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| Massachusetts | 3,411,800 | 3,396,400 | 3,389,100 | 3,241,700 | 3,215,900 | 3,258,400 | 170,100 | 180,500 | 130,700 | 5.0 % | 5.3 % | 3.9 % |
| Abington | 9,261 | 9,172 | 9,217 | 8,773 | 8,675 | 8,842 | 488 | 497 | 375 | 5.3 % | 5.4 % | 4.1 % |
| Acton | 11,727 | 11,666 | 11,631 | 11,349 | 11,230 | 11,335 | 378 | 436 | 296 | 3.2 % | 3.7 % | 2.5 % |
| Acushnet | 5,802 | 5,763 | 5,802 | 5,472 | 5,437 | 5,570 | 330 | 326 | 232 | 5.7 % | 5.7 % | 4.0 % |
| Adams | 4,398 | 4,349 | 4,343 | 4,120 | 4,070 | 4,123 | 278 | 279 | 220 | 6.3 % | 6.4 % | 5.1 % |
| Agawam | 15,778 | 15,661 | 15,847 | 15,071 | 14,920 | 15,227 | 707 | 741 | 620 | 4.5 % | 4.7 % | 3.9 % |
| Alford | 223 | 223 | 227 | 219 | 219 | 222 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1.8 % | 1.8 % | 2.2 % |
| Amesbury | 8,693 | 8,668 | 8,601 | 8,243 | 8,192 | 8,305 | 450 | 476 | 296 | 5.2 % | 5.5 % | 3.4 % |
| Amherst | 19,907 | 18,713 | 20,145 | 19,328 | 18,053 | 19,552 | 579 | 660 | 593 | 2.9 % | 3.5 % | 2.9 % |
| Andover | 17,111 | 17,045 | 17,036 | 16,451 | 16,278 | 16,430 | 660 | 767 | 606 | 3.9 % | 4.5 % | 3.6 % |
| Aquinnah | 243 | 271 | 240 | 230 | 260 | 235 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5.3 % | 4.1 % | 2.1 % |
| Arlington | 24,453 | 24,302 | 24,255 | 23,591 | 23,343 | 23,561 | 862 | 959 | 694 | 3.5 % | 3.9 % | 2.9 % |
| Ashburnham | 3,079 | 3,050 | 3,101 | 2,923 | 2,886 | 2,962 | 156 | 164 | 139 | 5.1 % | 5.4 % | 4.5 % |
| Ashby | 1,568 | 1,540 | 1,566 | 1,479 | 1,460 | 1,499 | 89 | 80 | 67 | 5.7 % | 5.2 % | 4.3 % |
| Ashfield | 1,100 | 1,094 | 1,112 | 1,065 | 1,055 | 1,077 | 35 | 39 | 35 | 3.2 % | 3.6 % | 3.1 % |
| Ashland | 9,487 | 9,432 | 9,371 | 9,109 | 9,013 | 9,100 | 378 | 419 | 271 | 4.0 % | 4.4 % | 2.9 % |
| Athol | 5,131 | 5,067 | 5,106 | 4,768 | 4,691 | 4,801 | 363 | 376 | 305 | 7.1 % | 7.4 % | 6.0 % |
| Attleborough | 24,339 | 24,168 | 24,396 | 22,777 | 22,603 | 23,428 | 1,562 | 1,565 | 968 | 6.4 % | 6.5 % | 4.0 % |
| Auburn | 8,654 | 8,600 | 8,728 | 8,295 | 8,202 | 8,409 | 359 | 398 | 319 | 4.1 % | 4.6 % | 3.7 % |
| Avon | 2,286 | 2,287 | 2,254 | 2,147 | 2,123 | 2,164 | 139 | 164 | 90 | 6.1 % | 7.2 % | 4.0 % |
| Ayer | 4,212 | 4,198 | 4,187 | 4,029 | 3,987 | 4,024 | 183 | 211 | 163 | 4.3 % | 5.0 % | 3.9 % |
| Barnstable | 26,191 | 27,010 | 26,147 | 25,013 | 25,839 | 25,283 | 1,178 | 1,171 | 864 | 4.5 % | 4.3 % | 3.3 % |
| Barre | 2,754 | 2,707 | 2,729 | 2,580 | 2,551 | 2,616 | 174 | 156 | 113 | 6.3 % | 5.8 % | 4.1 % |
| Becket | 1,023 | 1,018 | 1,012 | 968 | 956 | 970 | 55 | 62 | 42 | 5.4 % | 6.1 % | 4.2 % |
