Editing New Bedford, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 3313
|1800= 4361
|1810= 5651
|1820= 3947
|1830= 7592
|1840= 12087
|1850= 16443
|1860= 22300
|1870= 21320
|1880= 26845
|1890= 40783
|1900= 62442
|1910= 96652
|1920= 121217
|1930= 112597
|1940= 110341
|1950= 109189
|1960= 102477
|1970= 101777
|1980= 98478
|1990= 99922
|2000= 93768
|2010= 95072
|2020= 101079
|estimate= 100695
|estyear= 2023
|estref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/newbedfordcitymassachusetts|title=QuickFacts: New Bedford city, Massachusetts|work=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-date=July 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701194652/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
[[File:New England ancestry by county - updated.png|thumb|Largest self-reported ancestry groups in [[New England]] ([[2000 U.S. Census]]).  Americans of Portuguese descent plurality shown in grey.]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''New Bedford, Massachusetts – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – New Bedford city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?g=160XX00US2545000|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – New Bedford city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2545000&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – New Bedford city, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2545000&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|70,520
|64,598
|style='background: #ffffe6; |57,498
|75.21%
|67.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.88%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|3,503
|4,919
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,787
|3.74%
|5.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.74%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|394
|409
|style='background: #ffffe6; |265
|0.42%
|0.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.26%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|600
|879
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,010
|0.64%
|0.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.00%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|34
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32
|0.04%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|4,503
|4,224
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,688
|4.80%
|4.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.65%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|4,638
|4,112
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,274
|4.95%
|4.33%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.18%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|9,576
|15,916
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,525
|10.21%
|16.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.26%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''93,768'''
|'''95,072'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''101,079'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

New Bedford and surrounding communities are a part of the [[Providence metropolitan area]]. The Greater Providence-Fall River-New Bedford area is home to the largest [[Portuguese American|Portuguese-American]] community in the United States.

At the 2020 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> there were 101,079 people. The population density was {{convert|4,760|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 42,781 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,063|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.17% (66.1% Non-Hispanic) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 9.69% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.00% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 13.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.92% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 16.11% of the population. The city is very multi-cultural and diverse. The ethnic makeup of the city is estimated to be 33.8% [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], 10.1% [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]], 9.1% [[France|French]], 8.8% [[Cape Verde]]an, 6.9% [[Irish-American|Irish]], 5.3% [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|English]].

There were 39,208 households, of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 20.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 31.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.01.

Age distribution was 24.9% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 16.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.4 males.

The [[median household income]] was $37,569, and the median family income was $45,708. Males had a median income of $37,388 versus $27,278 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,602. About 17.3% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.

[[File:Race and ethnicity 2020 New Bedford, MA.png|thumb|Map of racial distribution in New Bedford, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(115, 178, 255)|White}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(159, 212, 0)|Black}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 0, 0)|Asian}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(255, 170, 0)|Hispanic}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(140, 81, 181)|Multiracial}} {{legend inline|outline=white|white|text=⬤|textcolor=rgb(153, 102, 51)|Native American/Other}}]]

===Kʼicheʼ community===
The city has a community of [[Kʼicheʼ people]] who originated from [[Guatemala]] and had traveled to the United States to avoid the [[Guatemalan Civil War]].<ref name=CapetAbreup60>{{cite journal|last1=Capetillo-Ponce|first1=Jorge|last2=Abreu-Rodriguez|first2=Gissell|url=https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=trotter_review|title=Immigration, Ethnicity, and Marginalization: The Maya K'iche of New Bedford|journal=[[The Trotter Review]]|date=January 2010|volume=19|issue=1|page=60 (page 3/23)|access-date=February 15, 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021213051/https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=trotter_review|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting in the end part of the 1980s, Kʼicheʼ adult men in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] moved to New Bedford, and other demographics of Kʼicheʼ came afterwards.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Capetillo-Ponce|first1=Jorge|last2=Abreu-Rodriguez|first2=Gissell|url=https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=trotter_review|title=Immigration, Ethnicity, and Marginalization: The Maya K'iche of New Bedford|journal=[[The Trotter Review]]|date=January 2010|volume=19|issue=1|page=59 (page 2/23)|access-date=February 15, 2023|archive-date=October 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021213051/https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=trotter_review|url-status=live}}</ref> Many, by 2010, were in low socioeconomic conditions and did not have documentation to be legally in the United States.<ref name=CapetAbreup60/> In 2019 an advocacy group for the [[Maya people]] complained to the courts that the [[New Bedford School District]] was not providing adequate Kʼicheʼ language services. The [[U.S. Department of Justice]] and the school district came to resolution so the school district could provide appropriate Kʼicheʼ language services.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andrade|first=Kevin|url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/education/2022/09/21/doj-new-bedford-schools-reach-settlement-agreement-on-kiche-speakers/10424143002/|title=DOJ settlement agreement: New Bedford schools must better address K'iche' speakers' needs|newspaper=[[South Coast Today]]|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=February 6, 2023|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201353/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/education/2022/09/21/doj-new-bedford-schools-reach-settlement-agreement-on-kiche-speakers/10424143002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Crime===
New Bedford is often described as a city with a high crime rate relative to Eastern Massachusetts. However, New Bedford in recent years as a city with its crime rate has been generally decreasing. The city's crime rate, including violent and property crime decreased by 38% from 2011 to 2020 with 4456 incidents in 2011 and 2171 incidents in 2020.<ref name="StandardTimes">{{cite news |last1=Lennon |first1=Anastasia E. |title=FBI data shows rate of reported crimes in New Bedford down nearly 40% over last decade |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/2021/03/22/new-bedfords-crime-rate-down-nearly-40-percent-according-fbi-data-and-police/4780450001/ |access-date=July 18, 2021 |publisher=Standard-Times |date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215201353/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/local/2021/03/22/new-bedfords-crime-rate-down-nearly-40-percent-according-fbi-data-and-police/4780450001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although New Bedford's crime rate has currently been on decrease, it cannot be yet considered a safe city compared to the U.S. national average crime rate. The FBI reported a violent crime rate in New Bedford, Massachusetts, of 640 per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to a national average of 366.7 per 100,000 residents.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Patrick |title=FBI's annual crime report shows declines in violent crime in Springfield, across Massachusetts |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/fbis-annual-crime-report-shows-declines-in-violent-crime-in-springfield-across-massachusetts.html |access-date=July 18, 2021 |issue=MassLive |publisher=Advance Local Media LLC |date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729151701/https://www.masslive.com/news/2020/10/fbis-annual-crime-report-shows-declines-in-violent-crime-in-springfield-across-massachusetts.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Crime in the United States |url=https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime |website=FBI: UCR |access-date=July 18, 2021 |archive-date=June 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604060919/https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/violent-crime |url-status=live }}</ref> An FBI report in 2020 showed burglary and breaking and entering dropped about 52% from 969 crimes in 2011 to 465 crimes in 2019.<ref name="StandardTimes" />