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{{Short description|Metropolitan Statistical Area in the US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Use American English|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Greater Boston

| other_name = Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Metropolitan Statistical Area

| settlement_type = Metropolitan statistical area

| image_skyline = Boston Skyline (pano) (19806818856).jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| image_caption = Boston in July 2015

| image_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|zoom=7|frame-coord={{Coord|42.2800|-71.2500}}

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| type2=shape|id2=Q54086|title2=Plymouth County, MA|stroke-color2=#C81F32|stroke-width2=0.5|fill2=#C81F32|fill-opacity2=0.4

| type3=shape|id3=Q54072|title3=Suffolk County, MA|stroke-color3=#C81F32|stroke-width3=0.5|fill3=#C81F32|fill-opacity3=0.4

| type4=shape|id4=Q54076|title4=Essex County, MA|stroke-color4=#0003FF|stroke-width4=0.5|fill4=#0003FF|fill-opacity4=0.4

| type5=shape|id5=Q54073|title5=Middlesex County, MA|stroke-color5=#0003FF|stroke-width5=0.5|fill5=#0003FF|fill-opacity5=0.4

| type6=shape|id6=Q54438|title6=Rockingham County, NH|stroke-color6=#BD00C8|stroke-width6=0.5|fill6=#BD00C8|fill-opacity6=0.4

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| type9=shape|id9=Q54254|title9=Kent County, RI|stroke-color9=#156000|stroke-width9=0.5|fill9=#156000|fill-opacity9=0.4

| type10=shape|id10=Q54260|title10=Newport County, RI|stroke-color10=#156000|stroke-width10=0.5|fill10=#156000|fill-opacity10=0.4

| type11=shape|id11=Q54253|title11=Providence County, RI|stroke-color11=#156000|stroke-width11=0.5|fill11=#156000|fill-opacity11=0.4

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| type14=shape|id14=Q54093|title14=Worcester County, MA|stroke-color14=#FF4D00|stroke-width14=0.5|fill14=#FF4D00|fill-opacity14=0.4

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| type19=shape|id19=Q100|title19=City of Boston|stroke-color19=#007272|stroke-width19=0.5|fill19=#007272|fill-opacity19=0.8

}}

| map_caption = Interactive Map of Boston–Worcester–Providence, MA–RI–NH CSA

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{{leftlegend|#007272|City of Boston}}

Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH MSA

{{leftlegend|#C81F32|Boston, MA Metro Division}}

{{leftlegend|#0003FF|Cambridge–Newton–Framingham, MA Metro Division}}

{{leftlegend|#BD00C8|Rockingham County–Strafford County, NH Metro Division}}

Other Statistical Areas in Boston CSA

{{leftlegend|#156000|Providence–Warwick, RI–MA MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#FF4D00|Worcester, MA MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#AA9600|Manchester–Nashua, NH MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#FFFE00|Barnstable Town, MA MSA}}

{{leftlegend|#00BCE4|Concord, NH µSA}}

{{leftlegend|#FC8EAC|Laconia, NH µSA}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = File:Flag of United States.svg United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts
File:Flag of New Hampshire.svg New Hampshire
File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island

| established_title =

| established_date =

| parts_type = Principal cities

| parts = {{plainlist|

  • {{flag|Boston}}
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Worcester, Massachusetts.svg}} Worcester
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Providence, Rhode Island.png}} Providence
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Cambridge, Massachusetts.svg}} Cambridge
  • {{flagicon image|Manchester, New Hampshire Flag (enlarged).png}} Manchester
  • {{flagicon image|Flag of Lowell, Massachusetts.png}} Lowell
  • {{flagicon image|Seal_of_Brockton,_Massachusetts.svg|border=}} Brockton
  • {{flag|Quincy}}
  • {{Flagicon image|Flag of Lynn, Massachusetts.png}} Lynn
  • {{flagicon image|Seal_of_New_Bedford,_Massachusetts.svg|border=}} New Bedford

}}

| government_footnotes =

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| unit_pref = US

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi =

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| population_total = 8,466,186 (CSA)
4,941,632 (MSA)

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_density_sq_mi =

| population_rank = {{ubl|Ranked 6th in the US for Combined Statistical Areas|Ranked 10th in the US for Metropolitan Statistical Areas}}

| population_demonym =

| demographics_type2 = GDP

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web|title=Total Real Gross Domestic Product for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP14460|work=Federal Reserve Economic Data |publisher=Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis}}

| demographics2_title1 = Total

| demographics2_info1 = $610.486 billion (2023)

| area_code = 617, 781, 857, 339, 978, 508, 351, 774, 603, 401

| timezone1 = EST

| utc_offset1 = −5

| timezone1_DST = EDT

| utc_offset1_DST = −4

}}

Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas, home to 4,941,632. The most stringent definition of the region, used by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, consists of most of the eastern third of mainland Massachusetts, excluding the Merrimack Valley and most of Southeastern Massachusetts, though most definitions (including the U.S. Census definition) include much of these areas and portions of southern New Hampshire.

