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Berkshire County
128,726Population
-0.2 %Change since 2020
158Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 128,726 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -0.2 %
- Net migration
- 158 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- Massachusetts
- Population base, April 2020
- 129,028 (2020)
- Births
- 845 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.6
- Deaths
- 1,668 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.0
- Natural change, 2023
- -823
- International migration
- 435 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -277 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 1.2
- Postal code
- MA
- FIPS code
- 25003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.7 % |
| 2022 | 4.2 % |
| 2021 | 6.2 % |
| 2020 | 9.6 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 4.1 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 6.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 128,726 |
| 2023 | 128,863 |
| 2022 | 129,551 |
| 2021 | 130,199 |
| 2020 | 129,812 |