Greater Boston

Metropolitan Statistical Area in the US

Metropolitan statistical area in the United States

Greater Boston

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Metropolitan Statistical Area

Metropolitan statistical area

Boston in July 2015

Interactive Map of Boston–Worcester–Providence, MA–RI–NH CSA

City of Boston

Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH MSA

Boston, MA Metro Division

Cambridge–Newton–Framingham, MA Metro Division

Rockingham County–Strafford County, NH Metro Division

Other Statistical Areas in Boston CSA

Providence–Warwick, RI–MA MSA

Worcester, MA MSA

Manchester–Nashua, NH MSA

Barnstable Town, MA MSA

Concord, NH µSA

Laconia, NH µSA

Country|  United States
State|  Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Principal cities|

* Boston
* Worcester
* Providence
* Cambridge
* Manchester
* Lowell
* Brockton
* Quincy
* Lynn
* New Bedford

Population

(2020)

• Total

| 8,466,186 (CSA)
4,941,632 (MSA)
• Rank|

* Ranked 7th in the US for Combined Statistical Areas
* Ranked 11th in the US for Metropolitan Statistical Areas

GDP

[1]

• Total| $610.486 billion (2023)
Time zone| UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)| 617, 781, 857, 339, 978, 508, 351, 774, 603, 401

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas, home to 4,941,632. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts, excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts, though most definitions (including the U.S. Census definition) include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire.[2]

While the city of Boston covers 48.4 square miles (125 km2) and has 675,647 residents as of the 2020 census, the urbanization has extended well into surrounding areas and the Combined Statistical Area (CSA in the rest of the document), which includes the Providence, Rhode Island, Manchester, New Hampshire, Cape Cod and Worcester areas, has a population of more than 8.4 million people, making it one of the most populous such regions in the U.S.

Some of Greater Boston's most well-known contributions involve the region's higher education and medical institutions. Greater Boston has been influential upon American history and industry. The region and the state of Massachusetts are global leaders in biotechnology, artificial intelligence,[2] engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.[3]

Greater Boston is ranked tenth in population among US metropolitan statistical areas, home to 4,941,632 people as of the 2020 United States census, and sixth among combined statistical areas, with a population of 8,466,186. The area has hosted many people and sites significant to American culture and history, particularly American literature,[4] politics, and the American Revolution.

Plymouth was the site of the first colony in New England, founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims, passengers of the Mayflower. In 1692, the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of America's most infamous cases of mass hysteria, the Salem witch trials.[5] In the late 18th century, Boston became known as the "Cradle of Liberty"[6] for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution.

The Greater Boston region has played a powerful scientific, commercial, and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, the region was a center for the abolitionist, temperance,[7] and transcendentalist[8] movements.[9] In 2004, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legally recognize same-sex marriage as a result of the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Boston.[10] Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the Boston region, including the Adams and Kennedy families.

Harvard University in Cambridge is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, founded in 1636,[11] with the largest financial endowment of any university,[12] and whose Law School has spawned a contemporaneous majority of United States Supreme Court Justices.[13] Kendall Square in Cambridge has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet", in reference to the high concentration of entrepreneurial start-ups and quality of innovation which have emerged in the vicinity of the square since 2010.[14][15] Both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, have been ranked among the most highly regarded academic institutions in the world.[16]

## Geography

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### Boundary definitions

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#### Metropolitan Area

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The most restrictive definition of the Greater Boston area is the region administered by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.[17] The MAPC is a regional planning organization created by the Massachusetts legislature to oversee transportation infrastructure and economic development concerns in the Boston area. The MAPC includes 101 cities and towns that are grouped into eight subregions. These include most of the area within the region's outer circumferential highway, I-495. 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 km2),[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]

* Acton
* Arlington
* Ashland
* Bedford
* Bellingham
* Belmont
* Beverly
* Bolton
* Boston
* Boxborough
* Braintree
* Brookline
* Burlington
* Cambridge
* Canton
* Carlisle
* Chelsea
* Cohasset
* Concord
* Danvers
* Dedham
* Dover
* Duxbury
* Essex
* Everett
* Foxborough
* Framingham
* Franklin
* Gloucester
* Hamilton
* Hanover
* Hingham
* Holbrook
* Holliston
* Hopkinton
* Hudson
* Hull
* Ipswich
* Lexington
* Lincoln
* Littleton
* Lynn
* Lynnfield
* Malden
* Manchester-by-the-Sea
* Marblehead
* Marlborough
* Marshfield
* Maynard
* Medfield
* Medford
* Medway
* Melrose
* Middleton
* Milford
* Millis
* Milton
* Nahant
* Natick
* Needham
* Newton
* Norfolk
* North Reading
* Norwell
* Norwood
* Peabody
* Pembroke
* Quincy
* Randolph
* Reading
* Revere
* Rockland
* Rockport
* Salem
* Saugus
* Scituate
* Sharon
* Sherborn
* Somerville
* Southborough
* Stoneham
* Stoughton
* Stow
* Sudbury
* Swampscott
* Topsfield
* Wakefield
* Walpole
* Waltham
* Watertown
* Wayland
* Wellesley
* Wenham
* Weston
* Westwood
* Weymouth
* Wilmington
* Winchester
* Winthrop
* Woburn
* Wrentham

#### New England City and Town Area

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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 boundaries. Counties included in the county-based definition include:[21]

* Essex County, Massachusetts
* Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Norfolk County, Massachusetts
* Plymouth County, Massachusetts
* Suffolk County, Massachusetts
* Rockingham County, New Hampshire
* Strafford County, New Hampshire

The NECTA definition includes all of the communities from the MAPC definition, as well as the Merrimack Valley communities, parts of southern New Hampshire (northward to Milford and Hampton, and the Taunton area.

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1850| 650,357| | —
1860| 830,998| | 27.8%
1870| 978,346| | 17.7%
1880| 1,205,439| | 23.2%
1890| 1,515,684| | 25.7%
1900| 1,890,122| | 24.7%
1910| 2,260,762| | 19.6%
1920| 2,563,123| | 13.4%
1930| 2,866,567| | 11.8%
1940| 2,926,650| | 2.1%
1950| 3,186,970| | 8.9%
1960| 3,516,435| | 10.3%
1970| 3,918,092| | 11.4%
1980| 3,938,585| | 0.5%
1990| 4,133,895| | 5.0%
2000| 4,391,344| | 6.2%
2010| 4,552,402| | 3.7%
2020| 4,941,632| | 8.5%
2022 (est.)| 4,900,550| | −0.8%
US Decennial Census
Cambridge and Boston with MIT and Kendall Square in the foreground and Boston's Financial District in the background

#### Combined Statistical Area

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The widest definition of the metropolitan area based on commuting patterns, is defined by the U.S. Census as the Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area. This area consists of the following counties in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire:[23]

Downtown Providence, Rhode Island in 2008

* Massachusetts
* Barnstable County, Massachusetts
* Bristol County, Massachusetts
* Essex County, Massachusetts
* Middlesex County, Massachusetts
* Norfolk County, Massachusetts
* Plymouth County, Massachusetts
* Suffolk County, Massachusetts
* Worcester County, Massachusetts
* New Hampshire
* Belknap County, New Hampshire
* Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
* Merrimack County, New Hampshire
* Rockingham County, New Hampshire
* Strafford County, New Hampshire
* Rhode Island
* Bristol County, Rhode Island
* Kent County, Rhode Island
* Newport County, Rhode Island
* Providence County, Rhode Island
* Washington County, Rhode Island

The total population for the extended region was estimated at 8,466,186 at the 2020 census.[citation needed]

### Subregions

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* Massachusetts
* Central Massachusetts
* Montachusett-North County
* South County
* Blackstone River Valley
* North Shore
* Cape Ann
* Merrimack Valley
* MetroWest
* Southeastern Massachusetts
* Cape Cod
* South Coast
* South Shore
* New Hampshire
* Lakes Region
* Seacoast
* Rhode Island
* Blackstone Valley
* East Bay

### Climate

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The Boston area has humid continental climates (Dfa and Dfb under the Köppen climate classification system), with high humidity and precipitation year-round.

