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This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Massachusetts (disambiguation).
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Bay State
The Pilgrim State; The Puritan State
The Old Colony State
The Baked Bean State[1]
Motto(s): Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin)
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
State song(s): "All Hail to Massachusetts"
Official language
English[2]
Spoken languages
English 77.4%
Spanish 8.6%
Portuguese 2.8%
Chinese 2.1%[3]
Demonym
Bay Stater (official)[4] Massachusite (traditional)[5][6] Massachusettsian[7]
Capital
(and largest city)
Boston
Largest metro
Greater Boston
Area
Ranked 44th
• Total
10,565[8] sq mi
(27,337 km2)
• Width
183 miles (295 km)
• Length
113 miles (182 km)
• % water
25.7
• Latitude
41° 14′ N to 42° 53′ N
• Longitude
69° 56′ W to 73° 30′ W
Population
Ranked 15th
• Total
6,859,819 (2017 est.)[9]
• Density
840/sq mi (324/km2)
Ranked 3rd[10]
• Median household income
$67,861[11] (7th)
Elevation
• Highest point
Mount Greylock[12][13]
3,489 ft (1063.4 m)
• Mean
500 ft (150 m)
• Lowest point
Atlantic Ocean
Sea level
Before statehood
Province of Massachusetts Bay
Admission to Union
February 6, 1788 (6th)
Governor
Charlie Baker (R)
Lieutenant Governor
Karyn Polito (R)
Legislature
General Court
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
House of Representatives
U.S. Senators
Elizabeth Warren (D)
Ed Markey (D)
U.S. House delegation
9 Democrats (list)
Time zone
Eastern: UTC −5/−4
ISO 3166
US-MA
Abbreviations
MA, Mass.
Website
www.mass.gov
showMassachusetts state symbols
The Flag of Massachusetts
The Seal of Massachusetts
Living insignia
Bird
Black-capped chickadee,[14] wild turkey[15][16]
Fish
Cod[16][17]
Flower
Mayflower[16][18]
Insect
Ladybug[16][19]
Mammal
Right whale,[20] Morgan horse,[21] Tabby cat,[22] Boston Terrier[23]
Reptile
Garter snake[16][24]
Tree
American elm[16][25]
Inanimate insignia
Beverage
Cranberry juice[16][26]
Colors
Blue, green, cranberry[16][27]
Dance
Square dance[16][28]
Food
Cranberry,[29] corn muffin,[16][30] navy bean,[31] Boston cream pie,[32] chocolate chip cookie,[33] Boston cream doughnut[34]
Fossil
Dinosaur Tracks[35]
Gemstone
Rhodonite[16][36]
Mineral
Babingtonite[16][37]
Motto
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin)
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Poem
"Blue Hills of Massachusetts"[16][38]
Rock
Rolling Rock[16][39]
Shell
New England Neptune, Neptunea lyrata decemcostata[16][42]
Ship
Schooner Ernestina [16]
Slogan
Make It Yours,
The Spirit of America[40]
Soil
Paxton[16]
Song
"All Hail to Massachusetts"[16]
Sport
Basketball[41]
State route marker
State quarter
Released in 2000[43]
Lists of United States state symbols
Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ ( listen), /-zɪts/), officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state is named after the Massachusett tribe, which once inhabited the east side of the area. The capital of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England is Boston. Over 80% of Massachusetts's population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, a region influential upon American history, academia, and industry.[44] Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing and trade,[45] Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution.[46] During the 20th century, Massachusetts's economy shifted from manufacturing to services.[47] Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology, engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.[48]
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.[49] In 1777, General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory, which during the Industrial Revolution catalyzed numerous important technological advances, including interchangeable parts.[50] In 1786, Shays' Rebellion, a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans, influenced the United States Constitutional Convention.[51] In the 18th century, the Protestant First Great Awakening, which swept the Atlantic World, originated from the pulpit of Northampton preacher Jonathan Edwards.[52] In the late 18th century, Boston became known as the "Cradle of Liberty"[53] for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution.
The entire Commonwealth of Massachusetts has played a powerful commercial and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, Massachusetts was a center for the abolitionist, temperance,[54] and transcendentalist[55] movements.[56] In the late 19th century, the sports of basketball and volleyball were invented in the western Massachusetts cities of Springfield and Holyoke, respectively.[57][58] In 2004, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legally recognize same-sex marriage as a result of the decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[59] Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the state, including the Adams and Kennedy families. Harvard University in Cambridge is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States,[60] with the largest financial endowment of any university,[61] and Harvard Law School has educated a contemporaneous majority of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.[62] 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.[63][64] 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.[65] Massachusetts' public school students place among the top nations in the world in academic performance,[66] and the state has been ranked as one of the top states in the nation for citizens to live.[67]
Contents
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1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Pre-colonization
2.2 Colonial period
2.3 The Revolutionary War
2.4 Federal period
2.5 19th century
2.6 20th century
2.7 Notable 20th century politicians
2.8 21st century
3 Geography
3.1 Ecology
3.2 Climate
4 Demographics
4.1 Race and ancestry
4.2 Languages
4.3 Religion
5 Education
6 Economy
6.1 Taxation
6.2 Energy
6.2.1 Renewable energy
7 Transportation
7.1 Regional public transportation
7.2 Long-distance rail and bus
7.3 Ferry
7.4 Rail freight
7.5 Air service
7.6 Roads
8 Government and politics
8.1 Government
8.2 Politics
9 Cities, towns, and counties
10 Arts, culture, and recreation
11 Media
12 Health
13 Sports
14 See also
15 References
16 Bibliography
17 Further reading
17.1 Overviews and surveys
17.2 Secondary sources
18 External links
Etymology[edit]
Prominent roads and cities in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was named after the indigenous population, the Massachusett, likely derived from a Wôpanâak word muswach8sut, segmented as mus(ây) "big" + wach8 "mountain" + -s "diminutive" + -ut "locative" (the '8' in these words refers to the 'oo' sound according to the Wôpanâak orthographic chart).[68] It has been translated as "near the great hill",[69] "by the blue hills", "at the little big hill", or "at the range of hills", referring to the Blue Hills, or in particular the Great Blue Hill which is located on the boundary of Milton and Canton.[70][71] Alternatively, Massachusett has been represented as Moswetuset—from the name of the Moswetuset Hummock (meaning "hill shaped like an arrowhead") in Quincy, where Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish, hired English military officer, and Squanto, part of the now disappeared Patuxet band of the Wampanoag peoples, met Chief Chickatawbut in 1621.[72][73]
The official name of the state is the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts".[74] While this designation is part of the state's official name, it has no practical implications.[75] Massachusetts has the same position and powers within the United States as other states.[76] It may have been chosen by John Adams for the second draft of the Massachusetts Constitution because unlike the word "state", "commonwealth" at the time had the connotation of a republic, in contrast to the monarchy the former American colonies were fighting against. (The "State of Massachusetts Bay" was in the first draft that had been rejected by the legislature.)[77]
History[edit]
Main article: History of Massachusetts
See also: Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor by William Halsall (1882). The Pilgrims were a group of Puritans who founded Plymouth in 1620.
Pre-colonization[edit]
Massachusetts was originally inhabited by tribes of the Algonquian language family such as the Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Pocomtuc, Mahican, and Massachusett.[78][79] While cultivation of crops like squash and corn supplemented their diets, these tribes were generally dependent on hunting, gathering and fishing for most of their food.[78] Villages consisted of lodges called wigwams as well as longhouses,[79] and tribes were led by male or female elders known as sachems.[80]
Colonial period[edit]
In the early 1600s, after contact had been made with Europeans, large numbers of the indigenous peoples in the northeast of what is now the United States were killed by virgin soil epidemics such as smallpox, measles, influenza, and perhaps leptospirosis.[81][82] Between 1617 and 1619, smallpox killed approximately 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans.[83]
The first English settlers in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims, arrived via the Mayflower[84] at Plymouth in 1620, and developed friendly relations with the native Wampanoag people.[85] This was the second successful permanent English colony in the part of North America that later became the United States, after the Jamestown Colony. The event known as the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World which lasted for three days. The Pilgrims were soon followed by other Puritans, who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony at present-day Boston in 1630.[86]
The Puritans, who believed the Church of England needed to be purified and experienced harassment from English authority because of their beliefs,[87] came to Massachusetts with the goal of establishing an ideal religious society.[88] Unlike the Plymouth colony, the bay colony was founded under a royal charter in 1629.[89] Both religious dissent and expansionism resulted in several new colonies being founded shortly after Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay elsewhere in New England. The Massachusetts Bay banished dissenters such as Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams due to religious and political disagreements. In 1636, Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island and Hutchinson joined him there several years later. Religious intolerance continued. Among those who objected to this later in the century were the English Quaker preachers Alice and Thomas Curwen, who were publicly flogged and imprisoned in Boston in 1676.[90][91]
