NUMBER OF INHABITANTS Massachusetts LIST OF TABLES [Pago numbers listed here omit the Stato prefix number whioh appears as part of tho page number for each page. The prefix for this State is 21] Tnh,e Pnge !.-Population of Massachusetts, urban and rural: 1790 to lll50 _____________ .. ____ .. __ ...... _ ..... __ _ 5 2.-Population in groups of places according to size: 1950 ________________________ ····-··-· -··-··--- 5 3.-Population in groups of places according to size: l\lOO to HJ50 ________________________ . __ _ __ 6 '!.-Population of urban places of 10,000 or more from earliest census to 1950 .• ______ .. _ ..... _. _.. _ __ 7 5.-Arca and population of counties, urban and mral: Hl30 to 1950_____________________________ 9 0.-Population of counties by minor civil divisions: 1930 to Hl5Q ___________________________ .. _____ 10 7.-Population of all cities and Qf unincorporated places of 1,000 or moro: Hl50 an<l lll40 ______ .. _____ ~ 12 8.-Population of cities of 5,000 or moro, by wards: lll50 _________________________ .. ___________ 13 0.-Populntion of urbanized areas: Hl50 ____________________________ • ____________ .. _______ .. __ 14 21-1 972218-52--2 MASSACHUSETTS-SECTION 1, WESTERN PART ........N> MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS-CITIES AND TOWNS &> 2 3 4 5 c!:> B Bl ~ G; >en er:0 enc: t:r.! 1--j 1--j I en c r:,---- ! 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MASSACHUSETTS-SECTION 2, NORTH CENTRAL PART MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS-CITIES AND TOWNS 5 6 7 8 9 10 A A. • WORCESTER CO. ........... \ ;~-'¥ WfttC~.i~:O" z ([l.. c ( ~=··· B \,/ B I {/ ~ \ z to~ c c i-1~ en c!:1 D S'"..ALE D 2 1 0 2' ... 10 lZ. l4 16 18 20 K1U:S _, e+='"3 ~ Cl~ INDICATE UNINCORPORATED Pt.ACES HAVING USS THAN 2':XI lNHABITAHTS Uffl~TED PLACE NAMi:S ARE SHOWN IH JTAUCS ~ 8 9 10 I 5 6 7 """'"co MASSACHUSETTS-SECTION 3, SOUTHEASTERN PART ......Nl I MINOR CIVIL DIVISIONS-CITIES AND TOWNS ~ 8 10 11 12 ~~:-~l.&1.::;:. ~Coli......r ~·on.t~ ~cCeattr ii. \-,>; ~~HIHG.HAk\v:C:lfU.ll;:rI ~·-· 1-" i ~cz:?J ·~ D 0 ~a:i E E ~c ~ t-3 ~ F F SCALE % I 0 2. 4 6 ClRCL£S JNOJCA.TE UNJNCORPCR:AT£D PLACES HAVING LESS TliAN 2:Sl:O 11.HlNCORPORATm Pl.AC£ NAM.ES ARE SHOWN 1N ITALIC$ ..// ---·- NA.;:F.Ta.:-- ~. G G ~. "'\s-....1.~ ~ Q 8 9 10 11 12 NUMBER OF INHABITANTS 21-5 Table 1.-POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, URBAN AND RURAL: 1790 TO 1950 [llor description or now nnd old urban doflnltions, see text. Minus sign (-) denotes docrcnso] ---~-----· •c--·--- TIJo Stiito Urban territory Rural territory Percent of total ,~IJRUS dnto Incl'mSo over pre- Increase over pro- Increase over pre- ceding census Number ceding census ceding census Populutlrm of urban Population Population places 1 Urban Rural Number l'orcont Number Percent Number Percent --- Newurbnndotlnltlon, 1050 (A11r. 1). 