Climate data for Concord Municipal Airport, New Hampshire (1991−2020 normals,[a] extremes 1868–present)[b]

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °F (°C)  | 72
(22)  | 74
(23)  | 89
(32)  | 95
(35)  | 98
(37)  | 101
(38)  | 102
(39)  | 101
(38)  | 98
(37)  | 92
(33)  | 80
(27)  | 73
(23)  | 102
(39)
Mean maximum °F (°C)  | 52.4
(11.3)  | 54.3
(12.4)  | 65.6
(18.7)  | 81.6
(27.6)  | 89.6
(32.0)  | 92.8
(33.8)  | 93.8
(34.3)  | 92.4
(33.6)  | 89.0
(31.7)  | 79.0
(26.1)  | 68.6
(20.3)  | 56.9
(13.8)  | 96.1
(35.6)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)  | 31.6
(−0.2)  | 34.8
(1.6)  | 43.6
(6.4)  | 57.5
(14.2)  | 69.3
(20.7)  | 77.8
(25.4)  | 83.0
(28.3)  | 81.7
(27.6)  | 73.7
(23.2)  | 60.9
(16.1)  | 48.4
(9.1)  | 37.1
(2.8)  | 58.3
(14.6)
Daily mean °F (°C)  | 22.3
(−5.4)  | 24.7
(−4.1)  | 33.4
(0.8)  | 45.4
(7.4)  | 56.7
(13.7)  | 65.8
(18.8)  | 71.1
(21.7)  | 69.5
(20.8)  | 61.4
(16.3)  | 49.3
(9.6)  | 38.6
(3.7)  | 28.3
(−2.1)  | 47.2
(8.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)  | 12.9
(−10.6)  | 14.7
(−9.6)  | 23.3
(−4.8)  | 33.3
(0.7)  | 44.1
(6.7)  | 53.7
(12.1)  | 59.2
(15.1)  | 57.2
(14.0)  | 49.0
(9.4)  | 37.8
(3.2)  | 28.7
(−1.8)  | 19.5
(−6.9)  | 36.1
(2.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C)  | −9.2
(−22.9)  | −7.2
(−21.8)  | 1.6
(−16.9)  | 19.2
(−7.1)  | 29.2
(−1.6)  | 39.0
(3.9)  | 47.1
(8.4)  | 44.1
(6.7)  | 32.1
(0.1)  | 22.1
(−5.5)  | 11.8
(−11.2)  | −0.9
(−18.3)  | −12.4
(−24.7)
Record low °F (°C)  | −35
(−37)  | −37
(−38)  | −20
(−29)  | 4
(−16)  | 21
(−6)  | 26
(−3)  | 33
(1)  | 29
(−2)  | 20
(−7)  | 10
(−12)  | −17
(−27)  | −24
(−31)  | −37
(−38)
Average precipitation inches (mm)  | 2.80
(71)  | 2.75
(70)  | 3.28
(83)  | 3.43
(87)  | 3.47
(88)  | 3.77
(96)  | 3.62
(92)  | 3.63
(92)  | 3.63
(92)  | 4.43
(113)  | 3.44
(87)  | 3.70
(94)  | 41.95
(1,066)
Average snowfall inches (cm)  | 17.1
(43)  | 16.9
(43)  | 13.6
(35)  | 2.5
(6.4)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.8
(2.0)  | 2.5
(6.4)  | 14.3
(36)  | 67.7
(172)
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm)  | 11.9
(30)  | 15.3
(39)  | 13.9
(35)  | 4.0
(10)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.6
(1.5)  | 2.0
(5.1)  | 9.1
(23)  | 19.8
(50)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.2  | 10.0  | 11.5  | 11.4  | 12.4  | 12.8  | 10.9  | 9.9  | 9.3  | 10.6  | 10.8  | 12.0  | 132.8
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 8.1  | 7.6  | 5.2  | 1.3  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 1.6  | 6.3  | 30.3
Average relative humidity (%)  | 67.9  | 66.0  | 64.8  | 62.0  | 65.0  | 70.9  | 71.8  | 74.5  | 76.3  | 72.8  | 73.3  | 72.3  | 69.8
Average dew point °F (°C)  | 10.2
(−12.1)  | 12.0
(−11.1)  | 20.8
(−6.2)  | 29.8
(−1.2)  | 42.1
(5.6)  | 53.8
(12.1)  | 58.8
(14.9)  | 57.9
(14.4)  | 50.5
(10.3)  | 38.3
(3.5)  | 28.8
(−1.8)  | 16.7
(−8.5)  | 35.0
(1.7)
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 162.8  | 171.8  | 210.5  | 223.2  | 258.4  | 274.3  | 295.8  | 261.9  | 214.7  | 183.4  | 127.8  | 134.8  | 2,519.4
Percentage possible sunshine | 56  | 58  | 57  | 56  | 57  | 60  | 64  | 61  | 57  | 54  | 44  | 48  | 56
Average ultraviolet index | 1  | 2  | 4  | 5  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 5
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity , dew points and sun 1961–1990)[24][25][26]
Source 2: Weather Atlas (UV)[27]

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Climate data for Boston, Massachusetts (Logan Airport), 1991−2020 normals,[c] extremes 1872−present[d]

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °F (°C)  | 74
(23)  | 73
(23)  | 89
(32)  | 94
(34)  | 97
(36)  | 102
(39)  | 104
(40)  | 102
(39)  | 102
(39)  | 90
(32)  | 83
(28)  | 76
(24)  | 104
(40)
Mean maximum °F (°C)  | 58.3
(14.6)  | 57.9
(14.4)  | 67.0
(19.4)  | 79.9
(26.6)  | 88.1
(31.2)  | 92.2
(33.4)  | 95.0
(35.0)  | 93.7
(34.3)  | 88.9
(31.6)  | 79.6
(26.4)  | 70.2
(21.2)  | 61.2
(16.2)  | 96.4
(35.8)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)  | 36.8
(2.7)  | 39.0
(3.9)  | 45.5
(7.5)  | 56.4
(13.6)  | 66.5
(19.2)  | 76.2
(24.6)  | 82.1
(27.8)  | 80.4
(26.9)  | 73.1
(22.8)  | 62.1
(16.7)  | 51.6
(10.9)  | 42.2
(5.7)  | 59.3
(15.2)
Daily mean °F (°C)  | 29.9
(−1.2)  | 31.8
(−0.1)  | 38.3
(3.5)  | 48.6
(9.2)  | 58.4
(14.7)  | 68.0
(20.0)  | 74.1
(23.4)  | 72.7
(22.6)  | 65.6
(18.7)  | 54.8
(12.7)  | 44.7
(7.1)  | 35.7
(2.1)  | 51.9
(11.1)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)  | 23.1
(−4.9)  | 24.6
(−4.1)  | 31.1
(−0.5)  | 40.8
(4.9)  | 50.3
(10.2)  | 59.7
(15.4)  | 66.0
(18.9)  | 65.1
(18.4)  | 58.2
(14.6)  | 47.5
(8.6)  | 37.9
(3.3)  | 29.2
(−1.6)  | 44.5
(6.9)
Mean minimum °F (°C)  | 4.8
(−15.1)  | 8.3
(−13.2)  | 15.6
(−9.1)  | 31.0
(−0.6)  | 41.2
(5.1)  | 49.7
(9.8)  | 58.6
(14.8)  | 57.7
(14.3)  | 46.7
(8.2)  | 35.1
(1.7)  | 24.4
(−4.2)  | 13.1
(−10.5)  | 2.6
(−16.3)
Record low °F (°C)  | −13
(−25)  | −18
(−28)  | −8
(−22)  | 11
(−12)  | 31
(−1)  | 41
(5)  | 50
(10)  | 46
(8)  | 34
(1)  | 25
(−4)  | −2
(−19)  | −17
(−27)  | −18
(−28)
Average precipitation inches (mm)  | 3.39
(86)  | 3.21
(82)  | 4.17
(106)  | 3.63
(92)  | 3.25
(83)  | 3.89
(99)  | 3.27
(83)  | 3.23
(82)  | 3.56
(90)  | 4.03
(102)  | 3.66
(93)  | 4.30
(109)  | 43.59
(1,107)
Average snowfall inches (cm)  | 14.3
(36)  | 14.4
(37)  | 9.0
(23)  | 1.6
(4.1)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.2
(0.51)  | 0.7
(1.8)  | 9.0
(23)  | 49.2
(125)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.8  | 10.6  | 11.6  | 11.6  | 11.8  | 10.9  | 9.4  | 9.0  | 9.0  | 10.5  | 10.3  | 11.9  | 128.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 6.6  | 6.2  | 4.4  | 0.8  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 0.6  | 4.2  | 23.0
Average relative humidity (%)  | 62.3  | 62.0  | 63.1  | 63.0  | 66.7  | 68.5  | 68.4  | 70.8  | 71.8  | 68.5  | 67.5  | 65.4  | 66.5
Average dew point °F (°C)  | 16.5
(−8.6)  | 17.6
(−8.0)  | 25.2
(−3.8)  | 33.6
(0.9)  | 45.0
(7.2)  | 55.2
(12.9)  | 61.0
(16.1)  | 60.4
(15.8)  | 53.8
(12.1)  | 42.8
(6.0)  | 33.4
(0.8)  | 22.1
(−5.5)  | 38.9
(3.8)
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 163.4  | 168.4  | 213.7  | 227.2  | 267.3  | 286.5  | 300.9  | 277.3  | 237.1  | 206.3  | 143.2  | 142.3  | 2,633.6
Percentage possible sunshine | 56  | 57  | 58  | 57  | 59  | 63  | 65  | 64  | 63  | 60  | 49  | 50  | 59
Average ultraviolet index | 1  | 2  | 4  | 5  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 5
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point and sun 1961−1990)[29][30][31]
Source 2: Weather Atlas (UV)[32]