A Modest Enquiry Into the Nature of Witchcraft by John Hale (Boston, 1697)
In 1641, Massachusetts expanded inland significantly, acquiring the Connecticut River Valley settlement of Springfield, which had recently disputed with, and defected from its original administrators, the Connecticut Colony.[92] This established Massachusetts's southern border in the west,[93] though surveying problems resulted in disputed territory until 1803–04.[94]
In 1691, the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth were united (along with present-day Maine, which had previously been divided between Massachusetts and New York) into the Province of Massachusetts Bay.[95] Shortly after the arrival of the new province's first governor, William Phips, the Salem witch trials took place, where a number of men and women were hanged for alleged witchcraft.[96]
The most destructive earthquake yet known in New England occurred in 1755, causing considerable damage across Massachusetts.[97][98]
The Revolutionary War[edit]
Earl, Ralph; Doolittle, Amos (1775). "Percy's Rescue at Lexington" (illustration). , about the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts was a center of the movement for independence from Great Britain; colonists in Massachusetts had long uneasy relations with the British monarchy, including open rebellion under the Dominion of New England in the 1680s.[95] Protests against British attempts to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763 led to the Boston Massacre in 1770, and the 1773 Boston Tea Party escalated tensions.[99] In 1774, the Intolerable Acts targeted Massachusetts with punishments for the Boston Tea Party and further decreased local autonomy, increasing local dissent.[100] Anti-Parliamentary activity by men such as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, followed by reprisals by the British government, were a primary reason for the unity of the Thirteen Colonies and the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775.[101]
The Battles of Lexington and Concord initiated the American Revolutionary War and were fought in the eponymous Massachusetts towns.[102] Future President George Washington took over what would become the Continental Army after the battle. His first victory was the Siege of Boston in the winter of 1775–76, after which the British were forced to evacuate the city.[103] The event is still celebrated in Suffolk County as Evacuation Day.[104] On the coast, Salem became a center for privateering. Although the documentation is incomplete, about 1,700 letters of marque, issued on a per-voyage basis, were granted during the American Revolution. Nearly 800 vessels were commissioned as privateers and are credited with capturing or destroying about 600 British ships.[105]
Boston natives Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were both Founding Fathers of the United States.
Federal period[edit]
Bostonian John Adams, known as the "Atlas of Independence",[106] was an important figure in both the struggle for independence as well as the formation of the new United States. Adams was highly involved in the push for separation from Britain and the writing of the Constitution of Massachusetts in 1780 which, in the Elizabeth Freeman and Quock Walker cases, effectively made Massachusetts the first state to have a constitution that declared universal rights and, as interpreted by Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice William Cushing, abolished slavery. David McCullough points out that an equally important feature was its placing for the first time the courts as a co-equal branch separate from the executive.[107] (The Constitution of Vermont, adopted in 1777, represented the first partial ban on slavery. Vermont became a state in 1791 but did not fully ban slavery until 1858 with the Vermont Personal Liberty Law. The Pennsylvania Gradual Abolition Act of 1780[108] made Pennsylvania the first state to abolish slavery by statute.) Later, Adams was active in early American foreign affairs and succeeded Washington as the second United States President. His son John Quincy Adams, also from Massachusetts,[109] would go on to become the sixth United States President.
From 1786 to 1787, an armed uprising, known as Shays' Rebellion led by Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Shays wrought havoc throughout Massachusetts and ultimately attempted to seize the Federal armory.[51] The rebellion was one of the major factors in the decision to draft a stronger national constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.[51] On February 6, 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.[110]
19th century[edit]
In 1820, Maine separated from Massachusetts and entered the Union as the 23rd state as a result of the ratification of the Missouri Compromise.[111]
Textile mills such as the Boott Mills in Lowell made Massachusetts a leader in the Industrial Revolution in the United States.
During the 19th century, Massachusetts became a national leader in the American Industrial Revolution, with factories around cities such as Lowell and Boston producing textiles and shoes, and factories around Springfield producing tools, paper, and textiles.[112][113] The economy transformed from one based primarily on agriculture to an industrial one, initially making use of water-power and later the steam engine to power factories. Canals and railroads were used for transporting raw materials and finished goods.[114] At first, the new industries drew labor from Yankees on nearby subsistence farms, and later relied upon immigrant labor from Europe and Canada.[115][116]
Although Massachusetts was the first slave-holding colony dating back to the early 1600s, in the years leading up to the American Civil War, Massachusetts was a center of progressivist and abolitionist activity. Horace Mann made the state's school system a national model.[117] Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson made major contributions to American philosophy.[118] Members of the transcendentalist movement emphasized the importance of the natural world and emotion to humanity.[118]
Although significant opposition to abolitionism existed early on in Massachusetts, resulting in anti-abolitionist riots between 1835 and 1837,[119] opposition to slavery gradually increased throughout the next few decades.[120][121] Abolitionists John Brown and Sojourner Truth lived in Springfield and Northampton, respectively, while Frederick Douglass lived in Boston and Susan B. Anthony in Adams, Massachusetts. The works of such abolitionists contributed to Massachusetts's actions during the Civil War. Massachusetts was the first state to recruit, train, and arm a Black regiment with White officers, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.[122] In 1852, Massachusetts became the first state to pass compulsory education laws.[123]
Alexander Graham Bell is commonly credited as the inventor of the first practical telephone. On March 10, 1876 at Boston University, he was able to communicate with his assistant Thomas A. Watson in the next room.
20th century[edit]
Part of the "Big Dig" construction project; this portion is over the Charles River in Boston.
With the exodus of several manufacturing companies, the area's industrial economy began to decline during the early 20th century. By the 1920s, competition from the South and Midwest, followed by the Great Depression, led to the collapse of the three main industries in Massachusetts: textiles, shoemaking, and precision mechanics.[124] This decline would continue into the later half of the century; between 1950 and 1979, the number of Massachusetts residents involved in textile manufacturing declined from 264,000 to 63,000.[125] The 1969 closure of the Springfield Armory, in particular, spurred an exodus of high-paying jobs from Western Massachusetts, which suffered greatly as it de-industrialized during the last 40 years of the 20th century.[126]
Massachusetts manufactured 3.4 percent of total United States military armaments produced during World War II, ranking tenth among the 48 states.[127] In Eastern Massachusetts, following World War II, the economy was transformed from one based on heavy industry into a service-based economy.[128] Government contracts, private investment, and research facilities led to a new and improved industrial climate, with reduced unemployment and increased per capita income. Suburbanization flourished, and by the 1970s, the Route 128 corridor was dotted with high-technology companies who recruited graduates of the area's many elite institutions of higher education.[129]
In 1987, the state received federal funding for the Central Artery/Tunnel Project. Commonly known as "the Big Dig", it was, at the time, the biggest federal highway project ever approved.[130] The project included making the Central Artery a tunnel under downtown Boston, in addition to the re-routing of several other major highways.[131] Often controversial, with numerous claims of graft and mismanagement, and with its initial price tag of $2.5 billion increasing to a final tally of over $15 billion, the Big Dig has nonetheless changed the face of Downtown Boston.[130] It has connected areas that were once divided by elevated highway (much of the raised old Central Artery was replaced with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway), and improved traffic conditions along a number of routes.[130][131] Additionally, Massachusetts has had a diplomatic relationship with the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido since 1988.[132]
Notable 20th century politicians[edit]
Kennedy brothers John, Robert (middle) and Edward in July 1960.
The Kennedy family was prominent in Massachusetts politics in the 20th century. Children of businessman and ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. included John F. Kennedy, who was a senator and US president before his assassination in 1963, Robert F. Kennedy, who was a senator, US attorney general, and presidential candidate before his assassination in 1968, Ted Kennedy, a senator from 1962 until his death in 2009,[133] and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, a co-founder of the Special Olympics.[134] In 1966, Massachusetts became the first state to directly elect an African American to the US senate with Edward Brooke.[135] George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States (1989–1993) was born in Milton in 1924.[136]
