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The State Data Center generates map products for a variety of geographic areas and for many 
social, economic, and demographic variables. Our most common mapping applications involve 
data from the U.S. Census and regions within Massachusetts or New England.

The Data Center produces two types of maps: reference and thematic. Reference maps display 
geographic boundaries or convey solely geographic information. Thematic maps display the geographic
distribution of one or more mapped variables, and often appear in the form of choroplethic maps--maps
with colored or shaded regions. Other types of thematic maps include dot density and proportional
symbol maps (such as bars that vary in proportion to the magnitude of a variable). 

We also receive and distribute Census TIGER Line files for Massachusetts from the Census Bureau which we use to create base maps. 

The geographic regions we can map include (but are not limited to):

  • New England Cities and Towns
  • Congressional Districts
  • Massachusetts State Legislative Districts
  • Selected Massachusetts Administrative Areas
  • Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  • Counties 
  • ZIP Codes
  • Boston Redevelopment Authority Neighborhoods and Planning Districts
  • Voting Precincts
  • Census Tracts
  • Block Groups
  • Blocks
Most of our Massachusetts administrative area maps along with a limited number of maps based 
on the 1990 Census and post-1990 population estimates are currently available for printing.
The table below contains examples of some of our reference and thematic maps. 
 
 
 
Selected Reference & Thematic Maps
Date Map Name Adobe Acrobat
PDF v3.01®		 Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
MASSACHUSETTS REFERENCE MAPS
Sept. 1997 Massachusetts Telephone Area Codes areacode.pdf (409k) areacode.gif (20k)
Mar. 1995 1993 Massachusetts Labor Market Areas lmas93.pdf (424k) lmas93.gif (25k)
April 1998 Massachusetts Cities & Towns (11" x 17") mcd1117.pdf (180k) mcd1117.gif (60k)
Jan. 1997 1990 Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), Massachusetts (5% sample) pumas.pdf (494k) pumas.gif (27k)
Feb. 1998 Massachusetts Regional Planning Agency Areas rpa.pdf (421k) rpa.gif (26k)
July 1995 Massachusetts Regional Transit Authorities transaut.pdf (428k) transaut.gif (25k)
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION MAPS (THEMATIC)
June 1999 1998 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election:  Percent of Votes Cast for A. Paul Cellucci & Jane M. Swift, by City and Town celvotes.pdf (294k) celvotes.gif (27k)
June 1999 1998 Massachusetts Statewide Election:  Percent of Votes Cast for Ballot Question Two, by City and Town q2pcty.pdf (304k) q2pcty.gif (30k)
POPULATION PROJECTIONS MAPS (THEMATIC)
Aug. 1999 Percent Change in Population, 1990-2000, Massachusetts Cities & Towns pct9000.pdf (292k) pct9000.gif (31k)
Aug. 1999 Percent Change in Population, 2000-2010, Massachusetts Cities & Towns pct0010.pdf (292k) pct0010.gif (30k)
Aug. 1999 Percent Change in Population, 1990-2010, Massachusetts Cities & Towns pct9010.pdf (292k) pct9010.gif (30k)
Aug. 1999 Percent Change in Proportion of Persons 65 & Over, 1990-2010, Massachusetts Cities & Towns pct65p9010.pdf (292k) pct65p9010.gif (36k)
1990 JOURNEY-TO-WORK MAPS (THEMATIC)
April 1997 Top Ten Origins of Workers in Amherst, MA amhjtw1.pdf (86k) amhjtw1.gif (24k)
April 1997 Top Ten Destinations of Workers in Amherst, MA amhjtw2.pdf (85k) amhjtw2.gif (24k)
April 1997 Net "Daytime" Population Compared to Actual Population, Massachusetts Cities & Towns daypop.pdf (416k) daypop.gif (25k)
Nov. 1997 Top Ten Destinations of Workers in Springfield, MA livespfl.pdf (115k) livespfl.gif (25k)
Nov. 1997 Top Ten Origins of Workers in Springfield, MA workspfl.pdf (116k) workspfl.gif (25k)
BUILDING PERMIT MAPS (THEMATIC)
Single-Family Residential Building Permits Issued in the Year-to-Date Second Quarter of 1999, 268 of the 351 Massachusetts Cities & Towns qtr6mcd.pdf (431k) qtr6mcd.gif (30k)
1990 POPULATION MAPS (THEMATIC)
Sept. 1997 Net Migration from 1985 to 1990 as a Percentage of 1990 Population, Persons 65 and Over, Massachusetts Cities & Towns netmg65p.pdf (183k) netmg65p.gif (25k)
Sept. 1997 Population 65 and Over as a Percentage of 1990 Total Population, Massachusetts Cities & Towns pct65p90.pdf (178k) pct65p90.gif (25k)
MAPS FROM 1990 SUMMARY TAPE FILE (STF) 3 (THEMATIC)
Mar. 1998 Decade with Greatest Number of Houses Built, Massachusetts Cities & Towns decblt.pdf (424k) decblt.gif (24k)
Mar. 1998 Mean Travel Time to Work from Place of Residence, Massachusetts mcdtt.pdf (529k) mcdtt.gif (21k)
Sept. 1996 Percentage of Workers Using Public Transportation to Work pctrans.pdf (167k) pctrans.gif (24k)
July 1997 Percent Minority by Block Group, Westfield, MA westfbg.pdf (29k) westfbg.gif (24k)

Mapping Resources

 
TIGER 98/Line® (VTDP Annotation) Files by county, from the Census Bureau, issued February 1999
  TIGER Doc(PDF)( 1.3 mb) 005-Bristol(2.9 mb) 011-Franklin(1.4 mb) 017-Middlesex(6.4 mb) 023-Plymouth(3.3 mb)
  001-Barnstable(3.8 mb)) 007-Dukes(0.6 mb) 013-Hampden(2.4 mb) 019-Nantucket(0.3 mb) 025-Suffolk(1.6 mb)
  003-Berkshire(1.8 mb) 009-Essex(3.6 mb) 015-Hampshire(1.3 mb) 021-Norfolk(3.0 mb) 027-Worcester(5.2 mb)
 
The county files are compressed. Download them to your site and then unzip them.

  
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