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| Massachusetts | 3,475,400 | 3,458,200 | 3,457,900 | 3,294,700 | 3,274,300 | 3,296,400 | 180,700 | 183,800 | 161,500 | 5.2 % | 5.3 % | 4.7 % |
| Abington | 9,378 | 9,362 | 9,285 | 8,864 | 8,846 | 8,844 | 514 | 516 | 441 | 5.5 % | 5.5 % | 4.7 % |
| Acton | 11,896 | 11,822 | 11,793 | 11,487 | 11,384 | 11,416 | 409 | 438 | 377 | 3.4 % | 3.7 % | 3.2 % |
| Acushnet | 5,837 | 5,839 | 5,875 | 5,504 | 5,503 | 5,565 | 333 | 336 | 310 | 5.7 % | 5.8 % | 5.3 % |
| Adams | 4,508 | 4,484 | 4,507 | 4,217 | 4,206 | 4,228 | 291 | 278 | 279 | 6.5 % | 6.2 % | 6.2 % |
| Agawam | 15,839 | 15,920 | 15,824 | 15,043 | 15,129 | 15,141 | 796 | 791 | 683 | 5.0 % | 5.0 % | 4.3 % |
| Alford | 237 | 235 | 240 | 233 | 229 | 235 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1.7 % | 2.6 % | 2.1 % |
| Amesbury | 8,875 | 8,817 | 8,857 | 8,404 | 8,387 | 8,426 | 471 | 430 | 431 | 5.3 % | 4.9 % | 4.9 % |
| Amherst | 16,973 | 17,274 | 16,894 | 16,143 | 16,381 | 16,113 | 830 | 893 | 781 | 4.9 % | 5.2 % | 4.6 % |
| Andover | 17,348 | 17,236 | 17,326 | 16,651 | 16,502 | 16,548 | 697 | 734 | 778 | 4.0 % | 4.3 % | 4.5 % |
| Aquinnah | 333 | 310 | 335 | 325 | 294 | 331 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2.4 % | 5.2 % | 1.2 % |
| Arlington | 24,778 | 24,636 | 24,543 | 23,878 | 23,664 | 23,730 | 900 | 972 | 813 | 3.6 % | 3.9 % | 3.3 % |
| Ashburnham | 3,143 | 3,190 | 3,146 | 2,942 | 2,986 | 2,953 | 201 | 204 | 193 | 6.4 % | 6.4 % | 6.1 % |
| Ashby | 1,592 | 1,599 | 1,574 | 1,489 | 1,511 | 1,494 | 103 | 88 | 80 | 6.5 % | 5.5 % | 5.1 % |
| Ashfield | 1,104 | 1,113 | 1,108 | 1,064 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 3.6 % | 3.9 % | 3.4 % |
| Ashland | 9,646 | 9,592 | 9,493 | 9,224 | 9,186 | 9,176 | 422 | 406 | 317 | 4.4 % | 4.2 % | 3.3 % |
| Athol | 5,135 | 5,264 | 5,219 | 4,743 | 4,898 | 4,813 | 392 | 366 | 406 | 7.6 % | 7.0 % | 7.8 % |
| Attleborough | 24,478 | 24,461 | 24,796 | 22,897 | 23,038 | 23,505 | 1,581 | 1,423 | 1,291 | 6.5 % | 5.8 % | 5.2 % |
| Auburn | 8,782 | 8,882 | 8,810 | 8,354 | 8,430 | 8,407 | 428 | 452 | 403 | 4.9 % | 5.1 % | 4.6 % |
| Avon | 2,312 | 2,309 | 2,286 | 2,169 | 2,165 | 2,164 | 143 | 144 | 122 | 6.2 % | 6.2 % | 5.3 % |
| Ayer | 4,310 | 4,277 | 4,251 | 4,078 | 4,042 | 4,053 | 232 | 235 | 198 | 5.4 % | 5.5 % | 4.7 % |
| Barnstable | 29,774 | 28,342 | 29,899 | 28,570 | 27,027 | 28,858 | 1,204 | 1,315 | 1,041 | 4.0 % | 4.6 % | 3.5 % |
| Barre | 2,763 | 2,771 | 2,750 | 2,599 | 2,622 | 2,615 | 164 | 149 | 135 | 5.9 % | 5.4 % | 4.9 % |
| Becket | 1,069 | 1,045 | 1,068 | 1,020 | 996 | 1,026 | 49 | 49 | 42 | 4.6 % | 4.7 % | 3.9 % |
