{"id":172,"date":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:55:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:55:16","slug":"at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"At a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong><br \/>\n7,029,917<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Area<\/strong><br \/>\n10,555 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Land Area<\/strong><br \/>\n7,838 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water Area<\/strong><br \/>\n2,717 square miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coastline<\/strong><br \/>\n192 miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shoreline<\/strong><br \/>\n1,519 miles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highest Point<\/strong><br \/>\nMount Greylock at 3,491 feet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lowest Point<\/strong><br \/>\nSea level at the Atlantic Coast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Border States\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nNew Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York<\/p>\n<p><strong>Capital City<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston<\/p>\n<p><strong>Largest Cities<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, New Bedford, Fall River, Lynn, Quincy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agriculture<\/strong><br \/>\nSeafood, nursery stock, dairy, cranberries, vegetables<\/p>\n<p><strong>Industry<\/strong><br \/>\nMachinery, electric equipment, scientific instruments, printing\/publishing, tourism<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topography<\/strong><br \/>\nJagged, indented coast around Cape Cod; flatland yields to stony upland near central region; gentle hills in the west<\/p>\n<p><strong>Statehood<\/strong><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 1788<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Bird<\/strong><br \/>\nChicadee<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Flower<\/strong><br \/>\nMayflower<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Motto<\/strong><br \/>\nBy the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Nickname<\/strong><br \/>\nBay State<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Song<\/strong><br \/>\nAll Hail to Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p><strong>State Tree<\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Elm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Age Distribution Comparison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Massachusetts and United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mass\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 US<\/strong><br \/>\n0 18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27%<br \/>\n19-64\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 64%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61%<br \/>\n65+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12%<br \/>\n75+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ AT A GLANCE Population 7,029,917 Total Area 10,555 square miles Land Area 7,838 square miles Water Area 2,717 square miles Coastline 192 miles Shoreline 1,519 miles Highest Point Mount Greylock at 3,491 feet Lowest Point Sea level at the Atlantic Coast Border States\u00a0 New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York Capital City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Massachusetts3\/ResidentialProperties\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}