Massachusetts · Census place 2502690

Attleboro, Massachusetts

Attleboro is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts with an estimated 47,085 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
47,085
#27 of 58 in Massachusetts
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+607 people
Land area
26.8 sq mi
+ 0.99 sq mi water
Density
1,758 / sq mi
State median 2,852
Orange pin: Attleboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boston.

Attleboro population, 2020 to 2024

Attleboro added 607 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +219. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so Attleboro is 1.1 times that size.

46.5k202046.6k202146.7k202246.9k202347.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 46,471. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Attleboro covers 26.78 square miles of land and 0.99 of water, for 1,758 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so Attleboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Attleboro is in

All of Attleboro's residents live in Bristol County, which had 588,593 residents in 2024. Attleboro holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Attleboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Attleboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02703. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Attleboro is

The Census internal point of Attleboro is at 41.931700, -71.294500. Boston, the capital, is 31.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pawtucket, RI (76,996 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Providence, RI, 9.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.931700, -71.294500
DMS
41°55'54.12"N 71°17'40.20"W
UTM
19N 309766.4E 4644739.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
87HCWPJ4+M6

Daylight in Attleboro

At 41.93° N, Attleboro gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Attleboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is North Attleborough Town, 3.4 miles away, with 31,210 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Attleboro, MA?

47,085 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 607 (1.3%) from 46,478 in July 2020.

What county is Attleboro in?

Bristol County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Attleboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 02703.

How far is Attleboro from Boston?

31.7 miles (51.1 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Attleboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Attleboro?

Pawtucket, RI, with 76,996 residents, 5.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.