| Bedford | 6,935 | 6,899 | 6,854 | 6,653 | 6,594 | 6,612 | 282 | 305 | 242 | 4.1 % | 4.4 % | 3.5 % |
| Belchertown | 8,226 | 8,276 | 8,297 | 7,865 | 7,910 | 7,916 | 361 | 366 | 381 | 4.4 % | 4.4 % | 4.6 % |
| Bellingham | 9,581 | 9,590 | 9,740 | 9,026 | 9,081 | 9,265 | 555 | 509 | 475 | 5.8 % | 5.3 % | 4.9 % |
| Belmont | 13,030 | 12,967 | 12,898 | 12,575 | 12,462 | 12,497 | 455 | 505 | 401 | 3.5 % | 3.9 % | 3.1 % |
| Berkley | 3,769 | 3,791 | 3,762 | 3,582 | 3,605 | 3,604 | 187 | 186 | 158 | 5.0 % | 4.9 % | 4.2 % |
| Berlin | 1,555 | 1,549 | 1,547 | 1,487 | 1,480 | 1,479 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 4.4 % | 4.5 % | 4.4 % |
| Bernardston | 1,185 | 1,214 | 1,182 | 1,140 | 1,162 | 1,144 | 45 | 52 | 38 | 3.8 % | 4.3 % | 3.2 % |
| Beverly | 21,991 | 21,845 | 21,704 | 20,978 | 20,790 | 20,848 | 1,013 | 1,055 | 856 | 4.6 % | 4.8 % | 3.9 % |
| Billerica | 23,256 | 23,187 | 23,228 | 22,162 | 22,070 | 22,183 | 1,094 | 1,117 | 1,045 | 4.7 % | 4.8 % | 4.5 % |
| Blackstone | 5,287 | 5,269 | 5,304 | 4,906 | 4,936 | 5,036 | 381 | 333 | 268 | 7.2 % | 6.3 % | 5.1 % |
| Blandford | 733 | 735 | 750 | 705 | 709 | 710 | 28 | 26 | 40 | 3.8 % | 3.5 % | 5.3 % |
| Bolton | 2,635 | 2,616 | 2,615 | 2,536 | 2,513 | 2,520 | 99 | 103 | 95 | 3.8 % | 3.9 % | 3.6 % |
| Boston | 310,933 | 308,709 | 307,337 | 294,170 | 291,538 | 292,356 | 16,763 | 17,171 | 14,981 | 5.4 % | 5.6 % | 4.9 % |
| Bourne | 11,716 | 11,150 | 11,738 | 11,114 | 10,513 | 11,226 | 602 | 637 | 512 | 5.1 % | 5.7 % | 4.4 % |
| Boxborough | 3,022 | 3,003 | 3,007 | 2,925 | 2,899 | 2,907 | 97 | 104 | 100 | 3.2 % | 3.5 % | 3.3 % |
| Boxford | 4,232 | 4,206 | 4,199 | 4,084 | 4,048 | 4,059 | 148 | 158 | 140 | 3.5 % | 3.8 % | 3.3 % |
| Boylston | 2,278 | 2,299 | 2,286 | 2,179 | 2,199 | 2,193 | 99 | 100 | 93 | 4.3 % | 4.3 % | 4.1 % |
| Braintree | 18,747 | 18,643 | 18,554 | 17,824 | 17,664 | 17,714 | 923 | 979 | 840 | 4.9 % | 5.3 % | 4.5 % |
| Brewster | 6,261 | 5,968 | 6,285 | 6,046 | 5,720 | 6,107 | 215 | 248 | 178 | 3.4 % | 4.2 % | 2.8 % |
| Bridgewater | 13,365 | 13,355 | 13,307 | 12,650 | 12,624 | 12,622 | 715 | 731 | 685 | 5.3 % | 5.5 % | 5.1 % |
| Brimfield | 2,017 | 2,037 | 2,033 | 1,910 | 1,921 | 1,923 | 107 | 116 | 110 | 5.3 % | 5.7 % | 5.4 % |
| Brockton | 45,502 | 45,323 | 45,119 | 42,319 | 42,232 | 42,223 | 3,183 | 3,091 | 2,896 | 7.0 % | 6.8 % | 6.4 % |
| Brookfield | 1,684 | 1,688 | 1,699 | 1,580 | 1,595 | 1,590 | 104 | 93 | 109 | 6.2 % | 5.5 % | 6.4 % |
| Brookline | 33,515 | 33,401 | 33,172 | 32,475 | 32,184 | 32,274 | 1,040 | 1,217 | 898 | 3.1 % | 3.6 % | 2.7 % |
