Middlesex County (Massachusetts)

The Middlesex County is a county located in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat), Cambridge and Lowell. After the abolition of county government in 1997, the County exists only as a historical geographic region and serves some administrative purposes. According to the Forbes Magazine, it is the tenth largest county in the United States.

Government

As a small majority of counties in Massachusetts Middlesex County today has no county government more. All previous tasks of the county were taken over by state authorities in 1997. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform tasks within the county. The communities now have greater autonomy and can conclude regional treaties in order to offer services together.

See also: League of Women Voters page on the County's

Geography

The County is bordered on the north by New Hampshire and has an area of ​​2195 square kilometers, of which 63 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Hillsborough County ( New Hampshire), Essex County, Suffolk County, Norfolk County and Worcester County.

History

Middlesex County was in 1643 one of four Gründungscountys of Massachusetts.

Demographics

Demography

According to the census of 2000, there were 1,465,396 residents in Middlesex County in 561 220 households and 360 864 families. The population was made up of 85.88 percent White, 3.36 percent African American, 6.26 percent Asian, and 0.15 percent Native American. 4.55 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The per capita income was 31,199 dollars; 4.3 percent of families and 6.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

  • Acton
  • Arlington
  • Ashby
  • Ashland
  • Ayer
  • Bedford
  • Belmont
  • Billerica
  • Boxborough
  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Carlisle
  • Chelmsford
  • Concord
  • Dracut
  • Dunstable
  • Everett
  • Framingham
  • Groton
  • Holliston
  • Hopkinton
  • Hudson
  • Lexington
  • Lincoln
  • Littleton
  • Lowell
  • Malden
  • Marlborough
  • Maynard
  • Medford
  • Melrose
  • Natick
  • Newton
  • North Reading
  • Pepperell
  • Reading
  • Sherborn
  • Shirley
  • Somerville
  • Stoneham
  • Stow
  • Sudbury
  • Tewksbury
  • Townsend
  • Tyngsborough
  • Wakefield
  • Waltham
  • Watertown
  • Wayland
  • Westford
  • Weston
  • Wilmington
  • Winchester
  • Woburn
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