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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 (Population 2000)
Abington (14,605) Accord Acton
Acushnet Adams (5,784) Agawam (28,144)
Allston Amesbury (12,327) Amherst
Andover (7,900) Arlington Heights Arlington (42,389)
Ashburnham Ashby Ashfield
Ashland Ashley Falls Assonet
Athol (8,370) Attleboro Falls Attleboro (42,068)
Auburndale Auburn Avon
Ayer (2,960) Babson Park Baldwinville (1,852)
Barnstable Barre (1,150) Becket
Bedford Belchertown (2,626) Bellingham (4,497)
Belmont (24,194) Berkley Berkshire
Berlin Bernardston Beverly (39,862)
Billerica Blackstone Blandford
Bolton Bondsville (1,876) Boston (589,141)
Boxborough Boxford (2,340) Boylston
Braintree (33,698) Brant Rock Brewster (2,212)
Bridgewater (6,664) Brighton Brimfield
Brockton (94,304) Brookfield Brookline Village
Brookline (57,107) Bryantville Buckland
Burlington (22,876) Buzzards Bay (3,549) Byfield
Cambridge (101,355) Canton Carlisle
Carver Cataumet Centerville
Charlemont Charlestown Charlton City
Charlton Depot Charlton Chartley
Chatham (1,667) Chelmsford Chelsea (35,080)
Cherry Valley Cheshire Chesterfield
Chester Chestnut Hill Chicopee (54,653)
Chilmark Clinton (7,884) Cohasset
Colrain Concord Conway
Cotuit Cummaquid Cummington
Cuttyhunk Dalton Danvers (25,212)
Dartmouth Dedham (23,464) Deerfield
Dennis Port (3,612) Dennis (2,798) Devens
Dighton Douglas Dover (2,216)
Dracut Drury Dudley
Dunstable Duxbury (1,426) East Boston
East Bridgewater East Brookfield (1,410) East Dennis (3,299)
East Falmouth (6,615) East Freetown East Longmeadow
East Mansfield East Orleans East Otis
East Princeton East Sandwich (3,720) East Taunton
East Templeton East Walpole East Wareham
East Weymouth Eastham Easthampton (15,994)
Easton Edgartown Elmwood
Erving Essex (1,426) Everett (38,037)
Fairhaven Fall River (91,938) Falmouth (4,115)
Fayville Feeding Hills Fiskdale (2,156)
Fitchburg (39,102) Florence Forestdale (3,992)
Foxboro Framingham (66,910) Franklin (29,560)
Gardner (20,770) Georgetown Gilbertville
Gill Glendale Gloucester (30,273)
Goshen Grafton Granby (1,344)
Granville Great Barrington (2,459) Green Harbor
Greenbush Greenfield (13,716) Groton (1,113)
Groveland Hadley Halifax
Hamilton Hampden Hanover
Hanscom Afb Hanson (2,044) Hardwick
Harvard Harwich Port (1,809) Harwich
Hatfield (1,298) Hathorne Haverhill (58,969)
Haydenville Heath Hingham (5,352)
Hinsdale Holbrook (10,785) Holden
Holland (1,444) Holliston Holyoke (39,838)
Hopedale (4,158) Hopkinton (2,628) Housatonic (1,335)
Hubbardston Hudson (14,388) Hull (11,050)
Humarock Huntington Hyannis Port
Hyannis Hyde Park Indian Orchard
Ipswich (4,161) Jamaica Plain Jefferson
Kingston (5,380) Lake Pleasant Lakeville
Lancaster Lanesboro Lawrence (72,043)
Leeds Lee (2,021) Leicester
Lenox Dale Lenox (1,667) Leominster (41,303)
Leverett Lexington (30,355) Lincoln
Linwood Littleton Longmeadow (15,633)
Lowell (105,167) Ludlow Lunenburg (1,695)
Lynnfield (11,542) Lynn (89,050) Malden (56,340)
Manchaug Manchester Manomet
Mansfield Marblehead (20,377) Marion
Marlborough (36,255) Marshfield Hills (2,369) Marshfield (4,246)
Marstons Mills Mashpee Mattapan
Mattapoisett Maynard (10,433) Medfield (6,670)
Medford (55,765) Medway Melrose (27,134)
Mendon Menemsha Merrimac
Methuen (43,789) Middleboro Middlefield
Middleton Milford (24,230) Mill River
Millbury Millers Falls (1,072) Millis
Millville Milton Village Milton (26,062)
Minot Monponsett Monroe Bridge
Monson Montague Monterey
Monument Beach (2,438) Nahant (3,632) Nantucket (3,830)
