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And the hub of Massachusetts is: Natick!
By adamg on Tue, 05/10/2011 - 11:18pm
To be exact, 32 Windsor Ave., on the shores of scenic Dug Pond, according to the US Census Bureau's 2010 Census Centers of Population by State .
And yes, of course the Census Bureau figures out the center of gravity for each state's population.
Tip o' the enumerator's cap to Kurt Hemr for finding this.
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Center of Gravity point
I saw the map for the center of population gravity for the entire U.S., which has shifted from somewhere around Maryland out to Missouri or someplace like that. It would be cool if some intrepid cartographer/demographer did the same thing only taking into consideration obesity statistics so we could get the actual center of gravity based on where the lard-asses live. I guess doing that for Massachusetts probably wouldn't change much -- is there some part of the State that has more heavy people than other locales?
Interesting to note...
...that the corresponding point in Rhode Island is a Krispy Kreme:
+41.753609,-071.450869
I think you mean "was a Krispy Kreme"
it's klosed. there aren't any in RI, MA, or anywhere else in New England anymore.
Casino Kreme
Still one in the Sun: http://www.mohegansun.com/dining/krispy-kreme.html
Used to be Kansas.....
back in the 70s I went to school with a guy who was SO proud that his home town was near/at that population center. He was skinny as all get-out so he wouldn't have tipped the obesity center in either direction, although that'd be an interesting thing to see.
As for Massachusetts, I'm not surprised it's in Natick but I am surprised it's not in the mall..I mean..."collection"
Population center vs geographic center
Actually the population Center has never been in Kansas, I think that's the geographic center.
And Kansas used to be really progressive and is now really conservative, so I guess averaged out over the past 100 or so years they're kind of politically centered as well.
But to me they'll always be just another rectangular state beyond the Connecticut River, because I'm from the Hub of the Universe!
whoops you're right...geographic center
Wow my old school buddy can still have his hometown's claim to fame! Whew!
all the bloat in this state
is on Beacon Hill.
and none of the wit
Is with you. Getting old.
Not much change from '00
According to the numbers for 2000 (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt) and Google Maps, the center of population has moved a whopping 112ft.
Here's walking directions ;-)
http://tinyurl.com/656f3my
Formal Term
Population centroid.
The population centroid of the US hasn't been on the east coast for a very long time - California is responsible for that. It has been pulling south for sometime, too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Mean_Center_o...