21st century[edit]
On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to legalize same-sex marriage after a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in November 2003 determined that the exclusion of same-sex couples from the right to a civil marriage was unconstitutional.[59] This decision was eventually superseded by the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmation of same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015.
Boston Marathon bombing
Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, at around 2:49 pm EDT. The explosions killed three civilians and injured an estimated 264 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) later identified the suspects as brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. The ensuing manhunt ended on April 19 when thousands of law enforcement officers searched a 20-block area of nearby Watertown. Dzhokhar later said that he was motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs and learned to build explosive devices from Inspire, the online magazine of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
On November 8, 2016, Massachusetts voted in favor of The Massachusetts Marijuana Legalization Initiative, also known as Question 4.[137] It was included in the United States presidential election, 2016 ballot in Massachusetts as an indirectly initiated state statute.[138]
Geography[edit]
Main articles: Geography of Massachusetts and Geology of New England
A portion of the north-central Pioneer Valley in Sunderland
Massachusetts is the 7th-smallest state in the United States. It is located in the New England region of the northeastern United States and has an area of 10,555 square miles (27,340 km2), 25.7% of which is water. Several large bays distinctly shape its coast. Boston is the largest city, at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, and the mouth of the Charles River.
Despite its small size, Massachusetts features numerous topographically distinctive regions. The large coastal plain of the Atlantic Ocean in the eastern section of the state contains Greater Boston, along with most of the state's population,[44] as well as the distinctive Cape Cod peninsula. To the west lies the hilly, rural region of Central Massachusetts, and beyond that, the Connecticut River Valley. Along the western border of Western Massachusetts lies the highest elevated part of the state, the Berkshires.
The U.S. National Park Service administers a number of natural and historical sites in Massachusetts.[139] Along with twelve national historic sites, areas, and corridors, the National Park Service also manages the Cape Cod National Seashore and the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.[139] In addition, the Department of Conservation and Recreation maintains a number of parks, trails, and beaches throughout Massachusetts.[140]
Ecology[edit]
Many coastal areas in Massachusetts provide breeding areas for species such as the piping plover.
The primary biome of inland Massachusetts is temperate deciduous forest.[141] Although much of Massachusetts had been cleared for agriculture, leaving only traces of old-growth forest in isolated pockets, secondary growth has regenerated in many rural areas as farms have been abandoned.[142] Currently, forests cover around 62% of Massachusetts.[143] The areas most affected by human development include the Greater Boston area in the east and the Springfield metropolitan area in the west, although the latter includes agricultural areas throughout the Connecticut River Valley.[144] There are currently 219 endangered species in Massachusetts.[145]
A number of species are doing well in the increasingly urbanized Massachusetts. Peregrine falcons utilize office towers in larger cities as nesting areas,[146] and the population of coyotes, whose diet may include garbage and roadkill, has been increasing in recent decades.[147] White-tailed deer, raccoons, wild turkeys, and eastern gray squirrels are also found throughout Massachusetts. In more rural areas in the western part of Massachusetts, larger mammals such as moose and black bears have returned, largely due to reforestation following the regional decline in agriculture.[148]
Massachusetts is located along the Atlantic Flyway, a major route for migratory waterfowl along the eastern coast.[149] Lakes in central Massachusetts provide habitat for many species of fish and waterfowl, but some species such as the common loon are becoming rare.[150] A significant population of long-tailed ducks winter off Nantucket. Small offshore islands and beaches are home to roseate terns and are important breeding areas for the locally threatened piping plover.[151] Protected areas such as the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge provide critical breeding habitat for shorebirds and a variety of marine wildlife including a large population of grey seals.
Freshwater fish species in Massachusetts include bass, carp, catfish, and trout, while saltwater species such as Atlantic cod, haddock, and American lobster populate offshore waters.[152] Other marine species include Harbor seals, the endangered North Atlantic right whales, as well as humpback whales, fin whales, minke whales, and Atlantic white-sided dolphins.
The European corn borer, a significant agricultural pest, was first found in North America near Boston, Massachusetts in 1917.[153]
Climate[edit]
Köppen climate types in Massachusetts
Most of Massachusetts has a humid continental, with cold winters and warm summers. Far southeast coastal areas are the broad transition zone to temperate climates (humid subtropical climate in some classifications). The warm to hot summers render the oceanic climate rare in this transition, only applying to exposed coastal areas such as on the peninsula of Barnstable County. The climate of Boston is quite representative for the commonwealth, characterized by summer highs of around 81 °F (27 °C) and winter highs of 35 °F (2 °C), and is quite wet. Frosts are frequent all winter, even in coastal areas due to prevailing inland winds. Due to its location near the Atlantic, Massachusetts is vulnerable to nor'easters, hurricanes and tropical storms.
Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected cities in Massachusetts[154]
Location
July (°F)
July (°C)
January (°F)
January (°C)
Boston 81/65 27/18 36/22 2/–5
Worcester 79/61 26/16 31/17 0/–8
Springfield 84/62 27/17 34/17 1/–8
New Bedford 80/65 26/18 37/23 3/–4
Quincy 80/61 26/16 33/18 1/–7
Plymouth 80/61 27/16 38/20 3/–6
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Rivers of Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean
Tiasquam River
Buzzards Bay
Acushnet River
Agawam River
Back River
Copicut River
Crooked River
Mattapoisett River
Nasketucket River
Paskamanset River
Pocasset River
Sippican River
Slocums River
Wankinco River
Westport River
Weweantic River
Cape Cod Bay
Eel River
Herring River
Jones River
Little Pamet River
Pamet River
Town Brook
Connecticut River Watershed
Burnshirt River
Chapel Brook
Chicopee River
Connecticut River
Cranberry River
Deerfield River
East Brookfield River
Farmington River
Fall River
Five Mile River
Green River
Hubbard River
Manhan River
Mill River (Northampton)
Mill River (Springfield)
Millers River
Mirey Brook
North Branch Millers River
North Branch Westfield River
North River
Otter River
Quaboag River
Scantic River
Seven Mile River
Tarbell Brook
Ware River
Westfield River
Gulf of Maine
Annisquam River
Blackwater River
Eagle Hill River
Egypt River
Ipswich River
Jericho Creek
Roger Island River
Rowley River
Skug River
Housatonic River Watershed
Housatonic River
Konkapot River
Schenob Brook
Umpachene River
Hudson River Watershed
Hoosic River
Kinderhook Creek
Massachusetts Bay
Aberjona River
Alewife Brook
Canton River
Charles River
Chelsea Creek
Cochato River
Fore River
Fresh River
Indian Head River
Malden River
Millers River
Monatiquot River
Mother Brook
Muddy River
Mystic River
Neponset River
North River
Saugus River
Stony Brook (Boston)
Stony Brook (Waltham)
Stop River
Weir River
Weymouth Back River
Merrimack River Watershed
Artichoke River
Assabet River
Back River
Beaver Brook
Cochichewick River
Concord River
Little River
Merrimack River
Nashua River
Nissitissit River
North Nashua River
Phillips Brook
Powwow River
Quinapoxet River
Salmon Brook
Shawsheen River
South Branch Souhegan River
South Nashua River
Spicket River
Squannacook River
Stillwater River
Sudbury River
Trout Brook
Vine Brook
Whitman River
Nantucket Sound
Bass River
Bumps River
Childs River
Coonamesset River
Mashpee River
Mitchell River
Oyster Pond River
Popponesset Creek
Quashnet River
Santuit River
Narragansett Bay
Barrington River
Cole River
Coles Brook
Kickamuit River
Lees River
Palmer River
Runnins River
Providence River Watershed
Abbott Run
Blackstone River
Bungay River
Chockalog River
Mill River
Mumford River
Peters River
Quinsigamond River
Sevenmile River
Tannery River
Ten Mile River
Thacher River
West River
Wilde River
Taunton River Watershed
Assonet River
Canoe River
Cedar Swamp River
Cocasset River
Cotley River
Forge River
Hockomock River
Matfield River
Mill River
Nemasket River
Poor Meadow Brook
Quequechan River
Rumford River
Salisbury Plain River
Satucket River
Segreganset River
Shumatuscacant River
Snake River
Taunton River
Three Mile River
Town River
Wading River
Winnetuxet River
Thames River Watershed
French River
Quinebaug River
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Mountains of Massachusetts
The Berkshires
Hoosac Range
Crum Hill
Others
Bakke Mountain
Borden Mountain
Crum Hill
Massaemett Mountain
Monument Mountain
Pocumtuck Mountain
Tekoa Mountain
Holyoke Range
Bare Mountain
Long Mountain
Mount Hitchcock
Mount Holyoke
Mount Norwottuck
Round Mountain
Seven Sisters
Metacomet Ridge
Bare Mountain
Crag Mountain
East Mountain
Farley Ledges
Mount Grace
Mount Hitchcock
Mount Holyoke
Mount Lincoln
Mount Nonotuck
Mount Norwottuck
Mount Orient
Mount Toby
Mount Tom
Northfield Mountain
Pine Cobble Mountain
Provin Mountain
Round Mountain
Seven Sisters
Sugarloaf Mountain
Mount Tom Range
Mount Nonotuck
Mount Tom
Pocumtuck Range
Sugarloaf Mountain
Taconic Mountains
Alander Mountain
Berlin Mountain
Berry Hill
Berry Mountain
Brodie Mountain
Doll Mountain
Holy Mount
Honwee Mountain
Misery Mountain
Mount Everett
Mount Fitch
Mount Fray
Mount Frissell
Mount Greylock
Mount Race
Mount Raimer
Mount Williams
Pine Mountain
