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Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area Demographics

Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area is the 6th most populous of 184 combined statistical areas in the United States, with 8,348,197 residents across 9,189 square miles. That is about 908 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 8,348,197
Land area 9,189 sq mi
Density 908 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

How Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area compares to the US

Indicator Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area US
% Commute 1hr+ Travel Time to Work - 2024 11 8.6 +33% vs US
Median Household Income Median Household Income (2024 - Computed) ~105,343 ~80,460 +31% vs US
% With Bachelor's or Higher Educational Attainment (2024) 46 36 +30% vs US
% Households: No Vehicle Available Vehicle Availability by Household (2024) 11 8.4 +26% vs US
Childcare & preschools Points of interest 423 13,461 +25% vs US per capita
% Households: No Internet Access Internet Subscription Status (2024) 5.0 6.6 −24% vs US
% With No High School Diploma or GED Educational Attainment (2024) 8.4 10 −20% vs US
Bars & pubs Points of interest 810 38,125 −16% vs US per capita
Restaurants Points of interest 6,457 223,155 +15% vs US per capita
Grocery stores Points of interest 884 41,172 −15% vs US per capita
Hospitals Points of interest 173 7,840 −12% vs US per capita
% Renter Occupied Home Ownership (2024) 36 35 +5% vs US
% Owner Occupied Home Ownership (2024) 64 65 −2% vs US
% Family Households Household Size (2024) 63 64 −2% vs US
% One-Person Households Household Size (2024) 28 29 ≈ US
Parks Points of interest 4,736 187,321 ≈ US per capita

Estimates from American Community Survey data aggregated over census tracts; each value is compared against the national figure computed the same way. Counts marked "per capita" compare rates, not totals. Points-of-interest counts © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Central Location: Roxbury, Boston, MA

Measuring from Roxbury, Boston, MA: the population-weighted center of Boston, MA, the largest city in Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area, from census tracts. Open any row to explore it in the radius tool.

Population Sq mi Per sq mi
5 min 138,795 6.0 22,979 Open →
10 min 552,105 30.4 18,187 Open →
15 min 1,122,715 89.2 12,581 Open →
30 min 2,708,038 591.6 4,577 Open →
45 min 4,377,234 1,853.4 2,362 Open →
1 hr 6,470,472 3,670.5 1,763 Open →

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Counties in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
Middlesex County, MA 1,631,987 817.9 1,995
County Worcester 862,111 1,510.8 571
Essex County 808,978 492.5 1,643
Suffolk County 797,793 58.3 13,695
Norfolk County 725,832 396.1 1,832
Providence County 660,591 409.5 1,613
County Bristol 579,320 553.1 1,047
County Plymouth 530,767 659.1 805
Hillsborough County 422,937 876.5 483
Rockingham County, NH 314,184 695.4 452
County Barnstable 228,733 393.7 581
Kent County 170,363 168.6 1,011
Merrimack County, NH 153,824 932.9 165
Strafford County, NH 130,891 367.5 356
Washington County 129,782 329.3 394
Newport County 85,606 102.4 836
County Belknap 63,705 400.2 159
Bristol County, RI 50,793 24.1 2,105

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This page shows demographics for a US combined statistical area from the 2020 census and the American Community Survey: population, land area, density, and how the region compares to national averages.

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