Massachusetts Municipal Profiles contains a one-page profile of every incorporated municipality in the state, alphabetically arranged. The profile pages are laid out in an easy-to-use, three column format, presenting over 100 facts. Categories of information about each municipality include:General Information: including address and phone number of municipal offices; year municipality incorporated; land and water area; and moreVoters & Government Information: including number of Democrats, Republicans and total registered voters; legislative districts; names of local officials; and moreDemographics & Housing: including total population; population by race, gender and age; educational attainment; unemployment and occupation; number of households; number of housing units; number of building permits; and moreSchool System: including School District address and phone; name of Superintendent; grade plan; total enrollment; per pupil expenditure; assessment test results; and moreMunicipal Finance & Taxation: revenues and expenditures for selected items, plus totals; property tax rate and valuation; average tax bill; and morePublic Library: including main library address and phone; name of Librarian; and selected library dataPublic Safety: including names of Police Chief and Emergency Official; number of sworn officers; and selected crime dataAppendices: including comparative tables for municipalities and counties, commonwealth of Massachusetts overview, additional school district information, and state and federal legislators. This title is updated annually from the most recently available government data sources, and contains a complete introduction and explanation of the categories.

Massachusetts Municipal Profiles contains a one-page profile of every incorporated municipality in the state, alphabetically arranged. The profile pages are laid out in an easy-to-use, three column format, presenting over 100 facts. Categories of information about each municipality include:General Information: including address and phone number of municipal offices; year municipality incorporated; land and water area; and moreVoters & Government Information: including number of Democrats, Republicans and total registered voters; legislative districts; names of local officials; and moreDemographics & Housing: including total population; population by race, gender and age; educational attainment; unemployment and occupation; number of households; number of housing units; number of building permits; and moreSchool System: including School District address and phone; name of Superintendent; grade plan; total enrollment; per pupil expenditure; assessment test results; and moreMunicipal Finance & Taxation: revenues and expenditures for selected items, plus totals; property tax rate and valuation; average tax bill; and morePublic Library: including main library address and phone; name of Librarian; and selected library dataPublic Safety: including names of Police Chief and Emergency Official; number of sworn officers; and selected crime dataAppendices: including comparative tables for municipalities and counties, commonwealth of Massachusetts overview, additional school district information, and state and federal legislators. This title is updated annually from the most recently available government data sources, and contains a complete introduction and explanation of the categories.

Almanac of the 50 States, an annual ready-reference source, contains eight statistical profile pages for every State. The main portion of the book is a collection of 52 basic data profiles: one for each of the 50 States; one for the District of Columbia; and one for the U.S. in summary. The same format is used for each profile, which are collected State by State and presented in alphabetical order. Supplementing the profiles is a group of 54 comparative tables which list the States in rank order on 54 key characteristics selected from the individual profiles. Information for the Almanac of the 50 States comes from the latest reports of federal government agencies, augmented with selected data from the private sector. The book is updated annually.Each profile contains the following information: State Summary: highlights the important facts about the State Geography & Environment: includes total area; highest and lowest points; federally owned land; capital city; largest city; state parks budgets & visitors; national forest land Demographics & Characteristics of the Population: includes Census data on population; persons by age, race, sex, marital status; households & families; population projections to the year 2010; immigration & naturalization Vital Statistics & Health: includes births, deaths, marriages & divorces; abortions; adoptions; physicians, dentists; hospital costs Education: includes college graduates, school enrollment level; teachers & teachers' salaries; school receipts & expenditures; graduating high school seniors; higher education Social Insurance & Welfare Programs: includes Social Security benefits & beneficiaries; Medicare/Medicaid enrollment & payments; AFDC; Food Stamps Housing & Construction: includes housing units, occupancy; building permits issued, value; existing home sales Government & Elections: includes State officials; the governorship; State legislature; local government; voting age populations; vote for president; federal representation; women & Blacks holding public office Governmental Finance: includes revenues by source; expenditures by object; federal aid by program Crime, Law Enforcement & Courts: includes crimes & crime rates; arrests & prisoners; persons under sentence of death; court data Labor & Income: includes civilian labor force by occupation & industry; employment & unemployment; average annual pay; hours and earnings of workers; union membership; personal income with projections to year 2000; federal income tax data Economy, Business, Industry & Agriculture: includes business incorporations and failures; Gross State Product; payroll by industry; farm data; per capita federal expenditures; defense department payroll, contracts, and employees; principal minerals; manufacturing employees, payroll, and value of shipments; bank data; wholesale trade, service industries Communication, Energy & Transportation: includes daily newspapers; radio & TV stations; energy consumption data; nuclear plants; highway mileage; motor vehicle registration; drivers' licenses

Provides detailed demographic and statistical data on the state of Massachusetts, including demographics on each county and individual city or town; detailed data on school districts; Hispanic and Asian population statistics; informative statistics and rankings on ancestry groups; weather statistics; and comparative ranking charts.

Presents over 1,300 tables that provide statistical data on the social, economic, and political organization of the United States, and includes source notes for each chart, guides to additional information, and a comprehensive index.