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Fall River, MA
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Fall River profile


Living in Fall River



Fall River is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 93,682 people and 26 associated neighborhoods, Fall River is the tenth largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Fall River was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

The citizens of Fall River are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.84% of adults in Fall River have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Fall River in 2018 was $30,591, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,364 for a family of four. However, Fall River contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fall River is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fall River home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fall River residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fall River also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fall River include Portuguese, Irish, French, English, and Italian.

In addition, Fall River has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.10%).

The most common language spoken in Fall River is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.