Pittsfield (Massachusetts)

Berkshire County

25-53960

Pittsfield is the largest city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. In the census of 2000, the population was 45,793. It is the county seat of Berkshire County and one of the larger towns in western Massachusetts. Here is the Berkshire Museum.

Demography

Pittsfield is the most populous city in Berkshire County. Data obtained from the census in 2000 45.793 people lived in 19,704 households; among them were 11,822 families. The population density was 434 per km ². In the resort 21 366 units were recorded. Among the population was 92.58 % White, 3.66% African American, 0.14 % Native American, 1.16 % Asian, and 0.81% from other ethnic groups; 1.64 % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.

Among the 19,704 households 27.3 % had children under the age of 18; 34.0% were single-person households. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size 2.89.

The population was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 6.9 % from 18 to 24, 28.3 % 25-44 years, 23.0% from 45 to 64 years and 18.6% of 65 years or older. The median age was 40 years.

The median household income was $ 35,655, the median family income $ 46,228. The per capita income in Pittsfield was $ 20,549. Under the poverty line lived 11.4 % of the population.

Twinning

Personalities

Born in Pittsfield persons

  • Thomas J. Burrill (1839-1916), botanist and phytopathologist
  • Edgar Zell Steever (1915-2006), sculptor and medalist
  • Mary Ann Glendon ( born 1938 ), lawyer (2008-2009 Ambassador of the United States to the Holy See )
  • Nancy Graves (1940-1995), sculptor, painter and filmmaker
  • Philip Marchand ( born 1946 ), journalist and writer
  • Steven Zaloga ( born 1952 ), military historian
  • Martha Coakley ( born 1953 ), lawyer (2007 - ... Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts)
  • Adrian Pasdar (born 1965 ), actor
  • Heidi Voelker (* 1969), alpine skier ( Olympic athlete in 1988, 1992 and 1994)
  • Elizabeth Banks ( born 1974 as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell), actress
  • Christopher Mazdzer (* 1988), luger

In Pittsfield persons acting

  • George N. Briggs (1796-1861), 1844-1851 Governor of Massachusetts, moved in 1843 to Pittsfield, where he also died in 1861.
  • Herman Melville (1819-1891), lived from 1850 to 1863 on the farm Arrowhead, where he wrote, among other things, Moby Dick.
  • Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864-1953), called 1919, the Berkshire Music Festival in life.
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