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County · Massachusetts
Bristol County
588,593Population
1.6 %Change since 2020
4,492Net migration
5.1 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 588,593 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 1.6 %
- Net migration
- 4,492 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1 % (2025)
- State
- Massachusetts
- Population base, April 2020
- 579,298 (2020)
- Births
- 5,485 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.3
- Deaths
- 5,986 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -501
- International migration
- 3,315 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,177 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.6
- Postal code
- MA
- FIPS code
- 25005
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.2 % |
| 2022 | 4.5 % |
| 2021 | 6.1 % |
| 2020 | 10.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.4 % |
| 2017 | 4.9 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 6.1 % |
| 2014 | 7.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 588,593 |
| 2023 | 585,053 |
| 2022 | 581,201 |
| 2021 | 579,729 |
| 2020 | 576,776 |