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Massachusetts, abbreviated "MA", is in the New England region of the U.S. Its capital is Boston.
There were 6,349,097 people in Massachusetts as of the 2000 census.
The state ratified the US Constitution and officially became part of the country on February 6, 1788.
Please explore the cities and towns of Massachusetts, below.
(The 20 cities and towns with the most colleges.)
Note: Student counts are with available data; actual counts may be higher.
| Rank | City or Town | Colleges | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Colleges | 38 | 126,895 |
| 2 | Worcester Colleges | 13 | 28,262 |
| 3 | Cambridge Colleges | 10 | 48,599 |
| 4 | Newton Colleges | 7 | 18,696 |
| 5 | Springfield Colleges | 6 | 12,454 |
| 6 | Brockton Colleges | 6 | 7,735 |
| 7 | Lowell Colleges | 4 | 11,721 |
| 8 | Waltham Colleges | 4 | 10,969 |
| 9 | Fall River Colleges | 4 | 7,638 |
| 10 | Quincy Colleges | 4 | 5,135 |
| 11 | Brookline Colleges | 4 | 1,566 |
| 12 | Amherst Colleges | 3 | 28,987 |
| 13 | Wellesley Colleges | 3 | 10,832 |
| 14 | Medford Colleges | 3 | 10,202 |
| 15 | Fitchburg Colleges | 3 | 6,761 |
| 16 | Framingham Colleges | 3 | 5,903 |
| 17 | New Bedford Colleges | 3 | 71 |
| 18 | Norwood Colleges | 3 | 70 |
| 19 | Malden Colleges | 3 | 44 |
| 20 | Dartmouth Colleges | 2 | 9,336 |
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| City or Town | Pop. | County |
|---|---|---|
| Abington | 14,605 | Plymouth |
| Acton | 20,331 | Middlesex |
| Acushnet | 10,161 | Bristol |
| Adams | 8,809 | Berkshire |
| Agawam | 28,144 | Hampden |
| Amesbury | 16,450 | Essex |
| Amherst | 34,874 | Hampshire |
| Andover | 31,247 | Essex |
| Arlington | 42,389 | Middlesex |
| Ashland | 14,674 | Middlesex |
| Athol | 11,299 | Worcester |
| Attleboro | 42,068 | Bristol |
| Auburn | 15,901 | Worcester |
| Barnstable | 47,821 | Barnstable |
| Bedford | 12,595 | Middlesex |
| Belchertown | 12,968 | Hampshire |
| Bellingham | 15,314 | Norfolk |
| Belmont | 24,194 | Middlesex |
| Beverly | 39,862 | Essex |
| Billerica | 38,981 | Middlesex |
| Blackstone | 8,804 | Worcester |
| Boston | 589,141 | Suffolk |
| Bourne | 18,721 | Barnstable |
| Boxford | 7,921 | Essex |
| Braintree | 33,828 | Norfolk |
| Brewster | 10,094 | Barnstable |
| Bridgewater | 25,185 | Plymouth |
| Brockton | 94,304 | Plymouth |
| Brookline | 57,107 | Norfolk |
| Burlington | 22,876 | Middlesex |
| Cambridge | 101,355 | Middlesex |
| Canton | 20,775 | Norfolk |
| Carver | 11,163 | Plymouth |
| Charlton | 11,263 | Worcester |
| Chelmsford | 33,858 | Middlesex |
| Chelsea | 35,080 | Suffolk |
| Chicopee | 54,653 | Hampden |
| Clinton | 13,435 | Worcester |
| Concord | 16,993 | Middlesex |
| Danvers | 25,212 | Essex |
| Dartmouth | 30,666 | Bristol |
| Dedham | 23,464 | Norfolk |
| Dennis | 15,973 | Barnstable |
| Dracut | 28,562 | Middlesex |
| Dudley | 10,036 | Worcester |
| Duxbury | 14,248 | Plymouth |
| East Bridgewater | 12,974 | Plymouth |
| East Longmeadow | 14,100 | Hampden |
| Easthampton | 15,994 | Hampshire |
| Easton | 22,299 | Bristol |
| Everett | 38,037 | Middlesex |
| Fairhaven | 16,159 | Bristol |
| Fall River | 91,938 | Bristol |
| Falmouth | 32,660 | Barnstable |
| Fitchburg | 39,102 | Worcester |
| Foxborough | 16,246 | Norfolk |
| Framingham | 66,910 | Middlesex |
| Franklin | 29,560 | Norfolk |
| Freetown | 8,472 | Bristol |
| Gardner | 20,770 | Worcester |
| Gloucester | 30,273 | Essex |
| Grafton | 14,894 | Worcester |
| Greenfield | 18,168 | Franklin |
| Groton | 9,547 | Middlesex |
| Hamilton | 8,315 | Essex |
| Hanover | 13,164 | Plymouth |
| Hanson | 9,495 | Plymouth |
| Harwich | 12,386 | Barnstable |
| Haverhill | 58,969 | Essex |
| Hingham | 19,882 | Plymouth |
| Holbrook | 10,785 | Norfolk |
| Holden | 15,621 | Worcester |
| Holliston | 13,801 | Middlesex |
| Holyoke | 39,838 | Hampden |
| Hopkinton | 13,346 | Middlesex |
| Hudson | 18,113 | Middlesex |
| Hull | 11,050 | Plymouth |
| Ipswich | 12,987 | Essex |
| Kingston | 11,780 | Plymouth |
