The debt we owe

Community debt per resident, 2007

By Matt Carroll
Boston Globe / July 1, 2009
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CommunityAmount
ABINGTON$145
ACTON$141
ACUSHNET$80
ADAMS$69
AGAWAM$99
ALFORD$0
AMESBURY$138
AMHERST$40
ANDOVER$372
ARLINGTON$184
ASHBURNHAM$26
ASHBY$0
ASHFIELD$36
ASHLAND$314
ATHOL$30
ATTLEBORO$172
AUBURN$177
AVON$407
AYER$216
BARNSTABLE$198
BARRE$31
BECKET$0
BEDFORD$544
BELCHERTOWN$265
BELLINGHAM$324
BELMONT$190
BERKLEY$300
BERLIN$388
BERNARDSTON$135
BEVERLY$194
BILLERICA$174
BLACKSTONE$199
BLANDFORD$44
BOLTON$328
BOSTON$198
BOURNE$228
BOXBOROUGH$271
BOXFORD$200
BOYLSTON$215
BRAINTREE$58
BREWSTER$255
BRIDGEWATER$84
BRIMFIELD$106
BROCKTON$142
BROOKFIELD$196
BROOKLINE$258
BUCKLAND$53
BURLINGTON$150
CAMBRIDGE$360
CANTON$277
CARLISLE$258
CARVER$113
CHARLEMONT$96
CHARLTON$53
CHATHAM$713
CHELMSFORD$268
CHELSEA$315
CHESHIRE$56
CHESTER$91
CHESTERFIELD$52
CHICOPEE$90
CHILMARK$494
CLARKSBURG$38
CLINTON$188
COHASSET$622
COLRAIN$39
CONCORD$277
CONWAY$127
CUMMINGTON$3
DALTON$66
DANVERS$125
DARTMOUTH$177
DEDHAM$191
DEERFIELD$108
DENNIS$203
DIGHTON$19
DOUGLAS$247
DOVER$335
DRACUT$138
DUDLEY$73
DUNSTABLE$144
DUXBURY$239
EAST BRIDGEWATER$126
EAST BROOKFIELD$8
EASTHAM$129
EASTHAMPTON$87
EAST LONGMEADOW$259
EASTON$162
EDGARTOWN$594
EGREMONT$32
ERVING$606
ESSEX$37
EVERETT$211
FAIRHAVEN$121
FALL RIVER$124
FALMOUTH$246
FITCHBURG$132
FLORIDA$2
FOXBOROUGH$130
FRAMINGHAM$124
FRANKLIN$165
FREETOWN$78
GARDNER$151
GAY HEAD$231
GEORGETOWN$332
GILL$27
GLOUCESTER$270
GOSHEN$59
GOSNOLD$1,105
GRAFTON$133
GRANBY$23
GRANVILLE$250
GREAT BARRINGTON$98
GREENFIELD$224
GROTON$163
GROVELAND$41
HADLEY$1,062
HALIFAX$81
HAMILTON$108
HAMPDEN$152
HANCOCK$3
HANOVER$162
HANSON$46
HARDWICK$12
HARVARD$195
HARWICH$366
HATFIELD$250
HAVERHILL$163
HAWLEY$459
HEATH$429
HINGHAM$224
HINSDALE$22
HOLBROOK$236
HOLDEN$230
HOLLAND$92
HOLLISTON$387
HOLYOKE$196
HOPEDALE$343
HOPKINTON$482
HUBBARDSTON$21
HUDSON$206
HULL$145
HUNTINGTON$37
IPSWICH$313
KINGSTON$244
LAKEVILLE$90
LANCASTER$236
LANESBOROUGH$289
LAWRENCE$166
LEE$222
LEICESTER$167
LENOX$321
LEOMINSTER$103
LEVERETT$136
LEXINGTON$304
LEYDEN$34
LINCOLN$200
LITTLETON$447
LONGMEADOW$171
LOWELL$231
LUDLOW$149
LUNENBURG$247
LYNN$145
LYNNFIELD$230
MALDEN$203
MANCHESTER$319
MANSFIELD$248
MARBLEHEAD$240
MARION$159
MARLBOROUGH$158
MARSHFIELD$192
MASHPEE$297
MATTAPOISETT$200
MAYNARD$226
MEDFIELD$524
MEDFORD$101
MEDWAY$227
