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Welcome to Massachusetts
 Introduction
Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States known as the “Bay State.” Massachusetts is bordered by New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and the Atlantic Ocean. The per capita personal income in 2004 was $42,102, making it the 2nd highest in the country behind Connecticut. Its agricultural outputs are seafood, nursery stock, dairy products, cranberries, tobacco and vegetables. Its industrial outputs are machinery, electrical and electronic equipment, scientific instruments, printing, and publishing.
 People
Total population (2007) 6,449,755
Total Births (2006) 77,938
Total Deaths (2006) 55,435
Total natural population increases (2006) 22,503
Total international migration (2006) 30,285
Total internal migration (2006) -49,528
Net migration (2006) -19,243
Total male population (2000) 3,058,816
Total female population (2000) 3,290,281
Total white population (2000) 5,367,286
Total black population (2000) 343,454
Total asian population (2000) 238,124
American Indian & Alaska Native population (2000) 15,015
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander popualtion (2000) 2,489
Hispanic population (2000) 428,729
Total population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,849,033
White population over 18 yrs (2000) 4,180,644
Black population over 18 yrs (2000) 236,027
American Indian & Alaska Native population over 18 yrs (2000) 10,415
Asian population over 18 yrs (2000) 178,698
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population over 18 yrs (2000) 1,799
Female median age (2000) 38
Male median age (2000) 35
Total number households (2000) 2,443,580
Average household size (2000) 2.51




 Geography
Capital Boston
Largest City Boston
State's Total Area Ranking 44
Total Area 10 sq mi
Width 183 miles
Length 113 miles
Percent Water 0.13%
Latitude 41°10'N to 42°53'N
Longitude 68°57'W to 73°30'W
Highest Elevation Mount Greylock 3,491 ft (1,064 m)
Mean Elevation 500 ft
Lowest Elevation Atlantic Ocean 0 ft (0 m)
 Economics
GDP (2005) $325,917,000,000
GDP average annual growth rate percent 1997 to 2004 3.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting contribution to GDP (2005) $906,000,000
Mining contribution to GDP (2005) $193,000,000
Utilities contribution to GDP (2005) $4,070,000,000
Construction contribution to GDP (2005) $14,102,000,000
Durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $23,321,000,000
Non-durable goods manufacturing contribution to GDP (2005) $9,503,000,000
Wholesale trade contribution to GDP (2005) $18,325,000,000
Retail trade contribution to GDP (2005) $17,906,000,000
Transportation and warehousing contribution to GDP (2005) $5,420,000,000
Information contribution to GDP (2005) $15,341,000,000
Finance and insurance contribution to GDP (2005) $34,870,000,000
Real estate, rental, and leasing contribution to GDP (2005) $47,576,000,000
Professional and technical services contribution to GDP (2005) $35,202,000,000
Management of companies contribution to GDP (2005) $6,727,000,000
Administrative and waste services contribution to GDP (2005) $9,195,000,000
Educational services contribution to GDP (2005) $7,864,000,000
Health care and social assistance contribution to GDP (2005) $28,502,000,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation contribution to GDP (2005) $2,726,000,000
Accomodation and food services contribution to GDP (2005) $8,167,000,000
Other services contribution to GDP (2005) $6,994,000,000
Government contribution to GDP (2005) $29,007,000,000
Total state tax (2005) $18,014,681
Total state tax per capita (2005) $2,815
Total employees state & local government (2005) 322,262
Firefighters (2005) 12,320
Government hospital employees (2005) 6,916
Government transit employees (2005) 5,805
Population with health insurance (2000) 5,701,036
Population without health insurance (2000) 591,598
 Other
State Flower Mayflower
State Bird Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla)
Violent crime (2005) 29,237
Violent crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 456.9
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter (2005) 175
Murder & nonnegligent manslaughter rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2.7