While the city of Boston covers {{convert|48.4|mi2|0|abbr=out}} and has 675,647 residents as of the 2020 census, the urbanization has extended well into surrounding areas and the Combined Statistical Area (CSA in the rest of the document), which includes the Providence, Rhode Island, Manchester, New Hampshire, Cape Cod and Worcester areas, has a population of more than 8.4 million people, making it one of the most populous such regions in the U.S.

Some of Greater Boston's most well-known contributions involve the region's higher education and medical institutions. Greater Boston has been influential upon American history and industry. The region and the state of Massachusetts are global leaders in biotechnology, artificial intelligence,{{cite web|url=https://venturefizz.com/stories/boston/why-boston-will-be-star-ai-revolution#:~:text=Boston%20startups%20are%20working%20to,include%20Lightmatter%20and%20Forge.ai.|title=Why Boston Will Be the Star of The AI Revolution|date=October 24, 2017 |publisher=VentureFizz|access-date=November 9, 2023|quote=Boston startups are working to overcome some of the largest technical barriers holding AI back, and they’re attracting attention across a wide variety of industries in the process.}} engineering, higher education, finance, and maritime trade.{{cite web| title=Housing and Economic Development:Key Industries| url=http://www.mass.gov/hed/economic/industries/| website=mass.gov| access-date=May 9, 2016| archive-date=April 22, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422015358/http://www.mass.gov/hed/economic/industries/| url-status=dead}}

Greater Boston is ranked tenth in population among US metropolitan statistical areas, home to 4,941,632 people as of the 2020 United States census, and sixth among combined statistical areas, with a population of 8,466,186. The area has hosted many people and sites significant to American culture and history, particularly American literature,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/09/books/where-literary-legends-took-shape-around-boston.html|title=Where Literary Legends Took Shape Around Boston|work=The New York Times|author=Will Joyner|date=9 April 1999|access-date=May 9, 2016}} politics, and the American Revolution.

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.{{cite web| title=The 1692 Salem Witch Trials| url=http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/education| website=SalemWitchTrialsMuseum.com| access-date=May 9, 2016}} In the late 18th century, Boston became known as the "Cradle of Liberty"{{cite web| title=Faneuil Hall| url=http://www.celebrateboston.com/sites/faneuil-hall.htm| website=Celebrateboston.com| access-date=April 21, 2015}} for the agitation there that led to the American Revolution.

The Greater Boston region has played a powerful scientific, commercial, and cultural role in the history of the United States. Before the American Civil War, the region was a center for the abolitionist, temperance,{{cite web| title=The Temperance Issue in the Election of 1840: Massachusetts| url=http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening-age-reform/articles/temperance-issue-election-1840-massachusetts| website=Teachushistory.org| access-date=May 9, 2016}} and transcendentalist{{cite book| last1=Packer| first1=Barbara| title=The Transcendentalists| year=2007| publisher=University of Georgia Press; First edition (April 25, 2007)| isbn=978-0820329581}} movements.{{cite web| title=Images of the Antislavery Movement in Massachusetts| url=http://www.masshist.org/online/abolition/index.php| website=Massachusetts Historical Society| access-date=May 9, 2016}} In 2004, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to legally recognize same-sex marriage as a result of the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Boston.{{cite news| title=Massachusetts court strikes down ban on same-sex marriage| url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/11/18/gay.marriage.reut/| access-date=April 21, 2015| agency=Reuters |website=CNN | date=November 18, 2003}} Many prominent American political dynasties have hailed from the Boston region, including the Adams and Kennedy families.

Harvard University in Cambridge is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, founded in 1636,{{cite web| title=History of Harvard University| url=http://www.harvard.edu/history| website=Harvard University| access-date=April 21, 2015 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502084529/http://www.harvard.edu/history |archive-date=May 2, 2015 }} with the largest financial endowment of any university,{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/us/harvards-endowment-remains-biggest-of-all.html| title=Harvard's Endowment Remains Biggest of All| author=Tamar Lewin| newspaper=The New York Times| date=January 28, 2015| access-date=May 9, 2016}} and whose Law School has spawned a contemporaneous majority of United States Supreme Court Justices.{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/16/merrick-garland-supreme-court-obama-nominee/81529760/| title=Meet Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court nominee| author=Richard Wolf| newspaper=USA Today| date=March 16, 2016| access-date=May 9, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://kendallsquare.mit.edu/|title=Kendall Square Initiative|publisher=MIT|access-date=December 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2013/05/02/when-neighborhood-crowned-the-most-innovative-square-mile-the-world-how-you-keep-that-way/B1QxCjswQZZuG21WBdyBWK/blog.html|title=When a neighborhood is crowned the most innovative square mile in the world, how do you keep it that way?|author=Lelund Cheung|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|access-date=December 1, 2016}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/reputation-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank_label/sort_order/asc/cols/rank_only |title=World Reputation Rankings |website=www.timeshighereducation.com |date= 21 April 2016|access-date=May 9, 2016}}

