What is Greater Boston?
[[File:Greaterboston2.png|thumb|upright=1.8|A map of Greater Boston. The areas marked on the map may not be exact.]] '''Greater Boston''' is the [[metropolitan area|metropolitan region]] of [[New England]] that includes the city of [[Boston]] and its surrounding areas. Boston is the capital of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]] and the largest city in New England. Greater Boston means both a [[metropolitan statistical area]] (MSA) and a [[combined statistical area]] (CSA), which is broader. The MSA includes most of the eastern third of Massachusetts, but not the south-eastern part of the state, as well as south-eastern [[New Hampshire]]. The CSA includes the eastern two-thirds of Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and all of [[Rhode Island]]. It includes the [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] (Rhode Island), [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] (New Hampshire), and [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] (Massachusetts) areas. The city of Boston covers {{convert|48.4|mi2|0|abbr=out}} and 675,647 live there as of 2020. Some of the [[wikt:adjacent|adjacent]] areas are also [[urban area|urban]], with many people living close together. The Greater Boston MSA has 4.9 million people as of 2020. It is the 11th largest in the country. The CSA has more than 8.4 million people. The Greater Boston CSA is one of two combined statistical areas in Massachusetts - the other one is around [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]]. It is the northern part of the [[Northeast megalopolis]], a chain of nearby cities and towns. {{USLargestMetros}} {{Massachusetts}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Boston]] [[Category:Metropolitan areas of the United States]] {{US-geo-stub}}