snapshot: accountants per 10,000
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | Nov. 14, 2013
Who's keeping the books? The communities with the highest concentrations of accountants are Needham, Medfield and Canton. The map and chart look at the number of accountants per 10,000 residents. The data, from the Division of Professional Licensure, is for 2013.
Community | Accountants per 10,000 | Rank | Total | Population |
ABINGTON | 29.4 | 82 | 47 | 15,985 |
ACTON | 36.0 | 56 | 79 | 21,924 |
ACUSHNET | 7.8 | 247 | 8 | 10,303 |
ADAMS | 5.9 | 266 | 5 | 8,485 |
AGAWAM | 15.1 | 160 | 43 | 28,438 |
ALFORD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
AMESBURY | 12.9 | 192 | 21 | 16,283 |
AMHERST | 4.0 | 283 | 15 | 37,819 |
ANDOVER | 52.4 | 17 | 174 | 33,201 |
AQUINNAH | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ARLINGTON | 30.3 | 79 | 130 | 42,844 |
ASHBURNHAM | 13.2 | 189 | 8 | 6,081 |
ASHBY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ASHFIELD | 17.3 | 141 | 3 | 1,737 |
ASHLAND | 57.9 | 11 | 96 | 16,593 |
ATHOL | 1.7 | 301 | 2 | 11,584 |
ATTLEBORO | 11.2 | 214 | 49 | 43,593 |
AUBURN | 13.0 | 191 | 21 | 16,188 |
AVON | 9.2 | 231 | 4 | 4,356 |
AYER | 14.8 | 165 | 11 | 7,427 |
BARNSTABLE | 13.1 | 190 | 59 | 45,193 |
BARRE | 1.9 | 299 | 1 | 5,398 |
BECKET | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
BEDFORD | 43.5 | 29 | 58 | 13,320 |
BELCHERTOWN | 11.6 | 210 | 17 | 14,649 |
BELLINGHAM | 22.0 | 113 | 36 | 16,332 |
BELMONT | 34.0 | 61 | 84 | 24,729 |
BERKLEY | 10.9 | 215 | 7 | 6,411 |
BERLIN | 14.0 | 181 | 4 | 2,866 |
BERNARDSTON | 9.4 | 230 | 2 | 2,129 |
BEVERLY | 20.8 | 118 | 82 | 39,502 |
BILLERICA | 21.1 | 115 | 85 | 40,243 |
BLACKSTONE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
BLANDFORD | 8.1 | 242 | 1 | 1,233 |
BOLTON | 34.7 | 59 | 17 | 4,897 |
BOSTON | 29.8 | 80 | 1841 | 617,594 |
BOURNE | 9.6 | 227 | 19 | 19,754 |
BOXBOROUGH | 28.0 | 90 | 14 | 4,996 |
BOXFORD | 42.7 | 31 | 34 | 7,965 |
BOYLSTON | 25.3 | 100 | 11 | 4,355 |
BRAINTREE | 47.6 | 22 | 170 | 35,744 |
BREWSTER | 14.3 | 178 | 14 | 9,820 |
BRIDGEWATER | 19.9 | 124 | 53 | 26,567 |
BRIMFIELD | 5.5 | 272 | 2 | 3,609 |
BROCKTON | 5.5 | 271 | 52 | 93,810 |
BROOKFIELD | 14.7 | 168 | 5 | 3,390 |
BROOKLINE | 28.4 | 86 | 167 | 58,732 |
BUCKLAND | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
BURLINGTON | 45.7 | 24 | 112 | 24,498 |
CAMBRIDGE | 14.5 | 172 | 153 | 105,162 |
CANTON | 75.6 | 3 | 163 | 21,561 |
CARLISLE | 30.9 | 74 | 15 | 4,852 |
CARVER | 7.0 | 255 | 8 | 11,509 |
CHARLEMONT | 7.9 | 246 | 1 | 1,266 |
CHARLTON | 19.3 | 129 | 25 | 12,981 |
CHATHAM | 14.7 | 170 | 9 | 6,125 |
CHELMSFORD | 36.4 | 52 | 123 | 33,802 |
CHELSEA | 2.3 | 297 | 8 | 35,177 |
CHESHIRE | 6.2 | 264 | 2 | 3,235 |
CHESTER | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
CHESTERFIELD | 8.2 | 240 | 1 | 1,222 |
CHICOPEE | 6.3 | 262 | 35 | 55,298 |
CHILMARK | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
CLARKSBURG | 5.9 | 267 | 1 | 1,702 |
CLINTON | 8.8 | 233 | 12 | 13,606 |
COHASSET | 35.8 | 57 | 27 | 7,542 |
