FALL RIVER COMMUNITY PROFILE


GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (As of September 2003)

Address:
City Hall
One Government Center
Fall River, MA 02722

Phone: (508) 324-2000
Fax: (508) 324-2211

Form of Government: Mayor-Council

ELECTED OFFICIALS

Mayor: Edward M. Lambert, Jr. (508) 324-2600
Municipal Council President: William F. Whitty (508) 324-2231

DEMOGRAPHICS
2000 Population (2000 U.S. Cenus): 91,938
1990 Population (1990 U.S. Census): 92,703
1990 Households: 37,303
Average Persons per Households: 2.44

EDUCATION (Mass. Dept. of Education)
Public School Enrollment (94/95) :

Fall River: (K-12) : 12,409
Greater Fall River (9-13): 1,148
Bristol County (9-12) : 346


GEOGRAPHY

Location in State: Southeastern Massachusetts, bordered by Somerset on the northwest; Freetown on the north and northeast; Dartmouth on the southwest; Westport on the south; Tiverton, Rhode Island on the southwest; and Mount Hope Bay and the mouth of the Taunton River on the west. Fall River is 50 miles south of Boston. (Source: EOCD, Mass.)

Total Land Area: 38.68 sq. miles
Dry Land Area: 31.48 sq. miles
Population Density: 2945 sq. miles

Metropolitan Statistical Area (1993 Definition): Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES


Fall River Office of Economic Development
One Government Center, Fall River, MA 02722
Contact: Kenneth Fiola, Jr., Esq., ec.D.

Fall River Office of Community Development
66 Troy Street, Fall River, MA 02721 (508) 679-0131


Chamber of Commerce:

Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry
200 Pocasset Street, Fall River, MA 02721
Director: Peter Kortright (508) 676-8226


Other related web sites:

Official Fall River Home Page
Fall River Office of Economic Development
South Shore Business Calendar
Battleship Cove


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