Massachusetts

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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Massachusetts was one of the 13 original States. Maine was legally part of Massachusetts from early Colonial times, although geographically separated; Maine became a separate State in 1820, leaving Massachusetts with nearly its present boundaries. A long-standing border dispute with Rhode Island was finally settled with a sizable exchange of territory in 1862.

Federal Census Summary

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Census coverage included all of Massachusetts from 1790 on. The counties comprising Maine were reported separately in 1790-1810.

1790: 378,787	1800: 422,845	1810: 472,040	1820: 523,287	1830: 610,408	1840: 737,699	1850: 994,514	1860: 1,231,066
1870: 1,457,351	1880: 1,783,085	1890: 2,238,947	1900: 2,805,346	1910: 3,366,416	1920: 3,852,356	1930: 4,249,614	1940: 4,316,721
1950: 4,690,514	1960: 5,148,578	1970: 5,689,170	1980: 5,737,037	1990: 6,016,425	2000: 6,349,097

Counties
Barnstable Berkshire Bristol Dukes	Essex Franklin Hampden Hampshire	Middlesex Nantucket Norfolk	Plymouth Suffolk Worcester

State Resources

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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.