4, 000, 514 37:!, 703 8. 7 84 2 3, 050, 230 ------------ _,. -- --- --- -- 731, 275 ------------ ------------ 84.4 15. 6 Old urhi111 do finltlo11: • 1) .................... Hl&l ~Apr •J,000,51'! :173, 703 a. 7 122 4, 122, 138 202, 062 0.8 508, 370 111, 131 24.3 87.9 12. 1 l!l-10 A11r .1) ••••••••.••••••••.•. •I, :llll, 721 07, 107 1.0 122 3, 850, 476 28, 060 7 Apr o. 457, 2•15 30, 057 0.3 89.4 10.6 10ao . ll---·-----·-···-····· 4, 24\l, 014 307, 258 10.3 122 3, 831, •120 302, 510 10.fi 418, 188 34, 748 0.1 00.2 9.8 Hl~O (Jnn • !) ................... ' :J, H52, 356 485, 040 1•1.4 116 a, ·ms, om •173, 177 15. 8 383, 4•10 12, 703 llllO 3.4 00.0 10. 0 (Alli' . lli) ....•.............. 3, 300, 116 5()1, 070 20.0 llli 2, 005, 730 583, 862 24.2 370, 677 -22, 702 -5.8 80,0 11. 0 0 !) ••. ________________ 1000 (Jun 2, 805, 346 500, 300 25,3 105 2, 411, 877 570, oso 31.4 303, 400 -10. 500 -2.0 80.0 14. 0 1800 (.Jun 2, 238,IH7 4115, 862 25. 0 07 1, 834, 888 503, 308 37.8 404, 059 -47, 440 -10.5 82.0 18. {) JH80 (Jun~ B::::::::::::::::::: I, 783, 085 325, 734 22,4 80 1, 331, li80 350, 400 37.0 451, 005 -33, 705 -7.0 74.7 25. 3 1870 (Jun0 !) ....••••••.•••••... 1, •157, 351 220, 285 1s ..1 05 072, 081 238, 872 32. 0 485, 270 -12, 587 -2.5 60. 7 33.3 1800 (Jun 0 !) •••••.•••.•••.•...• I, 231, 000 230, 5fi2 23.8 fi7 733, 200 220, 348 45.5 •107, 857 7, 204 1. 5 50.6 40.4 l!lliO .run 004, 514 250, 816 34.8 43 503, 801 22•1, 107 80.3 400, 653 32, 408 7, 1 00.7 49. 3 18·10 Jun ~ B::::::::::::::::::: 137, oou 127, 201 20. 0 2•1 27U, 451 80, 707 47.3 458, 245 37, 404 8.0 37. 0 62.1 18;!0 .Tun 0 !) ................... 010, 108 87, 121 16. 0 22 180, 057 10,.110 50, I 420, 71il 10, 651 4, 1 31.1 68.9 lRllO Aug • 7) •••• ••••••••••••••• 52:J, 2K7 51, 247 10.0 H 110, 187 18, 570 18. 5 404, 100 32, 677 8.8 22.8 77. 2 1810 Aug" (I).···-····.,, ..... ,, .. 3472,lHO •10, 105 11. 0 12 100, 017 35, 317 54, 1 371, 423 13, 878 3. 9 21,3 78. 7 1800 Ang • ·1). ···--······ •••••• ., 3 422, 8•Jfi 4•J, 058 !l. 0 8 65, 300 14, 008 27. 5 357, 645 20, 060 0.1 15.4 84, 6 1700 Aug • 2) •••••••••• .,,,,, ..... 3 378, 787 ......................... ................ -.. 7 51, 202 --- .................. ........................ 327, 585 ........................ ......................... 13. 5 86. 5 ···--· ·-··-~"-'"'"~ .... _.. -~----··---·-· 1 Accol'(lh1g to tho 1rnw mbm1 clollnltlon, tho 111·\Jlln po1ml11tlon comprises persons residing Jn urbnn territory but not necossnrlly 1n nn urbnn pince, which ls deftnecl as a.n l11cor­ r•omtl11i 1Jil>co of 2,500 or nuu·n, or till unlnao11l0mtml 11l11co of 21500 01· moro locutod outside 1m urbnulzed arc!