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Massachusetts statistical areas

The United States {{nobreak|Commonwealth of Massachusetts}} currently has 12 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts.{{cite web |subject=Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas |date=July 21, 2023 |title=0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |access-date=October 23, 2023 |publisher=Office of Management and Budget}} As of 2023, the largest of these is the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA, comprising the area around Massachusetts' capital and largest city of Boston.

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Table

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|+The 12 United States statistical areas and 14 counties of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts{{efn|reference=An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in purple. A purple population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population. The state's abbreviation is also shown next to the in-state total.}}

Combined statistical area

!2023 population (est.){{cite web |date=March 2023 |title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/counties/totals/co-est2023-pop.xlsx |accessdate=May 21, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division}}

!Core-based statistical area

!2023 population (est.)

!County

!2023 population (est.)

!Metropolitan division

!2023 population (est.)

rowspan="18" |Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA

| rowspan="18" align="right" |8,345,067
6,145,689 ({{Abbr|MA|Massachusetts}})

|rowspan=7|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA

|rowspan=7 align=right|4,919,179
4,465,247 (MA)

|Middlesex County, Massachusetts

| align="right" |1,623,952

| rowspan="2" |Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA MD

| rowspan="2" align="right" |2,434,041

Essex County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|810,089

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|768,425

| rowspan="3" |Boston, MA MD

| rowspan="3" align="right" |2,031,206

Norfolk County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|727,473

Plymouth County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|535,308

Rockingham County, New Hampshire

| align="right" |320,689

| rowspan="2" |Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH MD

| rowspan="2" align="right" |453,932

Strafford County, New Hampshire

|align="right"|133,243

rowspan=6|Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA

|rowspan=6 align=right|1,677,803
581,841 (MA)

|Providence County, Rhode Island

|align="right"|660,615

| colspan="2" rowspan="18" align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" |none

Bristol County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|581,841

Kent County, Rhode Island

|align="right"|171,278

Washington County, Rhode Island

|align="right"|129,982

Newport County, Rhode Island

|align="right"|83,832

Bristol County, Rhode Island

|align="right"|50,255

Worcester, MA MSA

| align="right" |866,866

|Worcester County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|866,866

rowspan="1" |Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |427,354

|Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

|align="right"|427,354

rowspan="1" |Barnstable Town, MA MSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |231,735

|Barnstable County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|231,735

rowspan="1" |Concord, NH μSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |157,103

|Merrimack County, New Hampshire

|align="right"|157,103

rowspan="1" |Laconia, NH μSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |65,027

|Belknap County, New Hampshire

|align="right"|65,027

rowspan="3" |Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA CSA

|align="right" rowspan="3" |693,629

|Springfield, MA MSA

| align="right" |460,291

|Hampden County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|460,291

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA

|align="right"|162,502

|Hampshire County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|162,502

Greenfield, MA μSA

|align="right"|70,836

|Franklin County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|70,836

colspan="2" rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" |none

| rowspan="1" |Pittsfield, MA MSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |126,818

|Berkshire County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|126,818

rowspan="1" |Vineyard Haven, MA μSA

| rowspan="1" align="right" |20,819

|Dukes County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|20,819

Nantucket, MA μSA

|align="right"|14,444

|Nantucket County, Massachusetts

|align="right"|14,444

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| colspan="5" align="center" |Commonwealth of Massachusetts

|align="right"|7,001,399

Core-based statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CBSA along with its rate of population change over time.

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|+The 10 core-based statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts{{efn|reference=For CBSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CBSA as well as the CBSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.}}

scope=col rowspan=2|2023 rank

!scope=col rowspan=2|Core-based statistical area

!colspan=5|Population

scope=col|2023 estimate

!scope=col|Change

!scope=col|2020 Census{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1|title=PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=2020|access-date=May 21, 2024}}

!scope=col|Change

!scope=col|2010 Census{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2019/counties/totals/co-est2019-annres.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=2019|access-date=May 21, 2024}}

scope=row|{{nts|1}}

|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA (MA)

{{changes|order=d|4465247|4496567|4134036}}

scope=row|{{nts|2}}

|Worcester, MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|866866|862111|798552}}

scope=row|{{nts|3}}

|Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA (MA)

{{changes|order=d|581841|579200|548285}}

scope=row|{{nts|4}}

|Springfield, MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|460291|465825|463490}}

scope=row|{{nts|5}}

|Barnstable Town, MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|231735|228996|215888}}

scope=row|{{nts|6}}

|Amherst Town-Northampton, MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|162502|162308|158080}}

scope=row|{{nts|7}}

|Pittsfield, MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|126818|129026|131219}}

scope=row|{{nts|8}}

|Greenfield, MA μSA

{{changes|order=d|70836|71029|71372}}

scope=row|{{nts|9}}

|Vineyard Haven, MA μSA

{{changes|order=d|20819|20600|16535}}

scope=row|{{nts|10}}

|Nantucket, MA μSA

{{changes|order=d|14444|14255|10172}}

|Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH MSA

{{changes|order=d|4919179|4941632|4552402}}

|Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA

{{changes|order=d|1677803|1676579|1600852}}

Combined statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population ranking of each CSA along with its rate of population change over time.

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|+The two combined statistical areas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts{{efn|reference=For CSAs comprising populations from multiple states, they are listed twice to show both their intrastate population within that CSA as well as the CSA's total population. Only the intrastate population is ranked.}}

scope=col rowspan=2|2023 rank

!scope=col rowspan=2|Combined statistical area

!colspan=5|Population

scope=col|2023 estimate

!scope=col|Change

!scope=col|2020 Census{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1|title=PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS.|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=2020|access-date=May 21, 2024}}

!scope=col|Change

!scope=col|2010 Census{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2010-2019/counties/totals/co-est2019-annres.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|date=2019|access-date=May 21, 2024}}

scope=row|{{nts|1}}

|Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA (MA)

{{changes|order=d|6145689|6166874|5696761}}

scope=row|{{nts|2}}

|Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA CSA

{{changes|order=d|693629|699162|692942}}

|Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH CSA

{{changes|order=d|8345067|8349768|7774948}}

See also

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Notes

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References

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External links

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  • [https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ Office of Management and Budget]
  • [https://www.census.gov/ United States Census Bureau]

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