snapshot: electricians per 1,000 residents
By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff | March 14, 2014
The map shows the number of licensed electricians per 1,000 residents. Communities in MetroWest seem to have a lower number than many other regions. The data, for 2013, is from the state Board of Professional Licensure.
| Community | Electricians per 1,000 residents | Rank | Number of electricians |
| ABINGTON | 8.4 | 25 | 135 |
| ACTON | 1.0 | 336 | 22 |
| ACUSHNET | 8.6 | 22 | 89 |
| ADAMS | 6.1 | 70 | 52 |
| AGAWAM | 2.8 | 262 | 80 |
| ALFORD | 2.0 | 307 | 1 |
| AMESBURY | 4.4 | 157 | 72 |
| AMHERST | 0.2 | 343 | 6 |
| ANDOVER | 2.0 | 302 | 68 |
| AQUINNAH | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| ARLINGTON | 2.8 | 259 | 121 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 5.1 | 125 | 31 |
| ASHBY | 6.8 | 57 | 21 |
| ASHFIELD | 3.5 | 213 | 6 |
| ASHLAND | 3.5 | 211 | 58 |
| ATHOL | 2.8 | 267 | 32 |
| ATTLEBORO | 4.1 | 173 | 179 |
| AUBURN | 5.4 | 111 | 87 |
| AVON | 8.7 | 18 | 38 |
| AYER | 3.9 | 189 | 29 |
| BARNSTABLE | 3.4 | 222 | 153 |
| BARRE | 6.3 | 68 | 34 |
| BECKET | 2.8 | 263 | 5 |
| BEDFORD | 2.0 | 306 | 27 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 4.8 | 137 | 71 |
| BELLINGHAM | 5.4 | 108 | 88 |
| BELMONT | 2.1 | 301 | 51 |
| BERKLEY | 10.5 | 8 | 67 |
| BERLIN | 5.9 | 77 | 17 |
| BERNARDSTON | 4.2 | 166 | 9 |
| BEVERLY | 2.2 | 290 | 88 |
| BILLERICA | 8.3 | 27 | 336 |
| BLACKSTONE | 4.8 | 141 | 43 |
| BLANDFORD | 8.9 | 16 | 11 |
| BOLTON | 2.0 | 303 | 10 |
| BOSTON | 1.5 | 321 | 943 |
| BOURNE | 3.0 | 251 | 59 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 2.2 | 292 | 11 |
| BOXFORD | 4.5 | 152 | 36 |
| BOYLSTON | 3.4 | 216 | 15 |
| BRAINTREE | 8.0 | 31 | 287 |
| BREWSTER | 3.3 | 230 | 32 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 5.1 | 126 | 135 |
| BRIMFIELD | 8.3 | 28 | 30 |
| BROCKTON | 2.0 | 304 | 191 |
| BROOKFIELD | 4.7 | 143 | 16 |
| BROOKLINE | 0.4 | 342 | 24 |
| BUCKLAND | 1.1 | 333 | 2 |
| BURLINGTON | 4.4 | 160 | 107 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 0.5 | 340 | 53 |
| CANTON | 4.6 | 147 | 100 |
| CARLISLE | 1.2 | 327 | 6 |
| CARVER | 6.3 | 69 | 72 |
| CHARLEMONT | 6.3 | 67 | 8 |
| CHARLTON | 6.0 | 75 | 78 |
| CHATHAM | 2.8 | 266 | 17 |
| CHELMSFORD | 4.9 | 136 | 164 |
| CHELSEA | 1.1 | 332 | 37 |
| CHESHIRE | 7.7 | 42 | 25 |
| CHESTER | 3.0 | 250 | 4 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 5.7 | 88 | 7 |
| CHICOPEE | 4.0 | 183 | 221 |
| CHILMARK | 1.2 | 330 | 1 |
| CLARKSBURG | 12.9 | 3 | 22 |
| CLINTON | 3.2 | 233 | 44 |
| COHASSET | 2.1 | 297 | 16 |
| COLRAIN | 7.2 | 51 | 12 |
| Community | Electricians per 1,000 residents | Rank | Number of electricians |
| CONCORD | 0.6 | 339 | 11 |
| CONWAY | 4.2 | 169 | 8 |
| CUMMINGTON | 3.4 | 217 | 3 |
| DALTON | 3.6 | 205 | 24 |
| DANVERS | 4.4 | 158 | 117 |
| DARTMOUTH | 4.4 | 155 | 151 |
| DEDHAM | 6.1 | 71 | 151 |
| DEERFIELD | 3.5 | 209 | 18 |
| DENNIS | 5.0 | 129 | 71 |
| DIGHTON | 7.3 | 47 | 52 |
| DOUGLAS | 6.5 | 62 | 55 |
| DOVER | 1.3 | 325 | 7 |
| DRACUT | 7.3 | 49 | 214 |
| DUDLEY | 3.5 | 210 | 40 |
| DUNSTABLE | 7.9 | 38 | 25 |
| DUXBURY | 2.2 | 293 | 33 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 7.2 | 52 | 99 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 9.6 | 9 | 21 |