Climate data for Boston, Massachusetts

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average sea temperature °F (°C)  | 41.3
(5.2)  | 38.1
(3.4)  | 38.4
(3.5)  | 43.1
(6.2)  | 49.2
(9.5)  | 58.4
(14.7)  | 65.7
(18.7)  | 67.9
(20.0)  | 64.8
(18.2)  | 59.4
(15.3)  | 52.3
(11.3)  | 46.6
(8.2)  | 52.1
(11.2)
Source: Weather Atlas[32]

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Climate data for Providence, Rhode Island (T. F. Green Airport), 1991–2020 normals,[e] extremes 1904–present[f]

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °F (°C)  | 70
(21)  | 72
(22)  | 90
(32)  | 98
(37)  | 96
(36)  | 100
(38)  | 102
(39)  | 104
(40)  | 100
(38)  | 88
(31)  | 81
(27)  | 77
(25)  | 104
(40)
Mean maximum °F (°C)  | 58.7
(14.8)  | 57.9
(14.4)  | 67.1
(19.5)  | 79.3
(26.3)  | 87.2
(30.7)  | 91.5
(33.1)  | 94.8
(34.9)  | 92.7
(33.7)  | 87.6
(30.9)  | 78.9
(26.1)  | 70.1
(21.2)  | 61.5
(16.4)  | 96.6
(35.9)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)  | 38.3
(3.5)  | 40.5
(4.7)  | 47.7
(8.7)  | 58.9
(14.9)  | 68.9
(20.5)  | 77.7
(25.4)  | 83.6
(28.7)  | 82.2
(27.9)  | 74.8
(23.8)  | 63.8
(17.7)  | 53.2
(11.8)  | 43.4
(6.3)  | 61.1
(16.2)
Daily mean °F (°C)  | 30.2
(−1.0)  | 32.0
(0.0)  | 38.9
(3.8)  | 49.3
(9.6)  | 59.1
(15.1)  | 68.2
(20.1)  | 74.4
(23.6)  | 73.0
(22.8)  | 65.6
(18.7)  | 54.4
(12.4)  | 44.5
(6.9)  | 35.5
(1.9)  | 52.1
(11.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)  | 22.1
(−5.5)  | 23.5
(−4.7)  | 30.2
(−1.0)  | 39.6
(4.2)  | 49.2
(9.6)  | 58.8
(14.9)  | 65.2
(18.4)  | 63.9
(17.7)  | 56.5
(13.6)  | 45.1
(7.3)  | 35.8
(2.1)  | 27.6
(−2.4)  | 43.1
(6.2)
Mean minimum °F (°C)  | 4.1
(−15.5)  | 7.4
(−13.7)  | 15.1
(−9.4)  | 28.5
(−1.9)  | 38.1
(3.4)  | 47.2
(8.4)  | 56.2
(13.4)  | 54.3
(12.4)  | 43.1
(6.2)  | 31.7
(−0.2)  | 21.8
(−5.7)  | 12.3
(−10.9)  | 2.0
(−16.7)
Record low °F (°C)  | −13
(−25)  | −17
(−27)  | 1
(−17)  | 11
(−12)  | 29
(−2)  | 39
(4)  | 48
(9)  | 40
(4)  | 32
(0)  | 20
(−7)  | 6
(−14)  | −12
(−24)  | −17
(−27)
Average precipitation inches (mm)  | 3.96
(101)  | 3.44
(87)  | 4.90
(124)  | 4.29
(109)  | 3.37
(86)  | 3.81
(97)  | 2.91
(74)  | 3.59
(91)  | 4.17
(106)  | 4.18
(106)  | 4.27
(108)  | 4.65
(118)  | 47.54
(1,208)
Average snowfall inches (cm)  | 10.3
(26)  | 10.5
(27)  | 6.4
(16)  | 0.6
(1.5)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.0
(0.0)  | 0.2
(0.51)  | 1.0
(2.5)  | 7.6
(19)  | 36.6
(93)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 11.2  | 10.3  | 11.6  | 11.7  | 12.2  | 10.8  | 9.3  | 9.1  | 9.1  | 10.2  | 9.6  | 11.9  | 127.0
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 5.7  | 5.4  | 3.7  | 0.4  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.0  | 0.1  | 0.6  | 3.4  | 19.3
Average relative humidity (%)  | 63.9  | 63.0  | 62.9  | 61.4  | 66.6  | 70.1  | 71.0  | 72.5  | 73.0  | 70.2  | 68.9  | 67.0  | 67.5
Average dew point °F (°C)  | 16.3
(−8.7)  | 17.4
(−8.1)  | 25.0
(−3.9)  | 33.1
(0.6)  | 45.0
(7.2)  | 55.6
(13.1)  | 61.5
(16.4)  | 61.0
(16.1)  | 53.8
(12.1)  | 42.6
(5.9)  | 33.3
(0.7)  | 22.1
(−5.5)  | 38.9
(3.8)
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 171.7  | 172.6  | 215.6  | 225.1  | 254.9  | 274.1  | 290.6  | 262.8  | 233.0  | 208.7  | 148.0  | 148.6  | 2,605.7
Percentage possible sunshine | 58  | 58  | 58  | 56  | 57  | 60  | 63  | 61  | 62  | 61  | 50  | 52  | 58
Average ultraviolet index | 1  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 8  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 5
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point, and sun 1961–1990)[34][35][36]
Source 2: Weather Atlas [37]

Climate data for Providence

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average sea temperature °F (°C)  | 41.4
(5.2)  | 38.1
(3.4)  | 38.7
(3.8)  | 44.1
(6.7)  | 50.9
(10.5)  | 59.6
(15.3)  | 67.0
(19.4)  | 69.3
(20.7)  | 66.7
(19.3)  | 61.6
(16.4)  | 54.2
(12.3)  | 47.7
(8.8)  | 53.3
(11.8)
Source: Weather Atlas [37]

