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| | | MASSACHUSETTS: The Bay State
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| State Home Page: | | http://www.state.ma.us/ | | Capital: | | Boston | | Year Admitted to Union: | | 1787 - 6th of the original 13 | | Population: | | 6,398,743 (2005) |
| Density: | | 809.8 persons per sq. mi. (3rd) | | Per Capita Income: | | $39,408 (3rd) | | Land Area: | | 8,284 sq mi (45th) | | Percent of Land Federally Owned: | | 1.4 | | Governor: | |
Deval Patrick (D) |
| Lottery start-up year: | | 1972 | |
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| | Ethnicity | | White persons: | | 5,547,710 (86.7%) |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin: | | 505,501 (7.9%) |
| African-American or Black persons: | | 441,513 (6.9%) |
| American Indian & Alaska Native persons: | | 19,196 (0.3%) |
| Asian, Pacific Islander & Native Hawaiian persons: | | 307,140 (4.8%) |
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| | Legislature | | Seats in House: | | 160 average district population: 39,682 | | Seats in Senate: | | 40 | | Number of Constitutions: | | 1 | | Effective Date of Present Constitution: | |
Oct. 25, 1780 | | U.S. Congressional Representatives: | | 10 | | Curious Facts:
| | The Peabody Essex Museum has over 500 original documents of the Salem witch trials in 1692. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield in 1891. William Morgan invented volleyball in Holyoke in 1895. |
| | | The Boston area has over 50 degree-granting institutions, and Massachusetts is home to 65 public and private colleges and universities. Some of the well-known ones are Harvard, MIT, Holy Cross, Tufts, Boston College, Boston University, and the University of Massachusetts. | | | | The first American public library was founded in Boston in 1653. | |
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