Electricians per 1,000 residents, '09

State median: 3.9

By Matt Carroll

Boston Globe / October 22, 2009

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Community▴	Number	Pop	Per 1,000	Rank
Yarmouth	96	23,778	4.0	166
Wrentham	64	11,133	5.7	80
Worthington	7	1,272	5.5	96
Worcester	343	175,011	2.0	291
Woburn	224	36,871	6.1	74
Winthrop	63	21,880	2.9	240
Windsor	3	846	3.5	202
Winchester	46	21,090	2.2	277
Winchendon	44	10,164	4.3	151
Wilmington	174	21,649	8.0	27
Williamstown	12	7,968	1.5	302
Wilbraham	45	13,970	3.2	221
Whitman	116	14,447	8.0	28
Whately	5	1,566	3.2	222
Weymouth	341	53,261	6.4	58
Westwood	57	14,189	4.0	168
West Tisbury	10	2,638	3.8	183
West Springfield	73	27,459	2.7	251
Westport	90	15,417	5.8	78
Weston	14	11,711	1.2	310
West Newbury	8	4,269	1.9	293
Westminster	50	7,391	6.8	53
Westford	80	22,066	3.6	193
Westfield	157	40,608	3.9	179
West Brookfield	20	3,806	5.3	104
West Bridgewater	51	6,674	7.6	33
West Boylston	22	8,277	2.7	252
Westborough	28	18,467	1.5	301
Wenham	11	4,788	2.3	273
Wendell	3	1,000	3.0	232
Wellfleet	11	2,724	4.0	165
Wellesley	24	27,244	0.9	321
Webster	51	16,655	3.1	228
Wayland	25	12,996	1.9	292
Watertown	83	32,365	2.6	259
Warwick	5	749	6.7	55
Warren	28	5,068	5.5	95
Wareham	94	21,221	4.4	149
Ware	52	9,824	5.3	101
Waltham	228	60,236	3.8	184
Walpole	129	23,133	5.6	91
Wales	7	1,881	3.7	187
Wakefield	153	24,717	6.2	69
Uxbridge	65	12,672	5.1	107
Upton	33	6,584	5.0	120
Tyringham	23	339	67.8	1
Tyngsborough	78	12,019	6.5	57
Truro	7	2,125	3.3	216
Townsend	63	9,400	6.7	54
Topsfield	30	6,051	5.0	125
Tisbury	32	3,811	8.4	21
Tewksbury	232	29,543	7.9	31
Templeton	35	7,831	4.5	148
Taunton	253	55,702	4.5	143
Swansea	96	16,155	5.9	76
Swampscott	37	13,944	2.7	253
Sutton	45	9,028	5.0	121
Sunderland	12	3,710	3.2	220
Sudbury	31	17,207	1.8	299
Sturbridge	18	9,103	2.0	289
Stow	19	6,446	2.9	237
Stoughton	138	26,927	5.1	109
Stoneham	151	21,471	7.0	46
Stockbridge	6	2,217	2.7	248
Sterling	39	7,865	5.0	124
Springfield	183	150,640	1.2	309
Spencer	85	11,922	7.1	45
Southwick	33	9,571	3.4	208
South Hadley	41	17,241	2.4	272
Southbridge	51	16,852	3.0	230
Southborough	23	9,583	2.4	271
Southampton	37	5,970	6.2	68
Somerville	99	75,662	1.3	305
Somerset	294	18,055	16.3	5
Shutesbury	2	1,847	1.1	316
Shrewsbury	91	33,435	2.7	246
Shirley	16	7,904	2.0	287
Sherborn	5	4,204	1.2	311
Shelburne	13	2,035	6.4	62
Sheffield	16	3,309	4.8	130
Sharon	44	17,373	2.5	264
Seekonk	41	13,575	3.0	231
Scituate	75	17,926	4.2	161
Savoy	9	722	12.5	10
Saugus	218	27,478	7.9	29
Sandwich	72	20,129	3.6	198
Sandisfield	1	848	1.2	312
Salisbury	40	8,417	4.8	135
Salem	108	41,256	2.6	255
Rutland	37	7,899	4.7	139
Russell	11	1,719	6.4	59
Royalston	3	1,376	2.2	278
Rowley	44	5,738	7.7	32
Rowe	4	348	11.5	12
Rockport	25	7,612	3.3	218
Rockland	122	17,883	6.8	51
Rochester	37	5,268	7.0	47
Richmond	4	1,572	2.5	263
Revere	156	60,204	2.6	257
Rehoboth	42	11,474	3.7	190
Reading	111	23,052	4.8	132
Raynham	69	13,566	5.1	114
Randolph	90	30,082	3.0	233
Quincy	393	92,339	4.3	158
Provincetown	11	3,376	3.3	219
Princeton	15	3,475	4.3	154
