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Massachusetts

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Flag of Massachusetts State seal of Massachusetts
Flag Èdìdí
Ìlàjẹ́: The Bay State
Motto(s): Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin)
Map of the United States with Massachusetts highlighted
Map of the United States with Massachusetts highlighted
Èdè oníibiṣẹ́ None
Orúkọaráàlú Bay Stater;[1] Massachusite (traditional)[2][3]
Olúìlú
(àti ìlú atóbijùlọ)
Boston
Largest metro area Greater Boston
Àlà  Ipò 44th ní U.S.
 - Total 10,555[4] sq mi
(27,336 km2)
 - Width 183 miles (295 km)
 - Length 113 miles (182 km)
 - % water 25.7
 - Latitude 41° 14′ N to 42° 53′ N
 - Longitude 69° 56′ W to 73° 30′ W
Iyeèrò  Ipò 14th ní U.S.
 - Total (2010) 6,547,629[5]
Density 809.8/sq mi  (312.7/km2)
Ranked 3rd in the U.S.
 - Median income  $65,401 (2008) (6th)
Elevation  
 - Highest point Mount Greylock[6][7][8]
3,489 ft (1063.4 m)
 - Mean 500 ft  (150 m)
 - Lowest point Atlantic Ocean[7]
sea level
Admission to Union  February 6, 1788 (6th)
Gómìnà Deval Patrick (D)
Ìgbákejì Gómìnà Tim Murray (D)
Legislature General Court
 - Upper house Senate
 - Lower house House of Representatives
U.S. Senators John Kerry (D)
Scott Brown (R)
U.S. House delegation 10 Democrats (list)
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Abbreviations MA Mass. US-MA
Website mass.gov
Massachusetts State Symbols
Animate insignia
Bird Black-capped Chickadee, Wild Turkey
Fish Cod
Flower Mayflower
Insect Ladybug
Mammal Right whale, Morgan horse, Tabby cat, Boston Terrier
Reptile Garter snake
Tree American Elm

Inanimate insignia
Beverage Cranberry Juice
Colors Blue, Green, Cranberry
Dance Square Dance
Food Cranberry, Corn muffin, Navy bean, Boston cream pie, Chocolate chip cookie, Boston cream donut
Fossil Mastodon
Gemstone Rhodonite
Mineral Babingtonite
Poem "Blue Hills of Massachusetts"
Rock Roxbury Puddingstone
Shell Wrinkled Whelk
Ship(s) Schooner Ernestina
Slogan(s) Make It Yours,
The Spirit of America
Soil Paxton
Song(s) All Hail to Massachusetts
Sport Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Football, Soccer

Route marker(s)
Massachusetts Route Marker

State Quarter
Quarter of Massachusetts
Released in 2000

Lists of United States state insignia

Massachusetts je ipinle kan ni orile-ede Amerika.



  1. "Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 2, Section 35: Designation of citizens of commonwealth". The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Archived from the original on November 23, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008. 
  2. _____, page 435. Collections, Massachusetts Historical Society. MHS, Boston; 1877. Additional on-line source: Google Books.
  3. Jones, Thomas, page 465. History of New York During the Revolutionary War, New York Historical Society. Edward Floyd DeLancey, Ed., New York; 1879. Additional on-line source: Google Books
  4. Àṣìṣe ìtọ́kasí: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2000census
  5. "2010 Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2010. 
  6. Àdàkọ:Cite ngs
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2011. 
  8. Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.