| Buckland | 1,108 | 1,127 | 1,116 | 1,073 | 1,093 | 1,077 | 35 | 34 | 39 | 3.2 % | 3.0 % | 3.5 % |
| Burlington | 14,463 | 14,407 | 14,321 | 13,894 | 13,770 | 13,809 | 569 | 637 | 512 | 3.9 % | 4.4 % | 3.6 % |
| Cambridge | 59,869 | 59,639 | 59,375 | 57,723 | 57,207 | 57,367 | 2,146 | 2,432 | 2,008 | 3.6 % | 4.1 % | 3.4 % |
| Canton | 11,919 | 11,842 | 11,768 | 11,366 | 11,264 | 11,296 | 553 | 578 | 472 | 4.6 % | 4.9 % | 4.0 % |
| Carlisle | 2,580 | 2,576 | 2,570 | 2,501 | 2,479 | 2,486 | 79 | 97 | 84 | 3.1 % | 3.8 % | 3.3 % |
| Carver | 6,398 | 6,324 | 6,298 | 6,023 | 5,969 | 5,986 | 375 | 355 | 312 | 5.9 % | 5.6 % | 5.0 % |
| Charlemont | 763 | 777 | 772 | 725 | 739 | 728 | 38 | 38 | 44 | 5.0 % | 4.9 % | 5.7 % |
| Charlton | 6,804 | 6,867 | 6,828 | 6,460 | 6,519 | 6,501 | 344 | 348 | 327 | 5.1 % | 5.1 % | 4.8 % |
| Chatham | 3,802 | 3,634 | 3,821 | 3,660 | 3,462 | 3,697 | 142 | 172 | 124 | 3.7 % | 4.7 % | 3.2 % |
| Chelmsford | 19,055 | 18,998 | 18,991 | 18,207 | 18,132 | 18,225 | 848 | 866 | 766 | 4.5 % | 4.6 % | 4.0 % |
| Chelsea | 13,524 | 13,491 | 13,371 | 12,637 | 12,524 | 12,559 | 887 | 967 | 812 | 6.6 % | 7.2 % | 6.1 % |
| Cheshire | 2,047 | 1,993 | 2,032 | 1,937 | 1,892 | 1,950 | 110 | 101 | 82 | 5.4 % | 5.1 % | 4.0 % |
| Chester | 716 | 713 | 722 | 679 | 683 | 683 | 37 | 30 | 39 | 5.2 % | 4.2 % | 5.4 % |
| Chesterfield | 751 | 763 | 756 | 725 | 729 | 730 | 26 | 34 | 26 | 3.5 % | 4.5 % | 3.4 % |
| Chicopee | 27,552 | 27,588 | 27,387 | 25,663 | 25,809 | 25,830 | 1,889 | 1,779 | 1,557 | 6.9 % | 6.4 % | 5.7 % |
| Chilmark | 880 | 797 | 890 | 861 | 778 | 876 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2.2 % | 2.4 % | 1.6 % |
| Clarksburg | 955 | 954 | 945 | 906 | 903 | 908 | 49 | 51 | 37 | 5.1 % | 5.3 % | 3.9 % |
| Clinton | 7,576 | 7,628 | 7,565 | 7,127 | 7,192 | 7,172 | 449 | 436 | 393 | 5.9 % | 5.7 % | 5.2 % |
| Cohasset | 3,719 | 3,710 | 3,690 | 3,583 | 3,551 | 3,561 | 136 | 159 | 129 | 3.7 % | 4.3 % | 3.5 % |
| Colrain | 958 | 978 | 964 | 911 | 928 | 914 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 4.9 % | 5.1 % | 5.2 % |
| Concord | 7,851 | 7,834 | 7,758 | 7,571 | 7,503 | 7,524 | 280 | 331 | 234 | 3.6 % | 4.2 % | 3.0 % |
| Conway | 1,151 | 1,157 | 1,153 | 1,114 | 1,121 | 1,122 | 37 | 36 | 31 | 3.2 % | 3.1 % | 2.7 % |
| Cummington | 524 | 518 | 515 | 487 | 490 | 491 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 7.1 % | 5.4 % | 4.7 % |
| Dalton | 3,990 | 3,903 | 4,032 | 3,820 | 3,730 | 3,845 | 170 | 173 | 187 | 4.3 % | 4.4 % | 4.6 % |
| Danvers | 14,114 | 14,077 | 14,037 | 13,474 | 13,384 | 13,478 | 640 | 693 | 559 | 4.5 % | 4.9 % | 4.0 % |
