Fall River, Massachusetts demographics

Fall River, MA demographics: median age 39.3; 16.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fall River city, Massachusetts · Incorporated city · GEOID 2523000. The survey estimates a population of 94,082 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fall River is 39.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.2 years. There are 41,991 households (±828). 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	39.3 ±1.2	40.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 94,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Under 18	18,718 ±1,105	19.9% ±1.2 pp	19.4%	22.0%
18–34	22,442 ±1,197	23.9% ±1.3 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	37,753 ±1,587	40.1% ±1.7 pp	38.9%	38.0%
65 and older	15,169 ±892	16.1% ±0.9 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 94,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	45,470 ±884	48.3% ±0.9 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	48,612 ±894	51.7% ±0.9 pp	51.1%	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: 94,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
White alone	65,768 ±1,989	69.9% ±2.1 pp	68.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	6,054 ±1,054	6.4% ±1.1 pp	6.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	97 ±112 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	2,560 ±513	2.7% ±0.5 pp	7.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	55 ±95 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	7,607 ±1,441	8.1% ±1.5 pp	5.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	11,941 ±1,780	12.7% ±1.9 pp	11.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 94,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,391 ±1,469	86.5% ±1.6 pp	86.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12,691 ±1,465	13.5% ±1.6 pp	13.3%	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: 41,991
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Married-couple family	12,798 ±732	30.5% ±1.6 pp	45.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,961 ±441	7.1% ±1.0 pp	4.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	7,793 ±705	18.6% ±1.6 pp	11.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	15,139 ±981	36.1% ±2.2 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	3,300 ±503	7.9% ±1.2 pp	8.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 41,991
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Households with people under 18	11,029 ±686	26.3% ±1.5 pp	27.9%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	30,962 ±1,239	73.7% ±2.6 pp	72.1%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 41,991
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	15,139 ±981	36.1% ±2.2 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	13,283 ±1,007	31.6% ±2.3 pp	33.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	6,716 ±692	16.0% ±1.6 pp	16.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	4,037 ±528	9.6% ±1.2 pp	13.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,791 ±352	4.3% ±0.8 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	494 ±203	1.2% ±0.5 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	531 ±205	1.3% ±0.5 pp	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: 94,082
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Native	71,702 ±1,556	76.2% ±1.7 pp	82.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	22,380 ±1,541	23.8% ±1.6 pp	18.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 89,628
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
English only	55,239 ±1,976	61.6% ±2.2 pp	74.9%	77.7%
Spanish	9,155 ±1,416	10.2% ±1.6 pp	9.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	1,398 ±463	1.6% ±0.5 pp	1.9%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	68 ±57 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	58 ±49 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	21,661 ±1,591	24.2% ±1.8 pp	6.1%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±32 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	296 ±233 · low precision	0.3% ±0.3 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	176 ±109 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	33 ±51 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,149 ±494	1.3% ±0.6 pp	1.3%	1.1%
Arabic	328 ±172 · low precision	0.4% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	67 ±75 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.0%	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: 68,123
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	16,039 ±1,227	23.5% ±1.8 pp	8.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	23,667 ±1,446	34.7% ±2.1 pp	22.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	11,635 ±1,051	17.1% ±1.5 pp	14.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	5,577 ±746	8.2% ±1.1 pp	7.5%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,481 ±597	11.0% ±0.9 pp	25.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3,724 ±488	5.5% ±0.7 pp	21.8%	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: 93,096
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Same house	82,428 ±1,290	88.5% ±1.4 pp	88.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	6,554 ±933	7.0% ±1.0 pp	5.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,994 ±674	2.1% ±0.7 pp	3.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,198 ±437	1.3% ±0.5 pp	2.2%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	922 ±402	1.0% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	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

5.7% of Fall River residents (±0.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 2.6% in Massachusetts and 8.4% nationally. 86.4% 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	Fall River	Massachusetts	U.S.	Compared with Massachusetts
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.7% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	86.4% ±1.2 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.9% ±0.6 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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