COLRAIN | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
Community | Accountants per 10,000 | Rank | Total | Population |
CONCORD | 41.3 | 35 | 73 | 17,668 |
CONWAY | 5.3 | 274 | 1 | 1,897 |
CUMMINGTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
DALTON | 14.8 | 166 | 10 | 6,756 |
DANVERS | 32.8 | 65 | 87 | 26,493 |
DARTMOUTH | 10.9 | 217 | 37 | 34,032 |
DEDHAM | 33.2 | 64 | 82 | 24,729 |
DEERFIELD | 23.4 | 107 | 12 | 5,125 |
DENNIS | 14.8 | 167 | 21 | 14,207 |
DIGHTON | 4.2 | 281 | 3 | 7,086 |
DOUGLAS | 11.8 | 206 | 10 | 8,471 |
DOVER | 44.7 | 26 | 25 | 5,589 |
DRACUT | 22.4 | 111 | 66 | 29,457 |
DUDLEY | 11.4 | 212 | 13 | 11,390 |
DUNSTABLE | 44.0 | 28 | 14 | 3,179 |
DUXBURY | 44.5 | 27 | 67 | 15,059 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 8.7 | 234 | 12 | 13,790 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 18.3 | 135 | 4 | 2,183 |
EASTHAM | 18.2 | 138 | 9 | 4,956 |
EASTHAMPTON | 12.5 | 199 | 20 | 16,053 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 32.4 | 67 | 51 | 15,720 |
EASTON | 45.4 | 25 | 105 | 23,112 |
EDGARTOWN | 4.9 | 278 | 2 | 4,067 |
EGREMONT | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ERVING | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ESSEX | 20.0 | 123 | 7 | 3,504 |
EVERETT | 6.0 | 265 | 25 | 41,667 |
FAIRHAVEN | 7.6 | 253 | 12 | 15,873 |
FALL RIVER | 6.2 | 263 | 55 | 88,857 |
FALMOUTH | 9.8 | 225 | 31 | 31,531 |
FITCHBURG | 6.9 | 256 | 28 | 40,318 |
FLORIDA | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
FOXBOROUGH | 31.4 | 73 | 53 | 16,865 |
FRAMINGHAM | 29.7 | 81 | 203 | 68,318 |
FRANKLIN | 36.0 | 55 | 114 | 31,635 |
FREETOWN | 16.9 | 146 | 15 | 8,870 |
GARDNER | 4.9 | 277 | 10 | 20,228 |
GEORGETOWN | 31.8 | 71 | 26 | 8,183 |
GILL | 6.7 | 258 | 1 | 1,500 |
GLOUCESTER | 13.2 | 188 | 38 | 28,789 |
GOSHEN | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
GRAFTON | 26.5 | 95 | 47 | 17,765 |
GRANBY | 16.0 | 154 | 10 | 6,240 |
GRANVILLE | 25.5 | 98 | 4 | 1,566 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 16.9 | 148 | 12 | 7,104 |
GREENFIELD | 10.9 | 216 | 19 | 17,456 |
GROTON | 18.8 | 132 | 20 | 10,646 |
GROVELAND | 18.6 | 133 | 12 | 6,459 |
HADLEY | 21.0 | 117 | 11 | 5,250 |
HALIFAX | 12.0 | 204 | 9 | 7,518 |
HAMILTON | 34.8 | 58 | 27 | 7,764 |
HAMPDEN | 9.7 | 226 | 5 | 5,139 |
HANCOCK | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
HANOVER | 41.1 | 36 | 57 | 13,879 |
HANSON | 11.8 | 207 | 12 | 10,209 |
HARDWICK | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
HARVARD | 26.1 | 97 | 17 | 6,520 |
HARWICH | 15.5 | 157 | 19 | 12,243 |
HATFIELD | 18.3 | 136 | 6 | 3,279 |
HAVERHILL | 12.8 | 193 | 78 | 60,879 |
HAWLEY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
HEATH | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
HINGHAM | 56.9 | 13 | 126 | 22,157 |
HINSDALE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
HOLBROOK | 23.2 | 108 | 25 | 10,791 |
HOLDEN | 24.8 | 104 | 43 | 17,346 |
HOLLAND | 8.1 | 244 | 2 | 2,481 |
HOLLISTON | 40.6 | 39 | 55 | 13,547 |
HOLYOKE | 7.0 | 254 | 28 | 39,880 |
HOPEDALE | 30.5 | 77 | 18 | 5,911 |
