# Counties in Massachusetts by households, 2024

All 14 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25003: occupied housing units (households). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Middlesex County | 634,215 |
| 2 | Worcester County | 335,826 |
| 3 | Suffolk County | 327,167 |
| 4 | Essex County | 313,147 |
| 5 | Norfolk County | 283,368 |
| 6 | Bristol County | 233,825 |
| 7 | Plymouth County | 203,141 |
| 8 | Hampden County | 184,471 |
| 9 | Barnstable County | 105,777 |
| 10 | Hampshire County | 62,114 |
| 11 | Berkshire County | 57,585 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 31,570 |
| 13 | Dukes County | 7,584 |
| 14 | Nantucket County | 5,252 |