AREA AND POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
BY COUNTIES.
| County | Map Index. |
County Seat. | Area in square miles. |
Population. | |
| 1890. | 1900. | ||||
| Barnstable | G 4 | Barnstable | 419 | 29,172 | 27,826 |
| Berkshire | A 3 | Pittsfield | 929 | 81,108 | 95,667 |
| Bristol | E 4 | Taunton | 579 | 186,405 | 252,029 |
| Dukes | F 5 | Edgartown | 100 | 4,369 | 4,561 |
| Essex | F 2 | Salem | 514 | 299,995 | 357,030 |
| Franklin | B 2 | Greenfield | 721 | 38,610 | 11,209 |
| Hampden | B 3 | Springfield | 595 | 135,713 | 175,603 |
| Hampshire | B 2 | Northampton | 612 | 51,859 | 58,820 |
| Middlesex | E 2 | Cambridge | 804 | 431,167 | 565,696 |
| Nantucket | G 5 | Nantucket | 51 | 3,268 | 3,006 |
| Norfolk | E 2 | Dedham | 408 | 118,950 | 151,589 |
| Plymouth | F 4 | Plymouth | 672 | 92,700 | 113,985 |
| Suffolk | E 3 | Boston | 51 | 484,780 | 611,417 |
| Worcester | C 2 | Fitchburg | 1,585 | 280,787 | 346,958 |
