Bristol, Connecticut demographics

Bristol, CT demographics: median age 37.9; 30.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Bristol city, Connecticut · Incorporated city · GEOID 0908420. The survey estimates a population of 61,462 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Bristol is 37.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.5 years. There are 24,453 households (±787). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	37.9 ±1.5	41.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 61,462
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Under 18	12,362 ±1,036	20.1% ±1.7 pp	20.2%	22.0%
18–34	15,177 ±1,060	24.7% ±1.7 pp	21.9%	22.8%
35–64	23,943 ±1,247	39.0% ±2.0 pp	39.4%	38.0%
65 and older	9,980 ±709	16.2% ±1.2 pp	18.5%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 61,462
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Male	31,090 ±781	50.6% ±1.3 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	30,372 ±784	49.4% ±1.3 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 61,462
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
White alone	40,434 ±1,778	65.8% ±2.9 pp	65.1%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	4,871 ±1,133	7.9% ±1.8 pp	10.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	246 ±249 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	2,606 ±792	4.2% ±1.3 pp	4.8%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	36 ±52 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,498 ±1,107	7.3% ±1.8 pp	7.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,771 ±1,716	14.3% ±2.8 pp	11.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 61,462
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	48,538 ±1,644	79.0% ±2.7 pp	81.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12,924 ±1,645	21.0% ±2.7 pp	18.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 24,453
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Married-couple family	10,446 ±581	42.7% ±1.9 pp	46.6%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,678 ±370	6.9% ±1.5 pp	5.0%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,334 ±481	13.6% ±1.9 pp	12.7%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	7,161 ±714	29.3% ±2.8 pp	29.1%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,834 ±391	7.5% ±1.6 pp	6.7%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 24,453
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Households with people under 18	7,452 ±527	30.5% ±1.9 pp	28.6%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	17,001 ±952	69.5% ±3.2 pp	71.4%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 24,453
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	7,161 ±714	29.3% ±2.8 pp	29.1%	28.7%
Two-person households	8,187 ±655	33.5% ±2.5 pp	33.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,847 ±561	15.7% ±2.2 pp	16.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,206 ±459	13.1% ±1.8 pp	13.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,464 ±343	6.0% ±1.4 pp	5.4%	5.9%
Six-person households	350 ±162	1.4% ±0.7 pp	1.7%	2.2%
Seven or more people	238 ±160 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 61,462
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Native	54,433 ±930	88.6% ±1.5 pp	84.3%	85.9%
Foreign born	7,029 ±931	11.4% ±1.5 pp	15.7%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 58,429
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
English only	45,286 ±1,761	77.5% ±2.9 pp	76.6%	77.7%
Spanish	7,493 ±1,443	12.8% ±2.5 pp	12.8%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,139 ±427	1.9% ±0.7 pp	1.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	46 ±56 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,105 ±394	1.9% ±0.7 pp	1.5%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,539 ±579	2.6% ±1.0 pp	4.0%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	163 ±119 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Vietnamese	140 ±137 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	263 ±171 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	733 ±497 · low precision	1.3% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	26 ±41 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	496 ±388 · low precision	0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 43,099
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,852 ±455	6.6% ±1.0 pp	8.5%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	13,963 ±934	32.4% ±2.0 pp	25.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	8,678 ±822	20.1% ±1.9 pp	16.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	4,532 ±523	10.5% ±1.2 pp	7.6%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	8,142 ±733	18.9% ±1.7 pp	23.3%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4,932 ±594	11.4% ±1.4 pp	19.2%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 60,665
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Connecticut	U.S.
Same house	54,678 ±1,196	90.1% ±1.9 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,833 ±808	4.7% ±1.3 pp	5.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,869 ±518	3.1% ±0.9 pp	2.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	954 ±347	1.6% ±0.6 pp	2.6%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	331 ±217 · low precision	0.5% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

4.6% of Bristol residents (±1.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 5.4% in Connecticut and 8.4% nationally. 92.4% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bristol	Connecticut	U.S.	Compared with Connecticut
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.6% ±1.0 pp	5.4%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	92.4% ±1.2 pp	92.2%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.9% ±0.9 pp	4.7%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Bristol . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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