Geography

= Boundary definitions =

==Metropolitan Area==

{{anchor|Metropolitan Area Planning Council}}

The most restrictive definition of the Greater Boston area is the region administered by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.{{cite web |title=About MAPC |url=http://www.mapc.org/about_mapc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221050155/http://www.mapc.org/about_mapc.html |archive-date=2007-02-21 |access-date=2007-05-14 |publisher=Metropolitan Area Planning Council}} The MAPC is a regional planning organization created by the Massachusetts legislature to oversee transportation infrastructure and economic development concerns in the Boston area. The MAPC includes 101 cities and towns that are grouped into eight subregions. These include most of the area within the region's outer circumferential highway, I-495. In 2013, the population of the MAPC district was 3.2 million, which was 48% of the total population of Massachusetts,{{cite web | url = http://www.mapc.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20StrategicPlan%2012-2-14-web.pdf | publisher = Metropolitan Area Planning Council | title = Metropolitan Area Planning Council Strategic Plan 2015–2020 | access-date = 2017-04-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161011012416/http://www.mapc.org/sites/default/files/FINAL%20StrategicPlan%2012-2-14-web.pdf | archive-date = 2016-10-11 | url-status = dead }} in an area of {{convert|1422|sqmi|km2}}, of which 39% is forested and an additional 11% is water, wetland, or other open space.{{cite web|url=http://www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/3_programs/1_transportation_plan/plan.html |title=Transportation Plan – Overview |year=2009 |publisher=Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization |access-date=2009-09-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829235936/http://www.ctps.org/bostonmpo/3_programs/1_transportation_plan/plan.html |archive-date=August 29, 2008 }}

The cities and towns included in this definition are:{{cite web | url=http://www.mapc.org/metro_area/cities_towns.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221072504/http://www.mapc.org/metro_area/cities_towns.html | archive-date=February 21, 2007 | title=Metro Area - the Region }}

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==New England City and Town Area==

Two definitions are used by the United States Census to define the Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metro Area or Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan NECTA, which is defined as a New England City and Town Area.{{Cite web |title=Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Boston-Cambridge-Newton,_MA-NH_Metro_Area?g=310XX00US14460 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |title=Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA |url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/35000US71650-boston-cambridge-newton-ma-nh-metropolitan-necta/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730035302/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/35000US71650-boston-cambridge-newton-ma-nh-metropolitan-necta/ |archive-date=2023-07-30 |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=censusreporter.org}} The metro area definition is based on counties, while the NECTA definition is based on city and town boundaries. Counties included in the county-based definition include:

The NECTA definition includes all of the communities from the MAPC definition, as well as the Merrimack Valley communities, parts of southern New Hampshire (northward to Milford and Hampton, and the Taunton area.

{{US Census population

| 1850 = 650357

| 1860 = 830998

| 1870 = 978346

| 1880 = 1205439

| 1890 = 1515684

| 1900 = 1890122

| 1910 = 2260762

| 1920 = 2563123

| 1930 = 2866567

| 1940 = 2926650

| 1950 = 3186970

| 1960 = 3516435

| 1970 = 3918092

| 1980 = 3938585

| 1990 = 4133895

| 2000 = 4391344

| 2010 = 4552402

| 2020 = 4941632

| estimate = 4900550

| estyear = 2022

| footnote = [https://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ US Decennial Census]

}}

File:MIT Charles River aerial.JPG and Boston with MIT and Kendall Square in the foreground and Boston's Financial District in the background]]

==Combined Statistical Area==

The widest definition of the metropolitan area based on commuting patterns, is defined by the U.S. Census as the Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area. This area consists of the following counties in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire:{{Cite web |title=Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/econ/ec2012/csa/EC2012_330M200US148M.pdf |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=census.gov}}

File:Downtown_Providence_Rhode_Island_2008.jpg, Rhode Island in 2008]]

The total population for the extended region was estimated at 8,466,186 at the 2020 census.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

=Subregions=

=Climate=

The Boston area has humid continental climates (Dfa and Dfb under the Köppen climate classification system), with high humidity and precipitation year-round.

{{Concord, New Hampshire weatherbox}}

{{Boston, MA weatherbox}}

{{Providence, Rhode Island weatherbox}}

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Demographics

File:St. Patrick's Day Parade, Scituate MA.jpg in Scituate, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County, the municipality with the highest percentage identifying Irish ancestry in the United States, at 47.5% in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/news/the-most-irish-town-in-america-is-named-133427563-237789381.html|title=The most Irish town in America is named using US census data|author=Jane Walsh|publisher=Irish Central|date=November 25, 2015|access-date=May 8, 2016}} Irish Americans constitute the largest ethnicity in Greater Boston.]]