Plympton	15	2,785	5.4	98
Plymouth	312	55,705	5.6	87
Plainville	42	8,204	5.1	111
Plainfield	2	591	3.4	213
Pittsfield	121	42,652	2.8	243
Petersham	5	1,288	3.9	177
Peru	2	832	2.4	269
Pepperell	55	11,382	4.8	131
Pembroke	153	18,714	8.2	25
Peabody	263	51,331	5.1	110
Paxton	13	4,632	2.8	244
Palmer	51	12,933	3.9	174
Oxford	62	13,615	4.6	142
Otis	7	1,396	5.0	119
Orleans	17	6,269	2.7	247
Orange	24	7,688	3.1	225
Oakham	26	1,914	13.6	7
Oak Bluffs	10	3,735	2.7	250
Norwood	140	28,211	5.0	123
Norwell	54	10,293	5.2	105
Norton	72	19,186	3.8	186
North Reading	81	14,518	5.6	90
Northfield	13	3,026	4.3	157
North Brookfield	30	4,833	6.2	66
Northbridge	56	14,383	3.9	175
Northborough	43	14,646	2.9	238
North Attleborough	13	27,794	0.5	326
North Andover	82	27,522	3.0	234
Northampton	61	28,379	2.1	281
North Adams	94	13,711	6.9	50
Norfolk	41	11,029	3.7	188
Newton	175	82,139	2.1	283
Newburyport	32	17,542	1.8	298
Newbury	43	6,934	6.2	67
New Braintree	5	1,116	4.5	147
New Bedford	322	91,365	3.5	204
Needham	82	28,560	2.9	241
Natick	121	31,880	3.8	182
Nantucket	61	11,215	5.4	97
Nahant	16	3,498	4.6	141
Mount Washington	3	136	22.1	3
Monterey	2	950	2.1	285
Montague	22	8,316	2.6	254
Monson	43	8,952	4.8	133
Milton	93	26,187	3.6	201
Millville	15	2,845	5.3	102
Millis	50	7,957	6.3	65
Millbury	77	13,401	5.7	81
Milford	98	27,246	3.6	196
Middleton	67	9,634	7.0	49
Middlefield	4	557	7.2	43
Middleborough	135	21,117	6.4	61
Methuen	246	44,055	5.6	89
Merrimac	25	6,504	3.8	180
Mendon	32	5,762	5.6	94
Melrose	132	26,708	4.9	127
Medway	44	12,785	3.4	209
Medford	264	55,573	4.8	136
Medfield	23	12,275	1.9	294
Maynard	26	10,182	2.6	261
Mattapoisett	22	6,463	3.4	211
Mashpee	52	14,227	3.7	191
Marshfield	142	24,735	5.7	82
Marlborough	97	37,932	2.6	260
Marion	25	5,148	4.9	129
Marblehead	41	19,951	2.1	286
Mansfield	103	23,969	4.3	156
Manchester-By-The-Sea	6	5,260	1.1	313
Malden	159	55,597	2.9	242
Lynnfield	58	11,412	5.1	116
Lynn	306	86,957	3.5	206
Lunenburg	51	9,946	5.1	108
Ludlow	111	22,410	5.0	126
Lowell	225	103,615	2.2	280
Longmeadow	24	15,329	1.6	300
Littleton	36	8,711	4.1	164
Lincoln	5	8,078	0.6	322
Leyden	7	801	8.7	17
Lexington	39	30,272	1.3	306
Leverett	2	1,772	1.1	314
Leominster	135	41,055	3.3	217
Lenox	13	5,095	2.6	262
Leicester	63	10,990	5.7	83
Lee	23	5,763	4.0	170
Lawrence	65	70,014	0.9	319
Lanesborough	20	2,866	7.0	48
Lancaster	18	7,015	2.6	258
Lakeville	203	10,515	19.3	4
Kingston	58	12,328	4.7	137
Ipswich	47	13,219	3.6	200
Huntington	27	2,219	12.2	11
Hull	40	11,041	3.6	194
Hudson	76	19,597	3.9	178
Hubbardston	32	4,482	7.1	44
Hopkinton	45	14,338	3.1	224
Hopedale	13	6,142	2.1	284
Holyoke	73	39,947	1.8	297
Holliston	71	13,901	5.1	112
Holland	21	2,529	8.3	22
Holden	84	16,608	5.1	118
Holbrook	80	10,644	7.5	36
Hinsdale	17	1,913	8.9	15
Hingham	126	22,561	5.6	88
Haverhill	190	61,275	3.1	227
Hatfield	17	3,227	5.3	103
Harwich	33	12,298	2.7	249
Harvard	11	6,006	1.8	296
Hardwick	9	2,649	3.4	212
Hanson	95	10,019	9.5	14
Hanover	119	13,995	8.5	20
Hampden	30	5,400	5.6	93
Hamilton	10	8,155	1.2	308
Halifax	58	7,692	7.5	35
