Gran Boston

Metropolitan area in the United States

Área estadística combinada de Boston Boston – Worcester – Providence
área metropolitana
Bostón
Coordenadas: 42.35817 ° N 71.06369 ° W Coordenadas : 42.35817 ° N 71.06369 ° W42°21′29″N 71°03′49″W /  / 42.35817; -71.0636942°21′29″N 71°03′49″W /  / 42.35817; -71.06369
País	Estados Unidos
Estado (s)	Massachusetts (MA)  Rhode Island (RI)  Nueva Hampshire (NH)
Principales ciudades	Bostón Worcester Providencia Lowell Cambridge  Quincy Manchester
Población (2018)
• Total	8.285.407 (CSA) 4.875.390 (MSA)
• Rango	Ubicado en el puesto 11 en los EE. UU. Por áreas estadísticas metropolitanas Clasificado sexto en los Estados Unidos por áreas estadísticas combinadas
Zona horaria	est
Código (s) de área	617 , 781 , 857 , 339 , 978 , 508 , 351 , 774 , 603 , 401

Greater Boston es la región metropolitana de Nueva Inglaterra que abarca el municipio de Boston , la capital del estado estadounidense de Massachusetts y la ciudad más poblada de Nueva Inglaterra , así como sus alrededores. La región forma el arco norte de la megalópolis del noreste de EE. UU. Y, como tal, el Gran Boston puede describirse como un área estadística metropolitana (MSA) o como un área estadística combinada más amplia (CSA). El MSA comprende la mayor parte del tercio este de Massachusetts, excluyendo la región de la costa sur y Cape Cod.; mientras que la CSA incluye además los municipios de Providence, Rhode Island , Manchester (la ciudad más grande en el estado estadounidense de New Hampshire ), Worcester, Massachusetts (la segunda ciudad más grande de Nueva Inglaterra ), así como la región de la costa sur y Cape Cod. en Massachusetts. Si bien la pequeña huella de la ciudad de Boston en sí solo contiene un estimado de 685,094, la urbanización se ha extendido a las áreas circundantes; el CSA es uno de los dos en Massachusetts, el único otro es Greater Springfield . Greater Boston es la única área estadística en forma de CSA en Nueva Inglaterra que se divide en tres estados (Massachusetts, New Hampshire y Rhode Island).

Algunas de las contribuciones más conocidas del Gran Boston involucran a las instituciones médicas y de educación superior de la región . Greater Boston ha influido en la historia y la industria estadounidenses . La región y el estado de Massachusetts son líderes mundiales en biotecnología , ingeniería , educación superior , finanzas y comercio marítimo . ^[1]

Más del 80% de la población de Massachusetts vive en la región metropolitana del Gran Boston. El área metropolitana de Boston ocupa el décimo lugar en población entre las áreas estadísticas metropolitanas de EE. UU. , Hogar de 4.875.390 personas según la estimación del censo de EE. UU. De 2018, y el sexto lugar entre las áreas estadísticas combinadas , con una población de 8.285.407. ^[2] El área ha albergado a muchas personas y sitios importantes para la cultura y la historia estadounidenses , en particular la literatura estadounidense , ^{[3] la} política y la Revolución estadounidense .

Plymouth fue el sitio de la primera colonia en Nueva Inglaterra, fundada en 1620 por los peregrinos , pasajeros del Mayflower . En 1692, la ciudad de Salem y las áreas circundantes experimentó uno de los casos más infames de histeria masiva de Estados Unidos , los juicios de brujas de Salem . ^[4] A finales del siglo XVIII, Boston se hizo conocida como la "Cuna de la Libertad" ^[5] por la agitación que llevó a la Revolución Americana.

La región del Gran Boston ha desempeñado un importante papel científico, comercial y cultural en la historia de los Estados Unidos. Antes de la guerra civil americana , la región era un centro para el abolicionista , la templanza , ^[6] y trascendentalista ^[7] movimientos. ^[8] En 2004, Massachusetts se convirtió en el primer estado de EE. UU. En reconocer legalmente el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo como resultado de la decisión de la Corte Judicial Suprema de Massachusetts en Boston. ^[9] Muchas dinastías políticas estadounidenses prominentes provienen de la región de Boston, incluidos los Adams yFamilias Kennedy .

La Universidad de Harvard en Cambridge es la institución de educación superior más antigua de los Estados Unidos , ^[10] con la mayor dotación financiera de cualquier universidad, ^[11] y cuya Facultad de Derecho ha generado una mayoría contemporánea de jueces de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos . ^[12] Kendall Square en Cambridge ha sido llamada "la milla cuadrada más innovador en el planeta", en referencia a la alta concentración de empresariales de nueva creación y calidad de la innovación que han surgido en las proximidades de la plaza desde 2010. ^{[13 ] [14]} Tanto la Universidad de Harvard como el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts , también en Cambridge, se han clasificado entre las instituciones académicas más respetadas del mundo. ^[15]

Definiciones

Esta sección debe actualizarse . Actualice este artículo para reflejar los eventos recientes o la información disponible recientemente. Última actualización: cifras de población ( agosto de 2012 )

El azul claro representa el área de Massachusetts conocida como Gran Boston, mientras que el azul oscuro representa el área metropolitana de Boston ^{[ especificar ] [ cita requerida ]} y el rojo representa la ciudad de Boston.

Consejo de Planificación del Área Metropolitana (MAPC)

La definición más restrictiva del área metropolitana de Boston es la región administrada por el Consejo de Planificación del Área Metropolitana . ^[16] El MAPC es una organización de planificación regional creada por la legislatura de Massachusetts para supervisar la infraestructura de transporte y las preocupaciones de desarrollo económico en el área de Boston. El MAPC incluye 101 ciudades y pueblos que se agrupan en ocho subregiones. Estos incluyen la mayor parte del área dentro de la carretera circunferencial exterior de la región, I-495 . En 2013, la población del distrito MAPC era de 3,2 millones, que era el 48% de la población total de Massachusetts, ^[17] en un área de 1.422 millas cuadradas (3.680 km ² ), ^[16] of which 39% is forested and an additional 11% is water, wetland, or other open space.^[18]

The eight subregions and their principal towns are: Inner Core (Boston), Minuteman (Route 2 corridor), MetroWest (Framingham), North Shore (Lynn), North Suburban (Woburn), South Shore (Route 3 corridor), SouthWest (Franklin), and Three Rivers (Norwood).

Las ciudades de Lowell, Lawrence y Haverhill de Merrimack Valley , gran parte del condado de Plymouth y todo el condado de Bristol , están notablemente excluidas del MAPC y su organismo de planificación asociado, la Organización de Planificación Metropolitana de la Región de Boston ; estas áreas tienen sus propios órganos de planificación regional. El condado de Bristol es parte de Greater Boston CSA, como parte de Providence MSA.

