Fall River (Massachusetts)
Bristol County
25-23000
Fall River is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Bristol County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. In the census in 2010 had Fall River 88 857 inhabitants, making it the tenth largest city in Massachusetts.
Geography
Fall River is located at 41 ° 42'5 " north latitude and 71 ° 9'20 " west longitude and extending over 99 km ², spread to 80.3 km ² land and 18.7 km ² water surface. The town lies at the mouth of the Taunton River in the Mount Hope Bay, the northeastern part of Narragansett Bay. The southern city limits is also the state border with Rhode Iceland.
Neighboring towns of Fall River are Swansea (8.4 miles north-west ), Somerset (11,6 km to the north ), Freetown (19,8 km northeast), North Westport (9,1 km southwest) and Tiverton in the neighboring state of Rhode Iceland (10, 5 km south-west ).
The nearest large towns are New Bedford ( 22.8 km east-southeast ), Rhode Island's capital city Providence (28,3 km northwest ) and Massachusetts ' capital city Boston ( 87.1 km to the north).
Traffic
Fall River is the most important transport hub in the Mount Hope Bay. Through the city extend Interstate 195, U.S. Highway 6 and the Massachusetts Routes 24, 79 81 and 138 which are partially expanded highway-like. In the south of the city crosses the Massachusetts Route 177 a 100 m wide strip of the city area.
About the Brightman Street Bridge with U.S. Highway 6 and the Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge with Interstate 195 Fall River is connected to the opposite north-western shore of the Taunton River.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Fall River 88 857 people in 38 140 households. The population density was 1106.6 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 87.0 percent white, 3.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 2.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 38 140 households lived statistically 2.30 per person.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64, and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 34,236. The per capita income was $ 20,337. 20.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Intersection of Route 79 and Braga Bridge
Massachusetts Route 177
Fall River Government Center
Border City Mill, listed since 1983 in the NRHP
Fall River Superior Court 1905
Plymouth Avenue
Kennedy Park
Battleship Cove
Personalities
- Greg Abate ( born 1947 ), jazz musician ( saxophone, flute), composer and arranger