Races in Amherst, Massachusetts (MA) Detailed Stats
Ancestries, Foreign-born residents, place of birth
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Latest news about races in Amherst, MA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
13.2% of Amherst, MA residents are foreign-born (7.7% born in Asia, 2.2% born in Europe, 2.1% born in Latin America), which is 36.3% less than the foreign-born rate of 18.0% across the entire state of Massachusetts.
Race distribution in Amherst
- 26,74076.7%White alone
- 3,1389.0%Asian alone
- 2,1596.2%Hispanic
- 1,6484.7%Black alone
- 9412.7%Two or more races
- 1570.5%Other race alone
- 590.2%American Indian alone
- 320.09%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
2000
2022
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- 5,198,35981.9%White alone
- 428,7296.8%Hispanic
- 318,3295.0%Black alone
- 236,7863.7%Asian alone
- 110,3381.7%Two or more races
- 43,5860.7%Other race alone
- 11,2640.2%American Indian alone
- 1,7060.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
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- 4,676,62767.0%White alone
- 911,03813.0%Hispanic
- 501,4637.2%Asian alone
- 459,7406.6%Black alone
- 341,8894.9%Two or more races
- 84,4031.2%Other race alone
- 5,8380.08%American Indian alone
- 9760.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Income and house value in Amherst
- Median household income in 2022
- $80,655White non-Hispanic householders
- $73,912Black householders
- $63,358Asian householders
- $60,885Some other race householders
- $45,872Two or more races householders
- $57,224Hispanic or Latino race householders
- Median 2022 house value
- $472,995White Non-Hispanic householders
- $380,475Black or African American householders
- $397,628Asian householders
- $292,373Some other race householders
- $358,385Two or more races householders
- $316,803Hispanic or Latino householders
Household income for White non-Hispanic householders
Household income for Black householders
Household income for Asian householders
Household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders
Household income for Two or more races householders
Household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders
Foreign-born residents in Amherst
4,605 residents are foreign born (7.7% Asia, 2.2% Europe, 2.1% Latin America).
| This city: | 13.2% |
| Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
Ancestries in Amherst
- 10,48324.7%Other
- 6,83416.1%Irish
- 4,32510.2%English
- 3,5228.3%German
- 3,3948.0%Italian
- 2,3045.4%Polish
- 1,8234.3%French
- 1,4043.3%French Canadian
- 1,3683.2%Russian
- 1,0762.5%Scottish
- 8912.1%Swedish
- 6821.6%Scotch-Irish
- 5781.4%United States
- 4911.2%Portuguese
- 4691.1%Subsaharan African
- 4091.0%Dutch
- 3760.9%Lithuanian
- 2700.6%Norwegian
- 2660.6%Welsh
- 2650.6%Hungarian
- 2590.6%Arab
- 2300.5%West Indian
- 1720.4%Greek
- 1350.3%Czech
- 1230.3%Ukrainian
- 1110.3%Danish
- 780.2%Swiss
- 720.2%Slovak
Zip codes: 01002.