File:Boston Chinatown Paifang.jpg, with its paifang gate, is home to many Chinese and also Vietnamese restaurants.]]

File:Were_a_gay_and_happy_family_wagon.jpg march, held annually in June]]

Greater Boston has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people,{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/11/10/jewish_population_in_region_rises/|work=The Boston Globe|title=Jewish population in region rises|access-date=2009-11-29|author=Michael Paulson |date=2006-11-10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_judaism.html#cities|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991206140346/http://adherents.com/largecom/com_judaism.html#cities|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 6, 1999|title=Cities with the Largest Jewish Population in the Diaspora|access-date=2009-11-29|publisher=adherents.com}} and 261,000{{cite web|url=http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/metro/1123_2000.asp|title=Metro Area Membership Report|publisher=The Association of Religion Data Archives|access-date=2009-11-29|archive-date=February 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223180857/http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/metro/1123_2000.asp|url-status=dead}} or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole. Contrary to national trends, the number of Jews in Greater Boston has been growing, fueled by the fact that 60% of children in Jewish mixed-faith families are raised Jewish, compared with roughly one in three nationally. The 2020 PRRI Atlas found that 35% of the Boston metro area identified as Protestant while 26% identified as Catholic.{{cite web | last=Consulting | first=Epicenter | title=PRRI – American Values Atlas | website=PRRI – American Values Atlas | url=https://ava.prri.org/#religious/2020/MetroAreas/religion/m/2 | access-date=2024-11-02}}

The City of Boston also has one of the largest LGBT populations per capita. It ranks fifth of all major cities in the country (behind San Francisco, and slightly behind Seattle, Atlanta, and Minneapolis), with 12.3% of the city identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2003432941.html |title=12.9% in Seattle are gay or bisexual, second only to S.F., study says |access-date=2009-05-01 |work=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |year=2006}}

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!County

!2021 Estimate

!2020 Census

!Change

!Area

!Density

Middlesex County, Massachusetts

| {{change|invert=on|1614742|1632002}}

|{{convert|817.82|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|1614742|817.82|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Essex County, Massachusetts

| {{change|invert=on|807074|809829}}

|{{convert|492.56|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|807074|492.56|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

| {{change|invert=on|771245|797936}}

|{{convert|58.15|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|771245|58.15|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Norfolk County, Massachusetts

| {{change|invert=on|724505|725981}}

|{{convert|396.11|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|724505|396.11|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

| {{change|invert=on|533003|530819}}

|{{convert|659.07|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|533003|659.07|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Rockingham County, New Hampshire

| {{change|invert=on|316947|314176}}

|{{convert|694.72|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|316947|694.72|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

Strafford County, New Hampshire

| {{change|invert=on|132416|130889}}

|{{convert|368.97|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|132416|368.97|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

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|Total

| {{change|invert=on|4899932|4941642|bgcolour=#fbfbbb}}

|{{convert|3487.40|sqmi|abbr=on}}

|{{Pop density|4899932|3487.40|sqmi|km2|prec=0}}

The 40 most diverse Census tracts in the Boston CSA:{{cite news|url=http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map|title=Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 December 2010}}