| Dartmouth | 15,795 | 15,794 | 15,909 | 14,794 | 14,791 | 14,959 | 1,001 | 1,003 | 950 | 6.3 % | 6.4 % | 6.0 % |
| Dedham | 12,734 | 12,671 | 12,591 | 12,146 | 12,037 | 12,071 | 588 | 634 | 520 | 4.6 % | 5.0 % | 4.1 % |
| Deerfield | 2,777 | 2,802 | 2,792 | 2,666 | 2,682 | 2,684 | 111 | 120 | 108 | 4.0 % | 4.3 % | 3.9 % |
| Dennis | 9,056 | 8,649 | 9,164 | 8,681 | 8,212 | 8,769 | 375 | 437 | 395 | 4.1 % | 5.1 % | 4.3 % |
| Dighton | 3,882 | 3,897 | 3,875 | 3,661 | 3,684 | 3,684 | 221 | 213 | 191 | 5.7 % | 5.5 % | 4.9 % |
| Douglas | 4,569 | 4,593 | 4,574 | 4,321 | 4,360 | 4,348 | 248 | 233 | 226 | 5.4 % | 5.1 % | 4.9 % |
| Dover | 2,900 | 2,890 | 2,877 | 2,814 | 2,789 | 2,797 | 86 | 101 | 80 | 3.0 % | 3.5 % | 2.8 % |
| Dracut | 16,701 | 16,612 | 16,653 | 15,830 | 15,764 | 15,845 | 871 | 848 | 808 | 5.2 % | 5.1 % | 4.9 % |
| Dudley | 5,920 | 5,970 | 5,940 | 5,577 | 5,628 | 5,612 | 343 | 342 | 328 | 5.8 % | 5.7 % | 5.5 % |
| Dunstable | 1,858 | 1,866 | 1,851 | 1,798 | 1,791 | 1,800 | 60 | 75 | 51 | 3.2 % | 4.0 % | 2.8 % |
| Duxbury | 7,476 | 7,449 | 7,425 | 7,164 | 7,100 | 7,120 | 312 | 349 | 305 | 4.2 % | 4.7 % | 4.1 % |
| East Bridgewater | 7,635 | 7,633 | 7,551 | 7,222 | 7,207 | 7,205 | 413 | 426 | 346 | 5.4 % | 5.6 % | 4.6 % |
| East Brookfield | 1,167 | 1,178 | 1,179 | 1,115 | 1,125 | 1,122 | 52 | 53 | 57 | 4.5 % | 4.5 % | 4.8 % |
| East Longmeadow | 7,725 | 7,782 | 7,760 | 7,358 | 7,400 | 7,406 | 367 | 382 | 354 | 4.8 % | 4.9 % | 4.6 % |
| Eastham | 3,091 | 2,949 | 3,083 | 2,963 | 2,803 | 2,993 | 128 | 146 | 90 | 4.1 % | 5.0 % | 2.9 % |
| Easthampton | 9,460 | 9,529 | 9,471 | 9,008 | 9,059 | 9,066 | 452 | 470 | 405 | 4.8 % | 4.9 % | 4.3 % |
| Easton | 13,366 | 13,368 | 13,237 | 12,753 | 12,727 | 12,724 | 613 | 641 | 513 | 4.6 % | 4.8 % | 3.9 % |
| Edgartown | 3,714 | 3,381 | 3,775 | 3,629 | 3,279 | 3,694 | 85 | 102 | 81 | 2.3 % | 3.0 % | 2.1 % |
| Egremont | 884 | 876 | 894 | 863 | 847 | 869 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 2.4 % | 3.3 % | 2.8 % |
| Erving | 826 | 844 | 817 | 780 | 795 | 783 | 46 | 49 | 34 | 5.6 % | 5.8 % | 4.2 % |
| Essex | 1,854 | 1,856 | 1,850 | 1,789 | 1,773 | 1,778 | 65 | 83 | 72 | 3.5 % | 4.5 % | 3.9 % |
| Everett | 19,316 | 19,134 | 19,110 | 18,204 | 18,041 | 18,091 | 1,112 | 1,093 | 1,019 | 5.8 % | 5.7 % | 5.3 % |
| Fairhaven | 8,577 | 8,599 | 8,599 | 8,021 | 8,019 | 8,111 | 556 | 580 | 488 | 6.5 % | 6.7 % | 5.7 % |
| Fall River | 43,905 | 43,446 | 44,633 | 39,817 | 40,061 | 40,873 | 4,088 | 3,385 | 3,760 | 9.3 % | 7.8 % | 8.4 % |
| Falmouth | 20,298 | 19,329 | 20,467 | 19,501 | 18,448 | 19,698 | 797 | 881 | 769 | 3.9 % | 4.6 % | 3.8 % |