| Bedford | 6,838 | 6,796 | 6,758 | 6,573 | 6,504 | 6,565 | 265 | 292 | 193 | 3.9 % | 4.3 % | 2.9 % |
| Belchertown | 8,189 | 8,138 | 8,219 | 7,879 | 7,801 | 7,961 | 310 | 337 | 258 | 3.8 % | 4.1 % | 3.1 % |
| Bellingham | 9,530 | 9,468 | 9,592 | 8,978 | 8,910 | 9,235 | 552 | 558 | 357 | 5.8 % | 5.9 % | 3.7 % |
| Belmont | 12,844 | 12,780 | 12,767 | 12,424 | 12,293 | 12,408 | 420 | 487 | 359 | 3.3 % | 3.8 % | 2.8 % |
| Berkley | 3,801 | 3,749 | 3,751 | 3,593 | 3,552 | 3,628 | 208 | 197 | 123 | 5.5 % | 5.3 % | 3.3 % |
| Berlin | 1,528 | 1,520 | 1,516 | 1,468 | 1,453 | 1,467 | 60 | 67 | 49 | 3.9 % | 4.4 % | 3.2 % |
| Bernardston | 1,194 | 1,200 | 1,204 | 1,152 | 1,142 | 1,164 | 42 | 58 | 40 | 3.5 % | 4.8 % | 3.3 % |
| Beverly | 21,712 | 21,594 | 21,424 | 20,726 | 20,508 | 20,700 | 986 | 1,086 | 724 | 4.5 % | 5.0 % | 3.4 % |
| Billerica | 23,018 | 22,838 | 22,883 | 22,015 | 21,774 | 22,073 | 1,003 | 1,064 | 810 | 4.4 % | 4.7 % | 3.5 % |
| Blackstone | 5,208 | 5,213 | 5,246 | 4,880 | 4,843 | 5,020 | 328 | 370 | 226 | 6.3 % | 7.1 % | 4.3 % |
| Blandford | 740 | 730 | 740 | 706 | 699 | 714 | 34 | 31 | 26 | 4.6 % | 4.2 % | 3.5 % |
| Bolton | 2,607 | 2,586 | 2,573 | 2,505 | 2,479 | 2,502 | 102 | 107 | 71 | 3.9 % | 4.1 % | 2.8 % |
| Boston | 306,027 | 304,218 | 302,303 | 290,644 | 287,587 | 290,274 | 15,383 | 16,631 | 12,029 | 5.0 % | 5.5 % | 4.0 % |
| Bourne | 10,302 | 10,692 | 10,291 | 9,730 | 10,051 | 9,835 | 572 | 641 | 456 | 5.6 % | 6.0 % | 4.4 % |
| Boxborough | 2,987 | 2,971 | 2,974 | 2,890 | 2,859 | 2,886 | 97 | 112 | 88 | 3.2 % | 3.8 % | 3.0 % |
| Boxford | 4,184 | 4,154 | 4,167 | 4,036 | 3,993 | 4,030 | 148 | 161 | 137 | 3.5 % | 3.9 % | 3.3 % |
| Boylston | 2,248 | 2,232 | 2,261 | 2,164 | 2,140 | 2,194 | 84 | 92 | 67 | 3.7 % | 4.1 % | 3.0 % |
| Braintree | 18,526 | 18,401 | 18,295 | 17,610 | 17,425 | 17,588 | 916 | 976 | 707 | 4.9 % | 5.3 % | 3.9 % |
| Brewster | 5,498 | 5,683 | 5,514 | 5,294 | 5,469 | 5,351 | 204 | 214 | 163 | 3.7 % | 3.8 % | 3.0 % |
| Bridgewater | 13,134 | 13,045 | 13,134 | 12,520 | 12,381 | 12,619 | 614 | 664 | 515 | 4.7 % | 5.1 % | 3.9 % |
| Brimfield | 2,008 | 2,005 | 2,014 | 1,914 | 1,895 | 1,934 | 94 | 110 | 80 | 4.7 % | 5.5 % | 4.0 % |
| Brockton | 44,776 | 44,522 | 44,501 | 41,882 | 41,418 | 42,215 | 2,894 | 3,104 | 2,286 | 6.5 % | 7.0 % | 5.1 % |
| Brookfield | 1,662 | 1,647 | 1,673 | 1,569 | 1,551 | 1,591 | 93 | 96 | 82 | 5.6 % | 5.8 % | 4.9 % |
| Brookline | 33,052 | 32,856 | 32,842 | 32,085 | 31,748 | 32,044 | 967 | 1,108 | 798 | 2.9 % | 3.4 % | 2.4 % |
| Buckland | 1,112 | 1,101 | 1,127 | 1,084 | 1,075 | 1,096 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 2.5 % | 2.4 % | 2.8 % |