Poppy Mountain
Potter Mountain
Round Mountain
Rounds Mountain
Saddle Ball Mountain
Shaker Mountain
Smith Mountain
Tower Mountain
White Rock
Wapack Range
Mount Watatic
Others
Faggot Hill
Great Blue Hill
Little Tom Mountain
Mount Institute
Mount Jefferson
Mount Pisgah
Mount Wachusett
Peaked Mountain
Pine Hill
Tully Mountain
Waitt's Mountain
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Waterbodies of Massachusetts
Bays, Coves, and Sounds
Assonet Bay
Broad Sound
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Cat Cove
Dorchester Bay
Duxbury Bay
Fairhaven Bay
Hingham Bay
Juniper Cove
Massachusetts Bay
Nahant Bay
Nantucket Sound
Narragansett Bay
Orleans Cove
Plymouth Bay
Popponesset Bay
Quincy Bay
Vineyard Sound
Waquoit Bay
Warren Cove
Canals, Channels, and Straits
Blackstone Canal
Broad Brook Canal
Broad Canal
Canapitsit Channel
Cape Cod Canal
Fort Point Channel
Hampshire and Hampden Canal
Holyoke Canal System
Hypocrite Channel
Jeremiah's Gutter
Lechmere Canal
Lowell Power Canal System and Pawtucket Gatehouse
Madaket Ditch
Merrimack Canal
Middlesex Canal
Mother Brook
North Canal
Pawtucket Canal
Quick's Hole
Robinson's Hole
Salem Channel
Salem Beverly Waterway Canal
South Channel
South Hadley Canal
Turners Falls Canal
Woods Hole
Estuaries
Annisquam River
Back River
Bass River
Boston Harbor
Buzzards Bay
Fore River
Mitchell River
Mount Hope Bay
Oyster Pond River
Popponesset Bay
Quashnet River
Weir River
Harbors
Barnstable Harbor
Boston Harbor
East Harbor
Hyannis Harbor
Marblehead Harbor
Plymouth Harbor
Provincetown Harbor
Rock Harbor
Salem Harbor
Lakes
Briggs Reservoir
Buffumville Lake
Charge Pond
Chebacco Lake
Crystal Lake
Follins Pond
Hickory Hills Lake
Indian Lake
Lake Ashmere
Lake Attitash
Lake Boon
Lake Buel
Lake Chaubunagungamaug
Lake Cochichewick
Lake Cochituate
Lake Garfield
Lake Massapoag
Lake Monomonac
Lake Nippenicket
Lake Onota
Lake Quannapowitt
Lake Quinsigamond
Lake Rico
Lake Sabbatia
Lake Saltonstall
Lewis Lake
Little Quittacas Pond
Long Pond
Mystic Lakes
Pine Lake
Pocksha Pond
Prankers Pond
Silver Lake
Wallum Lake
Wenham Lake
Whites Pond
Ponds
Abner Pond
Arnold School Pond
Barrett Pond
Bartlett Pond
Bates Pond
Beaver Dam Pond
Big Rocky Pond
Big Sandy Pond
Billington Sea
Black Jimmy Pond
Bloody Pond
Boot Pond
Brooks Pond
Browning Pond
Bullough's Pond
Campus Pond
Cedar Pond
Clay Pit Pond
College Pond
Cooks Pond
Crossman Pond
Curlew Pond
Deer Pond
Dug Pond
Dunham Pond
East Head Reservoir
Elbow Pond
Ezekiel Pond
Fairyland Pond
Fawn Pond
Fearing Pond
Federal Pond
Five Mile Pond
Forge Pond
Fresh Meadow Pond
Fresh Pond
Fuller Street Pond
Furnace Pond
Gallows Pond
Glen Charlie Pond
Great Herring Pond
Great Island Pond
Great South Pond
Gunners Exchange Pond
Halfway Pond
Hardy Pond
Harrobs Corner Bog Pond
Hedges Pond
Hocomonco Pond
Horn Pond
Houghton's Pond
Hoyts Pond
Indian Head Pond
Indian Pond
Island Creek Pond
Island Pond (Cedarville)
Island Pond (Plymouth)
Jacobs Pond
Keene Pond
Kings Pond
Lake Lashaway
Learned Pond
Leonards Pond
Little Herring Pond
Little Long Pond (Plymouth)
Little Long Pond (Wareham)
Little Pond
Little Rocky Pond
Little Sandy Bottom Pond
Little Sandy Pond
Little West Pond
Long Duck Pond
Long Island Pond
Long Pond (Plymouth)
Long Pond (Rochester)
Lout Pond
Lower Chandler Pond
Maquan Pond
Mary's Pond
Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds
Micajah Pond
Mill Pond (Duxbury)
Mill Pond (Wareham)
Monponsett Pond
Morey Hole
Muddy Pond
New Long Pond
North Hill Marsh Pond
North Triangle Pond
Oldham Pond
Parker Mills Pond
Pembroke Street South Pond
Pine Street Pond
Quaboag Pond
Redd's Pond
Reeds Millpond
Robbins Pond
Rocky Pond
Round Pond
Russell Millpond
Russell Pond
Sampsons Pond
Sandy Pond
Sargent's Pond
Savery Pond
Sawins Pond
Scargo Lake
Shallow Pond
Ship Pond
Smelt Pond
Smith Pool
Snipatuit Pond
South Meadow Brook Reservoir
South Meadow Pond
South Triangle Pond
Spectacle Pond
Spring Pond
Spy Pond
Stetson Pond
Studleys Pond
Thompson Pond
Tihonet Pond
Tispaquin Pond
Tremont Mill Pond
Triangle Pond
Tuxbury Pond
Union Pond
Upper Chandler Pond
Vaughn Pond
Walden Pond
Walker Pond
Wampatuck Pond
Watson Pond
Watuppa Ponds
West Chandler Pond
White Island Pond
Winnecunnet Pond
Reservoirs
Aaron River Reservoir
Accord Pond
Ashley Reservoir
Assawompset Pond
Big Pond
Blackmore Pond
Briggs Reservoir
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Fisher Hill Reservoir
Fort Meadow Reservoir
Fresh Pond
Great Quittacas Pond
Great Sandy Bottom Pond
Haggetts Pond
High Service Water Tower and Reservoir
Lake Wyola
Little South Pond
Littleville Lake
Lost Lake
Miscoe Lake
Neponset Reservoir
Norton Reservoir
Otis Reservoir
Quabbin Reservoir
Round Pond
Silver Lake
Stockbridge Bowl
Stony Brook
Stump Pond
Sudbury Reservoir
Sugden Reservoir
Tully Lake
Wachusett Reservoir
Walden Pond (Lynn)
Weston Reservoir
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Islands and Peninsulas of Massachusetts
Islands
Abiels Ledge
Abnecotants Island
Adams Island
Alden Island
Aldridge Ledge
Alleghany Rock
Allen Rock (Edgartown)
Allen Rock (Salisbury)
Amrita Island
Angelica Rock
Anuxanon Island
Apple Island
Archer Rock
Averills Island
Babson Ledge
Bachelor Island
Badgers Rock
Bagwell Island
Bailey Flat
Bakers Island
Bar Rock (Westport)
Bar Rock (Scituate)
Baret Island
Barrel Rock
Barstow Rock
Bartletts Island
Barton Island
Bass Ledge
Bass Rock (Ipswich)
Bass Rock (Lynn)
Bassetts Island
Bates Island
Beaver Island
Big Pine Island
Big Quamino Rock
Billingsgate Island
Bird Island
Black Rock
Blueberry Island
Boston Ledge
Brant Island
Brant Rock
Bumpkin Island
Busta Rhymes Island
Button Island
Calf Island
Carrick Island
Castle Island
Castle Rock
Cemetery Island
Chappaquiddick Island
Children's Island
Childs Island
Choate Island
Chubb Island
Clark Island
Clark's Island
Cleveland Island
Cobble Island
Commissioners Ledge
Coney Island
Conspiracy Island
Cormorant Rock (Marblehead)
Cormorant Rock (Mattapoisett)
Corn Island
Cove Ledge
Crow Island
Crowninshield Island
Cuttyhunk Island
Decatur Rock
Deer Island (Amesbury)
Dole Island
Egg Rock (Concord)
Egg Rock (Nahant)
Elizabeth Islands
Fish Island
Gallops Island
Georges Island
Gooseberry Island
Governors Island
Grand Island
Grape Island (Weymouth)
Grape Island (Ipswich)
Great Brewster Island
Green Island
Gull Island
Hales Island
Hangman Island
Holy Island
House Island
Langlee Island
Little Brewster Island
Long Island
Lovells Island
Marblehead Rock
Martha's Vineyard
Martin Ledge
Middle Brewster Island
Misery Islands
Monomoy Island
Moon Island
Muskeget Island
Nahant
Nantucket
Nashawena Island
Naushon Island
Nixes Mate
Noddle's Island
Nomans Land
Nonamesset Island
Nut Island
Onset Island
Outer Brewster Island
Pasque Island
Peddocks Island
Penikese Island
Plum Island
Popponesset Island
Raccoon Island
Ragged Island
Rainsford Island
Roaring Bulls
Sampsons Island
Sarah Island
Shag Rocks
Snake Island
Spectacle Island
Spinnaker Island
Stall Hill Island
Tewksbury Rock
Thacher Island
The Graves
Thompson Island
Three and One-half Fathom Ledge
Tinker's Island
Tuckernuck Island
Uncatena Island
Veckatimest Island
Washburn Island
Weepecket Islands
West Island
Wickets Island
Winter Island
Peninsulas
Cape Ann
Cape Cod
Charles River Peninsula
Charlestown Neck
Columbia Point
Deer Island
Houghs Neck
Humarock
Pemberton Point
Popponesset Peninsula
Ram Head
Rocky Point
Rose Point
Salem Neck
Shawmut Peninsula
Wings Neck
World's End
Demographics[edit]
Main articles: Demographics of Massachusetts and List of people from Massachusetts
Massachusetts population density map. The centers of high-density settlement, from east to west, are Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Pittsfield, respectively.
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1790 378,787 —
1800 422,845 11.6%
1810 472,040 11.6%
1820 523,287 10.9%
1830 610,408 16.6%
1840 737,699 20.9%
1850 994,514 34.8%
1860 1,231,066 23.8%
1870 1,457,351 18.4%
1880 1,783,085 22.4%
1890 2,238,947 25.6%
1900 2,805,346 25.3%
1910 3,366,416 20.0%
1920 3,852,356 14.4%
1930 4,249,614 10.3%
1940 4,316,721 1.6%
1950 4,690,514 8.7%
1960 5,148,578 9.8%
1970 5,689,170 10.5%
1980 5,737,037 0.8%
1990 6,016,425 4.9%
2000 6,349,097 5.5%
2010 6,547,629 3.1%
Est. 2017 6,859,819 4.8%
[9][155][156][157]
The United States Census Bureau estimated that the population of Massachusetts was 6,859,819 on July 1, 2017, a 4.77% increase since the 2010 United States Census.[9]
As of 2014, Massachusetts was estimated to be the third-most densely populated U.S. state, with 839.4 people per square mile,[158] behind New Jersey and Rhode Island. In 2014, Massachusetts had 1,011,811 foreign-born residents or 15% of the population.[158]
Most Bay State residents live within the Boston Metropolitan Area, also known as Greater Boston, which includes Boston and its proximate surroundings but also extending to Greater Lowell and to Worcester. The Springfield metropolitan area, also known as Greater Springfield, is also a major center of population. Demographically, the center of population of Massachusetts is located in the town of Natick.[159][160]
Like the rest of the northeastern United States, the population of Massachusetts has continued to grow in the past few decades. Massachusetts is the fastest growing state in New England and the 25th fastest growing state in the United States.[161] Population growth was largely due to a relatively high quality of life and a large higher education system in the state.[161]
Foreign immigration is also a factor in the state's population growth, causing the state's population to continue to grow as of the 2010 Census (particularly in Massachusetts gateway cities where costs of living are lower).[162][163] 40% of foreign immigrants were from Central or South America, according to a 2005 Census Bureau study, with many of the remainder from Asia. Many residents who have settled in Greater Springfield claim Puerto Rican descent.[162] Many areas of Massachusetts showed relatively stable population trends between 2000 and 2010.[163] Exurban Boston and coastal areas grew the most rapidly, while Berkshire County in far Western Massachusetts and Barnstable County on Cape Cod were the only counties to lose population as of the 2010 Census.[163]
By gender, 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female in 2014. In terms of age, 79.2% were over 18 years old and 14.8% were over 65 years old.[158]
Race and ancestry[edit]
Saint Patrick's Day parade in Scituate, the municipality with the highest percentage identifying Irish ancestry in the United States, at 47.5% in 2010.[164] Irish Americans constitute the largest ethnicity in Massachusetts.
