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.
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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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