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Two definitions are used by the United States Census to define the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metro Area or Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan NECTA, which is defined as a New England City and Town Area. [21] [22] The metro area definition is based on counties, while the NECTA definition is based on city and town ...
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 MSA population as of July 1, 2023, as estimated by the United States Census Bureau [15] The MSA population as of April 1, 2020, as enumerated by the 2020 United States census [15] [a] The percent MSA population change from April 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023 [15] The combined statistical area (CSA) [17] if it is designated and the MSA is a ...
Dallas-Fort Worth leads all U.S. metro areas in absolute population growth in 2023: Houston United States: 7,370,464 2022 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area [2] Toronto Canada: 6,583,259 2022 Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Ontario [3] Washington, D.C. United States: 6,265,891 2022 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro ...
The total population is 6,981,974, making it the 16th most populous state as of 2023 estimates. [5] Massachusetts has a density of 895 people per square mile, [6] making it the third most dense of the fifty states (fifth including District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).
A micropolitan NECTA has an urban core with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000, whereas a metropolitan NECTA has an urban core with a population of at least 50,000. Tabulations of census information by NECTA was discontinued effective July 2023.
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.
The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has defined 925 core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) for the United States and 10 for Puerto Rico. [1] The OMB defines a core-based statistical area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and ...