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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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).
The United States federal government defines and delineates the nation's metropolitan areas for statistical purposes, using a set of standard statistical area definitions. As of 2023, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defined and delineated 393 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and 542 micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) in the United States and Puerto Rico. [1]
4.1 Location map templates. 4.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/United States Boston Metro. 2 languages.
Other Massachusetts metropolitan areas are the Worcester MSA (with 12% of the state's population), the Springfield MSA (11%), the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford MSA (9%), the Barnstable (Cape Cod) MSA (4%), and the Pittsfield MSA (2%). Massachusetts Population Density Map. In each of these metropolitan areas, population is concentrated in a ...