Boston
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Boston is a city in Massachusetts, United States.

## Administrative divisions

Boston is a city in Massachusetts, United States[^uscb2023].

## Basic facts

- State: [Massachusetts](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/massachusetts.html)
- County: Suffolk County[^enwiki]
- Population: about 654,776 (2023 estimate)[^uscb2023]
- Division level: city[^uscb2023]

## Parent division

Located in [Massachusetts](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/massachusetts.html).

## Subdivisions

Major neighborhoods: [Back Bay](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-back-bay.html), [Beacon Hill](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-beacon-hill.html), [Charlestown](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-charlestown.html), [Dorchester](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-dorchester.html), [Roxbury](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-roxbury.html), [North End](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-north-end.html), [Fenway](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-fenway.html), [South End](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-south-end.html), [Allston](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-allston.html), [Jamaica Plain](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-jamaica-plain.html).

Updated: 2026-10-29

Relations:
- Located in: Massachusetts https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/massachusetts.html
- Contains places: Back Bay https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-back-bay.html
- Contains places: Beacon Hill https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-beacon-hill.html
- Contains places: Charlestown https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-charlestown.html
- Contains places: Dorchester https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-dorchester.html
- Contains places: Roxbury https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-roxbury.html
- Contains places: North End https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-north-end.html
- Contains places: Fenway https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-fenway.html
- Contains places: South End https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-south-end.html
- Contains places: Allston https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-allston.html
- Contains places: Jamaica Plain https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-jamaica-plain.html
- Located in: Suffolk County https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-suffolk-county.html

Mentioned in:
- Massachusetts https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/massachusetts.html
- Allston https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-allston.html
- Back Bay https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-back-bay.html
- Beacon Hill https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-beacon-hill.html
- Charlestown https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-charlestown.html
- Dorchester https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-dorchester.html
- Fenway https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-fenway.html
- Jamaica Plain https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-jamaica-plain.html
- North End https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-north-end.html
- Roxbury https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/ma-boston-roxbury.html

Sources:
- Boston (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston
- U.S. Census Bureau 2023 FIPS state and county codes https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html