As of 2014, in terms of race and ethnicity, Massachusetts was 83.2% White (73.7% Non-Hispanic White), 8.8% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American and Alaska Native, 6.3% Asian American, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 2.1% from Some Other Race, and 3.1% from Two or More Races. Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up 11.2% of the population.[158]
The state's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, has declined from 95.4% in 1970 to 73.7% in 2014.[158][165] As of 2011, non-Hispanic whites were involved in 63.6% of all the births,[166] while 36.4% of the population of Massachusetts younger than age 1 was minorities (meaning that they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white).[167]
As late as 1795, the population of Massachusetts was nearly 95% of English ancestry.[168] During the early and mid 19th century, immigrant groups began arriving in Massachusetts in large numbers; first from Ireland in the 1840s;[169] today the Irish and part-Irish are the largest ancestry group in the state at nearly 25% of the total population. Others arrived later from Quebec as well as places in Europe such as Italy, Portugal, and Poland.[170] In the early 20th century, a number of African Americans migrated to Massachusetts, although in somewhat fewer numbers than many other Northern states.[171] Later in the 20th century, immigration from Latin America increased considerably. Over 156,000 Chinese Americans made their home in Massachusetts in 2014,[172] and Boston hosts a growing Chinatown accommodating heavily traveled Chinese-owned bus lines to and from Chinatown, Manhattan in New York City. Massachusetts also has large Puerto Rican, Dominican, Haitian, Cape Verdean and Brazilian populations. Boston's South End and Jamaica Plain are both gay villages, as is nearby Provincetown, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
Boston's Chinatown, with its paifang gate, is home to many Chinese and also Vietnamese restaurants.
Boston gay pride march, held annually in June. Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004.
The largest ancestry group in Massachusetts are the Irish (22.5% of the population), who live in significant numbers throughout the state but form more than 40% of the population along the South Shore in Norfolk and Plymouth counties (in both counties overall, Irish-Americans comprise more than 30% of the population). Italians form the second-largest ethnic group in the state (13.5%), but only form a plurality in some suburbs north of Boston and a few towns in the Berkshires. English is the third-largest ancestry in Massachusetts (11.4%), and have lived in the region the longest but only form a plurality in some towns in western Massachusetts. French people also form a significant part of the state's population (8%), and they primarily live in the hills of Worcester County.[173] Lowell is home to the second-largest Cambodian community of the nation.[174] There are also several populations of Native Americans in Massachusetts, the Wampanoag tribe maintains reservations at Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard and at Mashpee on Cape Cod—with an ongoing native language revival project underway since 1993; while the Nipmuc maintain two state-recognized reservations in the central part of the state, including one at Grafton.[175]
Massachusetts has avoided many forms of racial strife seen elsewhere in the US, but examples such as the successful electoral showings of the nativist (mainly anti-Catholic) Know Nothings in the 1850s,[176] the controversial Sacco and Vanzetti executions in the 1920s,[177] and Boston's opposition to desegregation busing in the 1970s[178] show that the ethnic history of Massachusetts was not completely harmonious.
Languages[edit]
The most common varieties of American English spoken in Massachusetts, other than General American, are the cot-caught distinct, rhotic, western Massachusetts dialect and the cot-caught merged, non-rhotic, eastern Massachusetts dialect (popularly known as a "Boston accent").[179]
Top 11 Non-English Languages Spoken in Massachusetts
Language
Percentage of population
(as of 2010)[180]
Spanish 7.50%
Portuguese 2.97%
Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin) 1.59%
French (including New England French) 1.11%
French Creole 0.89%
Italian 0.72%
Russian 0.62%
Vietnamese 0.58%
Greek 0.41%
Arabic and Khmer (Cambodian) (including all Austroasiatic languages) (tied) 0.37%
As of 2010, 78.93% (4,823,127) of Massachusetts residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a first language, while 7.50% (458,256) spoke Spanish, 2.97% (181,437) Portuguese, 1.59% (96,690) Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Mandarin), 1.11% (67,788) French, 0.89% (54,456) French Creole, 0.72% (43,798) Italian, 0.62% (37,865) Russian, and Vietnamese was spoken as a primary language by 0.58% (35,283) of the population over the age of five. In total, 21.07% (1,287,419) of Massachusetts's population aged 5 and older spoke a first language other than English.[158][180]
Built in 1681, the Old Ship Church in Hingham is the oldest church in America in continuous ecclesiastical use.[181] Massachusetts has since become one of the most irreligious states in the U.S.[182]
Religion[edit]
Massachusetts was founded and settled by Brownist Puritans in 1620[87] and soon after by other groups of Separatists/Dissenters, Nonconformists and Independents from 17th century England.[85] Most people in Massachusetts today remain Christians.[158] The descendants of the Puritans belong to many different churches; in the direct line of inheritance are the various Congregational churches, the United Church of Christ and congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association. The headquarters of the Unitarian Universalist Association, long located on Beacon Hill, is now located in South Boston.[183][184] Many Puritan descendants also dispersed to other Protestant denominations. Some disaffiliated along with Roman Catholics and other Christian groups in the wake of modern secularization.
Today, Christians make up 57% of the state's population, with Protestants making up 21% of them. Roman Catholics make up 34% and now predominate because of massive immigration from primarily Catholic countries and regions – chiefly Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Quebec, and Latin America. Both Protestant and Roman Catholic communities have been in decline since the late 20th century, due to the rise of irreligion in New England. It is the most irreligious region of the country, along with the Western United States. A significant Jewish population immigrated to the Boston and Springfield areas between 1880 and 1920. Jews currently make up 3% of the population. Mary Baker Eddy made the Boston Mother Church of Christian Science serve as the world headquarters of this new religious movement. Buddhists, Pagans, Hindus, Seventh-day Adventists, Muslims, and Mormons may also be found. Kripalu Center in Stockbridge, the Shaolin Meditation Temple in Springfield, and the Insight Meditation Center in Barre are examples of non-Abrahamic religious centers in Massachusetts. According to 2010 data from The Association of Religion Data Archives, (ARDA) the largest single denominations are the Catholic Church with 2,940,199 adherents; the United Church of Christ with 86,639 adherents; and the Episcopal Church with 81,999 adherents.[185] 32% of the population identifies as having no religion.[186]
Education[edit]
Harvard University and MIT are both widely regarded as in the top handful of universities worldwide for academic research in various disciplines.[65]
Further information: List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts, List of engineering schools in Massachusetts, List of high schools in Massachusetts, and List of school districts in Massachusetts
Towns in Massachusetts by combined mean SAT of their public high school district for the 2015–2016 academic year.[187]
In 2018, Massachusetts' overall educational system was ranked the top among all fifty U.S. states by U.S. News & World Report.[188] Massachusetts was the first state in North America to require municipalities to appoint a teacher or establish a grammar school with the passage of the Massachusetts Education Law of 1647,[189] and 19th century reforms pushed by Horace Mann laid much of the groundwork for contemporary universal public education[190][191] which was established in 1852.[123] Massachusetts is home to the oldest school in continuous existence in North America (The Roxbury Latin School, founded in 1645), as well as the country's oldest public elementary school (The Mather School, founded in 1639),[192] its oldest high school (Boston Latin School, founded in 1635),[193] its oldest continuously operating boarding school (The Governor's Academy, founded in 1763),[194] its oldest college (Harvard University, founded in 1636),[195] and its oldest women's college (Mount Holyoke College, founded in 1837).[196]
Massachusetts's per-student public expenditure for elementary and secondary schools was eighth in the nation in 2012, at $14,844.[197] In 2013, Massachusetts scored highest of all the states in math and third-highest in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.[198]
Massachusetts is home to 121 institutions of higher education.[199] Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both located in Cambridge, consistently rank among the world's best private universities and universities in general.[200] In addition to Harvard and MIT, several other Massachusetts universities currently rank in the top 50 at the undergraduate level nationally in the widely cited rankings of U.S. News and World Report: Tufts University (#27), Boston College (#32), Brandeis University (#34), Boston University (#37) and Northeastern University (#40). Massachusetts is also home to three of the top five U.S. News and World Report's best Liberal Arts Colleges: Williams College (#1), Amherst College (#2), and Wellesley College (#4).[201] The public University of Massachusetts (nicknamed UMass) features five campuses in the state, with its flagship campus in Amherst that enrolls over 25,000 students.[202][203]
Economy[edit]
See also: List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income, List of Massachusetts locations by unemployment rate, and Category:Economy of Massachusetts
