VISION 2020 MUNICIPALITIES: HISTORICAL POPULATION

ABS (#) % Chg
Community 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Chg, 80-00 80-00
Abington 5,708 7,152 10,607 12,334 13,517 13,817 14,605 1,088 8.0
Acushnet 4,145 4,401 5,755 7,767 8,704 9,554 10,161 1,457 16.7
Attleboro 22,071 23,809 27,118 32,907 34,196 38,383 42,068 7,872 23.0
Avon 2,335 2,666 4,301 5,295 5,026 4,558 4,443 -583 -11.6
Berkley 1,130 1,284 1,609 2,027 2,731 4,237 5,749 3,018 110.5
Bridgewater 8,902 9,512 10,276 11,829 17,202 21,249 25,185 7,983 46.4
Brockton 62,343 62,860 72,813 89,040 95,172 92,788 94,304 -868 -0.9
Carver 1,469 1,530 1,949 2,420 6,988 10,590 11,163 4,175 59.7
Cohasset 3,111 3,731 5,840 6,954 7,174 7,075 7,261 87 1.2
Dartmouth 9,011 11,115 14,607 18,800 23,966 27,244 30,666 6,700 28.0
Dighton 2,983 2,950 3,769 4,667 5,352 5,631 6,175 823 15.4
Duxbury 2,359 3,167 4,727 7,636 11,807 13,895 14,248 2,441 20.7
East Bridgewater 3,832 4,412 6,139 8,347 9,945 11,104 12,974 3,029 30.5
Easton 5,135 6,244 9,078 12,157 16,623 19,807 22,299 5,676 34.1
Fairhaven 10,938 12,764 14,339 16,332 15,759 16,132 16,159 400 2.5
Fall River 115,428 111,963 99,942 96,898 92,574 92,703 91,938 -636 -0.7
Freetown 1,584 2,104 3,039 4,270 7,058 8,522 8,472 1,414 20.0
Halifax 867 944 1,599 3,537 5,513 6,526 7,500 1,987 36.0
Hanover 2,875 3,389 5,923 10,107 11,358 11,912 13,164 1,806 15.9
Hanson 2,570 3,264 4,370 7,148 8,617 9,028 9,495 878 10.2
Hingham 8,003 10,665 15,378 18,845 20,339 19,821 19,882 -457 -2.2
Hull 2,167 3,379 7,055 9,961 9,714 10,466 11,050 1,336 13.8
Kingston 2,783 3,461 4,302 5,999 7,362 9,045 11,780 4,418 60.0
Lakeville 1,780 2,066 3,209 4,376 5,931 7,785 9,821 3,890 65.6
Mansfield 6,530 7,184 7,773 9,939 13,453 16,568 22,414 8,961 66.6
Marion 2,030 2,250 2,881 3,466 3,932 4,496 5,123 1,191 30.3
Marshfield 2,419 3,267 6,748 15,223 20,916 21,531 24,324 3,408 16.3
Mattapoisett 1,608 2,265 3,117 4,500 5,597 5,850 6,268 671 12.0
Middleborough 9,032 10,164 11,065 13,607 16,404 17,867 19,941 3,537 21.6
New Bedford 110,341 109,189 102,477 101,777 98,478 99,922 93,768 -4,710 -4.8
North Attleborough 10,359 12,146 14,777 18,665 21,095 25,038 27,143 6,048 28.7
Norton 3,107 4,401 6,818 9,487 12,690 14,265 18,036 5,346 42.1
Norwell 1,871 2,515 5,207 7,796 9,182 9,279 9,765 583 6.3
Pembroke 1,718 2,579 4,919 11,193 13,487 14,544 16,927 3,440 25.5
Plainville 1,302 2,088 3,810 4,953 5,857 6,871 7,683 1,826 31.2
Plymouth 13,100 13,608 14,445 18,606 35,913 45,608 51,701 15,788 44.0
Plympton 532 697 821 1,224 1,974 2,384 2,637 663 33.6
Raynham 2,141 2,426 4,150 6,705 9,085 9,867 11,739 2,654 29.2
Rehoboth 2,736 3,700 4,953 6,512 7,570 8,656 10,172 2,602 34.4
Rochester 1,269 1,328 1,559 1,770 3,205 3,921 4,581 1,376 42.9
Rockland 8,087 8,960 13,119 15,674 15,695 16,123 17,670 1,975 12.6
Scituate 4,130 5,993 11,214 16,973 17,317 16,786 17,863 546 3.2
Seekonk 4,912 6,104 8,399 11,116 12,269 13,046 13,425 1,156 9.4
Somerset 5,873 8,566 12,196 18,088 18,813 17,655 18,234 -579 -3.1
Stoughton 8,632 11,146 16,328 23,459 26,710 26,777 27,149 439 1.6
Swansea 4,684 6,121 9,916 12,640 15,461 15,411 15,901 440 2.8
Taunton 37,395 40,109 41,132 43,756 45,001 49,832 55,976 10,975 24.4
Wareham 6,364 7,569 9,461 11,492 18,457 19,232 20,335 1,878 10.2
West Bridgewater 3,247 4,059 5,061 7,152 6,359 6,389 6,634 275 4.3
Westport 4,134 4,989 6,641 9,791 13,763 13,852 14,183 420 3.1
Weymouth 23,868 32,690 48,177 54,610 55,601 54,063 53,988 -1,613 -2.9
Whitman 7,759 8,413 10,485 13,059 13,534 13,240 13,882 348 2.6
TOTAL 572,709 623,358 725,393 872,886 980,446 1,040,945 1,108,024 127,578 13.0