| EASTHAM | 5.9 | 82 | 29 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 3.9 | 186 | 63 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 3.2 | 231 | 51 |
| EASTON | 5.7 | 89 | 131 |
| EDGARTOWN | 5.2 | 120 | 21 |
| EGREMONT | 1.6 | 319 | 2 |
| ERVING | 3.9 | 191 | 7 |
| ESSEX | 2.6 | 275 | 9 |
| EVERETT | 2.8 | 268 | 115 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 5.4 | 105 | 86 |
| FALL RIVER | 2.6 | 271 | 233 |
| FALMOUTH | 3.7 | 197 | 118 |
| FITCHBURG | 2.7 | 270 | 107 |
| FLORIDA | 10.6 | 7 | 8 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 6.0 | 73 | 102 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 2.3 | 287 | 156 |
| FRANKLIN | 3.9 | 188 | 124 |
| FREETOWN | 7.9 | 37 | 70 |
| GARDNER | 2.8 | 261 | 57 |
| GEORGETOWN | 5.4 | 110 | 44 |
| GILL | 3.3 | 226 | 5 |
| GLOUCESTER | 4.6 | 151 | 131 |
| GOSHEN | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| GOSNOLD | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| GRAFTON | 3.4 | 223 | 60 |
| GRANBY | 7.7 | 43 | 48 |
| GRANVILLE | 4.5 | 153 | 7 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 5.6 | 92 | 40 |
| GREENFIELD | 3.0 | 252 | 52 |
| GROTON | 3.8 | 196 | 40 |
| GROVELAND | 8.4 | 26 | 54 |
| HADLEY | 3.0 | 245 | 16 |
| HALIFAX | 8.6 | 21 | 65 |
| HAMILTON | 1.2 | 329 | 9 |
| HAMPDEN | 5.8 | 83 | 30 |
| HANCOCK | 1.4 | 322 | 1 |
| HANOVER | 9.1 | 15 | 126 |
| HANSON | 9.6 | 10 | 98 |
| HARDWICK | 3.0 | 249 | 9 |
| HARVARD | 2.0 | 308 | 13 |
| HARWICH | 3.4 | 220 | 42 |
| HATFIELD | 7.6 | 44 | 25 |
| HAVERHILL | 4.2 | 168 | 257 |
| HAWLEY | 3.0 | 253 | 1 |
| HEATH | 2.8 | 258 | 2 |
| HINGHAM | 3.6 | 201 | 80 |
| HINSDALE | 6.9 | 56 | 14 |
| HOLBROOK | 8.0 | 36 | 86 |
| HOLDEN | 4.6 | 150 | 80 |
| HOLLAND | 4.4 | 156 | 11 |
| HOLLISTON | 4.8 | 139 | 65 |
| HOLYOKE | 1.9 | 309 | 77 |
| HOPEDALE | 3.7 | 198 | 22 |
| HOPKINTON | 3.0 | 248 | 45 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 8.0 | 34 | 35 |
| HUDSON | 4.1 | 175 | 78 |
| HULL | 4.4 | 159 | 45 |
| HUNTINGTON | 8.7 | 19 | 19 |
| IPSWICH | 3.4 | 221 | 45 |
| KINGSTON | 5.1 | 121 | 65 |
| LAKEVILLE | 6.6 | 61 | 70 |
| LANCASTER | 2.5 | 282 | 20 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 5.2 | 118 | 16 |
| LAWRENCE | 1.0 | 335 | 77 |
| LEE | 3.9 | 194 | 23 |
| LEICESTER | 5.7 | 86 | 63 |
| LENOX | 2.8 | 264 | 14 |
| LEOMINSTER | 3.2 | 232 | 132 |
| LEVERETT | 2.2 | 295 | 4 |
| LEXINGTON | 1.0 | 334 | 32 |
| LEYDEN | 5.6 | 93 | 4 |
| LINCOLN | 0.5 | 341 | 3 |
| LITTLETON | 3.9 | 187 | 35 |
| LONGMEADOW | 1.9 | 311 | 30 |
| LOWELL | 2.1 | 300 | 220 |
| LUDLOW | 5.2 | 119 | 109 |
| LUNENBURG | 5.5 | 102 | 55 |
| LYNN | 3.3 | 229 | 296 |
| LYNNFIELD | 5.3 | 112 | 62 |
| MALDEN | 2.5 | 281 | 148 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 1.4 | 323 | 7 |
| MANSFIELD | 4.2 | 167 | 98 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 2.3 | 288 | 45 |
| MARION | 5.9 | 78 | 29 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 2.8 | 265 | 107 |
| MARSHFIELD | 5.7 | 87 | 144 |
| MASHPEE | 3.9 | 185 | 55 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 4.0 | 184 | 24 |
| MAYNARD | 2.9 | 255 | 29 |
| MEDFIELD | 1.9 | 310 | 23 |
| MEDFORD | 4.9 | 132 | 276 |
| MEDWAY | 3.6 | 202 | 46 |
