Pittsfield, Massachusetts
| Pittsfield | |
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| Nickname : Shire City | |
 Pittsfield City Hall |
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| Location in Massachusetts | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1752 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Massachusetts |
| County : | Berkshire County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 27 ′ N , 73 ° 15 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
42,846 (as of 2016) 126,903 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 406.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 109.6 km 2 (approx. 42 mi 2 ) of which 105.5 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 317 m |
| Postal code : | 01201 |
| Area code : | +1 413 |
| FIPS : | 25-53960 |
| GNIS ID : | 0607643 |
| Website : | www.pittsfield-ma.org |
| Mayor : | James M. Ruberto |
Pittsfield is the largest city in Berkshire County , Massachusetts , United States . At the 2010 census , the population was 44,737. It is the county seat of Berkshire County and one of the larger cities in western Massachusetts. This is where the Berkshire Museum is located.
Demographics
Pittsfield is the most populous city in Berkshire County. The 45,793 inhabitants determined in the 2000 census lived in 19,704 households; including 11,822 families. The population density was 434 per km². 21,366 residential units were recorded in the village. Among the population, 92.58% were White, 3.66% African American, 0.14% American Indian, 1.16% Asian, and 0.81% from other races; 1.64% said they belonged to several ethnic groups.
Of the 19,704 households, 27.3% had children under the age of 18; 34.0% were single households. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89.
The population was distributed among 23.2% under 18 years of age, 6.9% from 18 to 24 years of age, 28.3% from 25 to 44 years of age, 23.0% from 45 to 64 years of age and 18.6% from 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years.
The median household income was $ 35,655 and the median family income was $ 46,228. The per capita income in Pittsfield was $ 20,549. 11.4% of the population lived below the poverty line.
economy
There are production sites of Neenah, Paper and General Dynamics in the village .
Town twinning
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Ballina, County Mayo , Ireland (since 1998)
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Cava de 'Tirreni , Italy (since 1986)
Personalities
People born in Pittsfield
- Henry H. Childs (1783–1868), politician
- Timothy Childs (1785-1847), politician
- John C. Clark (1793-1852), lawyer and politician
- Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (1797-1870), politician
- Thomas Allen (1813–1882), politician
- Thomas J. Burrill (1839-1916), botanist and phytopathologist
- Francis W. Rockwell (1844–1929), politician
- Douglas Volk (1856–1935), painter
- Edgar Zell Steever (1915–2006), sculptor and medalist
- Silvio O. Conte (1921–1991), politician
- Charles McCarry (1930-2019), author
- Larry Bossidy (* 1935), manager and author
- Mary Ann Glendon (born 1938), lawyer (2008–2009 United States Ambassador to the Holy See)
- Frank W. Warner (* 1938), mathematician
- Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter and filmmaker
- William H. Dobelle (1941-2004), medical doctor
- Brian Piccolo (1943-1970) American football player
- Elaine Giftos (* 1945), actress and dancer
- Philip Marchand (* 1946), journalist and writer
- Webster Tarpley (born 1946), journalist and author
- Robin Thomas (born 1949), actor
- Steven Zaloga (* 1952), military historian
- Martha Coakley (* 1953), lawyer (2007-2015 Attorney General of the state of Massachusetts)
- David Gordon White (* 1953), religious scholar, university professor and author
- Adrian Pasdar (born 1965), actor
- Heidi Voelker (* 1969), ski racer (Olympic participant 1988, 1992 and 1994)
- Emily Robison (* 1972), musician
- Elizabeth Banks (* 1974 as Elizabeth Maresal Mitchell ), actress
- Christopher Mazdzer (* 1988), luge rider
- Caitrin Rogers (* 20th century), film producer and film editor
People working in Pittsfield
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- George N. Briggs (1796–1861), governor of the state of Massachusetts from 1844 to 1851, moved to Pittsfield in 1843, where he died in 1861.
- Herman Melville (1819-1891), lived from 1850 to 1863 on the Arrowhead farm , where he wrote Moby Dick , among other things .
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864–1953), founded the Berkshire Music Festival in 1919 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pittsfield City, Massachusetts , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
- ↑ Herman Melville and Arrowhead ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Berkshire Historical Society )
