Massachusetts · Census place 2545000
New Bedford, Massachusetts
New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts with an estimated 101,318 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 9th largest of 58 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 101,318
- #9 of 58 in Massachusetts
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +372 people
- Land area
- 20.0 sq mi
- + 4.13 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,066 / sq mi
- State median 2,852
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New Bedford population, 2020 to 2024
New Bedford added 372 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +311. Among 58 Massachusetts places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Massachusetts has 44,052 people, so New Bedford is 2.3 times that size.
New Bedford covers 20.00 square miles of land and 4.13 of water, for 5,066 people per square mile of land. The median Massachusetts place of 5,000+ has 2,852, so New Bedford is denser than the typical town.
What county New Bedford is in
All of New Bedford's residents live in Bristol County, which had 588,593 residents in 2024. New Bedford holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in New Bedford
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Bedford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 02740, 02744, 02745, 02746. 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 New Bedford is
The Census internal point of New Bedford is at 41.661300, -70.937900. Boston, the capital, is 48.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Providence, RI (194,706 people), 27.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.661300, -70.937900
- DMS
- 41°39'40.68"N 70°56'16.44"W
- UTM
- 19N 338655.8E 4613986.0N
- Geohash
- drmt1b0we
- Plus code
- 87HFM366+GR
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Daylight in New Bedford
At 41.66° N, New Bedford gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the New Bedford daylight page.
Places near New Bedford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Massachusetts, measured between internal points. The closest is Fall River, 9.2 miles away, with 94,689 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of New Bedford, MA?
101,318 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 372 (0.4%) from 100,946 in July 2020.
What county is New Bedford in?
Bristol County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover New Bedford?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 02740, 02744, 02745, 02746.
How far is New Bedford from Boston?
48.6 miles (78.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Bedford.
What is the nearest larger city to New Bedford?
Providence, RI, with 194,706 residents, 27.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.