Área de la ciudad y el pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra (NECTA)

Cambridge y Boston; MIT y Kendall Square en primer plano, y el distrito financiero de Boston al fondo

El área urbanizada que rodea Boston sirve como el núcleo de una definición utilizada por la Oficina del Censo de los EE. UU. Conocida como el área de la ciudad y el pueblo de Nueva Inglaterra (NECTA). El conjunto de ciudades que contienen el área central urbanizada, junto con las ciudades circundantes con fuertes lazos sociales y económicos con el área central, se define como Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan NECTA . ^[19] El Boston NECTA se subdivide en varias divisiones NECTA, que se enumeran a continuación. Las divisiones de Boston, Framingham y Peabody NECTA juntas corresponden aproximadamente al área de MAPC. La población total de Boston NECTA era 4.540.941 (en 2000 ^[update]).

• Boston – Cambridge – Newton, MA División NECTA (92 ciudades)
• Framingham, MA División NECTA (12 ciudades)
• Peabody–Salem–Beverly, MA NECTA Division (4 towns)
• Brockton–Bridgewater–Easton, MA NECTA Division (Old Colony region) (8 towns)
• Haverhill–Newburyport–Amesbury, MA–NH NECTA Division (Merrimack Valley region) (21 towns)
• Lawrence–Methuen–Salem, MA–NH NECTA Division (part of Merrimack Valley region) (4 towns)
• Lowell–Billerica–Chelmsford, MA–NH NECTA Division (Northern Middlesex region) (15 towns)
• Nashua, NH–MA NECTA Division (21 towns)
• Taunton–Middleborough–Norton, MA NECTA Division (part of Southeastern region) (9 towns)
• Lynn–Saugus–Marblehead, MA NECTA Division (5 towns)

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	650,357		—
1860	830,998		27.8%
1870	978,346		17.7%
1880	1,205,439		23.2%
1890	1,515,684		25.7%
1900	1,890,122		24.7%
1910	2,260,762		19.6%
1920	2,563,123		13.4%
1930	2,866,567		11.8%
1940	2,926,650		2.1%
1950	3,186,970		8,9%
1960	3,516,435		10,3%
1970	3.918.092		11,4%
1980	3.938.585		0,5%
1990	4.133.895		5,0%
2000	4.391.344		6,2%
2010	4.552.402		3,7%
2019 (est.)	4.873.019		7,0%
Censo decenal de EE. UU.

Una definición alternativa definida por la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto de los Estados Unidos , utilizando los condados como bloques de construcción en lugar de ciudades, es el Área Estadística Metropolitana de Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH , que se subdivide en tres divisiones metropolitanas. El área estadística metropolitana tenía una población total de aproximadamente 4,875,390 a partir de 2018 ^[update]y es la décima más grande de los Estados Unidos. Los componentes del área metropolitana con sus poblaciones estimadas para 2018 se enumeran a continuación.

• Área estadística metropolitana de Boston – Cambridge – Newton, MA – NH (4.875.390)
  • División metropolitana de Boston, MA (2.030.772)
    • Condado de Norfolk , Massachusetts (705,388)
    • Condado de Plymouth , Massachusetts (518,132)
    • Condado de Suffolk , Massachusetts (807,252)
  • Cambridge – Newton – Framingham, MA Metropolitan Division (2.405.352)
    • Condado de Essex , Massachusetts (790,638)
    • Condado de Middlesex , Massachusetts (1.614.714)
  • Condado de Rockingham – Condado de Strafford, División Metropolitana de NH (439,266)
    • Condado de Rockingham , New Hampshire (309,176)
    • Condado de Strafford , New Hampshire (130.090)

Área estadística combinada (CSA)

Providence, Rhode Island

A wider functional metropolitan area based on commuting patterns is also defined by the Office of Management and Budget as the Boston–Worcester–Providence combined statistical area. This area consists of the metropolitan areas of Manchester, Worcester, Providence, as well as Cape Cod, in addition to greater Boston. The total population as of 2018^[update] for the extended region was estimated at 8,285,417. The following areas, along with the above MSA, are included in the combined statistical area, with their estimated 2018 populations:

• Providence–Warwick, RI–MA Metropolitan Statistical Area (1,621,337)
  • Bristol County, Massachusetts (564,022)
  • Bristol County, Rhode Island (48,649)
  • Kent County, Rhode Island (163,861)
  • Newport County, Rhode Island (82,542)
  • Providence County, Rhode Island (636,084)
  • Washington County, Rhode Island (126,179)
• Worcester, MA–CT Metropolitan Statistical Area (947,876)
  • Worcester County, Massachusetts (830,839)
  • Windham County, Connecticut (117,027)
• Manchester–Nashua, NH Metropolitan Statistical Area (415,247)
  • Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (415,247)
• Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area (213,413)
  • Barnstable County, Massachusetts (213,413)
• Concord, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area (151,132)
  • Merrimack County, New Hampshire (151,132)
• Laconia, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area (61,022)
  • Belknap County, New Hampshire (61,022)

Principal cities and towns

Winthrop, MA

Cities and towns

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• Andover
• Arlington
• Attleboro
• Auburn
• Avon
• Ayer
• Bedford
• Belmont
• Beverly
• Billerica
• Boston
• Boylston
• Bourne
• Braintree
• Bridgewater
• Brockton
• Brookfield
• Brookline
• Burlington
• Cambridge
• Canton
• Chelmsford
• Chelsea
• Danvers
• Dedham
• Duxbury
• Easton
• Everett
• Fall River
• Fitchburg
• Foxborough
• Framingham
• Franklin
• Gardner
• Georgetown
• Gloucester
• Grafton
• Haverhill
• Hingham
• Holbrook
• Hopedale
• Hopkinton
• Hyannis
• Ipswich
• Kingston
• Lawrence
• Leominster
• Lexington
• Lowell
• Lynn
• Lynnfield
• Malden
• Mansfield
• Marshfield
• Medfield
• Medford
• Medway
• Melrose
• Methuen
• Milford
• Millbury
• Millis
• Milton
• Nahant
• Nantucket
• Natick
• Needham
• Newburyport
• Newton
• Northborough
• Northbridge
• North Andover
• North Reading
• Norwood
• Peabody
• Pembroke
• Plymouth
• Quincy
• Randolph
• Raynham
• Reading
• Revere
• Rowley
• Salem
• Saugus
• Scituate
• Seekonk
• Sharon
• Shirley
• Shrewsbury
• Somerville
• Stoneham
• Stoughton
• Southborough
• Swampscott
• Swansea
• Taunton
• Tewksbury
• Tyngsborough
• Upton
• Uxbridge
• Wakefield
• Walpole
• Waltham
• Watertown
• Wayland
• Wellesley
• Westborough
• Westford
• Weston
• Weymouth
• Wilmington
• Winchester
• Winthrop
• Woburn
• Worcester