| Burlington | 14,267 | 14,168 | 14,128 | 13,728 | 13,583 | 13,710 | 539 | 585 | 418 | 3.8 % | 4.1 % | 3.0 % |
| Cambridge | 58,982 | 58,656 | 58,563 | 57,031 | 56,432 | 56,959 | 1,951 | 2,224 | 1,604 | 3.3 % | 3.8 % | 2.7 % |
| Canton | 11,699 | 11,604 | 11,598 | 11,229 | 11,111 | 11,215 | 470 | 493 | 383 | 4.0 % | 4.2 % | 3.3 % |
| Carlisle | 2,549 | 2,540 | 2,538 | 2,471 | 2,445 | 2,468 | 78 | 95 | 70 | 3.1 % | 3.7 % | 2.8 % |
| Carver | 6,271 | 6,220 | 6,205 | 5,951 | 5,888 | 5,943 | 320 | 332 | 262 | 5.1 % | 5.3 % | 4.2 % |
| Charlemont | 759 | 761 | 764 | 733 | 726 | 740 | 26 | 35 | 24 | 3.4 % | 4.6 % | 3.1 % |
| Charlton | 6,742 | 6,684 | 6,759 | 6,414 | 6,342 | 6,503 | 328 | 342 | 256 | 4.9 % | 5.1 % | 3.8 % |
| Chatham | 3,359 | 3,464 | 3,354 | 3,204 | 3,310 | 3,239 | 155 | 154 | 115 | 4.6 % | 4.4 % | 3.4 % |
| Chelmsford | 18,833 | 18,749 | 18,774 | 18,087 | 17,889 | 18,135 | 746 | 860 | 639 | 4.0 % | 4.6 % | 3.4 % |
| Chelsea | 13,352 | 13,248 | 13,159 | 12,486 | 12,354 | 12,470 | 866 | 894 | 689 | 6.5 % | 6.7 % | 5.2 % |
| Cheshire | 1,918 | 1,904 | 1,907 | 1,839 | 1,817 | 1,842 | 79 | 87 | 65 | 4.1 % | 4.6 % | 3.4 % |
| Chester | 713 | 708 | 708 | 680 | 674 | 687 | 33 | 34 | 21 | 4.6 % | 4.8 % | 3.0 % |
| Chesterfield | 754 | 749 | 755 | 726 | 719 | 734 | 28 | 30 | 21 | 3.7 % | 4.0 % | 2.8 % |
| Chicopee | 27,543 | 27,273 | 27,376 | 25,709 | 25,453 | 25,976 | 1,834 | 1,820 | 1,400 | 6.7 % | 6.7 % | 5.1 % |
| Chilmark | 625 | 707 | 633 | 609 | 689 | 621 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 2.6 % | 2.5 % | 1.9 % |
| Clarksburg | 925 | 917 | 923 | 885 | 874 | 885 | 40 | 43 | 38 | 4.3 % | 4.7 % | 4.1 % |
| Clinton | 7,504 | 7,467 | 7,499 | 7,076 | 6,997 | 7,174 | 428 | 470 | 325 | 5.7 % | 6.3 % | 4.3 % |
| Cohasset | 3,680 | 3,645 | 3,648 | 3,540 | 3,502 | 3,535 | 140 | 143 | 113 | 3.8 % | 3.9 % | 3.1 % |
| Colrain | 968 | 965 | 958 | 921 | 912 | 930 | 47 | 53 | 28 | 4.9 % | 5.5 % | 2.9 % |
| Concord | 7,738 | 7,703 | 7,682 | 7,480 | 7,401 | 7,470 | 258 | 302 | 212 | 3.3 % | 3.9 % | 2.8 % |
| Conway | 1,153 | 1,143 | 1,156 | 1,116 | 1,105 | 1,128 | 37 | 38 | 28 | 3.2 % | 3.3 % | 2.4 % |
| Cummington | 509 | 510 | 516 | 488 | 483 | 493 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 4.1 % | 5.3 % | 4.5 % |
| Dalton | 3,769 | 3,737 | 3,761 | 3,626 | 3,583 | 3,633 | 143 | 154 | 128 | 3.8 % | 4.1 % | 3.4 % |
| Danvers | 13,955 | 13,895 | 13,861 | 13,298 | 13,173 | 13,356 | 657 | 722 | 505 | 4.7 % | 5.2 % | 3.6 % |
| Dartmouth | 15,604 | 15,544 | 15,711 | 14,707 | 14,614 | 14,970 | 897 | 930 | 741 | 5.7 % | 6.0 % | 4.7 % |