| Lakeville | 9,821 | Plymouth |
| Lawrence | 72,043 | Essex |
| Leicester | 10,471 | Worcester |
| Leominster | 41,303 | Worcester |
| Lexington | 30,355 | Middlesex |
| Lincoln | 8,056 | Middlesex |
| Littleton | 8,184 | Middlesex |
| Longmeadow | 15,633 | Hampden |
| Lowell | 105,167 | Middlesex |
| Ludlow | 21,209 | Hampden |
| Lunenburg | 9,401 | Worcester |
| Lynn | 89,050 | Essex |
| Lynnfield | 11,542 | Essex |
| Malden | 56,340 | Middlesex |
| Mansfield | 22,414 | Bristol |
| Marblehead | 20,377 | Essex |
| Marlborough | 36,255 | Middlesex |
| Marshfield | 24,324 | Plymouth |
| Mashpee | 12,946 | Barnstable |
| Maynard | 10,433 | Middlesex |
| Medfield | 12,273 | Norfolk |
| Medford | 55,765 | Middlesex |
| Medway | 12,448 | Norfolk |
| Melrose | 27,134 | Middlesex |
| Methuen | 43,789 | Essex |
| Middleborough | 19,941 | Plymouth |
| Middleton | 7,744 | Essex |
| Milford | 26,799 | Worcester |
| Millbury | 12,784 | Worcester |
| Millis | 7,902 | Norfolk |
| Milton | 26,062 | Norfolk |
| Monson | 8,359 | Hampden |
| Montague | 8,489 | Franklin |
| Nantucket | 9,520 | Nantucket |
| Natick | 32,170 | Middlesex |
| Needham | 28,911 | Norfolk |
| New Bedford | 93,768 | Bristol |
| Newburyport | 17,189 | Essex |
| Newton | 83,829 | Middlesex |
| Norfolk | 10,460 | Norfolk |
| North Adams | 14,681 | Berkshire |
| North Andover | 27,202 | Essex |
| North Attleborough | 27,143 | Bristol |
| North Reading | 13,837 | Middlesex |
| Northampton | 28,978 | Hampshire |
| Northborough | 14,013 | Worcester |
| Northbridge | 13,182 | Worcester |
| Norton | 18,036 | Bristol |
| Norwell | 9,765 | Plymouth |
| Norwood | 28,587 | Norfolk |
| Oxford | 13,352 | Worcester |
| Palmer | 12,497 | Hampden |
| Peabody | 48,129 | Essex |
| Pembroke | 16,927 | Plymouth |
| Pepperell | 11,142 | Middlesex |
| Pittsfield | 45,793 | Berkshire |
| Plymouth | 51,701 | Plymouth |
| Quincy | 88,025 | Norfolk |
| Randolph | 30,963 | Norfolk |
| Raynham | 11,739 | Bristol |
| Reading | 23,708 | Middlesex |
| Rehoboth | 10,172 | Bristol |
| Revere | 47,283 | Suffolk |
| Rockland | 17,670 | Plymouth |
| Rockport | 7,767 | Essex |
| Salem | 40,407 | Essex |
| Salisbury | 7,827 | Essex |
| Sandwich | 20,136 | Barnstable |
| Saugus | 26,078 | Essex |
| Scituate | 17,863 | Plymouth |
| Seekonk | 13,425 | Bristol |
| Sharon | 17,408 | Norfolk |
| Shrewsbury | 31,640 | Worcester |
| Somerset | 18,234 | Bristol |
| Somerville | 77,478 | Middlesex |
| South Hadley | 17,196 | Hampshire |
| Southborough | 8,781 | Worcester |
| Southbridge | 17,214 | Worcester |
| Southwick | 8,835 | Hampden |
| Spencer | 11,691 | Worcester |
| Springfield | 152,082 | Hampden |
| Stoneham | 22,219 | Middlesex |
| Stoughton | 27,149 | Norfolk |
| Sturbridge | 7,837 | Worcester |
| Sudbury | 16,841 | Middlesex |
| Sutton | 8,250 | Worcester |
| Swampscott | 14,412 | Essex |
| Swansea | 15,901 | Bristol |
| Taunton | 55,976 | Bristol |
| Tewksbury | 28,851 | Middlesex |
| Townsend | 9,198 | Middlesex |
| Tyngsborough | 11,081 | Middlesex |
| Uxbridge | 11,156 | Worcester |
| Wakefield | 24,804 | Middlesex |
| Walpole | 22,824 | Norfolk |
| Waltham | 59,226 | Middlesex |
| Ware | 9,707 | Hampshire |
| Wareham | 20,335 | Plymouth |
| Watertown | 32,986 | Middlesex |
| Wayland | 13,100 | Middlesex |
| Webster | 16,415 | Worcester |
| Wellesley | 26,613 | Norfolk |
| West Springfield | 27,899 | Hampden |
| Westborough | 17,997 | Worcester |
| Westfield | 40,072 | Hampden |
| Westford | 20,754 | Middlesex |
| Weston | 11,469 | Middlesex |
| Westport | 14,183 | Bristol |
| Westwood | 14,117 | Norfolk |
| Weymouth | 53,988 | Norfolk |
| Whitman | 13,882 | Plymouth |
| Wilbraham | 13,473 | Hampden |
| Williamstown | 8,424 | Berkshire |
| Wilmington | 21,363 | Middlesex |
| Winchendon | 9,611 | Worcester |
| Winchester | 20,810 | Middlesex |
| Winthrop | 18,303 | Suffolk |
| Woburn | 37,258 | Middlesex |
| Worcester | 172,648 | Worcester |
| Wrentham | 10,554 | Norfolk |
| Yarmouth | 24,807 | Barnstable |
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