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Middlesex County, MA

Population 2000: 1,465,396
Metro area: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy

County seat: Cambridge

Census 2000 highlights: Largest county in the state (by population); ranked first in the state for population growth during the 1990s

County Houses: 576,681
Land area: 823.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 24.1 sq. mi.

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.8%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (16.0%), Manufacturing (12.3%).

Communities in Middlesex County

Acton (town), Middlesex County Arlington (town), Middlesex County Ashby (town), Middlesex County Ashland (town), Middlesex County Ayer (town), Middlesex County Bedford (town), Middlesex County Belmont (town), Middlesex County Billerica (town), Middlesex County Boxborough (town), Middlesex County Burlington (town), Middlesex County Cambridge (city), Middlesex County Carlisle (town), Middlesex County Chelmsford (town), Middlesex County Cochituate, Middlesex County Concord (town), Middlesex County Dracut (town), Middlesex County Dunstable (town), Middlesex County Everett (city), Middlesex County Framingham (town), Middlesex County Groton (town), Middlesex County Holliston (town), Middlesex County Hopkinton (town), Middlesex County Hudson (town), Middlesex County Lexington (town), Middlesex County Lincoln (town), Middlesex County Littleton (town), Middlesex County Lowell (city), Middlesex County Malden (city), Middlesex County Marlborough (city), Middlesex County

Maynard (town), Middlesex County Medford (city), Middlesex County Melrose (city), Middlesex County Natick (town), Middlesex County Newton (city), Middlesex County North Reading (town), Middlesex County Pepperell (town), Middlesex County Reading (town), Middlesex County Saxonville, Middlesex County Sherborn (town), Middlesex County Shirley (town), Middlesex County Somerville (city), Middlesex County Stoneham (town), Middlesex County Stow (town), Middlesex County Sudbury (town), Middlesex County Tewksbury (town), Middlesex County Townsend (town), Middlesex County Townsend Harbor, Middlesex County Tyngsborough (town), Middlesex County Wakefield (town), Middlesex County Waltham (city), Middlesex County Watertown (city), Middlesex County Wayland (town), Middlesex County West Townsend, Middlesex County Westford (town), Middlesex County Weston (town), Middlesex County Wilmington (town), Middlesex County Winchester (town), Middlesex County Woburn (city), Middlesex County