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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Massachusetts snapshot49,450

Reported induced terminations of pregnancy

Calendar year 2024

Understand this number · 2 breakdowns

Induced terminations reported by 62 reporting facilities to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as of December 3, 2025.

By reported gestational age

0–12 weeks: 47,733
13–23 weeks: 1,618
24 weeks or more: 99

Reporting context

Reported through telehealth: 30,902
Massachusetts residents: 21,407
Non-Massachusetts residents: 27,836
Residence unknown: 207

How it was measured: The headline is the DPH statewide total. The 13–23-week display group sums the report's 13–16, 17–20, and 21–23-week rows; the resulting age groups reconcile exactly to the headline.

Keep in mind

The 2024 report includes 30,902 telehealth reports and 27,836 patients whose reported residence was outside Massachusetts; it is not a count limited to Massachusetts residents or in-person procedures.
The table is an administrative report for 2024, not a live 2026 count, and the gestational-age ranges should not be relabeled as clinical trimesters.

Massachusetts Department of Public Health ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Massachusetts snapshot$1,762/month

Median gross rent

2020-2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for occupied rental units paying cash rent, including contract rent and estimated tenant-paid utilities.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Median gross rent

Massachusetts: $1,762/month
United States: $1,413/month

Massachusetts' statewide median was $349 per month higher than the national median.

Both values are Census QuickFacts 2020-2024 estimates in 2024 dollars.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Other statewide housing measures

Median owner-occupied home value: $562,100
Owner costs with a mortgage: $2,726/month
Owner-occupied housing rate: 62.5%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

This is a statewide multi-year estimate; local rents and current asking rents can differ substantially.
The owner measures describe owner-occupied units and do not estimate the current cost to buy a home.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Massachusetts snapshot3.3%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Understand this number

Share of Massachusetts’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Uninsured under age 65

Massachusetts: 3.3%
United States: 9.8%

Massachusetts’s estimate was 6.5 percentage points below the U.S. estimate.

Both figures use the same 2024 ACS 1-year table and civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This excludes people age 65 and older.
Insurance status does not measure affordability, coverage adequacy, provider availability, or quality.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Massachusetts snapshot900,487

Public-school enrollment

2025–26 school year

Understand this number

Students in the statewide Massachusetts School and District Profiles enrollment table.

How it was measured: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education administrative enrollment reporting.

Keep in mind

Enrollment is not a measure of performance, quality, or school choice.
The statewide total masks district and student-group differences.

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Massachusetts snapshot287

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Age-adjusted firearm death rate

Massachusetts: 3.8 per 100,000
United States: 13.1 per 100,000

Massachusetts' rate was 9.3 deaths per 100,000 below the national rate.

Both rates use 2024 National Vital Statistics System mortality data and are age-adjusted.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 3.8 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines homicide, suicide, accident, legal-intervention, and undetermined intent.
Mortality data do not measure nonfatal injuries, ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Massachusetts snapshot18.0%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020-2024 estimate

Understand this number

Share of Massachusetts residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Foreign-born residents

Massachusetts: 18.0%
United States: 14.1%

Massachusetts' estimate was 3.9 percentage points above the national estimate.

Both values use the same 2020-2024 Census QuickFacts measure.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Massachusetts snapshot23.94¢/kWh

Average retail electricity price

2024

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Average retail electricity revenue per kilowatthour across customer sectors in the EIA state profile.

Electric system

Primary generation source: Natural gas
In-state net generation: 20.9 million MWh
Carbon dioxide emissions: 8.895 million metric tons

How it was measured: EIA-860, EIA-861, and EIA-923 collections.

Keep in mind

The statewide average is not every customer's bill or current utility rate.
In-state generation differs from power consumed because electricity crosses state lines.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Massachusetts snapshot$4.07/gal

Regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average retail price at the pump for regular-grade gasoline across all formulations in Massachusetts, including federal, state, and local taxes.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Massachusetts: $4.068/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Massachusetts average was 0.3 cents per gallon, or about 0.1%, lower than the U.S. average.