Forcible rape (2005) 1,732
Forcible rape rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 27.1
Robbery (2005) 7,615
Robbery rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 119.0
Aggravated assault (2005) 19,715
Aggravated assault rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 308.1
Property crime (2005) 151,241
Property crime rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 2363.6
Burglary (2005) 34,624
Burglary rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 541.1
Larceny-theft (2005) 97,737
Larceny-theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 1527.4
Motor vehicle theft (2005) 18,880
Motor vehicle theft rate per 100,000 Inhabitants (2005) 295.1
 City List
Abington Acton Acushnet Adams
Agawam Alford Allston Amesbury
Amherst Andover Aquinnah Arlington
Ashburnham Ashby Ashfield Ashland
Ashley Falls Assonet Athol Attleboro Falls
Attleboro Auburn Auburndale Avon
Ayer Baldwinville Barnstable Barre
Bass River Bay State Village Becket Bedford
Belchertown Bellingham Belmont Berkley
Berkshire Berlin Bernardston Beverly
Billerica Blackstone Blandford Bolton
Boston College Boston Bourne Boxboro
Boxborough Boxford Boylston Bradford
Braintree Brewster Bridgewater Brighton
Brimfield Brockton Brookfield Brookline
Buckland Burlington Buzzards Bay Byfield
Cambridge Canton Carlisle Carver
Centerville Charlemont Charlestown Charlton
Chatham Chelmsford Chelsea Cherry Valley
Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chestnut Hill
Chicopee Chilmark Clarksburg Clinton
Cohasset Colrain Concord Conway
Cotuit Cummington Cushman Dalton
Danvers Dartmouth Dedham Deerfield
Dennis Port Dennis Dennisport Devens
Dighton Dorchester Dorchester Center Douglas
Dover Dracut Drury Dudley Hill
Dudley Dunstable Duxbury E Bridgewater
East Bridgewater East Brookfield East Cambridge E Falmouth
E Harwich East Longmeadow E Sandwich E Wareham
East Watertown East Boston East Douglas East Falmouth
East Freetown East Harwich East Lynn East Sandwich
East Taunton East Walpole East Wareham East Weymouth
Eastham Easthampton Edgartown Egremont
Erving Essex Everett Fairhaven
Fall River Falmouth Fayville Feeding Hills
Fiskdale Fitchburg Florence Florida
Forestdale Foxboro Framingham Franklin
Gardner Gay Head Georgetown Gilbertville
Gill Gloucester Goshen Grafton
Granby Granville Greenfield Groton
Grove Hall Groveland Great Barrington Hadley
Halifax Hampden Hancock Hanover
Hanscom Afb Hanson Harvard Harwich Port
Harwich Hatchville Hatfield Haverhill
Hawley Haydenville Heath Hingham
Hinsdale Holbrook Holden Holland
Holliston Holyoke Hopedale Hopkinton
Housatonic Hubbardston Hudson Hull
Huntington Hyannis Hyde Park Indian Orchard
Ipswich Jamaica Plain Jefferson Kates Corner
Kingston Lakeville Lancaster Lanesboro
Lawrence Lee Leeds Leicester
Lenox Leominster Leverett Lexington
Leyden Lincoln Littleton Longmeadow
Lowell Ludlow Lunenburg Lynn
Lynnfield Malden Manchester By The Sea Mansfield
Marblehead Marion Marlborough Marshfield
Marstons Mills Mashpee Mattapan Mattapoisett
Maynard Medfield Medford Medway
Melrose Mendon Merrimac Methuen
Middleboro Middleton Milford Millbury
Millers Falls Millis Millville Milton Vlg
Mission Hill Monson Montague Monterey
Montgomery Mount Tom Mt Hermon North Attleboro
North Billerica North Brookfield North Cambridge North Chelmsford
North Dartmouth N Dighton North Falmouth North Weymouth
Nahant Nantucket Natick Needham Heights
Needham New Ashford New Bedford New Braintree
New Marlborough New Salem Newbury Newburyport
Newton Center Newton Centre Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls
Newton Upper Falls Newton Newtonville Nonquitt
Norfolk North Adams North Andover North Chatham
North Dighton North Easton North Grafton North Oxford
North Quincy North Reading North Waltham Northampton
Northborough Northbridge Northfield Norton
Norwell Norwood Oakham Orange
Orleans Osterville Otis Oxford
Palmer Paxton Peabody Pelham
Pembroke Pepperell Peru Petersham
Phillipston Pittsfield Plainfield Plainville
Plymouth Plympton Pocasset Princeton
Provincetown Quincy Randolph Raynham
Reading Readville Rehoboth Revere
Richmond Rochdale Rochester Rockland
Rockport Roslindale Rowe Rowley
Roxbury Crossing Roxbury Royalston Russell
Rutland South Attleboro