# Counties in Massachusetts by female population share, 2025

All 14 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Hampshire County | 53.8 |
| 2 | Suffolk County | 52.6 |
| 3 | Barnstable County | 52.3 |
| 4 | Essex County | 52 |
| 5 | Norfolk County | 52 |
| 6 | Dukes County | 51.9 |
| 7 | Hampden County | 51.7 |
| 8 | Plymouth County | 51.6 |
| 9 | Berkshire County | 51.4 |
| 10 | Bristol County | 51.4 |
| 11 | Middlesex County | 51 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 50.8 |
| 13 | Worcester County | 50.6 |
| 14 | Nantucket County | 48.6 |