âGood news for Massachusettsâ: Population tops 7 million, as state keeps 9 congressional seats after 2020 Census
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated April 26, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Bill Galvin, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Massachusettsâ population grew to slightly more than 7 million people last year, a 7.4 percent jump from 2010 and a large enough increase to ensure the state keeps its nine seats in the US House of Representatives for the next decade, federal US Census officials announced Monday.
No New England state lost, or gained, seats in their congressional delegation with the U.S. Census Bureauâs long-awaited release of population figures Monday, showing growth nationwide slowed to its second lowest rate in the countryâs history.