HOPKINTON | 51.6 | 18 | 77 | 14,925 |
HUBBARDSTON | 13.7 | 183 | 6 | 4,382 |
HUDSON | 12.6 | 196 | 24 | 19,063 |
HULL | 20.4 | 120 | 21 | 10,293 |
HUNTINGTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
IPSWICH | 28.8 | 85 | 38 | 13,175 |
KINGSTON | 16.6 | 150 | 21 | 12,629 |
LAKEVILLE | 17.0 | 144 | 18 | 10,602 |
LANCASTER | 16.1 | 153 | 13 | 8,055 |
LANESBOROUGH | 3.2 | 293 | 1 | 3,091 |
LAWRENCE | 1.0 | 302 | 8 | 76,377 |
LEE | 3.4 | 292 | 2 | 5,943 |
LEICESTER | 8.2 | 239 | 9 | 10,970 |
LENOX | 19.9 | 125 | 10 | 5,025 |
LEOMINSTER | 17.9 | 140 | 73 | 40,759 |
LEVERETT | 10.8 | 219 | 2 | 1,851 |
LEXINGTON | 40.8 | 38 | 128 | 31,394 |
LEYDEN | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
LINCOLN | 22.0 | 114 | 14 | 6,362 |
LITTLETON | 26.9 | 92 | 24 | 8,924 |
LONGMEADOW | 30.4 | 78 | 48 | 15,784 |
LOWELL | 5.8 | 268 | 62 | 106,519 |
LUDLOW | 11.4 | 213 | 24 | 21,103 |
LUNENBURG | 14.9 | 163 | 15 | 10,086 |
LYNN | 3.9 | 285 | 35 | 90,329 |
LYNNFIELD | 75.0 | 4 | 87 | 11,596 |
MALDEN | 18.3 | 134 | 109 | 59,450 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 25.3 | 99 | 13 | 5,136 |
MANSFIELD | 41.8 | 34 | 97 | 23,184 |
MARBLEHEAD | 36.9 | 49 | 73 | 19,808 |
MARION | 8.2 | 241 | 4 | 4,907 |
MARLBOROUGH | 17.9 | 139 | 69 | 38,499 |
MARSHFIELD | 32.2 | 68 | 81 | 25,132 |
MASHPEE | 15.0 | 162 | 21 | 14,006 |
MATTAPOISETT | 24.8 | 103 | 15 | 6,045 |
MAYNARD | 15.8 | 155 | 16 | 10,106 |
MEDFIELD | 75.7 | 2 | 91 | 12,024 |
MEDFORD | 23.1 | 109 | 130 | 56,173 |
MEDWAY | 36.1 | 54 | 46 | 12,752 |
MELROSE | 42.6 | 32 | 115 | 26,983 |
MENDON | 15.4 | 159 | 9 | 5,839 |
MERRIMAC | 15.8 | 156 | 10 | 6,338 |
METHUEN | 14.4 | 175 | 68 | 47,255 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 8.7 | 235 | 20 | 23,116 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
MIDDLETON | 40.1 | 40 | 36 | 8,987 |
MILFORD | 14.3 | 177 | 40 | 27,999 |
MILLBURY | 8.3 | 238 | 11 | 13,261 |
MILLIS | 31.7 | 72 | 25 | 7,891 |
MILLVILLE | 12.5 | 197 | 4 | 3,190 |
MILTON | 40.0 | 41 | 108 | 27,003 |
MONROE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
MONSON | 3.5 | 290 | 3 | 8,560 |
MONTAGUE | 4.7 | 279 | 4 | 8,437 |
MONTEREY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
MONTGOMERY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
NAHANT | 14.7 | 171 | 5 | 3,410 |
NANTUCKET | 6.9 | 257 | 7 | 10,172 |
NATICK | 45.7 | 23 | 151 | 33,006 |
NEEDHAM | 79.6 | 1 | 230 | 28,886 |
NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
NEW BEDFORD | 3.8 | 286 | 36 | 95,072 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
NEWBURY | 19.5 | 127 | 13 | 6,666 |
NEWBURYPORT | 36.2 | 53 | 63 | 17,416 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 6.6 | 259 | 1 | 1,509 |
NEW SALEM | 20.2 | 121 | 2 | 990 |
NEWTON | 37.8 | 47 | 322 | 85,146 |
NORFOLK | 49.9 | 20 | 56 | 11,227 |
NORTH ADAMS | 5.1 | 275 | 7 | 13,708 |