The United States Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that the Massachusetts gross state product in 2016 was US$505 billion.[204] The per capita personal income in 2012 was $53,221, making it the third-highest state in the nation.[205] As of January 2017, Massachusetts general minimum wage in the state was $11 per hour while the minimum wage for tipped workers is $3.75 an hour.[206]
In 2015, twelve Fortune 500 companies were located in Massachusetts: Liberty Mutual, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, TJX Companies, EMC Corporation, Raytheon, Staples Inc., Global Partners, Thermo Fisher Scientific, State Street Corporation, Biogen, Eversource Energy, and Boston Scientific.[207] CNBC's list of "Top States for Business for 2014" has recognized Massachusetts as the 25th-best state in the nation for business,[208] and for the second year in a row the state was ranked by Bloomberg as the most innovative state in America.[209] According to a 2013 study by Phoenix Marketing International, Massachusetts had the sixth-largest number of millionaires per capita in the United States, with a ratio of 6.73 percent.[210] Billionaires living in the state include past and present leaders (and related family) of local companies such as Fidelity Investments, New Balance, Kraft Group, Boston Scientific, and the former Continental Cablevision.[211] Boston-Logan International Airport is the busiest airport in New England, serving 33.4 million total passengers in 2015, and witnessing rapid growth in international air traffic since 2010.[212]
Sectors vital to the Massachusetts economy include higher education, biotechnology, information technology, finance, health care, tourism, and defense. The Route 128 corridor and Greater Boston continue to be a major center for venture capital investment,[213] and high technology remains an important sector. In recent years tourism has played an ever-important role in the state's economy, with Boston and Cape Cod being the leading destinations.[214] Other popular tourist destinations include Salem, Plymouth, and the Berkshires. Massachusetts is the sixth-most popular tourist destination for foreign travelers.[215]
Cape Cod Bay, a leading tourist destination in Massachusetts. Tourism is important to the state's economy.
As of 2012, there were 7,755 farms in Massachusetts encompassing a total of 523,517 acres (2,120 km2), averaging 67.5 acres (0.273 km2) apiece.[216] Particular agricultural products of note include green house products making up more than one third of the state's agricultural output, cranberries, sweet corn and apples are also large sectors of production.[217] Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing state in the union after Wisconsin.[218]
The more than 33,000 nonprofits in Massachusetts employ one-sixth of the state's workforce.[219] In 2007, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a state holiday, Nonprofit Awareness Day.
In February 2017, U.S. News & World Report ranked Massachusetts the best state in the United States based upon 60 metrics including healthcare, education, crime, infrastructure, opportunity, economy, and government. The Bay State ranked number one in education, number two in healthcare, and number five in the handling of the economy.[220]
Taxation[edit]
Depending on how it is calculated, state and local tax burden in Massachusetts has been estimated among U.S. states and Washington D.C. as 21st-highest (11.44% or $6,163 per year for a household with nationwide median income)[221] or 25th-highest overall with below-average corporate taxes (39th-highest), above-average personal income taxes, (13th-highest), above-average sales tax (18th-highest), and below-average property taxes (46th-highest).[222] In the 1970s, the Commonwealth ranked as a relatively high-tax state, gaining the pejorative nickname "Taxachusetts". This was followed by a round of tax limitations during the 1980s—a conservative period in American politics—including Proposition 2½.[223]
As of January 1, 2016, Massachusetts has a flat-rate personal income tax of 5.1%,[224] after a 2002 voter referendum to eventually lower the rate to 5.0%[225] as amended by the legislature.[226] There is a tax exemption for income below a threshold that varies from year to year. The corporate income tax rate is 8.8%,[227] and the short-term capital gains tax rate is 12%.[228] An unusual provision allows filers to voluntarily pay at the pre-referendum 5.85% income tax rate, which is done by between one and two thousand taxpayers per year.[229]
The state imposes a 6.25% sales tax[227] on retail sales of tangible personal property—except for groceries, clothing (up to $175.00), and periodicals.[230] The sales tax is charged on clothing that costs more than $175.00, for the amount exceeding $175.00.[230] Massachusetts also charges a use tax when goods are bought from other states and the vendor does not remit Massachusetts sales tax; taxpayers report and pay this on their income tax forms or dedicated forms, though there are "safe harbor" amounts that can be paid without tallying up actual purchases (except for purchases over $1000).[230] There is no inheritance tax and limited Massachusetts estate tax related to federal estate tax collection.[228]
Energy[edit]
Massachusetts's electricity generation market was made competitive in 1998, enabling retail customers to change suppliers without changing utility companies.[231] In 2012, Massachusetts consumed 1374.4 trillion BTU,[232] making it the fifth-lowest state in terms of consumption of energy per capita, and 63% of that energy came from natural gas.[232] In 2014 and 2015, Massachusetts was ranked as the most energy efficient state the United States[233][234] while Boston is the most efficient city,[235] but it had the third-highest electricity prices of any state.[232]
Renewable energy[edit]
Further information: Category:Energy in Massachusetts
Fossil fuels such as oil, coal and natural gas reserves are slowly being depleted, to make up for the loss of these fuels an alternative to supply Massachusetts with energy is needed. An alternative to replace the fossil fuels is renewable energy, resources-such as wind and solar energy-are constantly being replenished and will never run out. To have Massachusetts become less dependent on fossil fuels, a bill to move Massachusetts to 100 percent renewable energy was submitted. The bill (S.1849) was introduced by a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1849) of James B. Eldridge, Sean Garballey, Carmine L. Gentile, Jason M. Lewis and other members of the General Court for legislation to transition Massachusetts to 100 percent renewable energy.[236] The bill aims to have Massachusetts on 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 with plans on reducing pollution to Massachusetts air, water and land, along with reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately eliminate Massachusetts use of fossil fuels and other polluting and dangerous forms of energy.[236]
Transportation[edit]
See also: Category:Transportation in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, serving Greater Boston
Massachusetts has 10 regional metropolitan planning organizations and three non-metropolitan planning organizations covering the remainder of the state;[237] statewide planning is handled by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
Regional public transportation[edit]
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), also known as "The T",[238] operates public transportation in the form of subway,[239] bus,[240] and ferry[241] systems in the Metro Boston area.
Fifteen other regional transit authorities provide public transportation in the form of bus services in the rest of the state.[242] Two heritage railways are also in operation: the Cape Cod Central Railroad and the Berkshire Scenic Railway.[243][244]
Long-distance rail and bus[edit]
Amtrak operates inter-city rail, including the high-speed Acela service to cities such as Providence, New Haven, New York City, and Washington, DC from South Station. From North Station the Amtrak Downeaster serves Portland, Maine and Brunswick, Maine.[245] Amtrak also runs east-west from Boston South Station to Worcester, Springfield, and eventually Chicago, Illinois; and north-south from the Pioneer Valley to New Haven, Connecticut via Hartford. Amtrak carries more passengers between Boston and New York than all airlines combined (about 54% of market share in 2012).[246] but has infrequent trips to other cities. There, more frequent intercity service is provided by private bus carriers, including Peter Pan Bus Lines (headquartered in Springfield), Greyhound Lines, and BoltBus. Various Chinatown bus lines depart for New York from South Station in Boston.
MBTA Commuter Rail services run throughout the larger Greater Boston area, including service to Worcester, Lowell, and Plymouth.[247] This overlaps with the service areas of neighboring regional transportation authorities. As of the summer of 2013 the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority in collaboration with the MBTA and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is operating the CapeFLYER providing passenger rail service between Boston and Cape Cod.[248][249]
Hartford-Springfield Commuter Rail is expected to begin operation in 2018.
Ferry[edit]
The Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority regulates freight and passenger ferry service to the islands of Massachusetts including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.[250]
Rail freight[edit]
As of 2015, a number of freight railroads were operating in Massachusetts, with CSX being the largest carrier.[251] Massachusetts has a total of 892 miles (1,436 km) of freight trackage in operation.[252]
Air service[edit]
Further information: List of airports in Massachusetts
Worcester, second-largest city in the state, with Worcester Regional Airport tower in the background
The major airport in the state is Boston-Logan International Airport. The airport served 33.5 million passengers in 2015, up from 31.6 million in 2014,[212] and is used by around 40 airlines with a total of 103 gates.[253] Logan International Airport has service to numerous cities throughout the United States, as well as international service to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.[254] Logan, Hanscom Field in Bedford, and Worcester Regional Airport are operated by Massport, an independent state transportation agency.[254] Massachusetts has approximately 42 public-use airfields, and over 200 private landing spots.[255] Some airports receive funding from the Aeronautics Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration; the FAA is also the primary regulator of Massachusetts air travel.[256]