Hadley	36	4,732	7.6	34
Groveland	49	7,198	6.8	52
Groton	40	10,632	3.8	185
Greenfield	53	17,828	3.0	236
Great Barrington	41	7,379	5.6	92
Granville	6	1,686	3.6	199
Granby	46	6,281	7.3	40
Grafton	65	17,553	3.7	189
Gloucester	122	30,243	4.0	167
Gill	6	1,388	4.3	152
Georgetown	45	8,629	5.2	106
Gardner	54	20,682	2.6	256
Freetown	65	9,027	7.2	42
Franklin	114	32,148	3.5	202
Framingham	145	64,885	2.2	275
Foxborough	101	16,347	6.2	70
Fitchburg	101	40,239	2.5	266
Falmouth	61	33,123	1.8	295
Fall River	227	90,931	2.5	267
Fairhaven	82	16,112	5.1	113
Everett	124	37,353	3.3	215
Essex	8	3,333	2.4	270
Erving	9	1,552	5.8	79
Edgartown	23	3,932	5.8	77
Easton	118	23,209	5.1	115
East Longmeadow	55	15,332	3.6	197
Easthampton	73	16,195	4.5	145
Eastham	31	5,438	5.7	84
East Brookfield	17	2,057	8.3	23
East Bridgewater	88	13,996	6.3	64
Duxbury	33	14,496	2.3	274
Dunstable	27	3,323	8.1	26
Dudley	40	11,073	3.6	195
Dracut	216	29,501	7.3	41
Dover	6	5,644	1.1	317
Douglas	103	7,955	12.9	8
Dighton	43	6,724	6.4	60
Dennis	61	15,349	4.0	172
Deerfield	22	4,694	4.7	138
Dedham	152	24,630	6.2	71
Dartmouth	141	33,899	4.2	163
Danvers	118	26,762	4.4	150
Dalton	26	6,593	3.9	173
Cummington	3	964	3.1	226
Conway	6	1,896	3.2	223
Concord	19	17,450	1.1	315
Community	Number	Pop	Per 1,000	Rank
Colrain	9	1,879	4.8	134
Cohasset	18	7,169	2.5	265
Clinton	51	13,965	3.7	192
Chicopee	209	54,941	3.8	181
Chesterfield	18	1,288	14.0	6
Chester	5	1,287	3.9	176
Cheshire	22	3,314	6.6	56
Chelsea	42	41,577	1.0	318
Chelmsford	156	34,409	4.5	144
Chatham	10	6,701	1.5	303
Charlton	77	12,585	6.1	72
Charlemont	12	1,378	8.7	18
Carver	62	11,574	5.4	99
Carlisle	6	4,874	1.2	307
Canton	112	22,048	5.1	117
Cambridge	58	105,596	0.5	323
Burlington	108	24,985	4.3	153
Buckland	1	1,989	0.5	325
Brookline	28	54,896	0.5	324
Brookfield	17	3,007	5.7	85
Brockton	202	93,007	2.2	279
Brimfield	32	3,708	8.6	19
Bridgewater	128	25,774	5.0	122
Brewster	35	9,936	3.5	205
Braintree	290	35,294	8.2	24
Boylston	18	4,264	4.2	160
Boxford	35	8,131	4.3	155
Boxborough	10	5,081	2.0	290
Bourne	56	19,392	2.9	239
Boston	890	609,023	1.5	304
Bolton	11	4,530	2.4	268
Blandford	8	1,270	6.3	63
Blackstone	42	9,021	4.7	140
Billerica	309	41,844	7.4	39
Beverly	87	39,343	2.2	276
Berlin	17	2,853	6.0	75
Berkley	62	6,462	9.6	13
Belmont	50	23,291	2.1	282
Bellingham	78	15,900	4.9	128
Belchertown	64	14,233	4.5	146
Bedford	27	13,545	2.0	288
Becket	6	1,801	3.3	214
Barre	33	5,431	6.1	73
Barnstable	140	46,184	3.0	229
Ayer	26	7,399	3.5	207
Avon	32	4,300	7.4	38
Auburn	91	16,222	5.6	86
Attleboro	172	42,833	4.0	169
Athol	49	11,570	4.2	159
Ashland	54	15,807	3.4	210
Ashfield	5	1,822	2.7	245
Ashby	26	2,927	8.9	16
Ashburnham	32	5,974	5.4	100
Arlington	122	40,993	3.0	235
Andover	133	33,418	4.0	171
Amherst	11	35,565	0.3	327
Amesbury	69	16,584	4.2	162
Alford	5	392	12.8	9
Adams	62	8,295	7.5	37
Acushnet	322	10,368	31.1	2
Acton	19	20,797	0.9	320
Abington	132	16,689	7.9	30

SOURCE: Department of Professional Licensure

Electricians per 1,000 residents, '09

State median: 3.9

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