Population and Related Socioeconomic Data

A Solid Economic Base

New England’s Knowledge Corridor leads the nation in its concentration of insurers, education services, advanced manufacturing and health services. The area’s economic mix engenders stability and prosperity.

Northampton, 4/30/04, Smith College students sit on the college's green talking in the warm afternoon sun. CUTLINE: 05/09/04 - A quartet of students sits on the green last month talking in the the warm afternoon sun on the Smith College campus in Northampton. CUTLINE: 08/22/04 - Smith college students ist on the college's green talkin in the warm afternoon sun.
Northampton, 4/30/04, Smith College students sit on the college’s green talking in the warm afternoon sun.

Diverse Opportunities

More than 84,000 residents work in financial services, and a growing number are finding opportunities in high tech and biotech. Massachusetts and Connecticut are ranked in the Top 10 for science/ engineering doctorates awarded (per 100,000).

11-7-2006 - Holyoke Dean Technical High school CNC machine shop sophmore students Ruben Marquez and Javier Rodriguez show off the indicator fixture made in the shop to Mark E. Dilorenzo, president of Tell Tool Inc. in Westfield. CUTLINE: 11/12/06 - Machine-shop sophomores Ruben Marquez and Javier Rodriguez, at right, show an indicator fixture made in Holyoke's Dean Technical-Vocational High School to Mark E. DiLorenzo, president of Westfield's Tell Tool Inc., right.
11-7-2006 – Holyoke Dean Technical High school CNC machine shop sophomore students Ruben Marquez and Javier Rodriguez show off the indicator fixture made in the shop to Mark E. Dilorenzo, president of Tell Tool Inc. in Westfield.