| MELROSE | 4.7 | 145 | 126 |
| MENDON | 5.1 | 123 | 30 |
| MERRIMAC | 4.3 | 165 | 27 |
| METHUEN | 5.5 | 97 | 262 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 6.0 | 74 | 139 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 5.8 | 85 | 3 |
| MIDDLETON | 8.0 | 33 | 72 |
| MILFORD | 3.6 | 203 | 101 |
| MILLBURY | 5.7 | 91 | 75 |
| MILLIS | 6.7 | 60 | 53 |
| MILLVILLE | 6.0 | 76 | 19 |
| MILTON | 3.6 | 204 | 97 |
| MONROE | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| MONSON | 5.1 | 122 | 44 |
| MONTAGUE | 3.2 | 234 | 27 |
| MONTEREY | 2.1 | 298 | 2 |
| MONTGOMERY | 9.5 | 11 | 8 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 12.0 | 5 | 2 |
| NAHANT | 4.7 | 144 | 16 |
| NANTUCKET | 6.4 | 65 | 65 |
| NATICK | 3.9 | 193 | 128 |
| NEEDHAM | 2.8 | 257 | 82 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 2.5 | 279 | 240 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 5.0 | 128 | 5 |
| NEWBURY | 4.1 | 180 | 27 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 2.2 | 294 | 38 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 3.3 | 228 | 5 |
| NEW SALEM | 3.0 | 246 | 3 |
| NEWTON | 1.7 | 317 | 148 |
| NORFOLK | 3.7 | 199 | 41 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 5.3 | 115 | 72 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 2.5 | 283 | 70 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 3.1 | 238 | 89 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 5.6 | 94 | 161 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 3.5 | 207 | 50 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 3.4 | 218 | 54 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 8.1 | 30 | 38 |
| NORTHFIELD | 4.6 | 148 | 14 |
| NORTH READING | 6.4 | 66 | 95 |
| NORTON | 4.8 | 140 | 91 |
| NORWELL | 5.0 | 127 | 53 |
| NORWOOD | 5.3 | 113 | 152 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 2.2 | 291 | 10 |
| OAKHAM | 13.1 | 1 | 25 |
| ORANGE | 2.3 | 286 | 18 |
| ORLEANS | 3.1 | 243 | 18 |
| OTIS | 4.3 | 161 | 7 |
| OXFORD | 5.1 | 124 | 70 |
| PALMER | 4.6 | 149 | 56 |
| PAXTON | 3.3 | 227 | 16 |
| PEABODY | 5.9 | 80 | 302 |
| PELHAM | 2.3 | 289 | 3 |
| PEMBROKE | 9.5 | 12 | 170 |
| PEPPERELL | 5.4 | 107 | 62 |
| PERU | 9.4 | 13 | 8 |
| PETERSHAM | 4.1 | 179 | 5 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 7.7 | 41 | 13 |
| PITTSFIELD | 2.6 | 274 | 115 |
| PLAINFIELD | 3.1 | 240 | 2 |
| PLAINVILLE | 5.4 | 103 | 45 |
| PLYMOUTH | 5.8 | 84 | 326 |
| PLYMPTON | 6.7 | 59 | 19 |
| PRINCETON | 5.0 | 130 | 17 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 3.1 | 242 | 9 |
| QUINCY | 4.4 | 154 | 410 |
| RANDOLPH | 3.1 | 244 | 98 |
| RAYNHAM | 5.5 | 98 | 74 |
| READING | 4.3 | 164 | 106 |
| REHOBOTH | 4.0 | 181 | 47 |
| REVERE | 2.6 | 272 | 135 |
| RICHMOND | 2.0 | 305 | 3 |
| ROCHESTER | 8.0 | 32 | 42 |
| ROCKLAND | 7.0 | 53 | 123 |
| ROCKPORT | 3.5 | 215 | 24 |
| ROWE | 12.7 | 4 | 5 |
| ROWLEY | 8.9 | 17 | 52 |
| ROYALSTON | 3.2 | 236 | 4 |
| RUSSELL | 8.5 | 24 | 15 |
| RUTLAND | 4.9 | 134 | 39 |
| SALEM | 2.6 | 273 | 107 |
| SALISBURY | 5.2 | 117 | 43 |
| SANDISFIELD | 1.1 | 331 | 1 |
| SANDWICH | 3.4 | 219 | 71 |
| SAUGUS | 8.6 | 23 | 228 |
| SAVOY | 13.0 | 2 | 9 |
| SCITUATE | 4.1 | 172 | 75 |
| SEEKONK | 2.8 | 256 | 39 |
| SHARON | 2.6 | 278 | 45 |
| SHEFFIELD | 5.2 | 116 | 17 |
