------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fall River, MA-RI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950-1959: Fall River, MA-RI SMA 1959-1981: Fall River, MA-RI SMSA 1981-1983: Fall River, MA-RI SMSA in Providence-Fall River, RI-MA SCSA 1983-1992: Fall River, MA-RI PMSA in Providence-Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA CMSA 1992-2006: Not defined Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dighton town, MA 2,950 3,769 4,667 5,352* 5,631 6,175 6,665 Fall River city, MA 111,963* 99,942* 96,898* 92,574* 92,703* 91,938 91,802 Somerset town, MA 8,566* 12,196* 18,088* 18,813* 17,655* 18,234 18,570 Swansea town, MA 6,121* 9,916* 12,640* 15,461* 15,411* 15,901 16,250 Westport town, MA 4,989* 6,641* 9,791* 13,763* 13,852* 14,183 15,071 Little Compton town, RI 1,556 1,702 2,385 3,085* 3,339* 3,593 3,587 Portsmouth town, RI 6,578 8,251 12,521 14,257* 16,857 17,149 17,129 Tiverton town, RI 5,659* 9,461* 12,559* 13,526* 14,312* 15,260 15,336 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 137,298 138,156 149,976 176,831 157,272 - - Percent Change - 0.6% 8.6% 17.9% -11.1% -100.0% - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Component | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dighton town, MA ********** ''''''''''' Fall River city, MA ******************************************''''''''''' Somerset town, MA ******************************************''''''''''' Swansea town, MA ******************************************''''''''''' Westport town, MA ******************************************''''''''''' Little Compton town, RI *******************''''''''''' Portsmouth town, RI ********** Tiverton town, RI ******************************************''''''''''' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Population History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fall River, MA 111,963* 99,942* 96,898* 92,574* 92,703* 0 0 Total 111,963 99,942 96,898 92,574 92,703 0 0 Metro 137,298 138,156 149,976 176,831 157,272 0 0 Percent 81.5% 72.3% 64.6% 52.4% 58.9% Principal/Central City Change Timeline ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 City | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fall River, MA ****************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component Change History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr 1950 New SMA: Fall River, MA-RI SMA Fall River city (in Bristol County, MA) included as original SMA component Somerset town (in Bristol County, MA) included as original SMA component Swansea town (in Bristol County, MA) included as original SMA component Westport town (in Bristol County, MA) included as original SMA component Tiverton town (in Newport County, RI) included as original SMA component Fall River, MA designated as original central city of new SMA Apr 1973 Dighton town (in Bristol County, MA) added Little Compton town (in Newport County, RI) added Portsmouth town (in Newport County, RI) added Jun 1981 Fall River, MA-RI SMSA included in Providence-Fall River, RI-MA SCSA Jun 1983 Fall River, MA-RI SMSA in Providence-Fall River, RI-MA SCSA became Fall River, MA-RI PMSA in Providence-Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA CMSA Dighton town (in Bristol County, MA) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status Portsmouth town (in Newport County, RI) deleted, reverted to nonmetro status Dec 1992 Fall River, MA-RI PMSA in Providence-Pawtucket-Fall River, RI-MA CMSA abolished Dighton town (in Bristol County, MA) added to Boston, MA-NH PMSA in Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH CMSA Fall River city (in Bristol County, MA) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Somerset town (in Bristol County, MA) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Swansea town (in Bristol County, MA) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Westport town (in Bristol County, MA) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Little Compton town (in Newport County, RI) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Tiverton town (in Newport County, RI) transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA Fall River, MA transferred to Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA MSA, designated as central city of MSA Jun 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------