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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Middlesex County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States. Middlesex County is one of two U.S. counties (along with Santa Clara County, California) to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties. It is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. As part of the 2010 national census, the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County, in the town of Natick. (This is not to be confused with the geographic center of Massachusetts, which is in Rutland, Worcester County.)
On July 11, 1997, Massachusetts abolished the executive government of Middlesex County primarily due to the county's insolvency. Middlesex County continues to exist as a geographic boundary but it is used primarily as district jurisdictions within the court system and for other administrative purposes; for example, as an election district. The National Weather Service weather alerts (such as severe thunderstorm warning) continue to localize based upon Massachusetts's counties.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 42,737
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| 1800 | 46,928
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| 1810 | 52,789
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| 1820 | 61,472
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| 1830 | 77,961
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| 1840 | 106,611
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| 1850 | 161,383
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| 1860 | 216,354
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| 1870 | 274,353
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| 1880 | 317,830
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| 1890 | 431,167
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| 1900 | 565,696
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| 1910 | 669,915
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| 1920 | 778,352
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| 1930 | 934,924
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| 1940 | 971,390
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| 1950 | 1,064,569
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| 1960 | 1,238,742
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| 1970 | 1,397,268
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| 1980 | 1,367,034
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| 1990 | 1,398,468
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Middlesex County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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