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County · Massachusetts
Barnstable County
232,570Population
1.5 %Change since 2020
1,897Net migration
5.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 232,570 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.5 %
- Net migration
- 1,897 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2 % (2025)
- State
- Massachusetts
- Population base, April 2020
- 229,067 (2020)
- Births
- 1,527 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.6
- Deaths
- 3,190 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.7
- Natural change, 2023
- -1,663
- International migration
- 1,262 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 635 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 8.2
- Postal code
- MA
- FIPS code
- 25001
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.2 % |
| 2024 | 4.7 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.7 % |
| 2021 | 6.3 % |
| 2020 | 10.8 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 4.8 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 7.2 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 232,570 |
| 2023 | 232,759 |
| 2022 | 232,571 |
| 2021 | 232,379 |
| 2020 | 228,060 |