Land Area by Town reports the total area of land per town in square miles. Dimensions Measure Type,Variable Full Description Land Area by Town reports the total area of land per town in square miles. These values originate from the 2000 and 2010 Decennial Census and in both cases are taken from Summary File 1, table G001.

This file contains the 65 cities and towns in Massachusetts for which MBTA bus or rapid transit service is provided. This data is based off of the 2010 census. The legislative intent for some boundaries could not be mapped. Boundaries where that is true are identified in the attribute information. Name Description Data Type Example town_name Full name for the MA town or city identification. String Boston town_id MassGIS Town-ID Code (alphabetical, 1-351) Numeric 34 sum_acres Area covered by the town or city in acres. Double 31304.22 sum_square Area covered by the town or city in square miles. Double 48.91 Use constraints: This data set, like all other cartographic products may contain inherent aberrations in geography or thematical errors. The boundaries included in this data set were developed using accepted GIS methodology. Cartographic products can never truly represent real-world conditions due to several factors. These factors can include, but are not limited to: human error upon digitizing, computational tolerance of the computer, or the distortion of map symbology. Because of these factors MassGIS cannot be held legally responsible for personal or property damages resulting from any type of use of the data set. These boundaries are suitable for map display and planning purposes. They cannot be used as a substitute for the work of a professional land surveyor.MassDOT/MBTA shall not be held liable for any errors in this data. This includes errors of omission, commission, errors concerning the content of the data, and relative and positional accuracy of the data. This data cannot be construed to be a legal document. Primary sources from which this data was compiled must be consulted for verification of information contained in this data.

This file contains the 178 cities and towns in Massachusetts for which MBTA bus, rapid transit, or commuter rail service is provided. This data is based off of the 2010 census. The legislative intent for some boundaries could not be mapped. Boundaries where that is true are identified in the attribute information. NameDescriptionData TypeExampletownFull name for the MA town or city identification.StringBostontown_idMassGIS Town-ID Code (alphabetical, 1-351)Numeric34sum_acresArea covered by the town or city in acres.Double31304.22sum_squareArea covered by the town or city in square miles.Double48.91 MassDOT/MBTA shall not be held liable for any errors in this data. This includes errors of omission, commission, errors concerning the content of the data, and relative and positional accuracy of the data. This data cannot be construed to be a legal document. Primary sources from which this data was compiled must be consulted for verification of information contained in this data.

In 2023, Washington, D.C. had the highest population density in the United States, with 11,130.69 people per square mile. As a whole, there were about 94.83 residents per square mile in the U.S., and Alaska was the state with the lowest population density, with 1.29 residents per square mile. The problem of population density Simply put, population density is the population of a country divided by the area of the country. While this can be an interesting measure of how many people live in a country and how large the country is, it does not account for the degree of urbanization, or the share of people who live in urban centers. For example, Russia is the largest country in the world and has a comparatively low population, so its population density is very low. However, much of the country is uninhabited, so cities in Russia are much more densely populated than the rest of the country. Urbanization in the United States While the United States is not very densely populated compared to other countries, its population density has increased significantly over the past few decades. The degree of urbanization has also increased, and well over half of the population lives in urban centers.

Amherst, MA GIS Data by Town of Amherst, MA is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This layer package contains GIS data in Esri file geodatabase format. This data is also available for download in shapefile and CAD formats.The Town of Amherst, MA basemap project encompasses the land area of Town of Amherst and University of Massachusetts Campus with a 200 foot fringe surrounding the area. The entire project area has been sub-divided into 5 blocks, viz. Amherst/UMass, Area A (primarily Leverett), Area-B (Shutesbury/Pelham/Belchertown), Area-C (Hadley) and Area D (UMass-owned land at Deerfield). Basemap data was collected at 1" = 40' mapping scale for Amherst (31.1 sq. miles) and Area-D (1.3 sq. miles) using digital photogrammetric techniques. LiDAR data was collected for the entire project area except Area-D to develop 1ft contour data. LiDAR data was supplemented with photogrammetrically collected breaklines, hydro and other terrain features over the Amherst block to generate 1ft contours. For rest of the area the bare earth classified LiDAR data was supplemented with hydro enforced breaklines to generate the 1ft contour data.