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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. [19] The cities and towns included in this definition are: [20]
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).
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.
Norton is approximately 27 miles south-southwest of Boston, and 15 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island. Norton is served by Interstate 495 and Massachusetts Routes 123 and 140, which meet at the center of town. There is an exit off I-495 for Route 123 in the eastern part of town, and 140's exit to the interstate lies just north of the ...
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.
The Boston metro area contained a Jewish population of approximately 248,000 as of 2015. [185] More than half the Jewish households in the Greater Boston area reside in the city itself, Brookline, Newton, Cambridge, Somerville, or adjacent towns. [185]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 847 square miles (2,190 km 2), of which 818 square miles (2,120 km 2) is land and 29 square miles (75 km 2) (3.5%) is water. [32] It is the third-largest county in Massachusetts by land area.
William J. Devine Memorial Golf Course, colloquially referred to as and contained within Franklin Park, is a municipal golf course in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, bordered by the neighborhoods of Dorchester and Roxbury. Established on October 26, 1896, it is the second oldest public golf course in the United States. [2]