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Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place".
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.
Massachusetts is the second wealthiest state in the United States of America, with a median household income of $89,026 (as of 2021), [ 1] and a per capita income of $48,617 (as of 2021). [ 2] Many of the state's wealthiest towns are located in the Boston suburbs. This area includes a high concentration of wealthy cities and towns just to the ...
Administrative divisions of Massachusetts. Massachusetts shares with the five other New England states a governmental structure known as the New England town. Only the southeastern third of the state has functioning county governments; in western, central, and northeastern Massachusetts, traditional county-level government was eliminated in the ...
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th. 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. It is the most populous county on the East ...
The Berkshire Hills, part of the Appalachian Mountains, in winter. Berkshire County (pronounced / ˈbɜːrkʃər /) is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 129,026. [ 2] Its largest city and traditional county seat is Pittsfield. [ 3]
Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [ note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island. Massachusetts was a site of early English colonization.
Plymouth County is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, south of Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 530,819. [ 1] Its county seats [ 2] are Plymouth and Brockton. [ 3] In 1685, the county was created by the Plymouth General Court, the legislature of Plymouth Colony, predating its annexation by the Massachusetts Bay Colony .