Natick Needham Heights Needham (28,911)
New Bedford (93,768) New Braintree New Salem
New Town Newbury Newburyport (17,189)
Newton Center Newton Highlands Newton Lower Falls
Newton Upper Falls Newton (83,829) Newtonville
Nonantum Norfolk North Adams (14,681)
North Amherst (6,019) North Andover North Attleboro
North Billerica North Brookfield (2,527) North Carver
North Chatham North Chelmsford North Dartmouth
North Dighton North Eastham (1,915) North Easton
North Egremont North Falmouth (3,355) North Grafton
North Hatfield North Marshfield North Oxford
North Pembroke (2,913) North Reading North Scituate (5,065)
North Truro North Uxbridge North Waltham
North Weymouth Northampton (28,978) Northborough (6,257)
Northbridge Northfield (1,141) Norton
Norwell Norwood (28,587) Nutting Lake
Oak Bluffs Oakham Ocean Bluff
Onset (1,292) Orange (3,945) Orleans (1,716)
Osterville Otis Oxford (5,899)
Palmer (3,900) Paxton Peabody (48,129)
Pembroke Pepperell (2,517) Petersham
Pinehurst (6,941) Pittsfield (45,793) Plainfield
Plainville Plymouth (7,658) Plympton
Pocasset (2,671) Prides Crossing Princeton
Provincetown (3,192) Quincy (88,025) Randolph (30,963)
Raynham Center (3,633) Raynham Reading (23,708)
Readville Rehoboth Revere (47,283)
Richmond Rochdale Rochester
Rockland Rockport (5,606) Roslindale
Rowe Rowley (1,434) Royalston
Russell Rutland (2,205) Sagamore Beach
Sagamore (3,544) Salem (40,407) Salisbury (4,484)
Sandisfield Sandwich (3,058) Saugus (26,078)
Savoy Scituate (5,069) Seekonk
Sharon (5,941) Sheffield Shelburne Falls (1,951)
Sheldonville Sherborn Shirley (1,427)
Shrewsbury Shutesbury Siasconset
Silver Beach Somerset (18,234) Somerville (77,478)
South Barre South Carver South Chatham
South Dartmouth South Deerfield (1,868) South Dennis (3,679)
South Easton South Egremont South Grafton
South Hadley South Hamilton South Harwich
South Lancaster (1,742) South Lee South Orleans
South Walpole South Wellfleet South Weymouth
South Yarmouth (11,603) Southampton Southborough
Southbridge (12,878) Southfield Southwick
Spencer (6,032) Springfield (152,082) Sterling
Still River Stockbridge Stoneham (22,219)
Stoughton Stow Sturbridge (2,047)
Sudbury Sunderland Sutton
Swampscott (14,412) Swansea Taunton (55,976)
Templeton Tewksbury Thorndike
Three Rivers (2,939) Topsfield (2,826) Townsend (1,043)
Truro Turners Falls (4,441) Tyngsboro
Tyringham Upton Uxbridge
Village Of Nagog Woods Vineyard Haven (2,048) Waban
Wakefield (24,804) Wales Walpole (5,867)
Waltham (59,226) Wareham Ware (6,174)
Warren (1,452) Warwick Watertown (32,986)
Waverley Wayland Webster (11,600)
Wellesley Hills Wellesley (26,613) Wellfleet
Wendell Depot Wendell Wenham
West Barnstable West Boxford West Boylston
West Bridgewater West Brookfield (1,610) West Chatham (1,446)
West Chesterfield West Chop West Dennis (2,570)
West Falmouth (1,867) West Groton West Harwich
West Hatfield West Hyannisport West Medford
West Millbury West Newbury West Newton
West Roxbury West Springfield (27,899) West Stockbridge
West Tisbury West Townsend West Wareham (1,908)
West Warren West Yarmouth (6,460) Westborough (3,983)
Westfield (40,072) Westford Westminster
Weston Westport Point Westport
Westwood Weymouth (53,988) Whately
Wheelwright White Horse Beach Whitinsville (6,340)
Whitman Wilbraham (3,544) Williamsburg
Williamstown (4,754) Wilmington (21,363) Winchendon Springs
Winchendon (4,246) Winchester (20,810) Windsor
Winthrop (18,303) Woburn (37,258) Woods Hole (925)
Woodville Worcester (172,648) Woronoco
Worthington Wrentham Yarmouth Port (5,395)