Área metropolitana de Boston

La Oficina del Censo define las siguientes ciudades como principales en la NECTA de Boston ^[19] utilizando criterios desarrollados para lo que la Oficina de Administración y Presupuesto llama un Área Estadística Basada en el Núcleo : ^[20]

• Bostón
• Cambridge
• Lowell
• Providencia
• Quincy
• Worcester

Ciudades y pueblos más grandes

Ciudades y pueblos en Boston CSA con al menos 50,000 residentes:

Rango	Ciudad	2000 población	Población 2010	Población de 2014 [21]	% de cambio (2010 a 2014)
1	Bostón	589,141	617.594	655,884	+ 6,20%
2	Worcester	172.648	181,045	183,016	+ 1,09%
3	Providencia	173,618	178,042	179,154	+ 0,62%
4	Manchester	107,006	109.565	110,448	+ 0,81%
5	Lowell	105,167	106,519	109,945	+ 3,22%
6	Cambridge	101,355	105.162	109.694	+ 4,31%
7	New Bedford	93,768	95,072	94,845	−0,24%
8	Brockton	94.304	93,810	94,779	+ 1,03%
9	Quincy	88,025	92,271	93,397	+ 1,22%
10	Lynn	89.050	90,329	92,137	+ 2,00%
11	Fall River	91,938	88,857	88,712	−0,16%
12	Newton	83,829	85.146	88,287	+ 3,69%
13	Nashua	86,605	86,494	87,259	+ 0,88%
14	Warwick	85,808	82,672	81.963	−0,86%
15	Cranston	79.269	80,387	81.037	+ 0,81%
dieciséis	Somerville	77,478	75,754	78,901	+ 4,15%
17	Lawrence	72,043	76,377	78.197	+ 2,38%
18	Pawtucket	72,958	71.148	71.499	+ 0,49%
19	Framingham	66,910	68,318	70,068	+ 2,56%
20	Waltham	59.226	60,632	63.014	+ 3,93%
21	Haverhill	58,969	60,879	62,488	+ 2,64%
22	Malden	56,340	59.450	60,859	+ 2,37%
23	Brookline	57,107	58,732	59,115	+ 0,65%
24	Plymouth	51,701	56,468	57,463	+ 1,76%
25	Medford	55,765	56,173	57.437	+ 2,25%
26	Taunton	55,976	55,874	56,544	+ 1,20%
27	Weymouth	53,988	53,743	55,643	+ 3,54%
28	Reverenciar	47.283	51,755	54,157	+ 4,64%
29	Peabody	48,129	51,251	52,376	+ 2,20%
30	Methuen	43,789	47,255	52,044	+ 10,13%

Demografía

Desfile del Día de San Patricio en Scituate, Massachusetts , en el condado de Plymouth , el municipio con el porcentaje más alto de identificación de ascendencia irlandesa en los Estados Unidos, con un 47,5% en 2010. ^{[22] Los} estadounidenses irlandeses constituyen la etnia más grande en el área metropolitana de Boston.

El barrio chino de Boston , con su puerta paifang , alberga muchos restaurantes chinos y también vietnamitas .

Marcha del orgullo gay de Boston , que se celebra anualmente en junio

Densidad de población

Las secciones censales más densamente pobladas de la CSA de Boston (2010): ^[23]

Rango	Ciudad o barrio	Tramo censal	Población	Densidad de población
				/ millas cuadradas	/ km 2
1	Fenway – Kenmore	10404	5.817	110,108	285,180
2	Fenway – Kenmore	10403	3.003	87,828	227,470
3	Fenway – Kenmore	10408	1.426	85,137	220,500
4	Beacon Hill	202	3.649	80,851	209.400
5	Extremo norte	301	1.954	66.288	171.690
6	Extremo norte	302	1,665	64,642	167,420
7	Extremo norte	304	2,451	58.435	151,350
8	Cambridge	3539	7.090	56,819	147,160
9	Back Bay	10801	2,783	56,534	146.420
10	East Boston	502	5.231	55,692	144,240

Raza y etnia

Las 40 secciones censales más diversas de la CSA de Boston: ^[23]

Rango	Ciudad o barrio	Tramo censal	Población	% Blanco	% Negro	% Hispano	% Asiático	% multirracial u otro
1	Dorchester	916	3,138	12	32	15	26	14
2	Pawtucket	161	4,607	28	24	28	1	18
3	Pawtucket	151	4,472	24	24	29	1	23
4	Pawtucket	164	4,938	29	26	21	2	20
5	Dorchester	912	3,234	30	24	22	6	18
6	Dorchester	92101	6,451	30	22	11	31	6
7	Brockton	5115	4,308	21	32	13	2	32
8	Brockton	511	3,040	28	33	15	1	24
9	New Bedford	6519	1,942	26	11	33	1	29
10	Mission Hill	80801	3,885	32	20	35	10	2
11	Pawtucket	154	2,258	35	20	35	0	11
12	Brockton	5114	3,716	24	36	14	2	23
13	Brockton	5109	2,531	24	36	16	1	24
14	Brockton	5103	3,798	23	38	15	2	24
15	Brockton	5104	3,706	19	38	15	2	25
16	Dorchester	90901	3,730	38	18	21	20	4
17	Worcester	733	3,762	38	10	37	12	4
18	Providence	26	3,098	23	22	39	10	6
19	Malden	3415	4,780	39	23	14	19	5
20	Cambridge	3524	2,126	27	39	16	12	5
21	South End	71202	3,131	39	19	24	15	3
22	Brockton	511301	5,334	39	31	11	2	17
23	Providence	15	2,994	28	13	41	14	4
24	South Boston	61	3,098	41	15	29	11	4
25	Lynn	2072	2,939	30	12	42	13	2
26	Cambridge	3549	6,058	35	30	9	20	5
27	South Boston	61101	2,232	20	21	42	14	2
28	Brockton	5116	7,211	42	29	10	2	16
29	Roxbury	801	3,350	15	43	28	1	11
30	Lowell	3114	5,986	44	11	14	26	5
31	Brockton	5108	6,339	18	44	12	2	22
32	Mission Hill	81001	4,890	45	14	19	19	2
33	Malden	3418	6,554	46	20	13	16	5
34	South Boston	607	1,893	19	20	46	10	5
35	Brockton	5107	5,656	46	31	8	4	11
36	Brockton	5112	4,849	47	26	11	1	13
37	Somerville	351404	4,289	47	7	22	13	11
38	Lynn	2071	3,513	18	11	48	19	3
39	Framingham	383101	4,923	23	10	48	1	18
40	Mission Hill	811	4,091	48	21	15	13	2

The 40 census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino:^[23]

