Government workers: zip codes ranked in Massachusetts

Share of employed residents who work for local, state or federal government, including public schools. These lists rank zip codes in Massachusetts with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes with the most government workers

#	Zip	City	Government jobs	Population
1	01731	Hanscom Afb	39.2%	2,110
2	01003	Amherst	37.5%	13,510
3	01375	Sunderland	33.9%	3,641
4	01002	Amherst	32.1%	26,370
5	01128	Springfield	31.1%	2,896
6	01072	Shutesbury	29.1%	1,521
7	02630	Barnstable	27.9%	2,371
8	02338	Halifax	27.7%	7,748
9	01095	Wilbraham	26.6%	14,618
10	02770	Rochester	25.7%	5,809
11	01007	Belchertown	24.8%	15,419
12	02748	South Dartmouth	23.7%	11,281
13	01468	Templeton	23.2%	4,183
14	01473	Westminster	23.1%	8,374
15	01054	Leverett	23%	1,608
16	01537	North Oxford	22.6%	2,278
17	01031	Gilbertville	22.6%	1,676
18	01092	West Warren	22.6%	1,200
19	02667	Wellfleet	22.5%	3,961
20	01360	Northfield	22.4%	2,872
21	02645	Harwich	22.2%	11,288
22	02325	Bridgewater	22.2%	2,822
23	01035	Hadley	21.9%	5,306
24	01543	Rutland	21.8%	9,353
25	02341	Hanson	21.4%	10,542
26	01541	Princeton	21.4%	3,529
27	01376	Turners Falls	21.2%	4,976
28	01096	Williamsburg	21.2%	2,580
29	02725	Somerset	21%	2,257
30	01366	Petersham	21%	1,185
31	01969	Rowley	20.8%	6,251
32	02571	Wareham	20.7%	11,258
33	01238	Lee	20.6%	5,944
34	01034	Granville	20.2%	2,332
35	01104	Springfield	20%	23,209
36	02556	North Falmouth	19.9%	2,868
37	01527	Millbury	19.8%	13,961
38	01331	Athol	19.8%	13,922
39	01060	Northampton	19.7%	16,492
40	02538	East Wareham	19.7%	4,074
41	01368	Royalston	19.7%	1,455
42	01008	Blandford	19.7%	1,327
43	01524	Leicester	19.6%	6,327
44	01431	Ashby	19.6%	3,211
45	01030	Feeding Hills	19.5%	12,305
46	02702	Assonet	19.5%	4,488
47	01103	Springfield	19.5%	2,477
48	02136	Hyde Park	19.1%	37,265
49	01370	Shelburne Falls	19.1%	3,878
50	01354	Gill	19.1%	1,740
51	01028	East Longmeadow	19%	16,321
52	02719	Fairhaven	19%	15,903
53	02739	Mattapoisett	18.9%	6,634
54	01063	Northampton	18.9%	2,272
55	01341	Conway	18.9%	1,622
56	01085	Westfield	18.8%	41,102
57	01521	Holland	18.8%	2,583
58	01068	Oakham	18.8%	1,639
59	01520	Holden	18.5%	16,912
60	01966	Rockport	18.5%	7,009
61	02557	Oak Bluffs	18.5%	1,250
62	01606	Worcester	18.3%	22,844
63	02777	Swansea	18.3%	17,359
64	01118	Springfield	18.3%	14,839
65	01240	Lenox	18.1%	5,111
66	01522	Jefferson	18.1%	3,152
67	01020	Chicopee	18%	30,167
68	02126	Mattapan	18%	26,583
69	02050	Marshfield	18%	25,963
70	02351	Abington	17.9%	17,053
71	01602	Worcester	17.8%	27,092
72	02053	Medway	17.8%	13,436
73	01833	Georgetown	17.7%	8,432
74	01612	Paxton	17.6%	5,002
75	02152	Winthrop	17.5%	18,759
76	01430	Ashburnham	17.5%	6,481
77	01747	Hopedale	17.5%	6,027
78	01339	Charlemont	17.5%	1,313
79	01609	Worcester	17.4%	22,047
80	02715	Dighton	17.4%	3,757
81	01330	Ashfield	17.4%	1,704
82	01011	Chester	17.4%	1,175
83	01463	Pepperell	17.3%	11,697
84	01364	Orange	17.3%	7,658
85	01129	Springfield	17.3%	5,672
86	01053	Leeds	17.3%	2,304
87	01109	Springfield	17.2%	31,124
88	02132	West Roxbury	17.2%	26,444
89	02718	East Taunton	17.2%	6,878
90	02646	Harwich Port	17.2%	1,846
91	01469	Townsend	17.1%	6,820
92	02347	Lakeville	17%	11,944
93	02357	North Easton	17%	1,566
94	01075	South Hadley	16.9%	17,754
95	02726	Somerset	16.9%	16,041
96	01756	Mendon	16.9%	6,325
97	02738	Marion	16.9%	5,310
98	01038	Hatfield	16.9%	2,491
99	02184	Braintree	16.8%	38,899
100	01027	Easthampton	16.8%	17,716

