Bristol County, Massachusetts

2024 results by precinct

185 precincts · 278,002 votes cast

Harris · D+1

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+1.3%	137,813	134,201	278,002
2020	D	+11.9%	153,377	119,872	281,364
2016	D	+9.4%	129,540	105,443	256,686
2012	D	+20.5%	143,433	93,898	241,509
2008	D	+23.2%	146,861	90,531	243,120
2004	D	+28.1%	147,854	82,524	232,878
2000	D	+34.8%	136,325	62,848	211,337
1996	D	+40.6%	127,725	47,164	198,213
1992	D	+23.6%	102,406	52,370	211,754
1988	D	+12.4%	107,854	83,797	193,530
1984	D	+0.4%	94,010	93,232	188,039
1980	D	+3.1%	83,460	77,545	188,605
1976	D	+24.2%	116,318	69,957	191,771
1972	D	+9.9%	103,163	84,390	188,768
1968	D	+34.2%	119,439	56,672	183,569
1964	D	+57.7%	146,885	39,230	186,636
1960	D	+33.8%	130,049	64,290	194,722
1956	R	−15.9%	79,357	109,542	189,365
1952	R	−2.4%	93,444	98,105	192,011
1948	D	+25.2%	106,741	63,216	172,551
1944	D	+19.5%	90,529	60,880	151,692
1940	D	+23.6%	97,571	60,143	158,391
1936	D	+22.0%	80,805	49,754	141,145
1932	D	+10.0%	62,474	50,846	116,675
1928	D	+3.5%	59,257	55,205	115,755
1924	R	−44.0%	19,802	58,929	88,980
1920	R	−50.6%	17,719	56,734	77,032
1916	R	−10.7%	18,065	22,578	42,050
1912	R	−2.3%	12,420	13,279	37,963
1908	R	−29.2%	10,719	20,683	34,144
1904	R	−24.5%	11,103	18,742	31,235
1900	R	−33.5%	9,355	19,396	29,947
1896	R	−54.9%	6,022	21,629	28,435
1892	R	−18.0%	10,825	15,732	27,256
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

English

0.5%

African American

3.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

2.2%

75–84

3.0%

4.9%

65–74

5.6%

6.9%

55–64

7.2%

6.4%

45–54

6.6%

6.4%

35–44

6.6%

6.4%

25–34

6.5%

4.4%

18–24

4.2%

7.9%

5–17

7.6%

2.6%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$85,625

Bristol County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Bristol County$85,625

Massachusetts$103,960

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

33.2%

Other Christian

4.4%

Non-Christian

1.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.8%

Methodist

0.5%

Baptist

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bristol County, anchored by cities like New Bedford and Fall River, swung significantly rightward over the past decade — its 2024 presidential margin of D+1.3 made it among the most competitive counties in an otherwise heavily Democratic state.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-eight points in 1964; the Republican margin reached fifty-five points in 1896. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Bristol County's demographics — a population of 582,270, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $85,625 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marlboro County and Hampton County.

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Bristol County delivered a near-tie in 2024.