| Dedham | 12,588 | 12,454 | 12,429 | 12,000 | 11,874 | 11,985 | 588 | 580 | 444 | 4.7 % | 4.7 % | 3.6 % |
| Deerfield | 2,772 | 2,756 | 2,796 | 2,671 | 2,645 | 2,699 | 101 | 111 | 97 | 3.6 % | 4.0 % | 3.5 % |
| Dennis | 8,016 | 8,274 | 8,000 | 7,600 | 7,851 | 7,682 | 416 | 423 | 318 | 5.2 % | 5.1 % | 4.0 % |
| Dighton | 3,843 | 3,809 | 3,855 | 3,672 | 3,630 | 3,708 | 171 | 179 | 147 | 4.4 % | 4.7 % | 3.8 % |
| Douglas | 4,490 | 4,469 | 4,525 | 4,290 | 4,242 | 4,349 | 200 | 227 | 176 | 4.5 % | 5.1 % | 3.9 % |
| Dover | 2,859 | 2,845 | 2,835 | 2,780 | 2,751 | 2,777 | 79 | 94 | 58 | 2.8 % | 3.3 % | 2.0 % |
| Dracut | 16,590 | 16,456 | 16,414 | 15,725 | 15,552 | 15,766 | 865 | 904 | 648 | 5.2 % | 5.5 % | 3.9 % |
| Dudley | 5,873 | 5,825 | 5,836 | 5,538 | 5,475 | 5,614 | 335 | 350 | 222 | 5.7 % | 6.0 % | 3.8 % |
| Dunstable | 1,850 | 1,838 | 1,846 | 1,786 | 1,767 | 1,791 | 64 | 71 | 55 | 3.5 % | 3.9 % | 3.0 % |
| Duxbury | 7,351 | 7,306 | 7,294 | 7,078 | 7,004 | 7,069 | 273 | 302 | 225 | 3.7 % | 4.1 % | 3.1 % |
| East Bridgewater | 7,554 | 7,489 | 7,492 | 7,147 | 7,068 | 7,204 | 407 | 421 | 288 | 5.4 % | 5.6 % | 3.8 % |
| East Brookfield | 1,167 | 1,153 | 1,159 | 1,107 | 1,095 | 1,122 | 60 | 58 | 37 | 5.1 % | 5.0 % | 3.2 % |
| East Longmeadow | 7,701 | 7,649 | 7,721 | 7,371 | 7,298 | 7,448 | 330 | 351 | 273 | 4.3 % | 4.6 % | 3.5 % |
| Eastham | 2,734 | 2,821 | 2,710 | 2,594 | 2,680 | 2,622 | 140 | 141 | 88 | 5.1 % | 5.0 % | 3.2 % |
| Easthampton | 9,408 | 9,350 | 9,428 | 9,024 | 8,934 | 9,118 | 384 | 416 | 310 | 4.1 % | 4.4 % | 3.3 % |
| Easton | 13,187 | 13,053 | 13,156 | 12,621 | 12,481 | 12,721 | 566 | 572 | 435 | 4.3 % | 4.4 % | 3.3 % |
| Edgartown | 2,657 | 2,981 | 2,690 | 2,565 | 2,906 | 2,618 | 92 | 75 | 72 | 3.5 % | 2.5 % | 2.7 % |
| Egremont | 836 | 836 | 836 | 810 | 810 | 820 | 26 | 26 | 16 | 3.1 % | 3.1 % | 1.9 % |
| Erving | 827 | 824 | 834 | 789 | 782 | 797 | 38 | 42 | 37 | 4.6 % | 5.1 % | 4.4 % |
| Essex | 1,847 | 1,821 | 1,824 | 1,767 | 1,749 | 1,765 | 80 | 72 | 59 | 4.3 % | 4.0 % | 3.2 % |
| Everett | 18,938 | 18,854 | 18,761 | 17,985 | 17,796 | 17,962 | 953 | 1,058 | 799 | 5.0 % | 5.6 % | 4.3 % |
| Fairhaven | 8,588 | 8,518 | 8,524 | 7,974 | 7,924 | 8,117 | 614 | 594 | 407 | 7.1 % | 7.0 % | 4.8 % |
| Fall River | 43,422 | 43,076 | 43,690 | 39,608 | 39,305 | 40,739 | 3,814 | 3,771 | 2,951 | 8.8 % | 8.8 % | 6.8 % |
| Falmouth | 17,892 | 18,494 | 17,886 | 17,073 | 17,637 | 17,257 | 819 | 857 | 629 | 4.6 % | 4.6 % | 3.5 % |
| Fitchburg | 18,178 | 18,057 | 18,118 | 16,897 | 16,685 | 17,122 | 1,281 | 1,372 | 996 | 7.0 % | 7.6 % | 5.5 % |