| SHELBURNE | 11.6 | 6 | 22 |
| SHERBORN | 0.7 | 338 | 3 |
| SHIRLEY | 2.5 | 280 | 18 |
| SHREWSBURY | 2.4 | 285 | 85 |
| SHUTESBURY | 1.7 | 318 | 3 |
| SOMERSET | 4.2 | 170 | 76 |
| SOMERVILLE | 1.3 | 324 | 99 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 6.9 | 55 | 40 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 2.6 | 277 | 25 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 3.2 | 237 | 53 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 4.2 | 171 | 73 |
| SOUTHWICK | 3.9 | 190 | 37 |
| SPENCER | 7.3 | 48 | 85 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 1.2 | 328 | 182 |
| STERLING | 5.4 | 109 | 42 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 2.6 | 276 | 5 |
| STONEHAM | 7.2 | 50 | 154 |
| STOUGHTON | 5.3 | 114 | 142 |
| STOW | 3.2 | 235 | 21 |
| STURBRIDGE | 3.5 | 214 | 32 |
| SUDBURY | 1.8 | 315 | 32 |
| SUNDERLAND | 2.7 | 269 | 10 |
| SUTTON | 5.6 | 96 | 50 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 2.4 | 284 | 33 |
| SWANSEA | 5.5 | 100 | 87 |
| TAUNTON | 4.7 | 146 | 260 |
| TEMPLETON | 4.9 | 135 | 39 |
| TEWKSBURY | 8.3 | 29 | 240 |
| TISBURY | 9.4 | 14 | 37 |
| TOLLAND | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| TOPSFIELD | 5.6 | 95 | 34 |
| TOWNSEND | 7.5 | 46 | 67 |
| TRURO | 5.5 | 99 | 11 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 6.8 | 58 | 77 |
| TYRINGHAM | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| UPTON | 4.9 | 133 | 37 |
| UXBRIDGE | 4.8 | 142 | 64 |
| WAKEFIELD | 6.1 | 72 | 152 |
| WALES | 5.4 | 104 | 10 |
| WALPOLE | 5.9 | 79 | 142 |
| WALTHAM | 3.5 | 212 | 210 |
| WARE | 5.0 | 131 | 49 |
| WAREHAM | 4.8 | 138 | 105 |
| WARREN | 4.1 | 176 | 21 |
| WARWICK | 6.4 | 64 | 5 |
| WASHINGTON | 0.0 | 344 | 0 |
| WATERTOWN | 2.8 | 260 | 90 |
| WAYLAND | 2.1 | 299 | 27 |
| WEBSTER | 3.1 | 239 | 52 |
| WELLESLEY | 0.8 | 337 | 22 |
| WELLFLEET | 5.5 | 101 | 15 |
| WENDELL | 3.5 | 206 | 3 |
| WENHAM | 1.8 | 314 | 9 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 1.8 | 316 | 33 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 4.3 | 163 | 33 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 7.8 | 39 | 54 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 5.4 | 106 | 20 |
| WESTFIELD | 3.7 | 200 | 150 |
| WESTFORD | 3.8 | 195 | 84 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 8.7 | 20 | 14 |
| WESTMINSTER | 8.0 | 35 | 58 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 1.9 | 313 | 8 |
| WESTON | 1.2 | 326 | 14 |
| WESTPORT | 5.9 | 81 | 91 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 3.0 | 247 | 86 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 3.1 | 241 | 4 |
| WEST TISBURY | 2.9 | 254 | 8 |
| WESTWOOD | 4.1 | 174 | 60 |
| WEYMOUTH | 7.0 | 54 | 376 |
| WHATELY | 3.3 | 224 | 5 |
| WHITMAN | 7.6 | 45 | 110 |
| WILBRAHAM | 3.5 | 208 | 50 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 4.0 | 182 | 10 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 1.5 | 320 | 12 |
| WILMINGTON | 7.7 | 40 | 173 |
| WINCHENDON | 4.1 | 177 | 42 |
| WINCHESTER | 2.2 | 296 | 46 |
| WINDSOR | 3.3 | 225 | 3 |
| WINTHROP | 3.9 | 192 | 68 |
| WOBURN | 6.5 | 63 | 246 |
| WORCESTER | 1.9 | 312 | 342 |
| WORTHINGTON | 4.3 | 162 | 5 |
| WRENTHAM | 5.7 | 90 | 62 |
| YARMOUTH | 4.1 | 178 | 97 |