NORTHAMPTON | 13.3 | 186 | 38 | 28,549 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 54.7 | 15 | 155 | 28,352 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 19.2 | 130 | 55 | 28,712 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 33.9 | 62 | 48 | 14,155 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 16.6 | 152 | 26 | 15,707 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 4.3 | 280 | 2 | 4,680 |
NORTHFIELD | 6.6 | 260 | 2 | 3,032 |
NORTH READING | 65.1 | 8 | 97 | 14,892 |
NORTON | 14.7 | 169 | 28 | 19,031 |
NORWELL | 53.3 | 16 | 56 | 10,506 |
NORWOOD | 34.3 | 60 | 98 | 28,602 |
OAK BLUFFS | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
OAKHAM | 21.0 | 116 | 4 | 1,902 |
ORANGE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ORLEANS | 13.6 | 185 | 8 | 5,890 |
OTIS | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
OXFORD | 11.7 | 209 | 16 | 13,709 |
PALMER | 6.6 | 261 | 8 | 12,140 |
PAXTON | 25.0 | 102 | 12 | 4,806 |
PEABODY | 19.3 | 128 | 99 | 51,251 |
PELHAM | 7.6 | 252 | 1 | 1,321 |
PEMBROKE | 32.5 | 66 | 58 | 17,837 |
PEPPERELL | 9.6 | 228 | 11 | 11,497 |
PERU | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
PETERSHAM | 8.1 | 243 | 1 | 1,234 |
PHILLIPSTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
PITTSFIELD | 12.3 | 200 | 55 | 44,737 |
PLAINFIELD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
PLAINVILLE | 24.2 | 106 | 20 | 8,264 |
PLYMOUTH | 19.7 | 126 | 111 | 56,468 |
PLYMPTON | 3.5 | 289 | 1 | 2,820 |
PRINCETON | 11.7 | 208 | 4 | 3,413 |
PROVINCETOWN | 13.6 | 184 | 4 | 2,942 |
QUINCY | 30.7 | 76 | 283 | 92,271 |
RANDOLPH | 12.8 | 194 | 41 | 32,112 |
RAYNHAM | 26.2 | 96 | 35 | 13,383 |
READING | 64.7 | 9 | 160 | 24,743 |
REHOBOTH | 13.8 | 182 | 16 | 11,608 |
REVERE | 7.7 | 249 | 40 | 51,755 |
RICHMOND | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ROCHESTER | 9.6 | 229 | 5 | 5,232 |
ROCKLAND | 16.6 | 151 | 29 | 17,489 |
ROCKPORT | 17.3 | 142 | 12 | 6,952 |
ROWE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
ROWLEY | 22.2 | 112 | 13 | 5,856 |
ROYALSTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
RUSSELL | 5.6 | 269 | 1 | 1,775 |
RUTLAND | 10.0 | 224 | 8 | 7,973 |
SALEM | 16.7 | 149 | 69 | 41,340 |
SALISBURY | 3.6 | 288 | 3 | 8,283 |
SANDISFIELD | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
SANDWICH | 14.5 | 174 | 30 | 20,675 |
SAUGUS | 20.7 | 119 | 55 | 26,628 |
SAVOY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
SCITUATE | 28.1 | 89 | 51 | 18,133 |
SEEKONK | 10.2 | 222 | 14 | 13,722 |
SHARON | 67.6 | 7 | 119 | 17,612 |
SHEFFIELD | 12.3 | 201 | 4 | 3,257 |
SHELBURNE | 10.6 | 220 | 2 | 1,893 |
SHERBORN | 36.4 | 51 | 15 | 4,119 |
SHIRLEY | 12.5 | 198 | 9 | 7,211 |
SHREWSBURY | 27.5 | 91 | 98 | 35,608 |
SHUTESBURY | 16.9 | 145 | 3 | 1,771 |
SOMERSET | 12.1 | 202 | 22 | 18,165 |
SOMERVILLE | 14.5 | 173 | 110 | 75,754 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 22.4 | 110 | 13 | 5,792 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 73.7 | 5 | 72 | 9,767 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 1.8 | 300 | 3 | 16,719 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 14.8 | 164 | 26 | 17,514 |
SOUTHWICK | 8.4 | 237 | 8 | 9,502 |
SPENCER | 3.4 | 291 | 4 | 11,688 |
SPRINGFIELD | 3.7 | 287 | 56 | 153,060 |
