South Shore Census Data


SOUTH SHORE


Location


Population


Total Area
Sq Miles


Land Area
Sq Miles


Water Area
Sq Miles

 


Massachusetts


6,349,097


10,554.57


7,840.02


2,714.55

 


Cohasset


7,261


31.46


9.89


21.57

 


Duxbury


14,249


37.62


23.75


13.87

 


Hanover


13,164


15.72


15.61


.11

 


Hingham


19,882


25.04


22.47


2.57

 


Hull


11,050


28.21


3.03


25.18

 


Kingston


11,780


20.39


18.53


1.86

 


Marshfield


24,324


31.73


28.45


3.28

 


Norwell


9,765


21.17


20.87


.29

 


Pembroke


16,927


23.47


21.84


1.63

 


Plymouth


51,701


133.98


96.46


37.52

 


Scituate


17,863


31.80


17.18


14.61

 
           

The source of this information is the 2000 US Census, obtained from that web site on 1 26 2010, further details and any changes that have been made to data since that time can be found online,

The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management limits its definition of the South Shore to the municipalities between Boston Harbor and Cape Cod which include Atlantic coastal and coastal watershed areas "from the three-mile limit of the state territorial sea to 100 feet beyond the first major land transportation route encountered (a road, highway, rail line, etc.)." For more information, click here.