[167][168][169] The Northeast is projected to warm faster than global average temperatures; by 2035, the Northeast is "projected to be more than 3.6F (2C) warmer on average than during the preindustrial era". mi (27,337 sq. [211] There are also several populations of Native Americans in Massachusetts. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Helen Hunt Jackson, Khalil Gibran, Mary Higgins Clark, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Jack Kerouac and Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as "Dr. The area of Massachusetts was part of the original territory of the United States. The source for the coastal boundary was theMassDEP Wetlands (1:12,000)data layer, with the boundary being the upland-side boundaries of tidal flats and rocky inter-tidal zones. [267] Fruit cultivation is an important part of the state's agricultural revenues,[268] and Massachusetts is the second-largest cranberry-producing state after Wisconsin. Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry. Another important landmark is the Armenian Genocide Memorial. The corporate income tax rate is 8.8%,[276] and the short-term capital gains tax rate is 12%. In 1819, it agreed to allow its district of Maine to petition for statehood, and Maine was admitted to the Union as a separate state on March 15, 1820. [152] There are 219 endangered species in Massachusetts. If theres a table service area in a bar where food is also available, kids are. The coastline boundary was then appended to the town boundary (TOWNSSURVEY_ARC). We will use this information to improve this page. MassGIS used the state plane coordinates to "generate" points in ArcGIS. [206], 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). June 2011: some pseudo nodes were removed along the Haverhill boundary, affecting the two polygon and one arc layers. Boston is the largest city, at the inmost point of Massachusetts Bay, and the mouth of the Charles River. Separated from Medfield. [311][312], Boston Logan International Airport served 33.5million passengers in 2015 (up from 31.6million in 2014)[255] through 103 gates. Guide to 2010 State and Local Census Geography, Guide to State and Local Census Geograph: Massachusetts, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont. Authoritative determination of municipal boundary locations can only be provided by a licensed land surveyor. [379], Other famous authors and poets born or strongly associated with Massachusetts include Anne Bradstreet, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edith Wharton, e.e. [174], The State Revenue Service provides incentives for the installation of solar panels. Most of these boundaries followed streams or rights-of-way that were either traced atop older imagery or not modified from the 1:25,000 mapping of community boundaries. Our surveys provide periodic and comprehensive statistics about the nation. Many of the towns and future cities shown covering the area of their original incorporation have since been divided into two, three or in some cases several smaller municipalities. 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. [320], I-495 forms a wide loop around the outer edge of Greater Boston. 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.[301][302]. The 53 incorporated places are independent of MCDs and serve as county subdivisions. [348] Massachusetts had been the only state to vote for Democrat George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election. Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, flickr. Monroe is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Area is calculated from the specific boundary recorded for each entity in the Census Bureaus geographic database (see "MAF/TIGER Database"). [143] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) later identified the suspects as brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing. Vermont became a state in 1791 but did not fully ban slavery until 1858 with the Vermont Personal Liberty Law. 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. 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[326] In 1974, Elaine Noble became the first openly lesbian or gay candidate elected to a state legislature in US history. For residents of 5+ family residential buildings, there are additional income-restricted benefits available through LEAN. An official website of the United States government. 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. In her letter, Theoharides stresses that as of 2020, the Commonwealth has experienced property damage attributable to climate change of more than $60 billion. Rivers and bays that empty into these bodies of water are treated as inland water from the point beyond which they are narrower than 1 nautical mile across. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [259], While manufacturing comprised less than 10% of Massachusetts's gross state product in 2016, the Commonwealth ranked 16th in the nation in total manufacturing output in the United States. [303], On the southern shore of the state, several different passenger ferry lines connect Martha's Vineyard to ports along the mainland, including Woods Hole, Hyannis, New Bedford, and Falmouth, all in Massachusetts, as well as North Kingstown in Rhode Island, Highlands in New Jersey, and New York City in New York. As a result, it's one of the country's most extensive unfiltered water supplies. Aquinnah-Chilmark border near Menemsha based on parcel data and surveyed plans from the towns. The original surveys were conducted in the 1890s. The BSE, nearly 100 years old at the time, had helped raise the capital that had funded many of the Commonwealth's factories, railroads, and businesses. of Public Works. [310] Massachusetts has a total of 1,110 miles (1,790km) of freight trackage in operation. Chap. The offshore boundaries are currently being reviewed by the legal counsels of the Massachusetts Highway Department andNOAAas well as the Federal Baseline Committee. The Associated Press maintains a bureau in Boston, and local news wire the State House News Service feeds coverage of state government to other Massachusetts media outlets. Many residents who have settled in Greater Springfield claim Puerto Rican descent. You are not, Metal detecting on Massachusetts Beaches Metal detecting is lawful on Massachusetts beaches as of the publishing of this article. The water area figures include inland, coastal, Great Lakes, and territorial sea water. [170] These increased precipitation patterns are focused in the winter and spring. Data on life expectancy show gaps along income, racial lines", "Here's how your life expectancy varies based on which state you're