Massachusetts
Massachusetts Introduction Statistics Main Ports Massachusetts is located in the New England region of the Total GDP (Billions): $484,943.00 (2015) Port of Boston, Port of Fall River, Port of New Bedford Northeastern United States. It is one of the original thirteen Per Capita Real GDP: $64,017 (2015) Corporations colonies and is home to Plymouth, the Population: 6,811,779 (2016) second permanent English settlement in % of People under Poverty 11.50% Company Fortune 1000 Revenue City North America. As with many early states, Level: Rank agriculture initially held a prominent General Per Capita Personal Income: $65,137 Electric 33 $95,214 Boston position in the Massachusetts Unemployment Rate: 3.70% (2016) General economy. The focus eventually shifted to % of Population with a 41.50% Electric 33 $95,214 Boston manufacturing as Massachusetts became a world leader in Bachelor's Degree: Raytheon textile production and machine tools during the Industrial Total Exports: $27,382,732,078.00 (2014) Technologies 39 $77,046 Waltham Revolution. The past few Raytheon decades have seen a shift in Top 5 Export Partner Countries Technologies 39 $77,046 Waltham workers from manufacturing to Country Exports Liberty service industries. Today, Mutual Canada $3,680,306,902 77 $43,228 Boston services produce four-fifths of Insurance China $1,978,108,574 Group the gross state product, with prominent industries including Mexico $1,860,385,962 Liberty Germany $1,851,570,004 Mutual higher education, healthcare, Insurance 77 $43,228 Boston and technology. These industries are bolstered by a Japan $1,762,140,938 Group relatively high proportion of professionally trained workers TJX 80 $41,717 Framingham Top 5 Export Merchandise such as engineers, scientists, doctors, educators, and TJX 80 $41,717 Framingham technicians.
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