Snapshot Massachusetts

snapshot MASSACHUSETTS

New England Central Railroad (NECR) in Millers Falls, Massachusetts

QuickFacts

Land area in square miles (2020): 7,800 Population per square mile (2020): 901 Total population (2020): 6,984,723 Households (2020): 2,646,980 High school graduate or higher (2020): 91.1% Median household income (2020): $84,385 Mean travel time to work (in minutes): 30 Number of veterans (2020): 290,648 State bird: Black-capped chickadee State insect: Two-spotted lady beetle (aka ladybug) State flower: Mayflower State tree: American Elm State nickname: The Bay State State capital: Boston

Massachusetts is bordered by Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire

Black-capped chickadee

SHUTTERSTOCK BY TOM REICHNER G&W RAILROADS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN MASSACHUSETTS:

Railroad

Operating Year Number of Track Miles/ Region Acquired or Kilometers in State Established

Connecticut Southern Railroad (CSO) Northern 2012 8 / 13 New England Central Railroad (NECR) Northern 2012 60 / 97 Providence and Worcester Railroad (PW) Northern 2016 123 / 198

Fenway Park