born in", "Annual total binge drinks consumed by US adults, 2015", "Booziest states in America: Who binge drinks most? The minimum population for incorporation in Massachusetts is 12,000. It also includes any river, creek, canal, stream, or similar feature that is recorded in that database as a two-dimensional feature (rather than as a single line). This tablemay be joined to the Municipalities polygon layers on the TOWN_ID field: TOWNS_POLY_AREACODE[download dBASE fileas self-extracting .exe] stores telephone area codes for each municipality and reflects the addition of four new "overlay" codes in Massachusetts which took effect on April 2, 2001. [266][267] Particular agricultural products of note also include cranberries, sweet corn and apples are also large sectors of production. However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing only in their form of government. The portions of the oceans and related large embayments (such as Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound), the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea that belong to the United States and its territories are classified as coastal and territorial waters; the Great Lakes are treated as a separate water entity. [175] Once installed, arrays are eligible for net metering. 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. If at least 50 percent of the residents of the building qualify as low income, energy efficiency improvements like those available through Mass Save are available. [249] CNBC's list of "Top States for Business for 2014" has recognized Massachusetts as the 25th-best state in the nation for business,[250] and for the second year in a row the state was ranked by Bloomberg as the most innovative state in America. His younger brother Edward M. Kennedy held that seat until his death from a brain tumor in 2009. 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. [88] Both religious dissent and expansionism resulted in several new colonies being founded, shortly after Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, elsewhere in New England. These are the 50 tiniest towns in Massachusetts. [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. If you would like to continue helping us improve Mass.gov, join our user panel to test new features for the site. Rivers and bays that empty into these bodies of water are treated as inland water from the point beyond which they are narrower than 1 nautical mile across. Boston, the capital city of Massachusetts, is also the biggest city in the state as well as the most populous city in the New England region. [408], There are two major television media markets located in Massachusetts. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing. Joined with South Dedham (Norwood) to create Second Precinct in 1729. Some municipal boundary arcs (about 15% of the total) follow the edge of a road or rail right-of-way or a stream or river channel. [257] Other popular tourist destinations include Salem, Plymouth, and the Berkshires. For more information, please visit the 2021 5-year ACS Comparison Guidance page. The Census Bureau developed the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) System to automate the geographic support processes needed to meet the major geographic needs of the 1990 census. The population data for 1790, 1800, and 1810 do not include the area of Maine. The Hartford Line connects Springfield to New Haven, operated in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation, and the Valley Flyer runs a similar route but continues further north to Greenfield. Meanwhile, judicial power is constitutionally guaranteed to the independent judicial branch. [199], As late as 1795, the population of Massachusetts was nearly 95% of English ancestry. With a population of 184,508 individuals, Worcester is the second biggest city in Massachusetts. Think your town is small? Click the Quick Info icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error. Sitka spans over 2,870.3 mi2 (7,434.04 km2) but has a population of about only 10,000 people.The top ten largest cities by area are: By area, population, and population density, it is the smallest town in the county; and is the second-smallest town by population in the Commonwealth, with only Gosnold having fewer residents. His son John Quincy Adams, also from Massachusetts,[109] would go on to become the sixth United States President. Barnstable Town Boston Taunton Westfield Pittsfield Worcester Northampton Fall River Haverhill Springfield Palmer Town Leominster Fitchburg Attleboro Franklin Town Gloucester Agawam Town Chicopee Methuen Town Gardner Greenfield Town Brockton Holyoke Marlborough North Adams Southbridge Town New Bedford Newton Wilmington Weymouth Town West Geography/TIGER or American FactFinder. Blame John Adams", Massachusetts secretary of state's website, "New hypothesis for cause of an epidemic among Native Americans, New England, 16161619", "Why Was the Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter Revoked? [248], In 2015, twelve Fortune 500 companies were located in Massachusetts: Liberty Mutual, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, TJX Companies, General Electric, Raytheon, American Tower, Global Partners, Thermo Fisher Scientific, State Street Corporation, Biogen, Eversource Energy, and Boston Scientific. C = City; T = Town; TC = Town with City form of government, or (for AMESBURY and EASTHAMPTON) a City without wards or precincts. October 12, 2006: BND_QUAL values changed along Brookline-Boston border. [136][failed verification] Often controversial, with numerous claims of graft and mismanagement, and with its initial price tag of $2.5billion increasing to a final tally of over $15billion, the Big Dig nonetheless changed the face of Downtown Boston. However, the city has since turned around and is now more famous as a center of contemporary art and for its historic architecture. [272], As of January 1, 2020, Massachusetts has a flat-rate personal income tax of 5.00%,[273] after a 2002 voter referendum to eventually lower the rate to 5.0%[274] as amended by the legislature. The state is home to two DivisionI FBS teams, Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and FBS Independent University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Massachusetts Food Costs In Massachusetts, a single adult spends an average of $3,544 on food annually, and a family of four spends $10,235 on average., Massachusetts. [187], The state's most populous ethnic group, non-Hispanic white, has declined from 95.4% in 1970 to 67.6% in 2020. [367] 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. 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