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Rank

!City or neighborhood

!Census tract

!Population

!% White

!% Black

!% Hispanic

!% Asian

!% multiracial or other

1

|Dorchester

|916

|3,138

|12

|32

|15

|26

|14

2

|Pawtucket

|161

|4,607

|28

|24

|28

|1

|18

3

|Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket

|151

|4,472

|24

|24

|29

|1

|23

4

|Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket

|164

|4,938

|29

|26

|21

|2

|20

5

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|912

|3,234

|30

|24

|22

|6

|18

6

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|92101

|6,451

|30

|22

|11

|31

|6

7

|Brockton

|5115

|4,308

|21

|32

|13

|2

|32

8

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|511

|3,040

|28

|33

|15

|1

|24

9

|New Bedford

|6519

|1,942

|26

|11

|33

|1

|29

10

|Mission Hill

|80801

|3,885

|32

|20

|35

|10

|2

11

|Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket

|154

|2,258

|35

|20

|35

|0

|11

12

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5114

|3,716

|24

|36

|14

|2

|23

13

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5109

|2,531

|24

|36

|16

|1

|24

14

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5103

|3,798

|23

|38

|15

|2

|24

15

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5104

|3,706

|19

|38

|15

|2

|25

16

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|90901

|3,730

|38

|18

|21

|20

|4

17

|Worcester

|733

|3,762

|38

|10

|37

|12

|4

18

|Providence

|26

|3,098

|23

|22

|39

|10

|6

19

|Malden

|3415

|4,780

|39

|23

|14

|19

|5

20

|Cambridge

|3524

|2,126

|27

|39

|16

|12

|5

21

|South End

|71202

|3,131

|39

|19

|24

|15

|3

22

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|511301

|5,334

|39

|31

|11

|2

|17

23

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|15

|2,994

|28

|13

|41

|14

|4

24

|South Boston

|61

|3,098

|41

|15

|29

|11

|4

25

|Lynn

|2072

|2,939

|30

|12

|42

|13

|2

26

|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge

|3549

|6,058

|35

|30

|9

|20

|5

27

|South Boston

|61101

|2,232

|20

|21

|42

|14

|2

28

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5116

|7,211

|42

|29

|10

|2

|16

29

|Roxbury

|801

|3,350

|15

|43

|28

|1

|11

30

|Lowell

|3114

|5,986

|44

|11

|14

|26

|5

31

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5108

|6,339

|18

|44

|12

|2

|22

32

|Mission Hill, Boston|Mission Hill

|81001

|4,890

|45

|14

|19

|19

|2

33

|Malden, Massachusetts|Malden

|3418

|6,554

|46

|20

|13

|16

|5

34

|South Boston

|607

|1,893

|19

|20

|46

|10

|5

35

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5107

|5,656

|46

|31

|8

|4

|11

36

|Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton

|5112

|4,849

|47

|26

|11

|1

|13

37

|Somerville

|351404

|4,289

|47

|7

|22

|13

|11

38

|Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn

|2071

|3,513

|18

|11

|48

|19

|3

39

|Framingham

|383101

|4,923

|23

|10

|48

|1

|18

40

|Mission Hill, Boston|Mission Hill

|811

|4,091

|48

|21

|15

|13

|2

The 40 census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino:

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
Rank

!City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Hispanic or Latino

1

|Lawrence

|2525

|3,810

|94

2

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2509

|2,193

|93

3

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2504

|3,858

|90

4

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2503

|2,101

|89

5

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2513

|3,721

|89

6

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2512

|1,356

|86

7

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2507

|4,756

|86

8

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|251

|1,782

|85

9

|Chelsea

|1602

|4,043

|83

10

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2506

|5,599

|83

11

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2514

|5,053

|77

12

|Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea

|160101

|7,551

|76

13

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2501

|2,329

|75

14

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2516

|5,977

|74

15

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2511

|2,937

|73

16

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2502

|5,524

|72

17

|Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea

|1604

|2,716

|71

18

|Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea

|160501

|5,604

|71

19

|Providence

|16

|8,540

|70

20

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2515

|6,149

|70

21

|Worcester

|732001

|3,327

|67

22

|East Boston

|506

|2,063

|67

23

|East Boston

|502

|5,231

|66

24

|East Boston

|507

|4,504

|65

25

|East Boston

|50901

|4,165

|65

26

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|2

|6,452

|64

27

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|4

|3,761

|64

28

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|14

|6,693

|63

29

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|5

|3,040

|63

30

|Central Falls

|11

|5,534

|63

31

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2508

|6,932

|63

32

|Chelsea, Massachusetts|Chelsea

|160502

|4,460

|62

33

|Methuen

|2524

|4,175

|62

34

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|17

|3,744

|62

35

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|18

|7,114

|61

36

|Central Falls, Rhode Island|Central Falls

|111

|4,176

|61

37

|East Boston

|50101

|5,115

|61

38

|Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence

|2517

|5,145

|61

39

|Providence, Rhode Island|Providence

|3

|7,714

|60

40

|Central Falls, Rhode Island|Central Falls

|108

|4,763

|59

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Black American:

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
Rank

!City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Black

1

|Mattapan

|101101

|3,115

|84

2

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|101102

|4,396

|84

3

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|101001

|5,480

|83

4

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|1003

|3,303

|80

5

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|1002

|2,787

|78

6

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|101002

|4,979

|77

7

|Dorchester

|923

|2,893

|77

8

|Roxbury

|82

|2,815

|74

9

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|817

|3,820

|71

10

|Hyde Park

|1404

|7,650

|71

11

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|901

|4,571

|71

12

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|919

|3,860

|70

13

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|1004

|4,865

|68

14

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|819

|3,115

|66

15

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|924

|5,277

|66

16

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|818

|2,898

|65

17

|Mattapan, Massachusetts|Mattapan

|1001

|5,510

|64

18

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|815

|2,134

|62

19

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|821

|5,025

|62

20

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|803

|1,769

|60

21

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|903

|3,179

|58

22

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|1009

|4,072

|58

23

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|1005

|5,909

|55

24

|Hyde Park, Massachusetts|Hyde Park

|1403

|6,382

|54

25

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|92

|4,945

|54

26

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|902

|2,233

|53

27

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|918

|3,452

|52

28

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|904

|3,659

|52

29

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|814

|3,003

|50

30

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|80401

|2,710

|50

31

|Roslindale

|140106

|1,901

|49

32

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|917

|3,069

|47

33

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|914

|2,741

|46

34

|Brockton

|5108

|6,339

|44

35

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|805

|3,096

|44

36

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|801

|3,350

|43

37

|Randolph

|420302

|7,703

|42

38

|Roxbury, Massachusetts|Roxbury

|813

|4,760

|42

39

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|922

|3,349

|42

40

|Randolph, Massachusetts|Randolph

|420202

|6,303

|40

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Asian American:

