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The state's 12th congressional district elected the first openly gay member of the United States House of Representatives, Gerry Studds, in 1972 [352] and in 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex marriage. [63] In 2006, Massachusetts became the first state to approve a law that provided for nearly universal healthcare.
Public Health and the State: Changing Views in Massachusetts, 1842–1936 (1972), Stone, Orra. History of Massachusetts Industries: Their Inception, Growth and Success (4 vol 1930). Story, Ronald. The Forging of an Aristocracy: Harvard and the Boston Upper Class, 1800–1870 (1980). David Szatmary.
The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.
It has the state's largest percentage of employment in the transportation and utilities subsector (4.5%, versus 2.6% for the state as a whole). It has the second-highest percentage (16.3%) of jobs in government. Despite the small size of the Pittsfield NECTA, its employment by sector is similar to that of Massachusetts as a whole for most sectors.
For the purpose of apportionment, they are assigned to their on-record home state. Figures prior to 2000 are from Americans Overseas in U.S. Censuses . [ 2 ] Data for 2000 and 2010 is from a 2012 Census assessment report, [ 3 ] and 2020 data is from that year's Census.
Massachusetts – U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean.
The western half of Virginia, which the state had agreed in 1789 to cede to the federal government, [87] was admitted as the fifteenth state, the Commonwealth of Kentucky. [l] [89] [88] June 12, 1792 The Delaware State enacted a new constitution, renaming itself the State of Delaware. [90] no change to map: August 3, 1795
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]