STERLING | 32.0 | 69 | 25 | 7,808 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
STONEHAM | 41.1 | 37 | 88 | 21,437 |
STOUGHTON | 30.8 | 75 | 83 | 26,962 |
STOW | 36.4 | 50 | 24 | 6,590 |
STURBRIDGE | 15.1 | 161 | 14 | 9,268 |
SUDBURY | 64.6 | 10 | 114 | 17,659 |
SUNDERLAND | 10.9 | 218 | 4 | 3,684 |
SUTTON | 26.8 | 93 | 24 | 8,963 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 39.9 | 42 | 55 | 13,787 |
SWANSEA | 13.2 | 187 | 21 | 15,865 |
TAUNTON | 7.7 | 250 | 43 | 55,874 |
TEMPLETON | 2.5 | 296 | 2 | 8,013 |
TEWKSBURY | 25.2 | 101 | 73 | 28,961 |
TISBURY | 10.1 | 223 | 4 | 3,949 |
TOLLAND | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
TOPSFIELD | 57.5 | 12 | 35 | 6,085 |
TOWNSEND | 5.6 | 270 | 5 | 8,926 |
TRURO | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 28.3 | 87 | 32 | 11,292 |
TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
UPTON | 17.2 | 143 | 13 | 7,542 |
UXBRIDGE | 12.6 | 195 | 17 | 13,457 |
WAKEFIELD | 43.3 | 30 | 108 | 24,932 |
WALES | 5.4 | 273 | 1 | 1,838 |
WALPOLE | 42.4 | 33 | 102 | 24,070 |
WALTHAM | 33.3 | 63 | 202 | 60,632 |
WARE | 3.0 | 294 | 3 | 9,872 |
WAREHAM | 5.0 | 276 | 11 | 21,822 |
WARREN | 1.9 | 298 | 1 | 5,135 |
WARWICK | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
WASHINGTON | 37.2 | 48 | 2 | 538 |
WATERTOWN | 29.1 | 84 | 93 | 31,915 |
WAYLAND | 50.8 | 19 | 66 | 12,994 |
WEBSTER | 7.8 | 248 | 13 | 16,767 |
WELLESLEY | 48.6 | 21 | 136 | 27,982 |
WELLFLEET | 18.2 | 137 | 5 | 2,750 |
WENDELL | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
WENHAM | 24.6 | 105 | 12 | 4,875 |
WESTBOROUGH | 38.3 | 45 | 70 | 18,272 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 14.3 | 176 | 11 | 7,669 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 18.8 | 131 | 13 | 6,916 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 2.7 | 295 | 1 | 3,701 |
WESTFIELD | 11.9 | 205 | 49 | 41,094 |
WESTFORD | 38.7 | 44 | 85 | 21,951 |
WESTHAMPTON | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
WESTMINSTER | 4.1 | 282 | 3 | 7,277 |
WEST NEWBURY | 14.2 | 180 | 6 | 4,235 |
WESTON | 38.2 | 46 | 43 | 11,261 |
WESTPORT | 11.6 | 211 | 18 | 15,532 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 16.9 | 147 | 48 | 28,391 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 7.7 | 251 | 1 | 1,306 |
WEST TISBURY | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
WESTWOOD | 71.8 | 6 | 105 | 14,618 |
WEYMOUTH | 20.1 | 122 | 108 | 53,743 |
WHATELY | 26.7 | 94 | 4 | 1,496 |
WHITMAN | 10.4 | 221 | 15 | 14,489 |
WILBRAHAM | 28.1 | 88 | 40 | 14,219 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 12.1 | 203 | 3 | 2,482 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 14.2 | 179 | 11 | 7,754 |
WILMINGTON | 39.4 | 43 | 88 | 22,325 |
WINCHENDON | 3.9 | 284 | 4 | 10,300 |
WINCHESTER | 55.2 | 14 | 118 | 21,374 |
WINDSOR | 0.0 | 303 | 0 | |
WINTHROP | 15.4 | 158 | 27 | 17,497 |
WOBURN | 29.4 | 83 | 112 | 38,124 |
WORCESTER | 9.1 | 232 | 165 | 181,045 |
WORTHINGTON | 8.7 | 236 | 1 | 1,156 |
WRENTHAM | 31.9 | 70 | 35 | 10,955 |
YARMOUTH | 8.0 | 245 | 19 | 23,793 |