class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
Rank

!City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Asian

1

|South End

|70402

|1,723

|70

2

|Chinatown

|702

|5,218

|58

3

|Lowell

|3112

|3,267

|55

4

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3118

|3,513

|54

5

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3117

|5,098

|47

6

|Quincy

|417502

|4,639

|45

7

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|4172

|8,182

|44

8

|Malden

|3413

|5,439

|39

9

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3113

|4,057

|38

10

|Westborough

|742402

|3,026

|38

11

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|417501

|5,004

|37

12

|Cambridge

|353102

|5,040

|36

13

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|417802

|3,150

|35

14

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3111

|2,410

|34

15

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3115

|2,974

|33

16

|Dorchester

|92101

|6,451

|31

17

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|417601

|5,196

|30

18

|Fenway–Kenmore

|10103

|4,569

|29

19

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|4180002

|7,020

|28

20

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|417602

|5,155

|28

21

|Chinatown, Boston|Chinatown/Leather District/Downtown

|70101

|5,902

|27

22

|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge

|3539

|7,090

|27

23

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3114

|5,986

|26

24

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3116

|5,295

|26

25

|Lowell, Massachusetts|Lowell

|3107

|4,441

|26

26

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|4171

|4,264

|26

27

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|916

|3,138

|26

28

|Malden, Massachusetts|Malden

|3412

|6,857

|25

29

|Malden, Massachusetts|Malden

|341102

|4,564

|25

30

|Malden, Massachusetts|Malden

|341101

|3,675

|25

31

|Acton, Massachusetts|Acton

|363102

|5,909

|25

32

|Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester

|911

|4,861

|25

33

|Allston-Brighton

|703

|2,791

|24

34

|Lexington

|3583

|5,526

|24

35

|Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|418004

|4,280

|23

36

|Brookline

|4009

|3,865

|22

37

|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge

|3532

|4,897

|22

38

|Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge

|352101

|1,654

|22

39

|Shrewsbury

|7391

|9,557

|22

40

|Westborough, Massachusetts|Westborough

|7612

|5,780

|22

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Irish American:{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/rank/irish-as-first-ancestry-population-percentage--rank-of-census-tract-near--02176.htm?yr=3000&dis=100&wist=&plow=&phigh=|title=Irish as First Ancestry Population Percentage Rank of Census Tract within 100 miles of Zip Code 02176|publisher=Usa.com|access-date=4 January 2015}}

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Irish

South Boston

|60101

|3,106

|68

Milton

|416400

|6,069

|63

Charlestown

|040401

|2,439

|63

Dorchester

|1007

|4,322

|63

South Boston

|608

|3,964

|62

South Boston

|604

|4,904

|61

Milton, Massachusetts|Milton

|416101

|5,724

|58

Marshfield

|506204

|4,886

|57

Weymouth

|422100

|5,293

|57

Quincy

|417801

|5,443

|55

Hull

|500101

|3,702

|55

Scituate

|505101

|3,860

|55

West Roxbury

|130402

|4,637

|54

Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy

|417400

|2,566

|53

South Boston

|60301

|3,076

|52

Abington

|520100

|6,458

|52

Braintree

|419200

|5,002

|52

Braintree, Massachusetts|Braintree

|419600

|6,766

|52

Abington, Massachusetts|Abington

|520201

|3,952

|52

Pembroke

|508200

|6,031

|52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Italian American:{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/rank/italian-as-first-ancestry-population-percentage--rank-of-census-tract-near--02176.htm?yr=3000&dis=100&wist=&plow=&phigh=|title=Italian as First Ancestry Population Percentage Rank of Census Tract within 100 miles of Zip Code 02176|publisher=Usa.com|access-date=4 January 2015}}