Rank	City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Hispanic or Latino
1	Lawrence	2525	3,810	94
2	Lawrence	2509	2,193	93
3	Lawrence	2504	3,858	90
4	Lawrence	2503	2,101	89
5	Lawrence	2513	3,721	89
6	Lawrence	2512	1,356	86
7	Lawrence	2507	4,756	86
8	Lawrence	251	1,782	85
9	Chelsea	1602	4,043	83
10	Lawrence	2506	5,599	83
11	Lawrence	2514	5,053	77
12	Chelsea	160101	7,551	76
13	Lawrence	2501	2,329	75
14	Lawrence	2516	5,977	74
15	Lawrence	2511	2,937	73
16	Lawrence	2502	5,524	72
17	Chelsea	1604	2,716	71
18	Chelsea	160501	5,604	71
19	Providence	16	8,540	70
20	Lawrence	2515	6,149	70
21	Worcester	732001	3,327	67
22	East Boston	506	2,063	67
23	East Boston	502	5,231	66
24	East Boston	507	4,504	65
25	East Boston	50901	4,165	65
26	Providence	2	6,452	64
27	Providence	4	3,761	64
28	Providence	14	6,693	63
29	Providence	5	3,040	63
30	Central Falls	11	5,534	63
31	Lawrence	2508	6,932	63
32	Chelsea	160502	4,460	62
33	Methuen	2524	4,175	62
34	Providence	17	3,744	62
35	Providence	18	7,114	61
36	Central Falls	111	4,176	61
37	East Boston	50101	5,115	61
38	Lawrence	2517	5,145	61
39	Providence	3	7,714	60
40	Central Falls	108	4,763	59

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Black American:^[23]

Rank	City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Black
1	Mattapan	101101	3,115	84
2	Mattapan	101102	4,396	84
3	Mattapan	101001	5,480	83
4	Mattapan	1003	3,303	80
5	Mattapan	1002	2,787	78
6	Mattapan	101002	4,979	77
7	Dorchester	923	2,893	77
8	Roxbury	82	2,815	74
9	Roxbury	817	3,820	71
10	Hyde Park	1404	7,650	71
11	Roxbury	901	4,571	71
12	Dorchester	919	3,860	70
13	Dorchester	1004	4,865	68
14	Roxbury	819	3,115	66
15	Roxbury	924	5,277	66
16	Roxbury	818	2,898	65
17	Mattapan	1001	5,510	64
18	Roxbury	815	2,134	62
19	Roxbury	821	5,025	62
20	Roxbury	803	1,769	60
21	Roxbury	903	3,179	58
22	Dorchester	1009	4,072	58
23	Dorchester	1005	5,909	55
24	Hyde Park	1403	6,382	54
25	Dorchester	92	4,945	54
26	Roxbury	902	2,233	53
27	Dorchester	918	3,452	52
28	Roxbury	904	3,659	52
29	Roxbury	814	3,003	50
30	Roxbury	80401	2,710	50
31	Roslindale	140106	1,901	49
32	Dorchester	917	3,069	47
33	Dorchester	914	2,741	46
34	Brockton	5108	6,339	44
35	Roxbury	805	3,096	44
36	Roxbury	801	3,350	43
37	Randolph	420302	7,703	42
38	Roxbury	813	4,760	42
39	Dorchester	922	3,349	42
40	Randolph	420202	6,303	40

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Asian American:^[23]

Rank	City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Asian
1	South End	70402	1,723	70
2	Chinatown	702	5,218	58
3	Lowell	3112	3,267	55
4	Lowell	3118	3,513	54
5	Lowell	3117	5,098	47
6	Quincy	417502	4,639	45
7	Quincy	4172	8,182	44
8	Malden	3413	5,439	39
9	Lowell	3113	4,057	38
10	Westborough	742402	3,026	38
11	Quincy	417501	5,004	37
12	Cambridge	353102	5,040	36
13	Quincy	417802	3,150	35
14	Lowell	3111	2,410	34
15	Lowell	3115	2,974	33
16	Dorchester	92101	6,451	31
17	Quincy	417601	5,196	30
18	Fenway–Kenmore	10103	4,569	29
19	Quincy	4180002	7,020	28
20	Quincy	417602	5,155	28
21	Chinatown/Leather District/Downtown	70101	5,902	27
22	Cambridge	3539	7,090	27
23	Lowell	3114	5,986	26
24	Lowell	3116	5,295	26
25	Lowell	3107	4,441	26
26	Quincy	4171	4,264	26
27	Dorchester	916	3,138	26
28	Malden	3412	6,857	25
29	Malden	341102	4,564	25
30	Malden	341101	3,675	25
31	Acton	363102	5,909	25
32	Dorchester	911	4,861	25
33	Allston-Brighton	703	2,791	24
34	Lexington	3583	5,526	24
35	Quincy	418004	4,280	23
36	Brookline	4009	3,865	22
37	Cambridge	3532	4,897	22
38	Cambridge	352101	1,654	22
39	Shrewsbury	7391	9,557	22
40	Westborough	7612	5,780	22

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Irish American:^[24]

City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Irish
South Boston	60101	3,106	68
Milton	416400	6,069	63
Charlestown	040401	2,439	63
Dorchester	1007	4,322	63
South Boston	608	3,964	62
South Boston	604	4,904	61
Milton	416101	5,724	58
Marshfield	506204	4,886	57
Weymouth	422100	5,293	57
Quincy	417801	5,443	55
Hull	500101	3,702	55
Scituate	505101	3,860	55
West Roxbury	130402	4,637	54
Quincy	417400	2,566	53
South Boston	60301	3,076	52
Abington	520100	6,458	52
Braintree	419200	5,002	52
Braintree	419600	6,766	52
Abington	520201	3,952	52
Pembroke	508200	6,031	52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Italian American:^[25]

City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Italian
Johnston	012402	2,486	63
Cranston	014501	5,179	58
Johnston	012500	5,490	57
Johnston	012200	7,187	57
Providence	011902	4,780	55
Cranston	014800	5,591	55
Saugus	208102	3,343	51
Cranston	014300	4,716	49
Cranston	014600	6,991	49
Cranston	014502	4,096	48
Johnston	012300	6,656	48
Johnston	012401	6,950	48
Stoneham	337102	5,042	45
Stoneham	337202	4,849	45
Revere	170200	4,564	45
Revere	170502	2,818	43
Cranston	013900	2,992	43
Revere	170300	9,040	43
North Providence	012103	2,965	43

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Portuguese American:^[26]

City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% Portuguese
New Bedford	652800	3,277	72
Fall River	640600	4,450	69
Dartmouth	653203	5,005	65
New Bedford	652400	2,664	64
New Bedford	652000	2,676	62
Fall River	640500	5,165	60
Fall River	641200	2,803	59
New Bedford	650500	3,141	58
Fall River	640901	5,071	58
New Bedford	650400	3,773	57
New Bedford	652500	2,589	56
East Providence	010400	6,661	55
New Bedford	652300	2,870	54
Fall River	641000	2,419	54
Fall River	640300	3,693	53
Westport	646101	7,356	53
Fall River	640700	2,900	53
Fall River	640400	2,682	53
New Bedford	650101	5,753	53
Fall River	640100	5,358	52

