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Outcomes

9.8% of people in Massachusetts live below the poverty line.

Children below the poverty line, 2024
11.4%
Country: 15.5%
Median household income, 2024
$104,569
Country: $81,604
real output grew over five years
14.9%
bills traced into law in 24 months
0
Real output, year by year.
1997: $322Bchained 2017 dollars, adjusted for inflation2025: $644B

What became law

Enacted bills traced to their place on the books, latest first.

No enacted bill has been traced to its statute for Massachusetts.

Coverage is partial, and nothing here says a law moved a number.

Counties by poverty rate: 8 counties
Counties by poverty rate
Hampden County$71,2875.0%16.0%
Suffolk County$95,1743.9%15.5%
Hampshire County$82,8173.8%12.3%
Berkshire County$76,1774.0%11.3%
Bristol County$81,8984.6%10.2%
Franklin County$74,5943.6%10.2%
Worcester County$96,0054.0%9.6%
Essex County$102,0444.1%9.3%