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== Demographics == {{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}} {{Historical populations | type=USA | 1820|1279<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1820/1820a-02.pdf 1820 Census]" (PDF). Secretary of State. 1821. Page 34. Retrieved September 15, 2023.</ref> | 1837|1448<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hayward |first1=John |title=New England Gazetteer |date=1839 |publisher=John Hayward |location=Boston |page=482 |edition=7th |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5YtKAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PT173&hl=en |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> | 1845|1560<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fowle |first1=William |title=An Elementary Geography for Massachusetts Children |date=1845 |publisher=Fowle and Capen |location=Boston |page=92 |url=https://archive.org/details/elementarygeogra00fowl/page/92/mode/2up |access-date=September 15, 2023}}</ref> | 1850|1746 | 1860|2202 | 1870|2006 | 1880|1989 | 1890|1796 | 1900|1558 | 1910|1473 | 1920|1492 | 1930|1549 | 1940|1515 | 1950|1598 | 1960|1844 | 1970|2254 | 1980|2861 | 1990|3421 | 2000|4149 | 2010|4235 | 2020|4500 | 2023*|4598 | footnote=* = population estimate. {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020β2023| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=May 19, 2024 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref> }} In 2000 the 4149 were distributed into 1,392 households, and 1,183 families.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 1, 2010 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=06000US2500977150&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212042955/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=06000US2500977150&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}.</ref> The racial makeup of the town was 98.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.7% of the population. In March 1952, [[Julian Steele]], the sole African-American voter among some 1,500 residents at the time, was elected West Newbury's [[town meeting]] moderator. He was the first African-American town moderator in Massachusetts,<ref>{{cite news |title=West Newbury: Julian D. Steele Is New Town Moderator |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=28997690&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQzMzQ3MTU4NSwiaWF0IjoxNTY1NjUwMTMzLCJleHAiOjE1NjU3MzY1MzN9.a_VNPr3p9g-mUlOgq0lk7TDnI9f7zEzksgC36mdoHOg |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |agency=AP |date=March 4, 1952 |pages=25}}</ref> and remained the only African-American town moderator in the state for at least a decade.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rollins |first1=Bryant |title=West Newbury Formula: 'A Touch of Humor Cools the Hotheads' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28997760/julian_steele_town_moderator/?xid=637&_ga=2.65971758.1448640434.1565302150-2129257001.1535019961 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=February 28, 1962 |pages=25}}</ref> [[File:TownCenter.jpg|thumb|left|West Newbury Town Center, 2019]] Of 1,686 households in 2010, 46.6% had their own children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]], 6.2% were a female householder with no husband present, and 15.0% were non-families. 11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.2% were individuals living alone who were 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.25. By age, 30.0% were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males. The median income for a household in the town was $164,250, and the median income for a family was $193,951.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=July 25, 2018 }}</ref> Males had a median income of $100,670 versus $80,189 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $35,323. About 2.8% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.8% of those under the age of 18 and 9.8% of those 65 and older.
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