Norfolk County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 501,825 68.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,383 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 51,987 7.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 90,340 12.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 34,905 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 412 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 132 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8,098 1.1%

• Under 18 149,313 20.5%
• 18–24 62,666 8.6%
• 25–44 192,332 26.3%
• 45–64 196,126 26.9%
• 65 and over 129,645 17.8%

Median household income

$137,533

90% interval $133,232–$141,834

+$32,964 vs MA · 1st of 14

Below poverty line

6.4%

90% interval 5.5%–7.3%

−3.4 pp vs MA · 14th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$75.1B

9.64% of state

Avg. annual pay

$87,023

Establishments

27,398

• Education & health services 89,547 25.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 64,968 18.6%
• Professional & business services 53,431 15.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 38,111 10.9%
• Financial activities 27,788 8.0%
• Construction 22,779 6.5%
• Manufacturing 18,841 5.4%
• Other services 12,255 3.5%
• Public administration 10,825 3.1%
• Information 8,682 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 1,031 0.3%

Home ownership

68.7%

+6.2 pp vs MA · 7th of 14

Median gross rent

$2,149

+$387 vs MA · 3rd of 14

Owner-occupied

194,812

Renter-occupied

88,556

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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, $132,437/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $43,826/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 242,712 63.3%
• Republican 132,497 34.6%
• Other / third-party 8,049 2.1%

• Chinese 35,542 5.1%
• Spanish 25,688 3.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 17,001 2.5%
• Vietnamese 10,040 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8,769 1.3%
• Arabic 5,228 0.8%
• Korean 2,700 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 2,505 0.4%
• Tagalog 1,822 0.3%

Households

283,368

Family households

185,566

65.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

63,970

34.5% of families

Single-mother families

12,478

6.7% of families

Veterans

22,054

3.8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 296,880 40.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 44,841 6.2%
• Mainline Protestant 28,314 3.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 14,433 2.0%
• Orthodox 3,350 0.5%

Health insured

98.1%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

1.9%

±0.2 pp

12th of 14

With a disability

9.9%

±0.3 pp

13th of 14

Bachelor's or higher

58.8%

±0.8 pp

+11.5 pp vs MA · 2nd of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

2.4%

90% interval 2.2%–2.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Norfolk 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

Dedham

Traffic fatalities

37

6.37 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

36