Census tracts in the Boston CSA with French or French Canadian listed as first ancestry:^[27]

City or Neighborhood	Census Tract	Population	% French
Woonsocket	018500	2,831	66
Woonsocket	017700	3,518	61
Woonsocket	017500	3,128	59
Woonsocket	017800	2,514	58
Burrillville	013001	3,479	56
North Smithfield	012802	2,391	54
North Smithfield	012803	4,776	53
Burrillville	013002	7,539	53
North Smithfield	012801	4,800	52
Manchester	002300	3,758	52
Woonsocket	017900	3,049	51
Burrillville	012900	4,937	50
Manchester	000202	2,297	49
Manchester	002100	4,782	49
Woonsocket	017600	2,560	49
Manchester	002600	5,746	48
Manchester	002200	3,232	47
Woonsocket	018400	6,527	47
Blackstone	747101	5,110	47
Woonsocket	018000	2,680	46

Other

Greater Boston has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people,^[28][29] and 261,000^[30] or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole. Contrary to national trends, the number of Jews in Greater Boston has been growing, fueled by the fact that 60% of children in Jewish mixed-faith families are raised Jewish, compared with roughly one in three nationally.^[28]

The City of Boston also has one of the largest LGBT populations per capita. It ranks fifth of all major cities in the country (behind San Francisco, and slightly behind Seattle, Atlanta, and Minneapolis respectively), with 12.3% of the city identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.^[31]

County	2016 Estimate	2010 Census	Change	Area	Density
Essex County, Massachusetts	779,018	743,159	+4.83%	492.56 sq mi (1,275.7 km2)	1,582/sq mi (611/km2)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts	1,589,774	1,503,085	+5.77%	817.82 sq mi (2,118.1 km2)	1,944/sq mi (751/km2)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts	697,181	670,850	+3.93%	396.11 sq mi (1,025.9 km2)	1,760/sq mi (680/km2)
Plymouth County, Massachusetts	513,565	494,919	+3.77%	659.07 sq mi (1,707.0 km2)	779/sq mi (301/km2)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts	784,230	722,023	+8.62%	58.15 sq mi (150.6 km2)	13,486/sq mi (5,207/km2)
Rockingham County, New Hampshire	303,251	295,223	+2.72%	694.72 sq mi (1,799.3 km2)	437/sq mi (169/km2)
Strafford County, New Hampshire	127,428	123,143	+3.48%	368.97 sq mi (955.6 km2)	345/sq mi (133/km2)
Total	4,794,447	4,552,402	+5.32%	3,487.40 sq mi (9,032.3 km2)	1,375/sq mi (531/km2)

Higher education

See also: Boston, Massachusetts § Education; List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston; and List of colleges and universities in Massachusetts

Harvard University (top) and MIT (bottom) are both widely regarded as in the top handful of universities worldwide for academic research in various disciplines.^[15]

A long established center of higher education, the area includes many community colleges, two-year schools, and internationally prominent undergraduate and graduate institutions. The graduate schools include highly regarded schools of law, medicine, business, technology, international relations, public health, education, and religion. Greater Boston contains seven R1 Research Institutions as per the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This is, by far, the highest number of such institutions in a single Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.

Selected statistics

Changes in house prices for the Greater Boston area are publicly tracked on a regular basis using the Case–Shiller index; the statistic is published by Standard & Poor's and is also a component of S&P's 10-city composite index of the value of the residential real estate market.

