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In 2013, the population of the MAPC district was 3.2 million, which was 48% of the total population of Massachusetts, [18] in an area of 1,422 square miles (3,680 km 2), [17] of which 39% is forested and an additional 11% is water, wetland, or other open space.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA , comprising the area around Massachusetts' capital and largest city of Boston .
The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set ...
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
Boston is the state capital in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 692,600, [393] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,873,019, is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the nation. [394] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, Quincy, New Bedford, and Lynn.
South Boston has a population of about 33,311. [12] The median age is about 32. [13] The most recent census estimates South Boston's total population at 33,688. The Caucasian population is about 26,700 (79.2%). A total amount of 2,789 (8.3%) Hispanic people is counted. African American population is about 1,926 (5.7%).
Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, [1] making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States.
Boston is: a city. the county seat of Suffolk County; the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; primate city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Population of Boston: 673,184 (2016) Area of Boston: 89.63 sq mi (232.14 km 2) Atlas of Boston