Capital: Boston
Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
Nicknames: Bay State; Old Colony State
Origin of name: From two Indian words meaning Great mountain place
Ten largest cities (1994): Boston, 547,725;
Worcester, 165,387;
Springfield, 149,164;
Cambridge, 99,890;
Lowell, 96,054;
New Bedford, 94,623;
Fall River, 89,425;
Brockton, 87,411;
Newton, 85,358;
Quincy, 84,040
Land area (rank): 7,838 sq mi. (20,300 sq km) (45)
Geographic center: In Worcester Co., in S part of city of Worcester
1997 resident population est.: 6,117,520
1990 resident census population (rank): 6,016,425 (13).
Male: 2,888,745; Female: 3,127,680.
White: 5,405,374 (89.8%); Black: 300,130 (5.0%); American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut: 12,241 (0.2%); Asian or Pacific Islander: 143,392(2.4%); Other race: 155,288(2.6%); Hispanic: 287,549(4.8%).
1990 percent population under 18: 22.5; 65 and over: 13.6; median age: 33.6.
Contact your USA Volleyball Regional Office for details.
REGIONAL OFFICES: 1. USAV New England Region
In in 1996-1997 school year, 172 high schools fielded girls teams with 4,212 girls representing those schools. 70 high schools fielded boys teams with 1,328 boys representing those schools.
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DIVISION I - WOMENS
Boston College Chestnut Hill MA 02167-3934 Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138-3800 College of the Holy Cross Worcester MA 01610-2395 University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 Northeastern University Boston MA 02115-5096DIVISION II - WOMENS
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD MA 01109-3189 ASSUMPTION COLLEGE WORCESTER MA 01615-0005 BENTLEY COLLEGE WALTHAM MA 02154-4705 UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS-LOWELL LOWELL MA 01854 MERRIMACK COLLEGE NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845 STONEHILL COLLEGE NORTH EASTON MA 02357DIVISION III - WOMENS
Mass Coll of Pharmacy & Health Boston MA 02115-5896 Westfield State College Westfield MA 01086-1630 Amherst College Amherst MA 01002 Anna Maria College Paxton MA 01612-1198 Babson College Babson Park MA 02157 Brandeis University Waltham MA 02254-9110 Bridgewater State College (MA) Bridgewater MA 02325-9998 Clark University (MA) Worcester MA 01610-1477 Eastern Nazarene College Quincy MA 02170-2999 Emerson-Mass. College of Art Boston MA 02116 Emmanuel College Boston MA 02115 Endicott College Beverly MA 01915 Fitchburg State College Fitchburg MA 01420-2697 Framingham State College Framingham MA 01701-9101 Gordon College Wenham MA 01984-1899 Lasell College Newton MA 02166 Mass. Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay MA 02532 Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston Boston MA 02125 Univ. of Mass.-Dartmouth North Dartmouth MA 02747-2300 Mount Holyoke College South Hadley MA 01075 Pine Manor College Chestnut Hill MA 02167 Regis College (MA) Weston MA 02193-1571 Salem State College Salem MA 01970 Simmons College Boston MA 02115 Smith College Northampton MA 01063 Springfield College Springfield MA 01109-3797 Suffolk University Boston MA 02114 Tufts University Medford MA 02155 Wellesley College Wellesley MA 02181 Wentworth Institute of Tech. Boston MA 02115 Western New England College Springfield MA 01119 Wheaton College (MA) Norton MA 02766 Worcester Polytechnic Inst. Worcester MA 01609 Worcester State College Worcester MA 01602-2597DIVISION I - MENS
Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138-3800DIVISION III - MENS
Mass. Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 Springfield College Springfield MA 01109-3797 Wentworth Institute of Tech. Boston MA 02115 Western New England College Springfield MA 01119