Cities

Boston

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Boston." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/boston.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Boston. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/boston

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-boston,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Boston},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/boston},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, serving as the cultural and financial hub of New England in the northeastern United States. Its metropolitan area holds about 5 million residents, making it the largest metropolis in New England and the eleventh largest in the United States. The city is a major center for higher education, research and biotechnology, with an economy driven by finance, professional services, information technology and government.

Facts

Population

675,647 1

2020 census figure, from Boston's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

125.2 1

Founding Year

1822 1

March 19, 1822 is the incorporation-as-city date the infobox itself gives (Boston was settled September 17, 1630).

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Latitude