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Italian

Johnston

|012402

|2,486

|63

Cranston

|014501

|5,179

|58

Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston

|012500

|5,490

|57

Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston

|012200

|7,187

|57

Providence

|011902

|4,780

|55

Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston

|014800

|5,591

|55

Saugus

|208102

|3,343

|51

Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston

|014300

|4,716

|49

Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston

|014600

|6,991

|49

Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston

|014502

|4,096

|48

Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston

|012300

|6,656

|48

Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston

|012401

|6,950

|48

Stoneham

|337102

|5,042

|45

Stoneham, Massachusetts|Stoneham

|337202

|4,849

|45

Revere

|170200

|4,564

|45

Revere, Massachusetts|Revere

|170502

|2,818

|43

Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston

|013900

|2,992

|43

Revere, Massachusetts|Revere

|170300

|9,040

|43

North Providence

|012103

|2,965

|43

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Portuguese American:{{cite web |url=http://www.usa.com/rank/portuguese-as-first-ancestry-population-percentage--rank-of-census-tract-near--02176.htm?yr=3000&dis=100&wist=&plow=&phigh=|title=Portuguese as First Ancestry Population Percentage Rank of Census Tract within 100 miles of Zip Code 02176|website=www.usa.com |access-date=2 February 2022}}

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% Portuguese

New Bedford

|652800

|3,277

|72

Fall River

|640600

|4,450

|69

Dartmouth

|653203

|5,005

|65

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|652400

|2,664

|64

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|652000

|2,676

|62

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640500

|5,165

|60

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|641200

|2,803

|59

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|650500

|3,141

|58

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640901

|5,071

|58

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|650400

|3,773

|57

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|652500

|2,589

|56

East Providence

|010400

|6,661

|55

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|652300

|2,870

|54

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|641000

|2,419

|54

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640300

|3,693

|53

Westport

|646101

|7,356

|53

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640700

|2,900

|53

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640400

|2,682

|53

New Bedford, Massachusetts|New Bedford

|650101

|5,753

|53

Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River

|640100

|5,358

|52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with French or French Canadian listed as first ancestry:{{cite web|url=http://www.usa.com/rank/French-as-first-ancestry-population-percentage--rank-of-census-tract-near--02176.htm?yr=3000&dis=100&wist=&plow=&phigh=|title=French as First Ancestry Population Percentage Rank of Census Tract within 100 miles of Zip Code 02176|publisher=Usa.com|access-date=4 January 2015}}

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
City or Neighborhood

!Census Tract

!Population

!% French

Woonsocket

|018500

|2,831

|66

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|017700

|3,518

|61

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|017500

|3,128

|59

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|017800

|2,514

|58

Burrillville

|013001

|3,479

|56

North Smithfield

|012802

|2,391

|54

North Smithfield, Rhode Island|North Smithfield

|012803

|4,776

|53

Burrillville, Rhode Island|Burrillville

|013002

|7,539

|53

North Smithfield, Rhode Island|North Smithfield

|012801

|4,800

|52

Manchester

|002300

|3,758

|52

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|017900

|3,049

|51

Burrillville, Rhode Island|Burrillville

|012900

|4,937

|50

Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester

|000202

|2,297

|49

Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester

|002100

|4,782

|49

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|017600

|2,560

|49

Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester

|002600

|5,746

|48

Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester

|002200

|3,232

|47

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|018400

|6,527

|47

Blackstone

|747101

|5,110

|47

Woonsocket, Rhode Island|Woonsocket

|018000

|2,680

|46

=Largest cities and towns=

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class="wikitable"

|State capital

style="background:#c0dbf7"|State largest city

class="wikitable sortable"

!Rank

!Name

!State

!Population (2020)

!Population (2010)

!Change

1.

|style="background:#c0dbf7"|Boston

| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|675,647|617,594}}

2.

|Worcester

| {{change|invert=on|206,518|181,045}}

3.

|style="background:#c0dbf7"|Providence

|{{Flag|Rhode Island}}

| {{change|invert=on|190,934|178,042}}

4.

|Cambridge

|{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|118,403|105,162}}

5.

|style="background:#c0dbf7"|Manchester

|{{Flag|New Hampshire}}

| {{change|invert=on|115,644|109,565}}

6.

|Lowell

| rowspan="6" |{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|115,554|106,519}}

7.

|Brockton

| {{change|invert=on|105,643|93,810}}

8.

|Quincy

| {{change|invert=on|101,636|92,271}}

9.

|Lynn

| {{change|invert=on|101,253|90,329}}

10.

|New Bedford

| {{change|invert=on|101,079|95,072}}

11.

|Fall River

| {{change|invert=on|94,000|88,857}}

12.

|Nashua

|{{Flag|New Hampshire}}

| {{change|invert=on|91,322|86,494}}

13.

|Lawrence

| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|89,143|76,377}}

14.

|Newton

| {{change|invert=on|88,923|85,146}}

15.

|Cranston

| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Rhode Island}}

| {{change|invert=on|82,934|80,387}}

16.

|Warwick

| {{change|invert=on|82,823|82,672}}

17.

|Somerville

|{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|81,045|75,754}}

18.

|Pawtucket

|{{Flag|Rhode Island}}

| {{change|invert=on|75,604|71,148}}

19.

|Framingham

| rowspan="12" |{{Flag|Massachusetts}}

| {{change|invert=on|72,362|68,318}}

20.