## Demographics

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St. Patrick's Day Parade in Scituate, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, the municipality with the highest percentage identifying Irish ancestry in the United States, at 47.5% in 2010.[38] Irish Americans constitute the largest ethnicity in Greater Boston. Boston's Chinatown, with its paifang gate, is home to many Chinese and also Vietnamese restaurants. Boston gay pride march, held annually in June

Greater Boston has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people,[39][40] and 261,000[41] or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole. Contrary to national trends, the number of Jews in Greater Boston has been growing, fueled by the fact that 60% of children in Jewish mixed-faith families are raised Jewish, compared with roughly one in three nationally.[39] The 2020 PRRI Atlas found that 35% of the Boston metro area identified as Protestant while 26% identified as Catholic.[42]

The City of Boston also has one of the largest LGBT populations per capita. It ranks fifth of all major cities in the country (behind San Francisco, and slightly behind Seattle, Atlanta, and Minneapolis), with 12.3% of the city identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.[43]

County | 2021 Estimate  | 2020 Census  | Change  | Area  | Density

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts | 1,614,742  | 1,632,002  | −1.06% | 817.82 sq mi (2,118.1 km2)  | 1,974/sq mi (762/km2)
Essex County, Massachusetts | 807,074  | 809,829  | −0.34% | 492.56 sq mi (1,275.7 km2)  | 1,639/sq mi (633/km2)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts | 771,245  | 797,936  | −3.35% | 58.15 sq mi (150.6 km2)  | 13,263/sq mi (5,121/km2)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts | 724,505  | 725,981  | −0.20% | 396.11 sq mi (1,025.9 km2)  | 1,829/sq mi (706/km2)
Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 533,003  | 530,819  | +0.41% | 659.07 sq mi (1,707.0 km2)  | 809/sq mi (312/km2)
Rockingham County, New Hampshire | 316,947  | 314,176  | +0.88% | 694.72 sq mi (1,799.3 km2)  | 456/sq mi (176/km2)
Strafford County, New Hampshire | 132,416  | 130,889  | +1.17% | 368.97 sq mi (955.6 km2)  | 359/sq mi (139/km2)
Total | 4,899,932  | 4,941,642  | −0.84% | 3,487.40 sq mi (9,032.3 km2)  | 1,405/sq mi (542/km2)

The 40 most diverse Census tracts in the Boston CSA:[44]

Rank  | City or neighborhood  | Census tract  | Population  | % White  | % Black  | % Hispanic  | % Asian  | % multiracial or other

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1  | Dorchester | 916  | 3,138  | 12  | 32  | 15  | 26  | 14
2  | Pawtucket | 161  | 4,607  | 28  | 24  | 28  | 1  | 18
3  | Pawtucket  | 151  | 4,472  | 24  | 24  | 29  | 1  | 23
4  | Pawtucket  | 164  | 4,938  | 29  | 26  | 21  | 2  | 20
5  | Dorchester  | 912  | 3,234  | 30  | 24  | 22  | 6  | 18
6  | Dorchester  | 92101  | 6,451  | 30  | 22  | 11  | 31  | 6
7  | Brockton | 5115  | 4,308  | 21  | 32  | 13  | 2  | 32
8  | Brockton  | 511  | 3,040  | 28  | 33  | 15  | 1  | 24
9  | New Bedford | 6519  | 1,942  | 26  | 11  | 33  | 1  | 29
10  | Mission Hill | 80801  | 3,885  | 32  | 20  | 35  | 10  | 2
11  | Pawtucket  | 154  | 2,258  | 35  | 20  | 35  | 0  | 11
12  | Brockton  | 5114  | 3,716  | 24  | 36  | 14  | 2  | 23
13  | Brockton  | 5109  | 2,531  | 24  | 36  | 16  | 1  | 24
14  | Brockton  | 5103  | 3,798  | 23  | 38  | 15  | 2  | 24
15  | Brockton  | 5104  | 3,706  | 19  | 38  | 15  | 2  | 25
16  | Dorchester  | 90901  | 3,730  | 38  | 18  | 21  | 20  | 4
17  | Worcester | 733  | 3,762  | 38  | 10  | 37  | 12  | 4
18  | Providence | 26  | 3,098  | 23  | 22  | 39  | 10  | 6
19  | Malden | 3415  | 4,780  | 39  | 23  | 14  | 19  | 5
20  | Cambridge | 3524  | 2,126  | 27  | 39  | 16  | 12  | 5
21  | South End | 71202  | 3,131  | 39  | 19  | 24  | 15  | 3
22  | Brockton  | 511301  | 5,334  | 39  | 31  | 11  | 2  | 17
23  | Providence  | 15  | 2,994  | 28  | 13  | 41  | 14  | 4
24  | South Boston | 61  | 3,098  | 41  | 15  | 29  | 11  | 4
25  | Lynn | 2072  | 2,939  | 30  | 12  | 42  | 13  | 2
26  | Cambridge  | 3549  | 6,058  | 35  | 30  | 9  | 20  | 5
27  | South Boston  | 61101  | 2,232  | 20  | 21  | 42  | 14  | 2
28  | Brockton  | 5116  | 7,211  | 42  | 29  | 10  | 2  | 16
29  | Roxbury | 801  | 3,350  | 15  | 43  | 28  | 1  | 11
30  | Lowell | 3114  | 5,986  | 44  | 11  | 14  | 26  | 5
31  | Brockton  | 5108  | 6,339  | 18  | 44  | 12  | 2  | 22
32  | Mission Hill  | 81001  | 4,890  | 45  | 14  | 19  | 19  | 2
33  | Malden  | 3418  | 6,554  | 46  | 20  | 13  | 16  | 5
34  | South Boston  | 607  | 1,893  | 19  | 20  | 46  | 10  | 5
35  | Brockton  | 5107  | 5,656  | 46  | 31  | 8  | 4  | 11
36  | Brockton  | 5112  | 4,849  | 47  | 26  | 11  | 1  | 13
37  | Somerville | 351404  | 4,289  | 47  | 7  | 22  | 13  | 11
38  | Lynn  | 2071  | 3,513  | 18  | 11  | 48  | 19  | 3
39  | Framingham | 383101  | 4,923  | 23  | 10  | 48  | 1  | 18
40  | Mission Hill  | 811  | 4,091  | 48  | 21  | 15  | 13  | 2

The 40 census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino:[44]

Rank  | City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Hispanic or Latino

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1  | Lawrence | 2525  | 3,810  | 94
2  | Lawrence  | 2509  | 2,193  | 93
3  | Lawrence  | 2504  | 3,858  | 90
4  | Lawrence  | 2503  | 2,101  | 89
5  | Lawrence  | 2513  | 3,721  | 89
6  | Lawrence  | 2512  | 1,356  | 86
7  | Lawrence  | 2507  | 4,756  | 86
8  | Lawrence  | 251  | 1,782  | 85
9  | Chelsea | 1602  | 4,043  | 83
10  | Lawrence  | 2506  | 5,599  | 83
11  | Lawrence  | 2514  | 5,053  | 77
12  | Chelsea  | 160101  | 7,551  | 76
13  | Lawrence  | 2501  | 2,329  | 75
14  | Lawrence  | 2516  | 5,977  | 74
15  | Lawrence  | 2511  | 2,937  | 73
16  | Lawrence  | 2502  | 5,524  | 72
17  | Chelsea  | 1604  | 2,716  | 71
18  | Chelsea  | 160501  | 5,604  | 71
19  | Providence | 16  | 8,540  | 70
20  | Lawrence  | 2515  | 6,149  | 70
21  | Worcester | 732001  | 3,327  | 67
22  | East Boston | 506  | 2,063  | 67
23  | East Boston  | 502  | 5,231  | 66
24  | East Boston  | 507  | 4,504  | 65
25  | East Boston  | 50901  | 4,165  | 65
26  | Providence  | 2  | 6,452  | 64
27  | Providence  | 4  | 3,761  | 64
28  | Providence  | 14  | 6,693  | 63
29  | Providence  | 5  | 3,040  | 63
30  | Central Falls | 11  | 5,534  | 63
31  | Lawrence  | 2508  | 6,932  | 63
32  | Chelsea  | 160502  | 4,460  | 62
33  | Methuen | 2524  | 4,175  | 62
34  | Providence  | 17  | 3,744  | 62
35  | Providence  | 18  | 7,114  | 61
36  | Central Falls  | 111  | 4,176  | 61
37  | East Boston  | 50101  | 5,115  | 61
38  | Lawrence  | 2517  | 5,145  | 61
39  | Providence  | 3  | 7,714  | 60
40  | Central Falls  | 108  | 4,763  | 59