Zip codes with the fewest government workers

#	Zip	City	Government jobs	Population
1	02650	North Chatham	1.8%	1,032
2	02461	Newton Highlands	2.9%	6,975
3	02210	Boston	3.3%	6,971
4	02462	Newton Lower Falls	3.6%	1,470
5	02482	Wellesley	3.7%	11,051
6	01236	Housatonic	4%	1,458
7	02108	Boston	4%	3,794
8	01342	Deerfield	4.1%	1,267
9	01901	Lynn	4.1%	2,419
10	02655	Osterville	4.4%	4,024
11	02635	Cotuit	4.6%	3,577
12	02030	Dover	4.6%	5,930
13	02116	Boston	4.7%	21,978
14	01944	Manchester	5.2%	5,403
15	02468	Waban	5.2%	5,773
16	02464	Newton Upper Falls	5.5%	3,833
17	02764	North Dighton	5.5%	4,436
18	02025	Cohasset	5.8%	8,427
19	02115	Boston	5.8%	29,705
20	02466	Auburndale	6.1%	8,679
21	01850	Lowell	6.1%	17,740
22	01890	Winchester	6.1%	23,406
23	02446	Brookline	6.1%	31,310
24	02493	Weston	6.2%	11,579
25	02111	Boston	6.3%	8,407
26	02114	Boston	6.3%	14,418
27	02420	Lexington	6.3%	16,215
28	01083	Warren	6.5%	2,858
29	02142	Cambridge	6.5%	4,737
30	01741	Carlisle	6.6%	5,239
31	02492	Needham	6.6%	21,424
32	02141	Cambridge	6.8%	14,517
33	02127	Boston	6.8%	36,769
34	02421	Lexington	7%	18,080
35	02143	Somerville	7%	25,513
36	02071	South Walpole	7.1%	2,089
37	02467	Chestnut Hill	7.1%	23,001
38	01266	West Stockbridge	7.2%	1,000
39	01778	Wayland	7.2%	14,033
40	02481	Wellesley Hills	7.2%	17,415
41	02460	Newtonville	7.3%	10,099
42	02452	Waltham	7.3%	15,808
43	01742	Concord	7.3%	18,448
44	02478	Belmont	7.3%	27,175
45	01022	Chicopee	7.4%	1,844
46	01841	Lawrence	7.4%	52,769
47	02562	Sagamore Beach	7.5%	3,402
48	02144	Somerville	7.7%	25,448
49	01757	Milford	7.8%	30,609
50	01351	Montague	8%	2,636
51	02138	Cambridge	8%	38,509
52	02150	Chelsea	8%	39,908
53	01451	Harvard	8.1%	5,487
54	02494	Needham Heights	8.2%	11,035
55	02129	Charlestown	8.2%	20,032
56	01752	Marlborough	8.2%	41,647
57	02120	Roxbury Crossing	8.3%	15,283
58	02721	Fall River	8.3%	26,521
59	02118	Boston	8.4%	28,946
60	01702	Framingham	8.4%	39,789
61	01515	East Brookfield	8.5%	2,166
62	02539	Edgartown	8.5%	5,278
63	02673	West Yarmouth	8.5%	8,594
64	02459	Newton Center	8.5%	18,449
65	02724	Fall River	8.5%	18,505
66	02472	Watertown	8.5%	35,620
67	01434	Devens	8.6%	1,564
68	01951	Newbury	8.6%	3,327
69	02664	South Yarmouth	8.6%	9,949
70	01080	Three Rivers	8.7%	2,454
71	01436	Baldwinville	8.7%	3,720
72	01772	Southborough	8.7%	9,907
73	01569	Uxbridge	8.7%	14,304
74	02170	Quincy	8.8%	18,809
75	01610	Worcester	8.8%	30,444
76	01270	Windsor	8.9%	1,036
77	01237	Lanesborough	8.9%	2,302
78	01719	Boxborough	8.9%	5,496
79	02113	Boston	9%	6,385
80	01921	Boxford	9%	8,250
81	02445	Brookline	9%	22,560
82	01108	Springfield	9%	27,405
83	02128	Boston	9%	43,345
84	01550	Southbridge	9.1%	17,928
85	01748	Hopkinton	9.1%	19,358
86	01254	Richmond	9.2%	1,036
87	02659	South Chatham	9.2%	1,137
88	02052	Medfield	9.2%	13,068
89	02134	Allston	9.2%	17,667
90	02139	Cambridge	9.2%	40,033
91	01506	Brookfield	9.3%	3,460
92	01608	Worcester	9.3%	4,932
93	01952	Salisbury	9.3%	9,281
94	02339	Hanover	9.3%	14,845
95	01843	Lawrence	9.3%	27,445
96	02149	Everett	9.3%	50,045
97	02746	New Bedford	9.4%	17,531
98	02171	Quincy	9.4%	20,164
99	01740	Bolton	9.5%	5,737
100	01069	Palmer	9.5%	8,821

Government workers: zip codes ranked in Massachusetts

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