Roads[edit]
There are a total of 31,300 miles (50,400 km) of interstates and other highways in Massachusetts.[257] Interstate 90 (I-90, also known as the Massachusetts Turnpike), is the longest interstate in Massachusetts. The route travels 136 mi (219 km) generally west to east, entering Massachusetts at the New York state line in the town of West Stockbridge, and passes just north of Springfield, just south of Worcester and through Framingham before terminating near Logan International Airport in Boston.[258] Other major interstates include I-91, which travels generally north and south along the Connecticut River; I-93, which travels north and south through central Boston, then passes through Methuen before entering New Hampshire; and I-95, which connects Providence, Rhode Island with Greater Boston, forming a partial loop concurrent with Route 128 around the more urbanized areas before continuing north along the coast into New Hampshire.
I-495 forms a wide loop around the outer edge of Greater Boston. Other major interstates in Massachusetts include I-291, I-391, I-84, I-195, I-395, I-290, and I-190. Major non-interstate highways in Massachusetts include U.S. Routes 1, 3, 6, and 20, and state routes 2, 3, 9, 24, and 128. A great majority of interstates in Massachusetts were constructed during the mid 20th century, and at times were controversial, particularly the intent to route I-95 northeastwards from Providence, Rhode Island, directly through central Boston, first proposed in 1948. Opposition to continued construction grew, and in 1970 Governor Francis W. Sargent issued a general prohibition on most further freeway construction within the I-95/Route 128 loop in the Boston area.[259] A massive undertaking to bring I-93 underground in downtown Boston, called the Big Dig, brought the city's highway system under public scrutiny for its high cost and construction quality.[130]
Government and politics[edit]
The Massachusetts State House, topped by its golden dome, faces Boston Common on Beacon Hill.
Massachusetts has a long political history; earlier political structures included the Mayflower Compact of 1620, the separate Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, and the combined colonial Province of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Constitution was ratified in 1780 while the Revolutionary War was in progress, four years after the Articles of Confederation was drafted, and eight years before the present United States Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788. Drafted by John Adams, the Massachusetts Constitution is currently the oldest functioning written constitution in continuous effect in the world.[260][261][262] It has been amended 120 times, most recently in 2000.
Massachusetts politics since the second half of the 20th century have generally been dominated by the Democratic Party, and the state has a reputation for being the most liberal state in the country.[263] In 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly lesbian or gay candidate elected to a state legislature in US history.[264] The state housed the first openly gay member of the United States House of Representatives, Gerry Studds, in 1972[265] and in 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage.[59]
Government[edit]
Main article: Government of Massachusetts
See also: Commonwealth (U.S. state)
Charlie Baker (R), the 72nd and current Governor of Massachusetts
The Government of Massachusetts is divided into three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The governor of Massachusetts heads the executive branch; duties of the governor include signing or vetoing legislation, filling judicial and agency appointments, granting pardons, preparing an annual budget, and commanding the Massachusetts National Guard.[266] Massachusetts governors, unlike those of most other states, are addressed as His/Her Excellency.[266] The current governor is Charlie Baker,[267] a Republican from Swampscott.[268] The executive branch also includes the Executive Council, which is made up of eight elected councilors and the Lieutenant Governor seat,[266] which is currently occupied by Karyn Polito.[267]
Abilities of the Council include confirming gubernatorial appointments and certifying elections.[266] The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate comprise the legislature of Massachusetts, known as the Massachusetts General Court.[266] The House consists of 160 members while the Senate has 40 members.[266] Leaders of the House and Senate are chosen by the members of those bodies; the leader of the House is known as the Speaker while the leader of the Senate is known as the President.[266] Each branch consists of several committees.[266] Members of both bodies are elected to two-year terms.[269]
The Judicial branch is headed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which serves over a number of lower courts.[266] The Supreme Judicial Court is made up of a chief justice and six associate justices.[266] Judicial appointments are made by the governor and confirmed by the executive council.[266]
The Congressional delegation from Massachusetts is entirely Democratic.[270] Currently, the US senators are Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. The members of the state's delegation to the US House of Representatives are Richard Neal, Jim McGovern, Niki Tsongas, Joseph Kennedy III, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, Mike Capuano, Stephen Lynch, and Bill Keating.[271]
Federal court cases are heard in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and appeals are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.[272] In U.S. presidential elections since 2012, Massachusetts has been allotted 11 votes in the electoral college, out of a total of 538.[273] Like most states, Massachusetts's electoral votes are granted in a winner-take-all system.[274]
Politics[edit]
Main articles: Politics of Massachusetts and Political party strength in Massachusetts
See also: Green-Rainbow Party, Massachusetts Democratic Party, Massachusetts Republican Party, and United Independent Party
Gubernatorial election results[275]
Year
Democratic
Republican
1958 56.2% 1,067,020 43.1% 818,463
1960 46.8% 1,130,810 52.5% 1,269,295
1962 49.9% 1,053,322 49.7% 1,047,891
1964 49.3% 1,153,416 50.3% 1,176,462
1966 36.9% 752,720 62.6% 1,277,358
1970 42.8% 799,269 56.7% 1,058,623
1974 53.5% 992,284 42.3% 784,353
1978 51.2% 1,030,294 46.0% 926,072
1982 59.5% 1,219,109 36.6% 749,679
1986 68.7% 1,157,786 31.2% 525,364
1990 46.9% 1,099,878 50.2% 1,175,817
1994 28.3% 611,650 70.8% 1,533,390
1998 47.4% 901,843 50.8% 967,160
2002 44.9% 985,981 49.8% 1,091,988
2006 55.6% 1,234,984 35.3% 784,342
2010 48.4% 1,112,283 42.0% 964,866
2014 46.5% 1,004,408 48.4% 1,044,573
Presidential election results[275]
Year
Democratic
Republican
1952 45.5% 1,083,525 54.2% 1,292,325
1956 40.4% 948,190 59.3% 1,393,197
1960 60.2% 1,487,174 39.6% 976,750
1964 76.2% 1,786,422 23.4% 549,727
1968 63.0% 1,469,218 32.9% 766,844
1972 54.2% 1,332,540 45.2% 1,112,078
1976 56.1% 1,429,475 40.4% 1,030,276
1980 41.8% 1,053,802 41.9% 1,057,631
1984 48.4% 1,239,606 51.2% 1,310,936
1988 53.2% 1,401,416 45.4% 1,194,644
1992 47.5% 1,318,662 37.0% 1,005,049
1996 61.5% 1,571,763 28.1% 718,107
2000 59.8% 1,616,487 32.5% 878,502
2004 61.9% 1,803,800 36.8% 1,071,109
2008 61.8% 1,904,098 36.0% 1,108,854
2012 60.7% 1,921,290 37.5% 1,188,314
2016 60.0% 1,995,196 32.8% 1,090,893
Throughout the mid 20th century, Massachusetts has gradually shifted from a Republican-leaning state to one largely dominated by Democrats; the 1952 victory of John F. Kennedy over incumbent Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. is seen as a watershed moment in this transformation. His younger brother Edward M. Kennedy held that seat until his death from a brain tumor in 2009.[276] Massachusetts has since gained a reputation as being a politically liberal state and is often used as an archetype of modern liberalism, hence the usage of the phrase "Massachusetts liberal".[277]
Massachusetts routinely votes for the Democratic Party, with the core concentrations in the Boston metro area, the Cape and Islands, and Western Massachusetts outside Hampden County. Pockets of Republican strength are in the central areas along the I-495 crescent, Hampden County, and communities on the south and north shores,[278] but the state as a whole has not given its Electoral College votes to a Republican in a presidential election since Ronald Reagan carried it in 1984. Additionally, Massachusetts provided Reagan with his smallest margins of victory in both the 1980[279] and 1984 elections.[280]
As of the 2014 election, the Democratic Party holds a significant majority over the Republican Party. Only 35 of the 160 seats in the state house[281] and 6 of the 40 seats in the state senate belong to the Republican Party.[282]
Although Republicans held the governor's office continuously from 1991 to 2007 and from 2015 onwards,[267] they have been among the most moderate Republican leaders in the nation.[283][284] In the 2004 election, the state gave Massachusetts senator John Kerry 61.9% of the vote, his best showing in any state.[285] In 2008, President Barack Obama carried the state with 61.8% of the vote.[286]
Massachusetts registered voters as of February 2017[287]
Party
Number of Voters
Percentage
Independent 2,424,979 54.04%
Democratic 1,526,870 34.03%
Republican 479,237 10.68%
Libertarian 8,587 0.19%
Political designations 47,176 1.05%
Total
4,486,849
100%
In the 2010 special election for the U.S. Senate, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley by a 52% to 47% margin only to lose the seat in the 2012 Senate election to Elizabeth Warren, the first female senator to represent Massachusetts.[288][289]
A number of contemporary national political issues have been influenced by events in Massachusetts, such as the decision in 2003 by the state Supreme Judicial Court allowing same-sex marriage[290] and a 2006 bill which mandated health insurance for all Bay Staters.[291] In 2008, Massachusetts voters passed an initiative decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.[292] Voters in Massachusetts also approved a ballot measure in 2012 that legalized the medical use of marijuana.[293]
Cities, towns, and counties[edit]
Main article: Local Government
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Largest cities or towns in Massachusetts
Source:[294]
Rank
Name
County
Pop.