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Black American:[44]

Rank  | City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Black

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1  | Mattapan | 101101  | 3,115  | 84
2  | Mattapan  | 101102  | 4,396  | 84
3  | Mattapan  | 101001  | 5,480  | 83
4  | Mattapan  | 1003  | 3,303  | 80
5  | Mattapan  | 1002  | 2,787  | 78
6  | Mattapan  | 101002  | 4,979  | 77
7  | Dorchester | 923  | 2,893  | 77
8  | Roxbury | 82  | 2,815  | 74
9  | Roxbury  | 817  | 3,820  | 71
10  | Hyde Park | 1404  | 7,650  | 71
11  | Roxbury  | 901  | 4,571  | 71
12  | Dorchester  | 919  | 3,860  | 70
13  | Dorchester  | 1004  | 4,865  | 68
14  | Roxbury  | 819  | 3,115  | 66
15  | Roxbury  | 924  | 5,277  | 66
16  | Roxbury  | 818  | 2,898  | 65
17  | Mattapan  | 1001  | 5,510  | 64
18  | Roxbury  | 815  | 2,134  | 62
19  | Roxbury  | 821  | 5,025  | 62
20  | Roxbury  | 803  | 1,769  | 60
21  | Roxbury  | 903  | 3,179  | 58
22  | Dorchester  | 1009  | 4,072  | 58
23  | Dorchester  | 1005  | 5,909  | 55
24  | Hyde Park  | 1403  | 6,382  | 54
25  | Dorchester  | 92  | 4,945  | 54
26  | Roxbury  | 902  | 2,233  | 53
27  | Dorchester  | 918  | 3,452  | 52
28  | Roxbury  | 904  | 3,659  | 52
29  | Roxbury  | 814  | 3,003  | 50
30  | Roxbury  | 80401  | 2,710  | 50
31  | Roslindale | 140106  | 1,901  | 49
32  | Dorchester  | 917  | 3,069  | 47
33  | Dorchester  | 914  | 2,741  | 46
34  | Brockton | 5108  | 6,339  | 44
35  | Roxbury  | 805  | 3,096  | 44
36  | Roxbury  | 801  | 3,350  | 43
37  | Randolph | 420302  | 7,703  | 42
38  | Roxbury  | 813  | 4,760  | 42
39  | Dorchester  | 922  | 3,349  | 42
40  | Randolph  | 420202  | 6,303  | 40

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Asian American:[44]

Rank  | City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Asian

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1  | South End | 70402  | 1,723  | 70
2  | Chinatown | 702  | 5,218  | 58
3  | Lowell | 3112  | 3,267  | 55
4  | Lowell  | 3118  | 3,513  | 54
5  | Lowell  | 3117  | 5,098  | 47
6  | Quincy | 417502  | 4,639  | 45
7  | Quincy  | 4172  | 8,182  | 44
8  | Malden | 3413  | 5,439  | 39
9  | Lowell  | 3113  | 4,057  | 38
10  | Westborough | 742402  | 3,026  | 38
11  | Quincy  | 417501  | 5,004  | 37
12  | Cambridge | 353102  | 5,040  | 36
13  | Quincy  | 417802  | 3,150  | 35
14  | Lowell  | 3111  | 2,410  | 34
15  | Lowell  | 3115  | 2,974  | 33
16  | Dorchester | 92101  | 6,451  | 31
17  | Quincy  | 417601  | 5,196  | 30
18  | Fenway–Kenmore | 10103  | 4,569  | 29
19  | Quincy  | 4180002  | 7,020  | 28
20  | Quincy  | 417602  | 5,155  | 28
21  | Chinatown/Leather District/Downtown | 70101  | 5,902  | 27
22  | Cambridge  | 3539  | 7,090  | 27
23  | Lowell  | 3114  | 5,986  | 26
24  | Lowell  | 3116  | 5,295  | 26
25  | Lowell  | 3107  | 4,441  | 26
26  | Quincy  | 4171  | 4,264  | 26
27  | Dorchester  | 916  | 3,138  | 26
28  | Malden  | 3412  | 6,857  | 25
29  | Malden  | 341102  | 4,564  | 25
30  | Malden  | 341101  | 3,675  | 25
31  | Acton  | 363102  | 5,909  | 25
32  | Dorchester  | 911  | 4,861  | 25
33  | Allston-Brighton | 703  | 2,791  | 24
34  | Lexington | 3583  | 5,526  | 24
35  | Quincy  | 418004  | 4,280  | 23
36  | Brookline | 4009  | 3,865  | 22
37  | Cambridge  | 3532  | 4,897  | 22
38  | Cambridge  | 352101  | 1,654  | 22
39  | Shrewsbury | 7391  | 9,557  | 22
40  | Westborough  | 7612  | 5,780  | 22

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Irish American:[45]

City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Irish

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South Boston | 60101  | 3,106  | 68
Milton | 416400  | 6,069  | 63
Charlestown | 040401  | 2,439  | 63
Dorchester | 1007  | 4,322  | 63
South Boston  | 608  | 3,964  | 62
South Boston  | 604  | 4,904  | 61
Milton  | 416101  | 5,724  | 58
Marshfield | 506204  | 4,886  | 57
Weymouth | 422100  | 5,293  | 57
Quincy | 417801  | 5,443  | 55
Hull | 500101  | 3,702  | 55
Scituate | 505101  | 3,860  | 55
West Roxbury | 130402  | 4,637  | 54
Quincy  | 417400  | 2,566  | 53
South Boston  | 60301  | 3,076  | 52
Abington | 520100  | 6,458  | 52
Braintree | 419200  | 5,002  | 52
Braintree  | 419600  | 6,766  | 52
Abington  | 520201  | 3,952  | 52
Pembroke | 508200  | 6,031  | 52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Italian American:[46]

City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Italian

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Johnston | 012402  | 2,486  | 63
Cranston | 014501  | 5,179  | 58
Johnston  | 012500  | 5,490  | 57
Johnston  | 012200  | 7,187  | 57
Providence | 011902  | 4,780  | 55
Cranston  | 014800  | 5,591  | 55
Saugus | 208102  | 3,343  | 51
Cranston  | 014300  | 4,716  | 49
Cranston  | 014600  | 6,991  | 49
Cranston  | 014502  | 4,096  | 48
Johnston  | 012300  | 6,656  | 48
Johnston  | 012401  | 6,950  | 48
Stoneham | 337102  | 5,042  | 45
Stoneham  | 337202  | 4,849  | 45
Revere | 170200  | 4,564  | 45
Revere  | 170502  | 2,818  | 43
Cranston  | 013900  | 2,992  | 43
Revere  | 170300  | 9,040  | 43
North Providence | 012103  | 2,965  | 43

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Portuguese American:[47]