MELROSE$117
MENDON$22
MERRIMAC$189
METHUEN$189
MIDDLEBOROUGH$264
MIDDLEFIELD$29
MIDDLETON$94
MILFORD$146
MILLBURY$154
MILLIS$275
MILLVILLE$7
MILTON$165
MONROE$0
MONSON$439
MONTAGUE$22
MONTEREY$119
MONTGOMERY$50
MOUNT WASHINGTON$0
MunicipalityAmount
NAHANT$90
NANTUCKET$666
NATICK$215
NEEDHAM$253
NEW ASHFORD$27
NEW BEDFORD$106
NEW BRAINTREE$35
NEWBURY$394
NEWBURYPORT$136
NEW MARLBOROUGH$94
NEW SALEM$121
NEWTON$117
NORFOLK$185
NORTH ADAMS$197
NORTHAMPTON$198
NORTH ANDOVER$351
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH$284
NORTHBOROUGH$103
NORTHBRIDGE$194
NORTH BROOKFIELD$129
NORTHFIELD$86
NORTH READING$286
NORTON$134
NORWELL$345
NORWOOD$156
OAK BLUFFS$766
OAKHAM$26
ORANGE$72
ORLEANS$282
OTIS$0
OXFORD$125
PALMER$300
PAXTON$151
PEABODY$99
PELHAM$181
PEMBROKE$221
PEPPERELL$18
PERU$14
PETERSHAM$88
PHILLIPSTON$33
PITTSFIELD$154
PLAINFIELD$23
PLAINVILLE$310
PLYMOUTH$106
PLYMPTON$58
PRINCETON$222
PROVINCETOWN$530
QUINCY$111
RANDOLPH$99
RAYNHAM$124
READING$288
REHOBOTH$28
REVERE$54
RICHMOND$296
ROCHESTER$119
ROCKLAND$44
ROCKPORT$444
ROWE$0
ROWLEY$143
ROYALSTON$3
RUSSELL$18
RUTLAND$359
SALEM$168
SALISBURY$17
SANDISFIELD$0
SANDWICH$334
SAUGUS$108
SAVOY$27
SCITUATE$84
SEEKONK$300
SHARON$375
SHEFFIELD$10
SHELBURNE$1
SHERBORN$321
SHIRLEY$122
SHREWSBURY$286
SHUTESBURY$184
SOMERSET$69
SOMERVILLE$95
SOUTHAMPTON$117
SOUTHBOROUGH$426
SOUTHBRIDGE$147
SOUTH HADLEY$232
SOUTHWICK$83
SPENCER$29
SPRINGFIELD$235
STERLING$290
STOCKBRIDGE$331
STONEHAM$231
STOUGHTON$135
STOW$173
STURBRIDGE$23
SUDBURY$312
SUNDERLAND$340
SUTTON$369
SWAMPSCOTT$392
SWANSEA$47
TAUNTON$118
TEMPLETON$213
TEWKSBURY$116
TISBURY$337
TOLLAND$40
TOPSFIELD$175
TOWNSEND$61
TRURO$394
TYNGSBOROUGH$139
TYRINGHAM$53
UPTON$189
UXBRIDGE$209
WAKEFIELD$0
WALES$16
WALPOLE$123
WALTHAM$162
WARE$199
WAREHAM$127
WARREN$22
WARWICK$0
WASHINGTON$69
WATERTOWN$171
WAYLAND$284
WEBSTER$35
WELLESLEY$315
WELLFLEET$443
WENDELL$147
WENHAM$48
WESTBOROUGH$470
WEST BOYLSTON$196
WEST BRIDGEWATER$169
WEST BROOKFIELD$0
WESTFIELD$198
WESTFORD$469
WESTHAMPTON$150
WESTMINSTER$62
WEST NEWBURY$258
WESTON$674
WESTPORT$28
WEST SPRINGFIELD$139
WEST STOCKBRIDGE$103
WEST TISBURY$403
WESTWOOD$445
WEYMOUTH$158
WHATELY$258
WHITMAN$21
WILBRAHAM$21
WILLIAMSBURG$68
WILLIAMSTOWN$72
WILMINGTON$205
WINCHENDON$228
WINCHESTER$308
WINDSOR$66
WINTHROP$104
WOBURN$208
WORCESTER$259
WORTHINGTON$51
WRENTHAM$237
YARMOUTH$148
SOURCE: Department of Revenue