Massachusetts , US

Massachusetts, state of the United States of America

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Massachusetts has a total area of 10,554.49 square miles (27336 km²).

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Massachusetts Quick Facts

Population :	6,892,503
Country :	United States of America
Head of government :	Governor of Massachusetts
Twitter username :	massgov
Area :	27336 km²
Water as percent of area :	26.1%
Land as percent of area :	73.9%
Continent :	North America
Legislative body :	Massachusetts General Court
Named for :	Great Blue Hill
Official language :	English
Altitude :	492 feet / 150 meters
Capital :	Boston
Establishment :	February 02, 1788 (233 years ago)
Time Zone :	America/New_York
Local time :	07:11:21 (18th April 2021)
Weather :	58℉ Partly Sunny 7-days weather

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Massachusetts has 5 neighbors .

Connecticut state in the northeastern United States
New Hampshire state of the United States of America
New York state of the United States of America
Rhode Island state on east coast of United States of America
Vermont state of the United States of America

Norfolk County
Plymouth County
Hampshire County
Barnstable County
Dukes County
Berkshire County
Worcester County
Hampden County
Nantucket County
Suffolk County
Essex County
Middlesex County
Bristol County
Franklin County

Year	Population	Method
1910	3,366,416	census
1920	3,852,356	census
1930	4,249,614	census
1940	4,316,721	census
1950	4,690,514	census
1960	5,148,578	census
1970	5,689,170	census
1980	5,737,037	census
1990	6,016,425	census
2000	6,349,097	census
2010	6,547,629	census
2011	6,613,583	estimation process
2012	6,663,005	estimation process
2013	6,713,315	estimation process
2014	6,762,596	estimation process
2015	6,794,228	estimation process
2016	6,823,608	estimation process
2017	6,859,789	estimation process
2018	6,882,635	estimation process
2019	6,892,503	estimation process

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People born in Massachusetts (200)

People born in Massachusetts, including author, columnist and reporter Robert Cormier, harpsichordist and musicologist Ralph Kirkpatrick, computer scientist; creator of Morris Worm; associate professor at MIT Robert Tappan Morris, you can see a list of people who born in Massachusetts.

Bradley C. Livezey (American ornithologist)
Ray Bolger (American actor (1904-1987))
Elliot Silverstein (Film and television director)
Abigail Williams (Accuser in the Salem Trials)
John Black (American politician from Mississippi (1800-1854))
George Phillips Bond (American astronomer)
Brooks Atkinson (American critic)
William Manchester (American author, journalist and historian)
Johnny Kelley (American distance runner)
Samuel Guthrie (American physician)
Jeff Reardon (American baseball player)
Robert Preston (American actor)
VenetianPrincess (American YouTube personality)
Jessica Bird (U.S. novelist)
Gladys Kuchta (American opera singer)
Anna Winger (American writer)
Joe Philbin (American football coach)
Cyril Ring (American film actor (1892-1967))

Largest Cities in Massachusetts (more)

Cities, Towns, Villages, Neighborhoods & Other Populated Places in Massachusetts.

City Name	Title	County	Population
Boston	City in and state capital of Massachusetts, United States	Suffolk	692,600
Worcester	County seat city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States	Worcester	185,428
Springfield	City in and county seat of Sangamon County, Illinois, United States and Illinois federated state capital city	Hampden	153,606
Cambridge	City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	Middlesex	118,927
Lowell	City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	Middlesex	110,997
City of Lowell	City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	Middlesex	109,945
Brockton	City in Massachusetts	Plymouth	95,708
New Bedford	City in Bristol County, Massachusetts	Bristol	95,363
Quincy	City in Massachusetts	Norfolk	94,470
Lynn	City in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States	Essex	94,299
Fall River	City in Massachusetts	Bristol	89,541
Newton	City in Massachusetts, United States	Middlesex	88,414
Somerville	City in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States	Middlesex	81,360
Lawrence	City in Massachusetts, United States	Essex	80,028
Framingham	Town in Massachusetts	Middlesex	74,416
Haverhill	City in Massachusetts	Essex	64,014

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Massachusetts Counties

Towns, Neighborhoods & Other Populated

County Name	Population
Middlesex County	1,611,699
Worcester County	830,622
Suffolk County	803,907
Essex County	789,034
Norfolk County	706,775
Bristol County	565,217
Plymouth County	521,202
Hampden County	466,372
Barnstable County	212,990
Hampshire County	160,830
Berkshire County	124,944
Franklin County	70,180
Dukes County	17,332
Nantucket County	11,399