City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % Portuguese

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New Bedford | 652800  | 3,277  | 72
Fall River | 640600  | 4,450  | 69
Dartmouth | 653203  | 5,005  | 65
New Bedford  | 652400  | 2,664  | 64
New Bedford  | 652000  | 2,676  | 62
Fall River  | 640500  | 5,165  | 60
Fall River  | 641200  | 2,803  | 59
New Bedford  | 650500  | 3,141  | 58
Fall River  | 640901  | 5,071  | 58
New Bedford  | 650400  | 3,773  | 57
New Bedford  | 652500  | 2,589  | 56
East Providence | 010400  | 6,661  | 55
New Bedford  | 652300  | 2,870  | 54
Fall River  | 641000  | 2,419  | 54
Fall River  | 640300  | 3,693  | 53
Westport | 646101  | 7,356  | 53
Fall River  | 640700  | 2,900  | 53
Fall River  | 640400  | 2,682  | 53
New Bedford  | 650101  | 5,753  | 53
Fall River  | 640100  | 5,358  | 52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with French or French Canadian listed as first ancestry:[48]

City or Neighborhood  | Census Tract  | Population  | % French

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Woonsocket | 018500  | 2,831  | 66
Woonsocket  | 017700  | 3,518  | 61
Woonsocket  | 017500  | 3,128  | 59
Woonsocket  | 017800  | 2,514  | 58
Burrillville | 013001  | 3,479  | 56
North Smithfield | 012802  | 2,391  | 54
North Smithfield  | 012803  | 4,776  | 53
Burrillville  | 013002  | 7,539  | 53
North Smithfield  | 012801  | 4,800  | 52
Manchester | 002300  | 3,758  | 52
Woonsocket  | 017900  | 3,049  | 51
Burrillville  | 012900  | 4,937  | 50
Manchester  | 000202  | 2,297  | 49
Manchester  | 002100  | 4,782  | 49
Woonsocket  | 017600  | 2,560  | 49
Manchester  | 002600  | 5,746  | 48
Manchester  | 002200  | 3,232  | 47
Woonsocket  | 018400  | 6,527  | 47
Blackstone | 747101  | 5,110  | 47
Woonsocket  | 018000  | 2,680  | 46

### Largest cities and towns

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Cities and towns with a population over 50,000 as of the 2020 census include:[49][50][51][52][53]

State capital

State largest city
Rank  | Name  | State  | Population (2020)  | Population (2010)  | Change

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1\.  | Boston |  Massachusetts | 675,647  | 617,594  | +9.40%
2\.  | Worcester | 206,518  | 181,045  | +14.07%
3\.  | Providence |  Rhode Island | 190,934  | 178,042  | +7.24%
4\.  | Cambridge |  Massachusetts | 118,403  | 105,162  | +12.59%
5\.  | Manchester |  New Hampshire | 115,644  | 109,565  | +5.55%
6\.  | Lowell |  Massachusetts | 115,554  | 106,519  | +8.48%
7\.  | Brockton | 105,643  | 93,810  | +12.61%
8\.  | Quincy | 101,636  | 92,271  | +10.15%
9\.  | Lynn | 101,253  | 90,329  | +12.09%
10\.  | New Bedford | 101,079  | 95,072  | +6.32%
11\.  | Fall River | 94,000  | 88,857  | +5.79%
12\.  | Nashua |  New Hampshire | 91,322  | 86,494  | +5.58%
13\.  | Lawrence |  Massachusetts | 89,143  | 76,377  | +16.71%
14\.  | Newton | 88,923  | 85,146  | +4.44%
15\.  | Cranston |  Rhode Island | 82,934  | 80,387  | +3.17%
16\.  | Warwick | 82,823  | 82,672  | +0.18%
17\.  | Somerville |  Massachusetts | 81,045  | 75,754  | +6.98%
18\.  | Pawtucket |  Rhode Island | 75,604  | 71,148  | +6.26%
19\.  | Framingham |  Massachusetts | 72,362  | 68,318  | +5.92%
20\.  | Haverhill | 67,787  | 60,879  | +11.35%
21\.  | Malden | 66,263  | 59,450  | +11.46%
22\.  | Waltham | 65,218  | 60,632  | +7.56%
23\.  | Brookline | 63,191  | 58,732  | +7.59%
24\.  | Revere | 62,186  | 51,755  | +20.15%
25\.  | Plymouth | 61,217  | 56,468  | +8.41%
26\.  | Medford | 59,659  | 56,173  | +6.21%
27\.  | Taunton | 59,408  | 55,874  | +6.32%
28\.  | Weymouth | 57,437  | 53,743  | +6.87%
29\.  | Peabody | 54,481  | 51,251  | +6.30%
30\.  | Methuen | 53,059  | 47,255  | +12.28%

## Education

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See also: Boston, Massachusetts § Education; List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; and List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts

Harvard University, a leading global university, is located in Cambridge, MA in Greater Boston

A long established center of higher education, the area includes many community colleges, two-year schools, and internationally prominent undergraduate and graduate institutions. The graduate schools include highly regarded schools of law, medicine, business, technology, international relations, public health, education, and religion. Greater Boston contains seven R1 Research Institutions as per the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This is, by far, the highest number of such institutions in a single Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.

* v
* t
* e

Colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston

Current|

* Babson College
* Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
* Bentley University
* Berklee College of Music
* Boston Architectural College
* Boston Baptist College
* Boston College
* Boston Conservatory
* Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
* Boston University
* Brandeis University
* Bunker Hill Community College
* Cambridge College
* Curry College
* Eastern Nazarene College
* Emerson College
* Emmanuel College
* Fisher College
* Harvard University
* Hebrew College
* Hellenic College
* Hult International Business School
* Labouré College
* Lasell University
* Lesley University
* Longy School of Music
* Massachusetts Bay Community College
* Massachusetts College of Art and Design
* Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* MGH Institute
* New England College of Optometry
* New England Conservatory of Music
* New England School of Law
* Northeastern University
* North Shore Community College
* Quincy College
* Roxbury Community College
* St. John's Seminary
* Simmons University
* Suffolk University
* Tufts University
* University of Massachusetts Boston
* Urban College of Boston
* Wellesley College
* Wentworth Institute of Technology
* William James College

Former|

* Episcopal Divinity School

## Economy

[edit]

Further information: List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income

### Major companies

[edit]

References:[54][55][56][57]