Major companies

References:^{[32][33][34][35]}

• Companies along, inside or outside I-495, outside Route 128:
  • Abbott Laboratories, in Worcester (pharmaceutical laboratory)
  • Advanced Cell Technology, in Worcester (research laboratory)
  • AMD, in Boxborough
  • Analog Devices, in Norwood
  • Atlantic Broadband, in Quincy
  • Atlantic Tele-Network, in Beverly
  • Avid Technology, Inc, in Burlington (headquarters)
  • Azimuth Systems, in Acton
  • Bain & Company, in Boston (headquarters)
  • Bain Capital, in Boston (headquarters)
  • Bertucci's Corporation, in Northborough (headquarters)
  • BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., in Westborough (headquarters)
  • Bose Corporation, in Framingham (headquarters)
  • Boston Properties, Inc., in Boston (headquarters)
  • Boston Scientific Corporation, in Marlborough (headquarters)
  • Charles River Laboratories, in Wilmington (headquarters)
  • Cisco Systems, in Boxborough
  • CommunityRoot, in Boston (headquarters)
  • David Clark Company, in Worcester (manufacturer of space suits)
  • Diebold, in Marlborough (regional headquarters)
  • Dell Technologies, in Hopkinton (headquarters)
  • Evergreen Solar, in Marlborough (headquarters)
  • Hewlett-Packard, in Marlborough (regional headquarters)
  • Schneider Electric, in Andover, Massachusetts
  • HourlyNerd, in Boston
  • Innerscope Research, in Boston (headquarters)
  • Intel Corporation, in Hudson
  • Kronos Incorporated, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts (headquarters)
  • Marshalls, Inc, in Framingham (headquarters)
  • The MathWorks, in Natick
  • MITRE Corporation, in Bedford (headquarters)
  • Morgan Construction Company, in Worcester (rolling steel mill technology)
  • National Amusements, in Norwood (headquarters)
  • Novartis, headquartered in Cambridge, with locations worldwide (a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel)
  • Philips Electronics North America, in Andover (regional headquarters)
  • Philips Healthcare, in Andover (global headquarters) and Framingham
  • Red Hat, in Westford (engineering headquarters)
  • Reed & Barton in Taunton (factory and headquarters)
  • Saint-Gobain, in Worcester
  • Sepracor, Inc., in Marlborough (headquarters)
  • Staples, Inc., in Framingham (headquarters)
  • Stop & Shop, in Quincy (headquarters)
  • TJX Corporation, in Framingham (headquarters)
  • UniFirst, in Wilmington (headquarters)
  • WB Mason, in Brockton (headquarters)
  • Wyman-Gordon, in Grafton (complex metal components and products)
• Companies along or inside I-95 (Route 128), not including Boston:
  • Akamai Technologies, in Cambridge (headquarters)
  • AstraZeneca, in Waltham (R&D)
  • BBN Technologies, in Cambridge (headquarters)
  • Biocell Center, in Medford (North American headquarters)
  • Biogen Idec, in Weston (North American headquarters)
  • Carl Zeiss SMT, in Peabody (North American headquarters)
  • Constant Contact, in Waltham
  • Dunkin' Brands, in Canton (headquarters)
  • Facebook, in Cambridge
  • General Electric Aviation, in Lynn
  • Global Partners, in Waltham (headquarters)
  • Google Inc., in Cambridge
  • Haemonetics, in Braintree
  • IBM, in Waltham, Cambridge and Littleton
  • InterSystems Corporation, in Cambridge (headquarters)
  • iRobot Corporation, in Burlington (headquarters)
  • Keurig, in Burlington (headquarters)
  • Lionbridge, in Waltham (US headquarters)
  • Meditech, in Westwood (headquarters)
  • Microsoft Corporation, in Cambridge
  • Millennium Pharmaceuticals, in Cambridge
  • National Amusements (Parent company of CBS and Viacom), in Dedham (headquarters)
  • National Grid, in Waltham (US headquarters)
  • NetApp Inc, in Waltham
  • NetBlazr, in Watertown
  • Nokia, in Burlington
  • Novartis AG, Inc, in Cambridge (research headquarters)
  • Novell, Inc., in Waltham
  • Nuance Communications, in Burlington
  • Oracle Corporation in Burlington
  • Osram Sylvania in Danvers (headquarters)
  • Parametric Technology Corporation in Needham (headquarters)
  • Philips Lighting in Burlington
  • Progress Software in Bedford (headquarters)
  • Raytheon, in Waltham (headquarters)
  • Reebok, in Canton (US headquarters)
  • Sanofi Genzyme, in Cambridge (headquarters; many locations in the area)
  • SharkNinja, in Needham (headquarters)
  • SunSetter Products, LP, in Malden (headquarters)
  • Teradyne, in North Reading (headquarters)
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific, in Waltham (headquarters)
  • TripAdvisor, LLC, in Needham (headquarters)
  • Twitter, in Cambridge
  • Vistaprint, in Lexington (North American headquarters)^[36]
• Major companies inside Boston proper:
  • American Tower (headquarters)
  • Au Bon Pain (headquarters)
  • Bain & Company (headquarters)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (headquarters)
  • Boston Consulting Group (headquarters)
  • Converse (headquarters)
  • Fidelity Investments (headquarters)
  • General Electric (headquarters)
  • The Gillette Company, now owned by Procter & Gamble (headquarters)
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (headquarters)
  • Iora Health (headquarters)
  • John Hancock Financial Services, Inc, now the United States division of Canada's Manulife Financial
  • Liberty Mutual (headquarters)
  • LogMeIn (headquarters)
  • LPL Financial (headquarters)
  • Mendix (headquarters)
  • New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (headquarters)
  • Partners HealthCare (moving to Assembly Row, Somerville)
  • Puma (North American headquarters, moving to Assembly Row, Somerville)
  • Putnam Investments (headquarters)
  • Rapid7
  • Sapient Corporation (headquarters)
  • Sonesta International Hotels Corp. (headquarters)
  • State Street Corporation (headquarters)
  • Steward Health Care System (headquarters)
  • Toast, Inc. (headquarters)
  • Threat Stack (headquarters)
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals (headquarters)
  • Wayfair (headquarters)
  • Wellington Management Company (headquarters)
  • Zipcar (headquarters)

Sports

Main article: Sports in Boston

Club	Sport	League	Stadium	Established	League titles
Boston Bruins	Ice hockey	National Hockey League	TD Garden (Boston)	1924	6 Stanley Cups 7 Eastern Conference Titles
Boston Cannons	Lacrosse	Major League Lacrosse	Harvard Stadium (Boston)	2001	1 MLL Championship
Boston Celtics	Basketball	National Basketball Association	TD Garden (Boston)	1946	17 NBA Championships 21 Eastern Conference Titles
Boston Pride	Ice hockey	National Women's Hockey League	Bright Hockey Center (Boston)	2015	2 Isobel Cups
Boston Red Sox	Baseball	Major League Baseball	Fenway Park (Boston)	1901	9 MLB World Series Champions 14 American League Pennants
New England Patriots	Football	National Football League	Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)	1960	6 Super Bowl Champions 11 AFC Champions
New England Revolution	Soccer	Major League Soccer	Gillette Stadium (Foxboro)	1995	1 US Open Cup 1 SuperLiga

Annual sporting events include:

• The Boston Marathon, which follows a course from Hopkinton to Boston
• The Head of the Charles Regatta
• The Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Sylvania 300 and New Hampshire Indy 225 auto races at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway oval track.

Transportation

See also: Boston Transportation

Interstates

• I-90
• I-93
• I-95
• I-190
• I-195
• I-290
• I-293
• I-295
• I-395
• I-495

U.S. Routes

• US 1
• US 3
• US 6
• US 20
• US 44

State Highways

• Route 1A
• Route 2
• Route 2A
• Route 3
• Route 3A
• Route 4
• Route 9
• Route 16
• Route 18
• Route 24
• Route 25
• Route 27
• Route 28
• Route 30
• Route 38
• Route 53
• Route 58
• Route 60
• Route 62
• Route 97
• Route 106
• Route 109
• Route 110
• Route 113
• Route 114
• Route 115
• Route 117
• Route 122
• Route 123
• Route 125
• Route 126
• Route 128
• Route 129
• Route 133
• Route 135
• Route 138
• Route 139
• Route 140
• Route 146
• Route 213
• Route 225

Bridges and tunnels

• Callahan Tunnel, carrying Route 1A Northbound
• Charles M. Braga Jr. Memorial Bridge, carrying Interstate 195
• Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, carrying Route 138
• Fore River Bridge, carrying Massachusetts Route 3A
• Sumner Tunnel, carrying Route 1A Southbound
• Ted Williams Tunnel, carrying I-90
• Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel, carrying I-93 and Routes 1 and 3 concurrently
• Tobin Bridge, carrying Route 1
• Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, carrying Interstate 93, Route 1 and Route 3 concurrently

Airports

• Logan International Airport in Boston, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of downtown Boston, New England's largest transportation center
• Manchester–Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire
• T. F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island
• Hanscom Field in Bedford
• Norwood Memorial Airport
• Worcester Regional Airport
• Beverly Regional Airport
• Lawrence Municipal Airport

Rail and bus

The MBTA district, with Commuter Rail lines in purple

• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA, generally known as the "T") rapid transit lines:
  • Red Line heavy rail: Cambridge–Braintree and Boston (Mattapan)
  • Orange Line heavy rail: Boston (Jamaica Plain)–Malden
  • Blue Line heavy rail: Boston–Revere
  • Green Line light rail/streetcar: Cambridge–Brookline and Newton
  • Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line streetcar: Ashmont–Milton–Mattapan
  • Silver Line bus rapid transit South Station–Logan Airport and Downtown–Nubian
• MBTA Commuter Rail
  • Old Colony Lines serving Plymouth County
  • Providence/Stoughton Line serving northern Bristol County, western Norfolk County, Kent County, and Washington County, connecting to Providence, Rhode Island
  • Fairmount Line shuttle service from South Station
  • Franklin Line serving western Norfolk County
  • Greenbush Line serving Boston's South Shore
  • Needham Line serving Boston suburbs and Needham
  • Framingham/Worcester Line serving southwestern Middlesex County, connecting to Worcester
  • Fitchburg Line serving northwestern Middlesex County, connecting to Fitchburg
  • Lowell Line serving northern Middlesex County
  • Haverhill/Reading Line and Newburyport/Rockport Line serving Essex County & Boston's North Shore
• Amtrak service to New York City and Washington, D.C.
• Amtrak Downeaster service to Maine from North Station
• Massport Logan Express
• Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Co.