Boston

Worcester 1 Boston Suffolk 673,184
Springfield

Cambridge
2 Worcester Worcester 184,508
3 Springfield Hampden 154,074
4 Cambridge Middlesex 110,651
5 Lowell Middlesex 110,558
6 Brockton Plymouth 95,630
7 New Bedford Bristol 95,032
8 Quincy Norfolk 93,688
9 Lynn Essex 92,697
10 Fall River Bristol 88,390
There are 50 cities and 301 towns in Massachusetts, grouped into 14 counties.[295] The fourteen counties, moving roughly from west to east, are Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket. Eleven communities which call themselves "towns" are, by law, cities since they have traded the town meeting form of government for a mayor-council or manager-council form.[296]
Boston is the state capital and largest city in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 673,184,[297] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,628,910, is the 10th largest metropolitan area in the nation.[298] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, and Cambridge. Plymouth is the largest municipality in the state by land area, followed by Middleborough.[295]
Massachusetts, along with the five other New England states, features the local governmental structure known as the New England town.[299] In this structure, incorporated towns—as opposed to townships or counties—hold many of the responsibilities and powers of local government.[299] Most of the county governments were abolished by the state of Massachusetts beginning in 1997 including Middlesex County,[300] the largest county in the state by population.[301][302] The voters of these now defunct counties elect only Sheriffs and Registers of Deeds, who are part of the state government. Other counties have been reorganized, and a few still retain county councils.[303]
Arts, culture, and recreation[edit]
The site of Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond in Concord
Massachusetts has contributed to American arts and culture. Drawing from its Native American and Yankee roots, along with later immigrant groups, Massachusetts has produced a number of writers, artists, and musicians. A number of major museums and important historical sites are also located there, and events and festivals throughout the year celebrate the state's history and heritage.[304]
Massachusetts was an early center of the Transcendentalist movement, which emphasized intuition, emotion, human individuality and a deeper connection with nature.[118] Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was born in Boston but spent much of his later life in Concord, largely created the philosophy with his 1836 work Nature, and continued to be a key figure in the movement for the remainder of his life. Emerson's friend, Henry David Thoreau, who was also involved in Transcendentalism, recorded his year spent alone in a small cabin at nearby Walden Pond in the 1854 work Walden; or, Life in the Woods.[305]
Other famous authors and poets born or strongly associated with Massachusetts include Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Updike, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, E.E. Cummings, Sylvia Plath, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, and Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. Seuss".[306][307][308] Famous painters from Massachusetts include Winslow Homer and Norman Rockwell;[308] many of the latter's works are on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge.[309]
An outdoor dance performance at Jacob's Pillow in Becket
Massachusetts is also an important center for the performing arts. Both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra are based in Massachusetts.[310] Other orchestras in Massachusetts include the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra in Barnstable and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra.[311][312] Tanglewood, in western Massachusetts, is a music venue that is home to both the Tanglewood Music Festival and Tanglewood Jazz Festival, as well as the summer host for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.[313]
Other performing arts and theater organizations in Massachusetts include the Boston Ballet, the Boston Lyric Opera,[310] and the Lenox-based Shakespeare & Company. In addition to classical and folk music, Massachusetts has produced musicians and bands spanning a number of contemporary genres, such as the classic rock band Aerosmith, the proto-punk band The Modern Lovers, the new wave band The Cars, and the alternative rock band Pixies.[314] Film events in the state include the Boston Film Festival, the Boston International Film Festival, and a number of smaller film festivals in various cities throughout Massachusetts.[315]
USS Constitution fires a salute during its annual Fourth of July turnaround cruise.
Massachusetts is home to a large number of museums and historical sites. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, and the DeCordova contemporary art and sculpture museum in Lincoln are all located within Massachusetts,[316] and the Maria Mitchell Association in Nantucket includes several observatories, museums, and an aquarium.[317] Historically themed museums and sites such as the Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield,[139] Boston's Freedom Trail and nearby Minute Man National Historical Park, both of which preserve a number of sites important during the American Revolution,[139][318] the Lowell National Historical Park, which focuses on some of the earliest mills and canals of the industrial revolution in the US,[139] the Black Heritage Trail in Boston, which includes important African-American and abolitionist sites in Boston,[319] and the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park[139] all showcase various periods of Massachusetts's history.
Plimoth Plantation and Old Sturbridge Village are two open-air or "living" museums in Massachusetts, recreating life as it was in the 17th and early 19th centuries, respectively.[320][321]
Boston's annual St. Patrick's Day parade and "Harborfest", a week-long Fourth of July celebration featuring a fireworks display and concert by the Boston Pops as well as a turnaround cruise in Boston Harbor by the USS Constitution, are popular events.[322] The New England Summer Nationals, an auto show in Worcester, draws tens of thousands of attendees every year.[323] The Boston Marathon is also a popular event in the state drawing more than 30,000 runners and tens of thousands of spectators annually.[324]
Long-distance hiking trails in Massachusetts include the Appalachian Trail, the New England National Scenic Trail, the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail, the Midstate Trail, and the Bay Circuit Trail.[325] Other outdoor recreational activities in Massachusetts include sailing and yachting, freshwater and deep-sea fishing,[326] whale watching,[327] downhill and cross-country skiing,[328] and hunting.[329]
Media[edit]
See also: List of television stations in Massachusetts, List of newspapers in Massachusetts, and List of radio stations in Massachusetts
There are two major television media markets located in Massachusetts. The Boston/Manchester market is the fifth-largest in the United States.[330] The other market surrounds the Springfield area.[331] WGBH-TV in Boston is a major public television station and produces national programs such as Nova, Frontline, and American Experience.[332][333]
The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Springfield Republican, and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette are Massachusetts's largest daily newspapers.[334] In addition, there are many community dailies and weeklies. There are a number of major AM and FM stations which serve Massachusetts,[335] along with many more regional and community-based stations. Some colleges and universities also operate campus television and radio stations, and print their own newspapers.[336][337][338]
Health[edit]
See also: List of hospitals in Massachusetts, Massachusetts health care reform, and Governorship of Mitt Romney § Health care
Massachusetts generally ranks highly among states in most health and disease prevention categories. In 2015, the United Health Foundation ranked the state as third-healthiest overall.[339] Massachusetts has the most doctors per 100,000 residents,[340] the second-lowest infant mortality rate,[341] and the lowest percentage of uninsured residents (for both children as well as the total population).[342] According to Businessweek, commonwealth residents have an average life expectancy of 80.41 years, the fifth-longest in the country.[343] 37.2% of the population is overweight and 21.7% is obese,[344] and Massachusetts ranks sixth-highest in the percentage of residents who are considered neither obese nor overweight (41.1%).[344] Massachusetts also ranks above average in the prevalence of binge drinking, which is the 20th-highest in the country.[345]
Map showing the average medicare reimbursement per enrollee for the counties in the state of Massachusetts. Data from the 2016 report published by the University of Wisconsin County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.
The nation's first Marine Hospital was erected by federal order in Boston in 1799.[346][347] There are currently a total of 143 hospitals in the state.[348] According to 2015 rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Massachusetts General Hospital the hospital ranked in the top three in two specialties.[349] Massachusetts General was founded in 1811 and serves as the largest teaching hospital for nearby Harvard University.[350]
The state of Massachusetts is a center for medical education and research including Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute[351] as well as the New England Baptist Hospital, Tufts Medical Center, and Boston Medical Center which is the primary teaching hospital for Boston University.[352] The University of Massachusetts Medical School is located in Worcester.[353] The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has two of its three campuses in Boston and Worcester.[354]
Sports[edit]
Main article: Sports in Massachusetts
Fenway Park
Gillette Stadium
Massachusetts is home to five major league professional sports teams: seventeen-time NBA Champions Boston Celtics,[355] eight-time World Series winners Boston Red Sox,[356] six-time Stanley Cup winners Boston Bruins,[357] and five-time Super Bowl winners New England Patriots.[358] The New England Revolution is the Major League Soccer team for Massachusetts and the Boston Cannons are the Major League Lacrosse team.[359] The Boston Breakers were the Women's Professional Soccer in Massachusetts. Massachusetts is also the home of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
In the late 19th century, the Olympic sports of basketball[57] and volleyball[58] were invented in the Western Massachusetts cities of Springfield[57] and Holyoke,[58] respectively. The Basketball Hall of Fame, is a major tourist destination in the City of Springfield and the Volleyball Hall of Fame is located in Holyoke.[58] The American Hockey League (AHL), the NHL's development league, is headquartered in Springfield.[360]
Several universities in Massachusetts are notable for their collegiate athletics. The state is home to two Division I FBS teams, Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and FBS Independent University of Massachusetts at Amherst. FCS play includes Harvard University, which competes in the famed Ivy League, and College of the Holy Cross of the Patriot League. Boston University, Northeastern University, UMASS Lowell, and Merrimack College also participate in Division I athletics.[361][362] Many other Massachusetts colleges compete in lower divisions such as Division III, where MIT, Tufts University, Amherst College, Williams College, and others field competitive teams.
Massachusetts is also the home of rowing events such as the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond and the Head of the Charles Regatta.[363] A number of major golf events have taken place in Massachusetts, including nine U.S. Opens and two Ryder Cups.[364][365]
Massachusetts has produced several successful Olympians including Butch Johnson, Todd Richards, Albina Osipowich, Aly Raisman, and Susan Rojcewicz.[366]
See also[edit]
Massachusetts portal
New England portal
Index of Massachusetts-related articles
Outline of Massachusetts
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Further reading[edit]
Overviews and surveys[edit]
Hall, Donald. ed. The Encyclopedia of New England (2005)
Works Progress Administration. Guide to Massachusetts (1939)
Secondary sources[edit]
Abrams, Richard M. Conservatism in a Progressive Era: Massachusetts Politics, 1900–1912 (1964)
Adams, James Truslow. Revolutionary New England, 1691–1776 (1923)
Adams, James Truslow. New England in the Republic, 1776–1850 (1926)
Andrews, Charles M. The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths (1919), short survey
Conforti, Joseph A. Imagining New England: Explorations of Regional Identity from the Pilgrims to the Mid-Twentieth Century (2001)
Cumbler, John T. Reasonable Use: The People, the Environment, and the State, New England, 1790–1930 (1930), environmental history
Fischer, David Hackett. Paul Revere's Ride (1994), 1775 in depth
Flagg, Charles Allcott, A Guide to Massachusetts local history, Salem : Salem Press Company, 1907.
Green, James R., William F. Hartford, and Tom Juravich. Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions (1996)
Huthmacher, J. Joseph. Massachusetts People and Politics, 1919–1933 (1958)
Labaree, Benjamin Woods. Colonial Massachusetts: A History (1979)
Morison, Samuel Eliot. The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860 (1921)
Peirce, Neal R. The New England States: People, Politics, and Power in the Six New England States (1976), 1960–75 era
Porter, Susan L. Women of the Commonwealth: Work, Family, and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts (1996)
Sletcher, Michael. New England (2004).
Starkey, Marion L. The Devil in Massachusetts (1949), Salem witches
Tager, Jack, and John W. Ifkovic, eds. Massachusetts in the Gilded Age: Selected Essays (1985), ethnic groups
Zimmerman, Joseph F. The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action (1999)
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display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sw
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ht
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ku
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Kyrgyz

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ky
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Western Mari

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lad
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lrc
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-la
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lv
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lb
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lt
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lij
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-li
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-hu
display: none;

values: म्यासेचुसेट्स – Maithili

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mai
display: none;

values: Масачусетс – Macedonian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mg
display: none;

values: മസാച്യുസെറ്റ്സ് – Malayalam

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ml
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mi
display: none;

values: मॅसेच्युसेट्स – Marathi

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mr
display: none;

values: მასაჩუსეტსი – Mingrelian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-arz
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo
display: none;

values: Массачусеттс – Mongolian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mn
display: none;

values: မက်ဆာချူးဆက်ပြည်နယ် – Burmese

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-my
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-na
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl
display: none;

values: म्यासेचुसेट्स – Nepali

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ne
display: none;

values: म्यासेच्युसेत्स – Newari

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-new
display: none;

values: マサチューセッツ州 – Japanese

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ja
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Chechen

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ce
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-frr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-no
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nn
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-oc
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Eastern Mari

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uz
display: none;

values: ਮੈਸਾਚੂਸਟਸ – Punjabi

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pa
display: none;

values: म्यासेच्युसेट्स – Pali

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pap
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pms
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-nds
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-pl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ro
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-rm
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-qu
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Russian

values: Массачусеттс – Sakha

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sah
display: none;

values: मासचुसेट्‍स – Sanskrit

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sa
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sc
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sco
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-stq
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sq
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-scn
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-simple
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sk
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sl
display: none;

values: Масачоусєтсъ – Church Slavic

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-cu
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-szl
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb
display: none;

values: Масачусетс – Serbian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sh
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-fi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-sv
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tl
display: none;

values: மாசச்சூசெட்ஸ் – Tamil

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ta
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Tatar

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tt
display: none;

values: మాసెచూసెట్స్ – Telugu

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-te
display: none;

values: รัฐแมสซาชูเซตส์ – Thai

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-th
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-chr
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-tr
display: none;

values: Массачусетс – Ukrainian

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-uk
display: none;

values: میساچوسٹس – Urdu

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-ug
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-za
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vec
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-vo
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-war
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu
display: none;

values: מאסאטשוסעטס – Yiddish

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-yi
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-yo
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-diq
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-bat-smg
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp
display: none;

values:
interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn
display: none;

values: All languages (initial selection from common choices by you and others)

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