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Massachusetts At A Glance
Last Updated July 14, 2003
The State:
- Profile: Click here for political history and analysis.
- Size: 10,555 square miles
- Population in 2000: 6,349,097; 91.4% urban; 8.6% rural
- Population in 1990: 6,016,425
- Population Change: Up
5.5% 1990-2000; Up
4.9% 1980-1990
- Population Rank: 13th of 50; 2.3% of total U.S. population
- Most Populous Cities:
Boston (589,141);
Worcester (172,648);
Springfield (152,082);
Lowell (105,167);
Cambridge (101,355)
- Registered Voters:
1,442,897 D
(36.3%);
530,512 R
(13.4%);
1,999,242 unaffiliated and minor parties
(50.3%)
- Presidential Votes: Click here for analysis and past returns.
- Congressional Redistricting: Click here for additional details. An expanded
map of the current lines is also available.
- State
Senate: 34 D 6 R
- State House: 136 D 23 R 1 I
- State Legislative Term Limits: No
Key Elected Officials:
The People:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Race/Ethnic Origin:
5,198,359 (81.9%) white;
318,329 (5.0%) black;
236,786 (3.7%) Asian;
11,264 (0.2%) American Indian;
1,706 (0.0%) Pacific islander/Hawaiian;
110,338 (1.7%) two-plus races;
43,586 (0.7%) other;
428,729 (6.8%) Hispanic origin
- Ancestry:
16.8% Irish,
10.1% Italian,
8.5% English,
6.0% French,
4.4% German
- State Natives: 66.1% of residents were born in-state.
- Non-Citizens: 6.9% of residents are foreign-born and not U.S. citizens
- Language Spoken, by Household: 78.8% English;
11.4% Other Eur.;
6.3% Spanish
- Education:
84.8% high school graduates;
33.2% college graduates
- Military Veterans:
558,933 (11.5%);
WWII: (25.7%);
Korea: (15.7%);
Vietnam: (28.4%);
First Gulf War: (6.6%)
The Economy:
For definitions and additional details regarding the data below, please see the Almanac 2004 Guide to Usage.
- Industry:
0.4% agriculture;
5.5% construction;
8.2% finance;
3.7% information;
17.0% manufacturing;
35.3% professional;
4.3% public administration;
14.4% trade;
11.2% other
- Work Force: 18.7% blue collar; 67.0% white collar; 14.3% gray collar
- Work Sector: 80.0% private; 13.5% government; 6.4% self-employed; 0.2% unpaid family workers
- Unemployment: 4.6% unemployed
- Median Household Income:
$50,502
- 9.3% are below the poverty line
- 14.4% less than $15,000
- 20.5% $15-35,000
- 14.5% $35-50,000
- 32.9% $50-100,000
- 10.9% $100-150,000
- 6.8% more than $150,000
Median Home Value: $182,800
- 1.5% less than $50,000
- 10.2% $50-100,000
- 45.1% $100-200,000
- 23.6% $200-300,000
- 14.0% $300-500,000
- 5.6% more than $500,000
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