The first railway line in the United States was in Quincy. See Neponset River.

The following Regional Transit Authorities have bus service that connects with MBTA commuter rail stations:

• Brockton Area Transit Authority
• Cape Ann Transportation Authority
• Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority
• Lowell Regional Transit Authority
• Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
• MetroWest Regional Transit Authority
• Montachusett Regional Transit Authority
• Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
• Worcester Regional Transit Authority

Ocean transportation

The Salem Ferry, 92 ft. Catamaran is photographed approaching its dock off Blaney Street at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, Massachusetts, United States.

• Port of Boston (Massport)
• Cape Cod Canal

Geography

• Rivers
  • Blackstone River
  • Charles River
  • Concord River
  • Ipswich River
  • Merrimack River
  • Mystic River
  • Neponset River
  • Sudbury River
  • Taunton River
  • Weymouth Fore River
• Hills
  • Bellevue Hill
  • Great Blue Hill

Climate

Climate data for Concord Municipal Airport, New Hampshire (1981−2010 normals,[a] extremes 1903–present)[b]
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	72 (22)	74 (23)	89 (32)	95 (35)	98 (37)	101 (38)	102 (39)	101 (38)	98 (37)	92 (33)	80 (27)	73 (23)	102 (39)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	50.8 (10.4)	53.7 (12.1)	66.6 (19.2)	81.5 (27.5)	88.7 (31.5)	92.0 (33.3)	93.1 (33.9)	91.8 (33.2)	87.7 (30.9)	78.5 (25.8)	68.7 (20.4)	56.0 (13.3)	95.5 (35.3)
Average high °F (°C)	30.8 (−0.7)	34.9 (1.6)	43.8 (6.6)	57.4 (14.1)	68.9 (20.5)	77.4 (25.2)	82.3 (27.9)	80.9 (27.2)	72.6 (22.6)	60.5 (15.8)	48.4 (9.1)	36.3 (2.4)	58.0 (14.4)
Average low °F (°C)	10.4 (−12.0)	13.8 (−10.1)	22.5 (−5.3)	32.7 (0.4)	42.6 (5.9)	52.5 (11.4)	57.7 (14.3)	56.1 (13.4)	47.4 (8.6)	35.8 (2.1)	28.2 (−2.1)	17.2 (−8.2)	34.8 (1.6)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	−11.2 (−24.0)	−8.2 (−22.3)	0.8 (−17.3)	19.4 (−7.0)	28.1 (−2.2)	37.9 (3.3)	45.4 (7.4)	42.0 (5.6)	31.8 (−0.1)	21.2 (−6.0)	11.1 (−11.6)	−2.8 (−19.3)	−14.6 (−25.9)
Record low °F (°C)	−35 (−37)	−37 (−38)	−20 (−29)	4 (−16)	21 (−6)	30 (−1)	35 (2)	29 (−2)	20 (−7)	10 (−12)	−17 (−27)	−24 (−31)	−37 (−38)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	2.70 (69)	2.62 (67)	3.27 (83)	3.41 (87)	3.66 (93)	3.69 (94)	3.74 (95)	3.18 (81)	3.38 (86)	4.04 (103)	3.72 (94)	3.20 (81)	40.61 (1,033)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	18.1 (46)	12.3 (31)	11.1 (28)	2.8 (7.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	trace	2.6 (6.6)	14.5 (37)	61.4 (156)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.8	9.5	11.5	11.8	12.4	12.7	10.9	9.8	9.3	10.1	11.2	10.9	130.9
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	8.2	6.5	5.3	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	6.6	29.7
Average relative humidity (%)	67.9	66.0	64.8	62.0	65.0	70.9	71.8	74.5	76.3	72.8	73.3	72.3	69.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours	162.8	171.8	210.5	223.2	258.4	274.3	295.8	261.9	214.7	183.4	127.8	134.8	2,519.4
Percent possible sunshine	56	58	57	56	57	60	64	61	57	54	44	48	56
Average ultraviolet index	1	2	4	5	7	8	8	7	6	3	2	1	5
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)[37][38][39]
Source 2: Weather Atlas [40] (sunshine data)

v t e Climate data for Boston (Logan Airport), 1991−2020 normals[c], extremes 1872−present[d]
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	74 (23)	73 (23)	89 (32)	94 (34)	97 (36)	100 (38)	104 (40)	102 (39)	102 (39)	90 (32)	83 (28)	76 (24)	104 (40)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	58.3 (14.6)	57.9 (14.4)	67.0 (19.4)	79.9 (26.6)	88.1 (31.2)	92.2 (33.4)	95.0 (35.0)	93.7 (34.3)	88.9 (31.6)	79.6 (26.4)	70.2 (21.2)	61.2 (16.2)	96.4 (35.8)
Average high °F (°C)	36.8 (2.7)	39.0 (3.9)	45.5 (7.5)	56.4 (13.6)	66.5 (19.2)	76.2 (24.6)	82.1 (27.8)	80.4 (26.9)	73.1 (22.8)	62.1 (16.7)	51.6 (10.9)	42.2 (5.7)	59.3 (15.2)
Average low °F (°C)	23.1 (−4.9)	24.6 (−4.1)	31.1 (−0.5)	40.8 (4.9)	50.3 (10.2)	59.7 (15.4)	66.0 (18.9)	65.1 (18.4)	58.2 (14.6)	47.5 (8.6)	37.9 (3.3)	29.2 (−1.6)	44.5 (6.9)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	4.8 (−15.1)	8.3 (−13.2)	15.6 (−9.1)	31.0 (−0.6)	41.2 (5.1)	49.7 (9.8)	58.6 (14.8)	57.7 (14.3)	46.7 (8.2)	35.1 (1.7)	24.4 (−4.2)	13.1 (−10.5)	2.6 (−16.3)
Record low °F (°C)	−13 (−25)	−18 (−28)	−8 (−22)	11 (−12)	31 (−1)	41 (5)	50 (10)	46 (8)	34 (1)	25 (−4)	−2 (−19)	−17 (−27)	−18 (−28)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.39 (86)	3.21 (82)	4.17 (106)	3.63 (92)	3.25 (83)	3.89 (99)	3.27 (83)	3.23 (82)	3.56 (90)	4.03 (102)	3.66 (93)	4.30 (109)	43.59 (1,107)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	14.3 (36)	14.4 (37)	9.0 (23)	1.6 (4.1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.2 (0.51)	0.7 (1.8)	9.0 (23)	49.2 (125)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	11.8	10.6	11.6	11.6	11.8	10.9	9.4	9.0	9.0	10.5	10.3	11.9	128.4
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	6.6	6.2	4.4	0.8	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.6	4.2	23
Average relative humidity (%)	62.3	62.0	63.1	63.0	66.7	68.5	68.4	70.8	71.8	68.5	67.5	65.4	66.5
Average dew point °F (°C)	16.5 (−8.6)	17.6 (−8.0)	25.2 (−3.8)	33.6 (0.9)	45.0 (7.2)	55.2 (12.9)	61.0 (16.1)	60.4 (15.8)	53.8 (12.1)	42.8 (6.0)	33.4 (0.8)	22.1 (−5.5)	38.9 (3.8)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	163.4	168.4	213.7	227.2	267.3	286.5	300.9	277.3	237.1	206.3	143.2	142.3	2,633.6
Percent possible sunshine	56	57	58	57	59	63	65	64	63	60	49	50	59
Average ultraviolet index	1	2	4	5	7	8	8	8	6	4	2	1	5
Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity, dew point and sun 1961−1990)[42][43][44][45]
Source 2: Weather Atlas [46] (sunshine data)