|Haverhill

| {{change|invert=on|67,787|60,879}}

21.

|Malden

| {{change|invert=on|66,263|59,450}}

22.

|Waltham

| {{change|invert=on|65,218|60,632}}

23.

|Brookline

| {{change|invert=on|63,191|58,732}}

24.

|Revere

| {{change|invert=on|62,186|51,755}}

25.

|Plymouth

| {{change|invert=on|61,217|56,468}}

26.

|Medford

| {{change|invert=on|59,659|56,173}}

27.

|Taunton

| {{change|invert=on|59,408|55,874}}

28.

|Weymouth

| {{change|invert=on|57,437|53,743}}

29.

|Peabody

| {{change|invert=on|54,481|51,251}}

30.

|Methuen

| {{change|invert=on|53,059|47,255}}

Education

{{See also

|Boston, Massachusetts#Education

|List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston

|List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts}}

File:Widener_Library.jpg

A long established center of higher education, the area includes many community colleges, two-year schools, and internationally prominent undergraduate and graduate institutions. The graduate schools include highly regarded schools of law, medicine, business, technology, international relations, public health, education, and religion. Greater Boston contains seven R1 Research Institutions as per the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This is, by far, the highest number of such institutions in a single Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.

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Economy

{{further|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}

={{anchor|Major companies}}Major companies=

References:{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/business/globe/globe100/globe_100_2009/mass_based_employers/ |work=The Boston Globe |title=2009 Globe 100 – Top Massachusetts-based employers |date=2010-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522112709/http://www.boston.com/business/globe/globe100/globe_100_2009/mass_based_employers/ |archive-date=May 22, 2009 }}[http://ucso.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/Students/CareerResources/CityScapes/Boston.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310130608/http://ucso.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/Students/CareerResources/CityScapes/Boston.pdf|date=March 10, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.inc.com/inc5000/list/2011/state/ma/|title=Top Companies in Massachusetts on the Inc. 5000 - Inc.com|publisher=Inc.com|access-date=4 January 2015}}[http://www.boston.com/business/globe/globe100/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010004102/http://www.boston.com/business/globe/globe100/|date=October 10, 2007}}

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Transportation

{{See also|Transportation in Boston}}

=Interstates=

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  • {{jct|state=MA|I|495}}

=U.S. Routes=

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=State Highways=

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=Bridges and tunnels=

=Airports=

=Rail and bus=

File:MBTA Commuter Rail and funding district map.svg

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is the primary operator of transit in Greater Boston. It operates the MBTA subway system and the MBTA bus network in Boston and inner suburbs, as well as the MBTA Commuter Rail system and the MBTA boat network serving Greater Boston.

Other public transit includes Amtrak intercity rail service, Logan Express service to Logan International Airport, and privately-operated intercity bus and ferry systems. A number of regional transit authorities operate local bus service:

=Ocean transportation=

File:Salem Ferry.JPG is photographed approaching its dock off Blaney Street at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.]]

Sports

{{Main|Sports in Boston}}

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Club

!Sport

!League

!Stadium

!Established

!League titles

Boston Bruins

|Ice hockey

|National Hockey League

|TD Garden (Boston)

|1924

|6 Stanley Cups
7 Eastern Conference Titles

Boston Celtics

|Basketball

|National Basketball Association

|TD Garden (Boston)

|1946

|18 NBA Championships
23 Eastern Conference Titles

Boston Red Sox

|Baseball

|Major League Baseball

|Fenway Park (Boston)

|1901

|9 MLB World Series Championships
14 American League Pennants

New England Patriots

|Football

|National Football League

|Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)

|1960

|6 Super Bowl Championships
11 AFC Championships

New England Revolution

|Soccer

|Major League Soccer

|Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)

|1996

|1 US Open Cup
1 Supporters' Shield

New England Free Jacks

|Rugby union

|Major League Rugby

|Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy)

|2018

|2 MLR Championships

Annual sporting events include:

The Greater Boston League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts.

Notes

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References

{{Reflist|30em}}

Further reading

{{wikivoyage}}

  • {{cite book

| last = Wilson

| first = Susan

| year = 2005

| title = The Literary Trail of Greater Boston: A Tour of Sites in Boston, Cambridge, and Concord, Revised Edition

| publisher = Commonwealth Editions

| isbn = 1-889833-67-3

}} An informative guidebook, with facts and data about literary figures, publishers, bookstores, libraries, and other historic sites on the newly designated Literary Trail of Greater Boston.

  • {{cite book

| last = Warner

| first = Sam Jr.

| year = 2001

| title = Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present

| publisher = University of Pennsylvania Press

| isbn = 0-8122-1769-1

}}

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{{Rhode Island}}

{{Northeast Megalopolis}}

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Category:Metropolitan areas of Rhode Island

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Category:Regions of New Hampshire

Category:Economy of the Northeastern United States

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