

90% interval 4.0%–4.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Bristol County Superior Court

Judges

6 (Superior Court Justice base assignments per county (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 mass.gov/orgs/superior-court. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, Justices may be reassigned across counties by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; counts here reflect typical base allocations rather than a permanently-fixed roster. Other Trial Court departments (District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Housing Court) handle limited-jurisdiction matters and are not counted here.)

Court seats

Taunton

Traffic fatalities

35

7.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

33