Both values are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, include taxes, and refer to the week of August 31, 2026.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent EIA observations

Prior week: $4.016/gal
Weekly change: +$0.052/gal
One year earlier: $3.050/gal
Change from one year earlier: +$1.018/gal

How it was measured: EIA's weekly retail gasoline survey samples outlets and publishes a volume-weighted Massachusetts price estimate. FactVote displays the published dollars-per-gallon value and calculates changes from EIA's published prior-week and nearest year-earlier weekly observations.

Keep in mind

The statewide estimate does not represent the price at every station or in every Massachusetts community.
Differences in fuel formulations, payment methods, taxes, and local market conditions can produce prices above or below the statewide average.
This nominal weekly snapshot does not identify why prices changed or establish the effect of any tax, bill, executive action, or market event.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Massachusetts snapshot$103,960

Median household income

2020-2024 estimate

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Median annual money income of Massachusetts households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

Massachusetts compared with the U.S.

Median household income

Massachusetts: $103,960
United States: $80,734

Massachusetts' statewide median was $23,226 above the national median.

Both are Census QuickFacts 2020-2024 estimates in 2024 dollars.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Additional income context

Per capita income: $57,897
People in poverty: 9.7%

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts estimate derived from the American Community Survey.

Keep in mind

Household income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median can obscure differences among households and regions.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Massachusetts snapshot

68.31%

Registered-voter turnout in the 2024 state election

November 5, 2024 state election

16.7%

Primary election turnout

September 3, 2024 state primary

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Votes cast in Massachusetts's 2024 state election as a share of registered voters.

2024 turnout comparison

General: Nov. 5 · State primary: Sept. 3

General election turnout: 68.31%
Primary election turnout: 16.7%

The official series reports 3,512,930 votes from 5,142,343 registered voters in the state election and 841,940 votes from 5,054,539 registered voters in the state primary.

Massachusetts also held a March 5 presidential preference primary; this comparison uses the September state primary associated with the state-election cycle.

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ↗

Official participation totals

General-election votes cast: 3,512,930
State-primary votes cast: 841,940

How it was measured: Secretary of the Commonwealth statewide voter-turnout series using registered voters and total votes cast for each election.

Keep in mind

This is registered-voter turnout, not turnout among the voting-age or voting-eligible population.
Primary and general ballot choices differ, and turnout does not measure election accuracy, access, confidence, or policy effects.

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Massachusetts snapshot317.9 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Massachusetts' average monthly population coverage remained at or above 97.7% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Massachusetts snapshot1,126.9 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Massachusetts' average monthly population coverage remained at or above 97.7% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 99.7%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Massachusetts snapshot6,281

MA DOC jurisdiction population

September 30, 2025 snapshot

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People under Massachusetts Department of Correction legal authority, regardless of whether they were held in a DOC facility or another setting.

Population location

DOC custody population: 6,107
Non-custody population under DOC jurisdiction: 174

How it was measured: Massachusetts DOC quarterly administrative snapshot, with custody and non-custody components reported separately and summed to the jurisdiction total.

Keep in mind

This excludes people in county jails or houses of correction unless they were under state DOC jurisdiction.
It is a point-in-time correctional population, not a crime rate or a measure of every person under community supervision.

Massachusetts Department of Correction ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Massachusetts snapshot1,409,032

Social Security beneficiaries

December 2025

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People in Massachusetts receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.

Beneficiaries by grouped benefit type

Retired workers: 1,076,890
Disabled workers: 151,027
Widow(er)s and parents: 64,737
Spouses: 44,789
Children: 71,589

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record, 100-percent administrative data.

Keep in mind

The grouped categories reconcile to the statewide total but combine retirement, survivor, and disability spouses and children for display.
It does not measure benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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