* Abbott Laboratories, in Worcester (pharmaceutical laboratory)
* Advanced Cell Technology, in Worcester (research laboratory)
* AMD, in Boxborough
* Analog Devices, in Norwood
* Atlantic Broadband, in Quincy
* Atlantic Tele-Network, in Beverly
* Avid Technology, Inc, in Burlington (headquarters)
* Azimuth Systems, in Acton
* Bain & Company, in Boston (headquarters)
* Bain Capital, in Boston (headquarters)
* Bertucci's Corporation, in Northborough (headquarters)
* BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., in Westborough (headquarters)
* Bose Corporation, in Framingham (headquarters)
* Boston Properties, Inc., in Boston (headquarters)
* Boston Scientific Corporation, in Marlborough (headquarters)
* Charles River Laboratories, in Wilmington (headquarters)
* Cisco Systems, in Boxborough
* David Clark Company, in Worcester (manufacturer of space suits)
* Diebold, in Marlborough (regional headquarters)
* Dell Technologies, in Hopkinton (headquarters)
* Evergreen Solar, in Marlborough (headquarters)
* Hewlett-Packard, in Marlborough (regional headquarters)
* Schneider Electric, in Andover, Massachusetts
* HourlyNerd, in Boston
* Innerscope Research, in Boston (headquarters)
* Intel Corporation, in Hudson
* Kronos Incorporated, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts (headquarters)
* Marshalls, Inc, in Framingham (headquarters)
* The MathWorks, in Natick
* MITRE Corporation, in Bedford (headquarters)
* National Amusements, in Norwood (headquarters)
* Novartis, in Cambridge (US headquarters)
* OutStart, Inc., in Boston (headquarters)
* Philips Electronics North America, in Andover (regional headquarters)
* Philips Healthcare, in Andover (global headquarters) and Framingham
* Red Hat, in Westford (engineering headquarters)
* Reed & Barton in Taunton (factory and headquarters)
* Saint-Gobain, in Worcester
* Sepracor, Inc., in Marlborough (headquarters)
* Staples, Inc., in Framingham (headquarters)
* Stop & Shop, in Quincy (headquarters)
* TJX Corporation, in Framingham (headquarters)
* UniFirst, in Wilmington (headquarters)
* WB Mason, in Brockton (headquarters)
* Wyman-Gordon, in Grafton (complex metal components and products)
* Akamai Technologies, in Cambridge (headquarters)
* Athenahealth, in Watertown, Massachusetts (headquarters)
* AstraZeneca, in Waltham (R&D)
* BBN Technologies, in Cambridge (headquarters)
* Biocell Center, in Medford (North American headquarters)
* Biogen Idec, in Weston (North American headquarters)
* Carl Zeiss SMT, in Peabody (North American headquarters)
* Constant Contact, in Waltham
* Dunkin' Brands, in Canton (headquarters)
* Facebook, in Cambridge
* General Electric Aviation, in Lynn
* Global Partners, in Waltham (headquarters)
* Google Inc., in Cambridge
* Haemonetics, in Braintree
* IBM, in Waltham, Cambridge and Littleton
* InterSystems Corporation, in Cambridge (headquarters)
* iRobot Corporation, in Burlington (headquarters)
* Keurig, in Burlington (headquarters)
* Lionbridge, in Waltham (US headquarters)
* Meditech, in Westwood (headquarters)
* Microsoft Corporation, in Cambridge
* Millennium Pharmaceuticals, in Cambridge
* Moderna, in Cambridge (headquarters)
* Motorola Solutions, Inc., in Somerville
* National Amusements, in Dedham (headquarters)
* National Grid, in Waltham (US headquarters)
* NetApp Inc, in Waltham
* Nokia, in Burlington
* Novartis AG, Inc, in Cambridge (research headquarters)
* Novell, Inc., in Waltham
* Nuance Communications, in Burlington
* Oracle Corporation in Burlington
* Osram Sylvania in Danvers (headquarters)
* Philips Lighting in Burlington
* Progress Software in Bedford (headquarters)
* Raytheon, in Waltham (headquarters)
* SharkNinja, in Needham (headquarters)
* SunSetter Products, LP, in Malden (headquarters)
* Teradyne, in North Reading (headquarters)
* Thermo Fisher Scientific, in Waltham (headquarters)
* TripAdvisor, LLC, in Needham (headquarters)
* Twitter, in Cambridge
* Vistaprint, in Lexington (North American headquarters)[58]
* Wolverine World Wide, in Waltham, Massachusetts (headquarters for Keds, Saucony, Sperry Top-Sider, and Stride Rite)[59]
* American Tower (headquarters)
* Au Bon Pain (headquarters)
* Bain & Company (headquarters)
* Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (headquarters)
* Boston Consulting Group (headquarters)
* Converse (headquarters)
* Fidelity Investments (headquarters)
* General Electric (headquarters)
* The Gillette Company, now owned by Procter & Gamble (headquarters)
* Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (headquarters)
* John Hancock Financial Services, Inc, now the United States division of Canada's Manulife Financial
* Liberty Mutual (headquarters)
* LogMeIn (headquarters)
* LPL Financial (headquarters)
* New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (headquarters)
* Partners HealthCare (moving to Assembly Row, Somerville)
* PTC (headquarters)
* Puma (North American headquarters, moving to Assembly Row, Somerville)
* Putnam Investments (headquarters)
* Rapid7
* Reebok (US headquarters)
* Roku
* Sapient Corporation (headquarters)
* Sonesta International Hotels Corp. (headquarters)
* State Street Corporation (headquarters)
* Steward Health Care System (headquarters)
* Toast, Inc. (headquarters)
* Threat Stack (headquarters)
* Vertex Pharmaceuticals (headquarters)
* Wayfair (headquarters)
* Wellington Management Company (headquarters)
* Zipcar (headquarters)

## Transportation

[edit]

See also: Transportation in Boston

### Interstates

[edit]

* I-90
* I-93
* I-95
* I-190
* I-195
* I-290
* I-293
* I-295
* I-395
* I-495

### U.S. Routes

[edit]

* US 1
* US 3
* US 6
* US 20
* US 44

### State Highways

[edit]

* Route 1A
* Route 2
* Route 2A
* Route 3
* Route 3A
* Route 4
* Route 9
* Route 16
* Route 18
* Route 24
* Route 25
* Route 27
* Route 28
* Route 30
* Route 38
* Route 53
* Route 58
* Route 60
* Route 62
* Route 97
* Route 106
* Route 109
* Route 110
* Route 113
* Route 114
* Route 115
* Route 117
* Route 122
* Route 123
* Route 125
* Route 126
* Route 128
* Route 129
* Route 133
* Route 135
* Route 138
* Route 139
* Route 140
* Route 146
* Route 213
* Route 225

### Bridges and tunnels

[edit]

* Boston University Bridge, carrying Route 2
* Callahan Tunnel, carrying Route 1A Northbound
* Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, carrying Interstate 195
* Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, carrying Route 138
* Fore River Bridge, carrying Massachusetts Route 3A
* Harvard Bridge, carrying Route 2A
* Longfellow Bridge, carrying Massachusetts Route 3, US Route 3, and the MBTA Red Line
* North Washington Street Bridge, carrying Route 99
* Sumner Tunnel, carrying Route 1A Southbound
* Ted Williams Tunnel, carrying I-90
* Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel, carrying I-93 and Routes 1 and 3 concurrently
* Tobin Bridge, carrying Route 1
* Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, carrying Interstate 93, Route 1 and Route 3 concurrently

### Airports

[edit]

* Logan International Airport in Boston, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Boston, New England's largest transportation center
* Manchester–Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire
* T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island
* Hanscom Field in Bedford
* Norwood Memorial Airport
* Worcester Regional Airport
* Beverly Regional Airport
* Lawrence Municipal Airport

### Rail and bus

[edit]

The MBTA district, with Commuter Rail lines in purple

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is the primary operator of transit in Greater Boston. It operates the MBTA subway system and the MBTA bus network in Boston and inner suburbs, as well as the MBTA Commuter Rail system and the MBTA boat network serving Greater Boston.

Other public transit includes Amtrak intercity rail service, Logan Express service to Logan International Airport, and privately-operated intercity bus and ferry systems. A number of regional transit authorities operate local bus service:

* Brockton Area Transit Authority
* Cape Ann Transportation Authority
* Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority
* Lowell Regional Transit Authority
* Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
* MetroWest Regional Transit Authority
* Montachusett Regional Transit Authority
* Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
* Worcester Regional Transit Authority

### Ocean transportation

[edit]

The Salem Ferry, 92 ft. Catamaran is photographed approaching its dock off Blaney Street at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

* Port of Boston (Massport)
* Cape Cod Canal

## Sports

[edit]

Main article: Sports in Boston

Club  | Sport  | League  | Stadium  | Established  | League titles

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Boston Bruins | Ice hockey | National Hockey League | TD Garden (Boston)  | 1924  | 6 Stanley Cups
7 Eastern Conference Titles
Boston Celtics | Basketball | National Basketball Association | TD Garden (Boston)  | 1946  | 18 NBA Championships
23 Eastern Conference Titles
Boston Red Sox | Baseball | Major League Baseball | Fenway Park (Boston)  | 1901  | 9 MLB World Series Championships
14 American League Pennants
New England Patriots | Football | National Football League | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)  | 1960  | 6 Super Bowl Championships
11 AFC Championships
New England Revolution | Soccer | Major League Soccer | Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)  | 1996  | 1 US Open Cup
1 Supporters' Shield
New England Free Jacks | Rugby union | Major League Rugby | Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy)  | 2018  | 2 MLR Championships

Annual sporting events include:

* The Boston Marathon, which follows a course from Hopkinton to Boston
* The Head of the Charles Regatta
* The Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Sylvania 300 and New Hampshire Indy 225 auto races at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway oval track.

