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New Bedford, MA
101,318 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2545000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, New Bedford ranked #247 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is New Bedford and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Allentown PA, Lynn MA, South Bend IN, Waterbury CT, Lowell MA, Lakewood NJ, Worcester MA, North Charleston SC, Roanoke VA, Kansas City KS, Bridgeport CT, Columbia SC, Fayetteville AR · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #247 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #277 | #305 | #234 | #279 | #301 | #237 | #246 | #206 | #304 | #159 | #216 | #236 | #220 | #164 | #119 | #258 | #175 | #216 | #247 | #269 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 95,108 | 94,831 | 94,841 | 94,927 | 94,981 | 95,059 | 94,896 | 94,998 | 95,065 | 95,121 | 95,128 | 95,135 | 95,083 | 95,371 | 95,363 | 100,946 | 100,885 | 100,804 | 101,007 | 101,318 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #104 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | — | -0.3 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.0 | -0.3 | +0.5 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #266 of 271 cities with data · 10th of 10 in its peer group with data | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | — | 0.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #216 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 23.9% | 23.7% | 24.1% | 23.3% | 26.2% | 27.3% | 24.1% | 24.7% | 27.5% | 22.7% | 26.3% | 21.7% | 21.3% | 20.0% | 22.8% | — | 23.6% | 23.5% | 25.9% | 25.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #179 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 8.4 | 7.4 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.9 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #127 of 295 cities with data · 7th of 13 in its peer group with data | 63.1 | 84.4 | 52.7 | 76.9 | 73.7 | 63.1 | 50.6 | 45.3 | 56.8 | 39.9 | 46.3 | 51.5 | 42.1 | 47.2 | 34.6 | 42.6 | 43.6 | 59.5 | 51.5 | 42.4 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34,844 | 35,997 | 32,707 | 36,223 | 37,954 | 37,520 | 36,920 | 35,431 | 35,915 | 32,772 | 33,799 | 34,857 | 34,772 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #281 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +3.4 | -10.5 | +8.5 | +3.9 | -2.5 | -1.8 | -5.8 | +1.3 | -0.2 | +0.3 | -2.0 | -2.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43,153 | 40,509 | 39,287 | 44,325 | 43,837 | 42,443 | 44,986 | 46,191 | 43,761 | — | 45,926 | 46,870 | 43,192 | 47,387 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #293 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2% | 12.1% | 15.2% | 7.9% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 6.0% | 4.6% | 3.0% | — | 10.3% | 4.9% | 8.1% | 7.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #183 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 10% | 7% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 22% | 20% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 17% | 22% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 12% | 20% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #171 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $3,021 | $3,502 | $3,515 | $3,592 | $3,543 | $3,512 | $3,307 | $3,316 | $3,121 | $2,986 | $2,860 | $2,853 | $2,804 | $2,770 | $2,624 | $2,577 | $2,901 | $2,565 | $3,047 | $2,922 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for New Bedford. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.