Massachusetts
| Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |||||||||||
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| Official language(s) | English | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Bay Stater[1] | ||||||||||
| Capital | Boston | ||||||||||
| Largest city | Boston | ||||||||||
| Largest metro area | Greater Boston | ||||||||||
| Area | Ranked 44th in the US | ||||||||||
| - Total | 10,555[2] sq mi (27,336 km²) |
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| - Width | 183 miles (295 km) | ||||||||||
| - Length | 113 miles (182 km) | ||||||||||
| - % water | 25.7 | ||||||||||
| - Latitude | 41° 14′ N to 42° 53′ N | ||||||||||
| - Longitude | 69° 56′ W to 73° 30′ W | ||||||||||
| Population | Ranked 14th in the US | ||||||||||
| - Total | 6,349,097 | ||||||||||
| - Density | 809.8/sq mi 312.7/km² (3rd in the US) |
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| - Median income | $52,354 (9th) | ||||||||||
| Elevation | |||||||||||
| - Highest point | Mount Greylock[3] 3,491 ft (1,064 m) |
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| - Mean | 500 ft (150 m) | ||||||||||
| - Lowest point | Atlantic Ocean[3] 0 ft (0 m) |
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| Admission to Union | February 6, 1788 (6th) | ||||||||||
| Governor | Deval Patrick (D) | ||||||||||
| Lieutenant Governor | Tim Murray (D) | ||||||||||
| U.S. Senators | Ted Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) |
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| Congressional Delegation | List | ||||||||||
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | ||||||||||
| Abbreviations | MA Mass. US-MA | ||||||||||
| Website | www.mass.gov | ||||||||||
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (IPA: /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɨts/) is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. Most of its population of 6.4 million live in the Boston metropolitan area. The eastern half of this relatively small state is mostly urban and suburban. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and ranks third in overall population density and fourth by GDP per capita.
Massachusetts has been significant throughout American history. Plymouth was the second permanent English settlement in North America. Colonists from England founded many towns and villages in the present-day territory of Massachusetts very early in the nation's history in the 1620s and 1630s. The Boston area became known as the "Cradle of Liberty" for the ferment there which led to the American Revolution and the independence of the United States from Great Britain. Massachusetts was the first U.S. state to abolish slavery and was a center of the temperance movement and abolitionist activity in the years leading to the American Civil War. The state has contributed many prominent politicians to national service, including the Adams family and, more recently, the Kennedy family.
Originally dependent on agriculture and trade with Europe, Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution. Migration of factories to the lower-wage Southern states caused economic stagnation during the first half of the 20th century. The economy of Massachusetts was revived after World War II, and today is prominent in higher education, health care, and high technology.
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Massachusetts State Senator Caught Stuffing Bribe Money in Her Bra 10-29-2008 1:08 pm - WBZ-TV "Citizens of the Commonwealth deserve honest and faithful services from their elected officials, uncompromised by secret payments of cash." |
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Amidst Affair Scandal Edwards, Wife Cancel Speech At Massachusetts College 09-20-2008 3:12 am - WBZ-TV Boston WBZ: It was expected to attract a huge crowd, so large in fact, college officials changed venues to double the capacity. But now Salem State College is scrambling to find a speaker after John and Elizabeth Edwards backed out of an appearance there later this month. |
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Raw: Firefighter Resuscitates Massachusetts Cat 09-11-2008 9:26 am - AP A cat owes one of its nine lives to a firefighter who revived it with 'mouth-to-meow-th' resuscitation after saving it from a burning building. Asked what it tasted like to revive the cat, the firefighter said: 'Like fur.' |
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Massachusetts Rep.: U.S. Should Stop Arresting Responsible Marijuana Users 07-31-2008 6:51 am - CNN "I cannot think there are many people who are in favor of using limited federal resources in law enforcement to arrest people because those people decide to smoke marijuana," Rep. Barney Frank said. |
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Massachusetts Trying To Ban Now-Legal Drug ‘Salvia’ 07-22-2008 11:24 am - WBZ-TV An effort by state lawmakers could ban salvia, a drug that some say can lead to suicide. |
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Massachusetts Men Charged With Robbing Girl With $1 07-21-2008 1:18 pm - WHDH-TV "Then he just ripped the bag out of my hand and threw a dollar at me." |
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Massachusetts Man Beats New Yorker With Baseball Bat for Allegedly Being Yankees Fan 07-06-2008 9:59 am - WFXT-TV "That should not be going on." |
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Shock Report Reveals Girls at Massachusetts High School Made Pact to Get Pregnant 06-19-2008 8:57 am - WBZ-TV WBZ: 17 students are expecting and most of them became that way on purpose. |
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Massachusetts Governor Marches With Daughter in Gay Pride Parade 06-15-2008 7:07 am - WFXT-TV "I think it takes a lot of guts." |
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Massachusetts Governor’s Teen Daughter Praises Dad for Accepting Her Lesbianism 06-13-2008 10:50 am - WBZ-TV "We're proud of her. We love her." |
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Massachusetts to Remove Highway Overpass Tributes to Returning Troops 03-06-2008 9:50 pm - WBZ-TV The personal tributes would be replaced with generic metal tribute signs. |
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Harry Potter Books ‘Expelled’ From Massachusetts Catholic School 10-26-2007 1:05 pm - WCVB-TV "I'm in the business of Jesus and this is the enemy camp. |
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Doctor Killed as Elderly Driver Plows Car Into Massachusetts Hospital 10-15-2007 10:40 pm - WFXT-TV The doctor who died was the Chief of Radiation Therapy. The crash injured five other hospital employees. |
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