The Greater Boston League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts.

## Notes

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1. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
2. ^ Official records for Concord were kept at downtown from September 1868 to April 1941 and at Concord Municipal Airport since May 1941; snow records date from December 1942. For more information, see ThreadEx
3. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
4. ^ Official records for Boston were kept at downtown from January 1872 to December 1935, and at Logan Airport (KBOS) since January 1936.[28]
5. ^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
6. ^ Official records for Providence kept at downtown from November 1904 to May 1932 and at T. F. Green Airport since June 1932.[33]

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## Further reading

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Greater Boston.

* Wilson, Susan (2005). The Literary Trail of Greater Boston: A Tour of Sites in Boston, Cambridge, and Concord, Revised Edition. Commonwealth Editions. ISBN 1-889833-67-3. An informative guidebook, with facts and data about literary figures, publishers, bookstores, libraries, and other historic sites on the newly designated Literary Trail of Greater Boston.
* Warner, Sam Jr. (2001). Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1769-1.

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* t
* e

Region of Greater Boston

Counties|

* Belknap, NH
* Bristol, MA
* Bristol, RI
* Essex, MA
* Hillsborough, NH
* Kent, RI
* Merrimack, NH
* Middlesex, MA
* Newport, RI
* Norfolk, MA
* Plymouth, MA
* Providence, RI
* Rockingham, NH
* Strafford, NH
* Suffolk, MA
* Washington, RI
* Worcester, MA

Major cities|

* Boston

Cities and towns
100k-250k|

* Brockton
* Cambridge
* Lowell
* Lynn
* Manchester
* New Bedford
* Providence
* Quincy
* Worcester

Cities and towns
25k-100k|

* Andover
* Arlington
* Attleboro
* Beverly
* Billerica
* Braintree
* Bridgewater
* Brookline
* Chelmsford
* Chelsea
* Concord (New Hampshire)
* Coventry
* Cranston
* Cumberland
* Danvers
* Dartmouth
* Derry
* Dover (New Hampshire)
* Dracut
* East Providence
* Everett
* Fall River
* Fitchburg
* Framingham
* Franklin
* Gloucester
* Haverhill
* Johnston
* Lawrence
* Leominster
* Lexington
* Malden
* Marlborough
* Marshfield
* Medford
* Melrose
* Merrimack (New Hampshire)
* Methuen
* Milford (Massachusetts)
* Milton
* Nashua
* Natick
* Needham
* Newport
* Newton
* North Andover
* North Attleboro
* North Kingstown
* North Providence
* Norwood
* Pawtucket
* Peabody
* Plymouth
* Revere
* Rochester
* Salem (Massachusetts)
* Salem (New Hampshire)
* Saugus
* Shrewsbury
* Somerville
* South Kingstown
* Stoughton
* Taunton
* Tewksbury
* Wakefield
* Waltham
* Warwick
* Watertown
* Wellesley
* West Warwick
* Weymouth
* Woburn
* Woonsocket

Cities and towns
10k-25k|

* Abington
* Acton
* Acushnet
* Amesbury
* Amherst (New Hampshire)
* Ashland
* Athol
* Auburn
* Barrington
* Bedford (Massachusetts)
* Bedford (New Hampshire)
* Bellingham
* Belmont
* Beverly
* Bristol
* Burlington
* Burrillville
* Canton
* Carver
* Central Falls
* Charlton
* Clinton
* Concord (Massachusetts)
* Dedham
* Dudley
* Duxbury
* East Bridgewater
* East Greenwich
* Easton
* Exeter
* Fairhaven
* Foxborough
* Gardner
* Goffstown
* Grafton
* Groton
* Hampton
* Hanover
* Hanson
* Hingham
* Holbrook
* Holden
* Holliston
* Hooksett
* Hopkinton
* Hudson (Massachusetts)
* Hudson (New Hampshire)
* Hull
* Ipswich
* Kingston
* Laconia
* Lakeville
* Leicester
* Lincoln (Rhode Island)
* Londonderry
* Lunenburg
* Lynnfield
* Mansfield
* Marblehead
* Maynard
* Medfield
* Medway
* Middleborough
* Middletown
* Milford (New Hampshire)
* Millbury
* Narragansett
* Newburyport
* Norfolk
* Northborough
* Northbridge
* North Reading
* North Smithfield
* Norton
* Norwell
* Oxford
* Peabody
* Pelham
* Pembroke
* Pepperell
* Portsmouth (Rhode Island)
* Portsmouth (New Hampshire)
* Randolph
* Raymond
* Raynham
* Reading
* Rehoboth
* Rockland
* Scituate (Massachusetts)
* Scituate (Rhode Island)
* Seekonk
* Sharon
* Smithfield
* Somerset
* Somersworth
* Southbridge
* Stoneham
* Spencer
* Sudbury
* Swampscott
* Swansea
* Tiverton
* Tyngsborough
* Uxbridge
* Walpole
* Wareham
* Warren (Rhode Island)
* Wayland
* Webster
* Westborough
* Westerly
* Westford
* Weston
* Westport
* Westwood
* Whitman
* Wilmington
* Winchendon
* Winchester
* Windham
* Winthrop
* Wrentham

Sub-regions|

* Boston proper
* Central Massachusetts
* Merrimack Valley
* MetroWest
* North Shore
* Rhode Island
* South Coast
* South Shore

See also|

* Northeast megalopolis

* v
* t
* e

Boston

Topics|

* Accent
* Annual events
* Architecture
* Arts
* Bibliography
* Culture
* Demographics
* Diplomatic missions
* Economy
* Education
* Colleges and universities
* Geography
* Historic places
* Northern
* Southern
* History
* Timeline
* Media
* Nicknames
* People
* Politics
* Port
* Public library
* Public schools
* Sister cities
* Skyscrapers
* Songs
* Transportation

Attractions|

* Boston Common
* Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
* Irish Famine Memorial
* Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum
* Bunker Hill Monument
* Dorchester Heights Monument
* Faneuil Hall
* Fenway Park
* Franklin Park Zoo
* Freedom Trail
* Hynes Convention Center
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
* John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
* Massachusetts State House
* Museum of Fine Arts
* Appeal to the Great Spirit
* Museum of Science
* New England Aquarium
* Old North Church
* Paul Revere House
* Boston Symphony Hall
* TD Garden
* USS Constitution
* Museum

Business
districts|

* Back Bay
* Downtown
* Fenway–Kenmore
* Financial District
* Government Center
* Innovation district
* North End
* Route 128 corridor
* South End
* List of companies in Boston

Government|

* City charter
* City council
* City Hall
* Elections
* Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
* FinComm
* Fire
* Housing (BHA)
* Mayor
* Planning & Development Agency (BPDA)
* Police

Neighborhoods|

* Allston–Brighton
* Allston
* Brighton
* Back Bay
* Bay Village
* Beacon Hill
* Downtown Boston
* Financial District
* Government Center
* Charlestown
* Chestnut Hill
* Chinatown
* Dorchester
* Columbia Point
* Upham's Corner
* East Boston
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Core cities are metropolitan core cities of at least a million people. The other areas are urban areas of cities that have an urban area of 150,000+ or of a metropolitan area of at least 250,000+. Satellite cities are in italics.

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* city
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* New York
* city
* Newark
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* city
* Washington
* city
* Arlington
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* city
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* Poughkeepsie–Newburgh
* city 1
* city 2
* Reading
* Salisbury
* city
* Trenton
* York

Combined areas|

* Washington–Baltimore

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| Core cities|

* Boston
* city
* Cambridge
* Hartford
* city
* Providence
* city

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Other areas|

* Barnstable
* Bridgeport–Stamford–Norwalk
* city 1
* city 2
* city 3
* Danbury
* city
* Manchester
* Nashua
* New Bedford
* New Haven
* city
* Norwich–New London
* Portland
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* Springfield
* city
* Waterbury
* Worcester

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