Plymouth County (Massachusetts)

The Plymouth County is a county located in the state of Massachusetts in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Brockton and Plymouth.

Geography

The county has an area of 2,832 square kilometers, of which 1120 square miles are water. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Norfolk County, Barnstable County and Bristol County.

History

Plymouth County was one of three 1685 Gründungscountys of Plymouth Colony.

Demographics

Demography

According to the census in 2000 living in Plymouth County 472 822 inhabitants in 168 361 households and 122 398 families. The population was made up of 88.70 percent White, 4.56 percent African American, 0.92 percent Asian, and 0.21 percent Native American. 2.44 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. The per capita income was 24,789 dollars; 4.9 percent of families and 6.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Abington
Bridgewater
Brockton
Carver
Duxbury
East Bridgewater

Halifax
Hanover
Hanson
Hingham
Hull
Kingston

Lakeville
Marion
Marshfield
Mattapoisett
Middlesborough
Norwell

Pembroke
Plymouth
Plympton
Rochester
Rockland
Scituate

Wareham
West Bridgewater
Whitman

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