Editing Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==
{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations | type=USA
 | 1880|672
 | 1890|1080
 | 1900|1100
 | 1910|1084
 | 1920|1047
 | 1930|1333
 | 1940|1584
 | 1950|1521
 | 1960|1419
 | 1970|1385
 | 1980|1984
 | 1990|2804
 | 2000|3713
 | 2010|4527
 | 2020|5341
 | 2022*|5379
 | footnote=* = population estimate.  Source: [[United States Census]] records and [[Population Estimates Program]] data.<ref name="2010_Census">{{cite web | title=TOTAL POPULATION (P1), 2010 Census Summary File 1, All County Subdivisions within Massachusetts | publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=September 13, 2011 | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202839/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/0400000US25.06000 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 12, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="2000-2009_PopulationEstimates">{{cite web | title=Massachusetts by Place and County Subdivision - GCT-T1. Population Estimates | publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212040628/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US25&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2009_EST&-_lang=en&-format=ST-9&-_sse=on | archive-date=February 12, 2020 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="1990_Census">{{cite web | title=1990 Census of Population, General Population Characteristics: Massachusetts | id=1990 CP-1-23 | at=Table 76: General Characteristics of Persons, Households, and Families: 1990 | publisher=US Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 | date=December 1990 | url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207032409/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cp1/cp-1-23.pdf | archive-date=December 7, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="1980_Census">{{cite web | title=1980 Census of the Population, Number of Inhabitants: Massachusetts | id=PC80-1-A23 | at=Table 4. Populations of County Subdivisions: 1960 to 1980 | publisher=US Census Bureau | access-date=July 12, 2011 |date=December 1981 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_maABC-01.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1950_Census">{{cite journal | title=1950 Census of Population | volume=1: Number of Inhabitants | at=Section 6, Pages 21-10 and 21-11, Massachusetts Table 6. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1930 to 1950 | publisher=Bureau of the Census | access-date=July 12, 2011 | year=1952 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1920_Census">{{cite web | title=1920 Census of Population | at=Number of Inhabitants, by Counties and Minor Civil Divisions. Pages 21-5 through 21-7. Massachusetts Table 2. Population of Counties by Minor Civil Divisions: 1900, 1910, and 1920 | publisher=Bureau of the Census | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf}}</ref><ref name="1890_Census">{{cite web | title=1890 Census of the Population | at=Pages 179 through 182. Massachusetts Table 5. Population of States and Territories by Minor Civil Divisions: 1880 and 1890 | publisher=Department of the Interior, Census Office | access-date=July 12, 2011 | url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/41084506no553ch2.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date=October 29, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Oak Bluffs town, 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 – Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, Massachusetts|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=060XX00US2500750390&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, Massachusetts |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US2500750390&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</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) – Oak Bluffs town, Dukes County, Massachusetts |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=060XX00US2500750390&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|3,196
|3,737
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,918
|86.08%
|82.55%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |73.36%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|157
|209
|style='background: #ffffe6; |386
|4.23%
|4.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.23%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|55
|41
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55
|1.48%
|0.91%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.03%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|24
|52
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56
|0.65%
|1.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.05%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6
|0.00%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.11%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|82
|167
|style='background: #ffffe6; |218
|2.21%
|3.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.08%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|155
|210
|style='background: #ffffe6; |568
|4.17%
|4.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.63%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|44
|110
|style='background: #ffffe6; |134
|1.19%
|2.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.51%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''3,713'''
|'''4,527'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''5,341'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[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 }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,713 people, 1,590 households, and 914 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|504.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 3,820 housing units at an average density of {{convert|518.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 86.72% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.31% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.51% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.67% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.50% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.28% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.19% of the population.

Like other towns in Southeastern Massachusetts, Oak Bluffs has had a large [[Portuguese-American]] population since the late 19th century. Many of these town residents were originally from the island of [[Faial Island|Faial]] in the [[Azores]], and the neighborhood where many of them lived, located between Vineyard Avenue and Wing Rd, was once nicknamed Fayal. Today the town's Portuguese heritage is best appreciated at the Annual Portuguese Feast, held at the Portuguese-American Club on Vineyard Avenue in mid-July.

There were 1,590 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 42.5% were non-families, 32.6% were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 22.6% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,044, and the median income for a family was $53,841. Males had a median income of $39,113 versus $31,797 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $23,829.  About 6.2% of families and 8.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Oak Bluffs ranks 263rd in population in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and third in Dukes County (behind Edgartown and Tisbury).  It is 173rd in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in terms of population density, and second behind Tisbury in Dukes County.