| Florida | 389 | 388 | 394 | 374 | 369 | 374 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 3.9 % | 4.9 % | 5.1 % |
| Foxborough | 9,219 | 9,170 | 9,113 | 8,804 | 8,712 | 8,793 | 415 | 458 | 320 | 4.5 % | 5.0 % | 3.5 % |
| Framingham | 36,887 | 36,635 | 36,531 | 35,501 | 35,127 | 35,465 | 1,386 | 1,508 | 1,066 | 3.8 % | 4.1 % | 2.9 % |
| Franklin | 16,757 | 16,646 | 16,615 | 16,096 | 15,927 | 16,076 | 661 | 719 | 539 | 3.9 % | 4.3 % | 3.2 % |
| Freetown | 5,479 | 5,430 | 5,503 | 5,182 | 5,149 | 5,275 | 297 | 281 | 228 | 5.4 % | 5.2 % | 4.1 % |
| Gardner | 9,810 | 9,678 | 9,689 | 9,064 | 8,951 | 9,185 | 746 | 727 | 504 | 7.6 % | 7.5 % | 5.2 % |
| Georgetown | 4,249 | 4,229 | 4,232 | 4,060 | 4,035 | 4,090 | 189 | 194 | 142 | 4.4 % | 4.6 % | 3.4 % |
| Gill | 781 | 776 | 773 | 748 | 741 | 756 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 4.2 % | 4.5 % | 2.2 % |
| Gloucester | 16,659 | 16,510 | 16,335 | 15,677 | 15,512 | 15,657 | 982 | 998 | 678 | 5.9 % | 6.0 % | 4.2 % |
| Goshen | 588 | 585 | 589 | 570 | 565 | 576 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 3.1 % | 3.4 % | 2.2 % |
| Gosnold | 35 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.9 % | 8.1 % | 5.4 % |
| Grafton | 9,531 | 9,423 | 9,542 | 9,054 | 8,952 | 9,179 | 477 | 471 | 363 | 5.0 % | 5.0 % | 3.8 % |
| Granby | 3,556 | 3,526 | 3,561 | 3,404 | 3,371 | 3,440 | 152 | 155 | 121 | 4.3 % | 4.4 % | 3.4 % |
| Granville | 940 | 935 | 938 | 904 | 895 | 914 | 36 | 40 | 24 | 3.8 % | 4.3 % | 2.6 % |
| Great Barrington | 4,241 | 4,256 | 4,277 | 4,087 | 4,090 | 4,140 | 154 | 166 | 137 | 3.6 % | 3.9 % | 3.2 % |
| Greenfield | 8,814 | 8,791 | 8,825 | 8,371 | 8,295 | 8,456 | 443 | 496 | 369 | 5.0 % | 5.6 % | 4.2 % |
| Groton | 5,672 | 5,645 | 5,636 | 5,466 | 5,409 | 5,459 | 206 | 236 | 177 | 3.6 % | 4.2 % | 3.1 % |
| Groveland | 3,547 | 3,530 | 3,548 | 3,407 | 3,385 | 3,432 | 140 | 145 | 116 | 3.9 % | 4.1 % | 3.3 % |
| Hadley | 2,555 | 2,542 | 2,587 | 2,473 | 2,448 | 2,499 | 82 | 94 | 88 | 3.2 % | 3.7 % | 3.4 % |
| Halifax | 4,272 | 4,222 | 4,236 | 4,037 | 3,992 | 4,069 | 235 | 230 | 167 | 5.5 % | 5.4 % | 3.9 % |
| Hamilton | 3,997 | 3,975 | 3,953 | 3,826 | 3,785 | 3,821 | 171 | 190 | 132 | 4.3 % | 4.8 % | 3.3 % |
| Hampden | 2,868 | 2,853 | 2,875 | 2,756 | 2,729 | 2,785 | 112 | 124 | 90 | 3.9 % | 4.3 % | 3.1 % |
| Hancock | 589 | 585 | 586 | 577 | 570 | 578 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 2.0 % | 2.6 % | 1.4 % |
| Hanover | 7,736 | 7,673 | 7,637 | 7,406 | 7,328 | 7,396 | 330 | 345 | 241 | 4.3 % | 4.5 % | 3.2 % |
| Hanson | 5,543 | 5,490 | 5,526 | 5,251 | 5,193 | 5,293 | 292 | 297 | ||||