Plymouth County, Massachusetts (MA)

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• • 406,30576.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 45,2118.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 35,0166.6%Two or more races
  • 24,9454.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 12,0402.3%Some other race alone
  • 9,0131.7%Asian alone
  • 3100.06%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2290.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $620,100

Here:	$620,100
State:	$651,570

Townhouses or other attached units: $487,972

Here:	$487,972
State:	$617,749

In 2-unit structures: $464,355

Here:	$464,355
State:	$594,808

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $429,583

Here:	$429,583
State:	$601,912

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $438,441

Here:	$438,441
State:	$555,768

Mobile homes: $207,706

Here:	$207,706
State:	$170,209

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $17,153

Here:	$17,153
State:	$207,873

Health of residents in Plymouth County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $6,149 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $6,044 (1.3%)

Area name: Brockton, MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Plymouth County is $876 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1103 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1319 a month.

Cities in this county include: Brockton, Wareham, Middleborough, Rockland, Pembroke, Abington, Whitman, Hanover, East Bridgewater, Carver.

2023 air pollution in Plymouth County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.033 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.3 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Benton County, Iowa , Buchanan County, Iowa , Iowa County, Iowa , Jasper County, Iowa , Linn County, Iowa , Poweshiek County, Iowa , Webster County, Iowa .

Current college students: 23,274
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 42.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 59,434 (60.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 22,4432010 or later
• 12,9442000 to 2009
• 10,2781990 to 1999
• 8,0851980 to 1989
• 4,3241970 to 1979
• 7,460Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): ! minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 152,256
• One, attached: 10,813
• Two: 9,119
• 3 or 4: 13,184
• 5 to 9: 7,961
• 10 to 19: 5,626
• 20 to 49: 5,330
• 50 or more: 8,910
• Mobile homes: 5,147
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 279

Housing units in Plymouth County with a mortgage: 105,665 (16,245 second mortgage, 570 home equity loan, 15,177 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,493

Religion statistics for Plymouth County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Plymouth County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: January 26, 2015 to January 29, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4214: April 13, 2015, FEMA Id: 4214, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 10, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4110: April 19, 2013, FEMA Id: 4110, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3350: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3350, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4097: December 19, 2012, FEMA Id: 4097, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to August 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4028: September 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 4028, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Massachusetts Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3330: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3330, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Hurricane Earl, Incident Period: September 01, 2010 to September 04, 2010, Emergency Declared EM-3315: September 02, 2010, FEMA Id: 3315, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Massachusetts Severe Storm and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to April 26, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1895: March 29, 2010, FEMA Id: 1895, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 25, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1701: May 16, 2007, FEMA Id: 1701, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Massachusetts Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 07, 2005 to October 16, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1614: November 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 1614, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 16 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.93% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($98,892 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.49% relocated from other counties in Massachusetts ($73,560 average AGI)
1.45% relocated from other states ($25,333 average AGI)

Plymouth County:	1.45%
Massachusetts average:	2.58%

from Norfolk County, MA	1.53% ($98,759 average AGI)
from Suffolk County, MA	1.04% ($107,583)
from Bristol County, MA	0.79% ($67,893)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.49% ($132,092)
from Barnstable County, MA	0.36% ($85,166)
from Worcester County, MA	0.11% ($88,405)
from Essex County, MA	0.11% ($93,077)

5.54% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($85,482 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($80 average AGI)

Plymouth County:	0.01%
Massachusetts average:	0.02%

3.56% relocated to other counties in Massachusetts ($48,360 average AGI)
1.97% relocated to other states ($37,041 average AGI)

Plymouth County:	1.97%
Massachusetts average:	3.43%

to Bristol County, MA	1.11% ($57,060 average AGI)
to Norfolk County, MA	1.10% ($79,265)
to Suffolk County, MA	0.50% ($73,793)
to Barnstable County, MA	0.32% ($103,954)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.29% ($99,137)
to Providence County, RI	0.13% ($56,242)
to Worcester County, MA	0.11% ($66,777)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.5
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 8.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 5.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 3.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Plymouth County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 97,466 (18,503 living alone), Female householders: 107,751 (28,739 living alone)

• 112,070 spouses (110,129 opposite-sex spouses), 13,944 unmarried partners, (12,904 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 153,447 children (147,119 natural, 2,892 adopted, 3,436 stepchildren), 11,196 grandchildren, 3,425 brothers or sisters, 6,237 parents, 116 foster children, 7,428 other relatives, 9,408 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 10,581

Size of family households: 63,606 2-persons, 33,186 3-persons, 28,834 4-persons, 13,828 5-persons, 4,313 6-persons, 1,853 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 47,242 1-person, 10,324 2-persons, 786 3-persons, 735 4-persons, 510 5-persons.

74,234 married couples with children.
22,791 single-parent households (6,564 men, 16,227 women).

85.3% of residents of Plymouth speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
10.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $2,313,352,000 ($4,715 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $73,203,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,030,355,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $585,953,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,228,000
Federal grants: $440,338,000
Federal procurement contracts: $72,278,000 ($28,125,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $178,200,000 ($13,201,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $30,468,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $253,034,000
Federal Government insurance: $1,485,966,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	-37 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 39.86 millions of gallons per day (63% from ground, 37% from surface)

• Year house built in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• 2,8752020 or later
• 17,1212010 to 2019
• 18,8622000 to 2009
• 17,7461990 to 1999
• 22,6171980 to 1989
• 30,6941970 to 1979
• 24,6411960 to 1969
• 23,0731950 to 1959
• 12,2841940 to 1949
• 48,7121939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• 6271 room
• 2702 rooms
• 4,0363 rooms
• 12,9464 rooms
• 21,5005 rooms
• 31,3066 rooms
• 29,8847 rooms
• 26,1098 rooms
• 30,9379+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• 2,0371 room
• 4,2322 rooms
• 10,2973 rooms
• 15,3344 rooms
• 8,5955 rooms
• 3,7396 rooms
• 1,5027 rooms
• 9348 rooms
• 9329+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• 811no bedroom
• 2,9581 bedroom
• 30,8132 bedrooms
• 71,1593 bedrooms
• 43,3604 bedrooms
• 8,5145+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• 2,219no bedroom
• 15,1481 bedroom
• 19,4712 bedrooms
• 8,8903 bedrooms
• 1,4974 bedrooms
• 3775+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Plymouth County, Massachusetts in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Plymouth County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 4,089no vehicle
• 34,2041 vehicle
• 76,2732 vehicles
• 27,2203 vehicles
• 11,1934 vehicles
• 4,6365+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Plymouth County in renter-occupied apartments
• 7,768no vehicle
• 24,5951 vehicle
• 12,1562 vehicles
• 2,4543 vehicles
• 6294 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

91.2% of Plymouth County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Massachusetts.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 389,361
• Other state: 76,999
• Northeast: 43,850
• Midwest: 11,346
• South: 14,265
• West: 7,538

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 8,555
• Number of aged recipients: 1,748
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 6,807
• Number of recipients under 18: 932
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 5,707
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,916
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 3,464
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 4,050

Plymouth County on our top lists:

• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"