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| Massachusetts | 3,425,000 | 3,486,800 | 3,412,900 | 3,107,700 | 3,178,100 | 3,221,900 | 317,300 | 308,700 | 191,000 | 9.3 % | 8.9 % | 5.6 % |
| Barnstable County | 121,685 | 132,088 | 124,076 | 111,971 | 122,870 | 117,862 | 9,714 | 9,218 | 6,214 | 8.0 % | 7.0 % | 5.0 % |
| Berkshire County | 71,746 | 74,795 | 71,569 | 65,751 | 68,941 | 67,960 | 5,995 | 5,854 | 3,609 | 8.4 % | 7.8 % | 5.0 % |
| Bristol County | 287,158 | 290,999 | 285,140 | 253,173 | 257,490 | 264,842 | 33,985 | 33,509 | 20,298 | 11.8 % | 11.5 % | 7.1 % |
| Dukes County | 12,099 | 14,543 | 12,061 | 11,497 | 13,994 | 11,710 | 602 | 549 | 351 | 5.0 % | 3.8 % | 2.9 % |
| Essex County | 375,753 | 381,942 | 374,515 | 337,865 | 345,422 | 351,551 | 37,888 | 36,520 | 22,964 | 10.1 % | 9.6 % | 6.1 % |
| Franklin County | 38,662 | 37,790 | 38,518 | 35,292 | 34,445 | 36,585 | 3,370 | 3,345 | 1,933 | 8.7 % | 8.9 % | 5.0 % |
| Hampden County | 221,960 | 221,965 | 221,816 | 198,713 | 199,120 | 207,169 | 23,247 | 22,845 | 14,647 | 10.5 % | 10.3 % | 6.6 % |
| Hampshire County | 86,427 | 84,125 | 87,008 | 80,152 | 78,130 | 83,224 | 6,275 | 5,995 | 3,784 | 7.3 % | 7.1 % | 4.3 % |
| Middlesex County | 818,003 | 832,332 | 815,614 | 751,402 | 768,304 | 777,000 | 66,601 | 64,028 | 38,614 | 8.1 % | 7.7 % | 4.7 % |
| Norfolk County | 357,332 | 363,503 | 356,450 | 327,116 | 334,427 | 338,507 | 30,216 | 29,076 | 17,943 | 8.5 % | 8.0 % | 5.0 % |
| Plymouth County | 260,676 | 265,955 | 259,560 | 235,497 | 241,255 | 244,429 | 25,179 | 24,700 | 15,131 | 9.7 % | 9.3 % | 5.8 % |
| Suffolk County | 361,350 | 367,668 | 359,957 | 327,847 | 335,183 | 339,014 | 33,503 | 32,485 | 20,943 | 9.3 % | 8.8 % | 5.8 % |
| Worcester County | 402,864 | 407,811 | 396,971 | 362,098 | 367,636 | 372,628 | 40,766 | 40,175 | 24,343 | 10.1 % | 9.9 % | 6.1 % |