Climate data for Boston
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average sea temperature °F (°C)	41.3 (5.2)	38.1 (3.4)	38.4 (3.5)	43.1 (6.2)	49.2 (9.5)	58.4 (14.7)	65.7 (18.7)	67.9 (20.0)	64.8 (18.2)	59.4 (15.3)	52.3 (11.3)	46.6 (8.2)	52.1 (11.2)
Source: Weather Atlas [46]

v t e Climate data for Providence, Rhode Island (T. F. Green Airport), 1981–2010 normals,[e] extremes 1904–present[f]
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	70 (21)	72 (22)	90 (32)	98 (37)	96 (36)	98 (37)	102 (39)	104 (40)	100 (38)	88 (31)	81 (27)	77 (25)	104 (40)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	57.2 (14.0)	58.3 (14.6)	68.4 (20.2)	80.3 (26.8)	86.2 (30.1)	91.3 (32.9)	94.5 (34.7)	92.3 (33.5)	87.0 (30.6)	78.1 (25.6)	70.0 (21.1)	60.8 (16.0)	96.2 (35.7)
Average high °F (°C)	37.4 (3.0)	40.3 (4.6)	47.8 (8.8)	58.6 (14.8)	68.4 (20.2)	77.5 (25.3)	82.8 (28.2)	81.4 (27.4)	74.2 (23.4)	63.3 (17.4)	53.2 (11.8)	42.3 (5.7)	60.6 (15.9)
Average low °F (°C)	21.0 (−6.1)	23.6 (−4.7)	30.0 (−1.1)	39.6 (4.2)	48.6 (9.2)	58.4 (14.7)	64.2 (17.9)	63.2 (17.3)	55.3 (12.9)	43.9 (6.6)	35.7 (2.1)	26.3 (−3.2)	42.5 (5.8)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	2.9 (−16.2)	7.7 (−13.5)	14.7 (−9.6)	28.8 (−1.8)	36.9 (2.7)	47.1 (8.4)	55.0 (12.8)	52.4 (11.3)	42.2 (5.7)	31.2 (−0.4)	21.7 (−5.7)	10.4 (−12.0)	0.9 (−17.3)
Record low °F (°C)	−13 (−25)	−17 (−27)	1 (−17)	11 (−12)	29 (−2)	39 (4)	48 (9)	40 (4)	32 (0)	20 (−7)	6 (−14)	−12 (−24)	−17 (−27)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	3.86 (98)	3.29 (84)	5.01 (127)	4.36 (111)	3.55 (90)	3.64 (92)	3.29 (84)	3.60 (91)	3.92 (100)	3.93 (100)	4.51 (115)	4.22 (107)	47.18 (1,198)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	9.0 (23)	8.5 (22)	5.5 (14)	0.6 (1.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.5 (3.8)	8.7 (22)	33.8 (86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	10.9	9.7	11.9	11.3	12.0	10.9	9.4	9.0	8.7	9.4	10.1	11.6	124.9
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	5.7	4.6	3.5	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	3.9	18.7
Average relative humidity (%)	63.9	63.0	62.9	61.4	66.6	70.1	71.0	72.5	73.0	70.2	68.9	67.0	67.5
Average dew point °F (°C)	16.3 (−8.7)	17.4 (−8.1)	25.0 (−3.9)	33.1 (0.6)	45.0 (7.2)	55.6 (13.1)	61.5 (16.4)	61.0 (16.1)	53.8 (12.1)	42.6 (5.9)	33.3 (0.7)	22.1 (−5.5)	38.9 (3.8)
Mean monthly sunshine hours	171.7	172.6	215.6	225.1	254.9	274.1	290.6	262.8	233.0	208.7	148.0	148.6	2,605.7
Percent possible sunshine	58	58	58	56	57	60	63	61	62	61	50	52	58
Average ultraviolet index	1	2	4	6	7	8	8	8	6	4	2	1	5
Source: Weather Atlas [48]

Climate data for Providence
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average sea temperature °F (°C)	41.4 (5.2)	38.1 (3.4)	38.7 (3.8)	44.1 (6.7)	50.9 (10.5)	59.6 (15.3)	67.0 (19.4)	69.3 (20.7)	66.7 (19.3)	61.6 (16.4)	54.2 (12.3)	47.7 (8.8)	53.3 (11.8)
Source: Weather Atlas [48]

See also

• Greater Boston League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts

Notes

1. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.
2. Official records for Concord were kept at downtown from September 1868 to April 1941 and at Concord Municipal Airport since May 1941; snow records date from December 1942. For more information, see ThreadEx
3. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.
4. Official records for Boston were kept at downtown from January 1872 to December 1935, and at Logan Airport (KBOS) since January 1936.^[41]
5. Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1981 to 2010.
6. Official records for Providence kept at downtown from November 1904 to May 1932 and at T. F. Green Airport since June 1932.^[47]

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Further reading

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Greater Boston.

• Wilson, Susan (2005). The Literary Trail of Greater Boston: A Tour of Sites in Boston, Cambridge, and Concord, Revised Edition. Commonwealth Editions. ISBN 1-889833-67-3. An informative guidebook, with facts and data about literary figures, publishers, bookstores, libraries, and other historic sites on the newly designated Literary Trail of Greater Boston.
• Warner, Sam, Jr. (2001). Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1769-1.