| Fitchburg | 18,338 | 18,517 | 18,328 | 17,008 | 17,259 | 17,068 | 1,330 | 1,258 | 1,260 | 7.3 % | 6.8 % | 6.9 % |
| Florida | 398 | 404 | 418 | 382 | 381 | 383 | 16 | 23 | 35 | 4.0 % | 5.7 % | 8.4 % |
| Foxborough | 9,340 | 9,292 | 9,245 | 8,911 | 8,831 | 8,856 | 429 | 461 | 389 | 4.6 % | 5.0 % | 4.2 % |
| Framingham | 37,404 | 37,393 | 37,013 | 35,947 | 35,800 | 35,762 | 1,457 | 1,593 | 1,251 | 3.9 % | 4.3 % | 3.4 % |
| Franklin | 17,057 | 16,942 | 16,882 | 16,292 | 16,146 | 16,191 | 765 | 796 | 691 | 4.5 % | 4.7 % | 4.1 % |
| Freetown | 5,529 | 5,514 | 5,560 | 5,213 | 5,211 | 5,271 | 316 | 303 | 289 | 5.7 % | 5.5 % | 5.2 % |
| Gardner | 9,935 | 9,990 | 9,846 | 9,124 | 9,258 | 9,156 | 811 | 732 | 690 | 8.2 % | 7.3 % | 7.0 % |
| Georgetown | 4,332 | 4,319 | 4,330 | 4,139 | 4,131 | 4,150 | 193 | 188 | 180 | 4.5 % | 4.4 % | 4.2 % |
| Gill | 786 | 798 | 773 | 740 | 754 | 743 | 46 | 44 | 30 | 5.9 % | 5.5 % | 3.9 % |
| Gloucester | 16,799 | 16,678 | 16,563 | 15,867 | 15,725 | 15,769 | 932 | 953 | 794 | 5.5 % | 5.7 % | 4.8 % |
| Goshen | 594 | 599 | 591 | 569 | 572 | 573 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 4.2 % | 4.5 % | 3.0 % |
| Gosnold | 35 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.9 % | 2.9 % | 5.4 % |
| Grafton | 9,590 | 9,668 | 9,623 | 9,118 | 9,201 | 9,176 | 472 | 467 | 447 | 4.9 % | 4.8 % | 4.6 % |
| Granby | 3,581 | 3,598 | 3,586 | 3,398 | 3,418 | 3,420 | 183 | 180 | 166 | 5.1 % | 5.0 % | 4.6 % |
| Granville | 944 | 949 | 939 | 903 | 908 | 909 | 41 | 41 | 30 | 4.3 % | 4.3 % | 3.2 % |
| Great Barrington | 4,531 | 4,475 | 4,559 | 4,358 | 4,273 | 4,389 | 173 | 202 | 170 | 3.8 % | 4.5 % | 3.7 % |
| Greenfield | 8,775 | 8,939 | 8,769 | 8,278 | 8,438 | 8,313 | 497 | 501 | 456 | 5.7 % | 5.6 % | 5.2 % |
| Groton | 5,787 | 5,742 | 5,712 | 5,532 | 5,483 | 5,498 | 255 | 259 | 214 | 4.4 % | 4.5 % | 3.7 % |
| Groveland | 3,630 | 3,625 | 3,623 | 3,473 | 3,466 | 3,482 | 157 | 159 | 141 | 4.3 % | 4.4 % | 3.9 % |
| Hadley | 2,567 | 2,594 | 2,590 | 2,469 | 2,483 | 2,485 | 98 | 111 | 105 | 3.8 % | 4.3 % | 4.1 % |
| Halifax | 4,336 | 4,324 | 4,279 | 4,079 | 4,070 | 4,069 | 257 | 254 | 210 | 5.9 % | 5.9 % | 4.9 % |
| Hamilton | 4,028 | 4,008 | 3,989 | 3,872 | 3,837 | 3,848 | 156 | 171 | 141 | 3.9 % | 4.3 % | 3.5 % |
| Hampden | 2,888 | 2,906 | 2,899 | 2,751 | 2,767 | 2,769 | 137 | 139 | 130 | 4.7 % | 4.8 % | 4.5 % |
| Hancock | 618 | 611 | 624 | 608 | 594 | 612 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 1.6 % | 2.8 % | 1.9 % |
| Hanover | 7,843 | 7,790 | 7,766 | 7,496 | 7,429 | 7,450 | 347 | 361 | 316 | 4.4 % | 4.6 % | 4.1 % |
| Hanson | 5,599 | 5,601 | 5,607 | 5,306 | 5,295 | 5,294 | 293 | 306 | ||||