\. Uuclor tho old definition, Incorporated pluccs of 2,500 or more and places urbfln unc\m· sp1wh1J rule 11rn clnssUlo<l ns ur Hill ph\CPS. 2 lnchtdos 110•1,MU fl(ll'Huus In mhnn trrrltury outslllo of lll'bnn pJac~s. a l~xclnclcs po1m111tlo1t or M11lno, ndmlttcd tu tho Union ns I\ sopnmto Btnto In Ml\l'Cll 1820, 'l'!Hl population of Maino wns 228,705 In 1810, 151,710 in 1800, 00,540 In 1700. Table 2.--·POPULATION IN GROUPS OF PLACES ACCORDING TO SIZE: 1950 ==·::."".=;::;."""" :===========::;::===;:::::::===;:===7i============;===o:;====r===p:= l'crcont Percent Numbot• , ll of total Percent Number p ti of total Percent 'l'ype ot m·cn and size or pluco of 11Inccs 1 opu1 11 (Ill populn- of total 'l'ypo of area and slzo of place of places opu 1a on popula- of total tion tlon -·~-------·--------- -----------·1----1 __________________, ____ ---------- Tho Stnto ........................... ·-·-···-·- 4, 090, 51-1 100. 0 Urban, tolnl-Oon. ----1~----:-------- Outside urb1mi1.ed areas .••.•.••••••••••.•• 55 563, 540 12.0 14. 2 Urban, totnl. •••• ---·····--··-··-·---· __t_ii. __ __3_, o_s_u,_2_s_o_ ___8_4._•I 100. o l'lncos or 110,000 or moro .•.••..•...•••••••• 1 63, 348 1.1 l. 3 1 1 Plnces of 25,000 to 50,000 ...•..•••.•••..••. 4 155, 24;7 3.3 3. 0 Within ur1im11zc1!1t•rc11s ••••••••••., ••••••••••••••••• •• s ,3 9~ • a 9 9 i~·~ ~~·.~ Places or 10,000 to 25,000 •••••••••••••••••• 12 187,929 4.0 4. 7 Oontra1 ct1 1 oo, tn n1 ......................... 0 1 , 68',1 787 '· ·• Pincas or 5,000 to 10.000 .•.••...••••••••••• 11 72, 578 1,5 1. 8 Cities or ll00,000 to 1,000,000..... .... ••• ••• 1 801, 444 17. l 20. 2 Plnoos ol 2,600 to 6,000 •••••••••••••••.•.•. 27 04, 438 2.0 2. 4 Cltlos of 250,000 to 000,000 ................... ., ........ --···-··-·-· -·-·-····· ......... CltlcsofJOO,OOOto250,(lOO............... 4 587,037 12.s 14.8 Rural, total. ......•......•..•....•.... .:..::.:.:.:.:._731,275 -~~ Cltlos o! 50,000 to 100,000,,................ 4 206, 300 6. 3 7. 5 Cities under li0,000 ••••••••••.•••.••••••• -··-·-···· --···------- ··--··---· ---······- Plnoos under 2,500.......................... 00 104, 758 2. 2 H. 3 l'lacos of 2,000 to 2,500.................... 7 15, 037 o. 3 2. 2 Urlmn frlnp;os, totnl •••••••.••••••••••••••• -··--····· 1,711,012 30.5 43.2 l'lnces ol l,500 to 2,000.................... 23 39, 682 O. 8 ~ i Incorporated plncos or 2,600 or more.... 20 l, 047, 353 22. 3 20, 5 Places of 1,000 to 1,500.................... 30 40, 130 I, 0 Incorporntod plncos or 100,000 to Plnoes under 1,000 ................................... --·-·····-·- ······--·· --·····-·- 200,000.............................. 2 223,0Dl 4.8 5.6 Other rural territory................................. 620,517 13.4 85. 7 lnoor1mrntod plnoos of 50,000to100,000. 5 301, 484 8. 3 ll. 9 Tncor[lora!ccl 1olnces or 25,000 to 50,000. 0 344, 870 7. 4 8. 7 Urbanized areas, tol.nl.. •••••••••••••• 3, 395, 699 72.4 100. 0 Incorporatotl plncos of 10,000 to 25,(}00. 4 87, llOS 1.