snapshot: liquor licenses per 10,000 residents
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By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Feb. 9, 2012
The chart shows the number of liquor licenses per 10,000 residents as of 2011. The information is for all types of liquor licenses, which covers a broad range -- seasonal, beer and wine, restaurants and clubs, etc. The data is from the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
| Community | Licences per 10,000 residents, 2011 | Rank |
| ABINGTON | 18.1 | 137 |
| ACTON | 14.6 | 203 |
| ACUSHNET | 16.5 | 167 |
| ADAMS | 25.9 | 72 |
| AGAWAM | 16.5 | 165 |
| AMESBURY | 15.4 | 198 |
| AMHERST | 14.5 | 205 |
| ANDOVER | 10.2 | 280 |
| AQUINNAH | 64.3 | 15 |
| ARLINGTON | 9.3 | 297 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 11.5 | 267 |
| ASHBY | 9.8 | 291 |
| ASHFIELD | 23 | 90 |
| ASHLAND | 16.3 | 176 |
| ATHOL | 19.9 | 120 |
| ATTLEBORO | 12.6 | 248 |
| AUBURN | 16.7 | 162 |
| AVON | 29.8 | 54 |
| AYER | 20.2 | 118 |
| BARNSTABLE | 29.9 | 53 |
| BARRE | 40.8 | 31 |
| BECKET | 61.8 | 16 |
| BEDFORD | 14.3 | 209 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 9.6 | 294 |
| BELLINGHAM | 21.4 | 102 |
| BELMONT | 5.7 | 320 |
| BERKLEY | 10.9 | 273 |
| BERLIN | 20.9 | 112 |
| BERNARDSTON | 32.9 | 42 |
| BEVERLY | 17.2 | 151 |
| BILLERICA | 10.2 | 282 |
| BLACKSTONE | 14.4 | 207 |
| BLANDFORD | 8.1 | 306 |
| BOLTON | 10.2 | 281 |
| BOSTON | 20.1 | 119 |
| BOURNE | 21.3 | 107 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 8 | 308 |
| BOXFORD | 1.3 | 331 |
| BOYLSTON | 13.8 | 219 |
| BRAINTREE | 14.5 | 204 |
| BREWSTER | 28.5 | 56 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 13.6 | 226 |
| BRIMFIELD | 13.9 | 217 |
| BROCKTON | 11.6 | 265 |
| BROOKFIELD | 17.7 | 145 |
| BROOKLINE | 16.2 | 179 |
| BUCKLAND | 26.3 | 71 |
| BURLINGTON | 13.9 | 216 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 25.6 | 73 |
| CANTON | 16.7 | 160 |
| CARLISLE | 2.1 | 330 |
| CARVER | 8.7 | 304 |
| CHARLEMONT | 71.1 | 10 |
| CHARLTON | 10 | 286 |
| CHATHAM | 58.8 | 18 |
| CHELMSFORD | 13.6 | 224 |
| CHELSEA | 15.9 | 184 |
| CHESHIRE | 12.4 | 255 |
| CHESTER | 29.9 | 52 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 16.4 | 174 |
| CHICOPEE | 16.6 | 164 |
| CLARKSBURG | 17.6 | 147 |
| CLINTON | 20.6 | 115 |
| COHASSET | 23.9 | 83 |
| COLRAIN | 18 | 141 |
| CONCORD | 14.7 | 201 |
| CONWAY | 10.5 | 277 |
| CUMMINGTON | 11.5 | 268 |
| DALTON | 22.2 | 98 |
| DANVERS | 17 | 157 |
| DARTMOUTH | 13.2 | 233 |
| DEDHAM | 19.8 | 122 |
| DEERFIELD | 31.2 | 45 |
| DENNIS | 45.8 | 24 |
| DIGHTON | 8.5 | 305 |
| DOUGLAS | 11.8 | 261 |
| DOVER | 3.6 | 326 |
| DRACUT | 18 | 140 |
| DUDLEY | 17.6 | 148 |
| DUXBURY | 12 | 257 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 16.7 | 163 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 32.1 | 44 |
| EASTHAM | 34.3 | 38 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 20.6 | 116 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 15.9 | 186 |
| EASTON | 13 | 238 |
| EDGARTOWN | 88.5 | 6 |
| EGREMONT | 57.1 | 19 |
| ERVING | 27.8 | 61 |
| ESSEX | 48.5 | 22 |
| EVERETT | 13.4 | 229 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 25.2 | 77 |
| FALL RIVER | 17 | 156 |
| FALMOUTH | 30.4 | 50 |
| FITCHBURG | 16.4 | 173 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 25.5 | 74 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 12.7 | 245 |
| FRANKLIN | 11.7 | 263 |
| FREETOWN | 12.4 | 254 |
| GARDNER | 18.8 | 131 |
| GEORGETOWN | 9.8 | 290 |
| GILL | 40 | 32 |
| GLOUCESTER | 25.4 | 75 |
| GOSHEN | 19 | 127 |
| GRAFTON | 10.7 | 275 |
| GRANBY | 9.6 | 293 |
| GRANVILLE | 12.8 | 243 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 69 | 12 |
| GREENFIELD | 22.9 | 92 |
| GROTON | 9.4 | 295 |
| GROVELAND | 13.9 | 215 |
| HADLEY | 32.4 | 43 |
| HALIFAX | 14.6 | 202 |
| HAMILTON | 12.9 | 241 |
| HAMPDEN | 15.6 | 193 |
| HANCOCK | 139.5 | 2 |
| HANOVER | 15.9 | 187 |
| HANSON | 13.7 | 221 |
| HARDWICK | 36.8 | 34 |
| HARVARD | 6.1 | 317 |
| HARWICH | 34.3 | 37 |
| HATFIELD | 30.5 | 49 |
| HAVERHILL | 14.8 | 200 |
| HEATH | 14.2 | 210 |
| HINGHAM | 19.4 | 124 |
| HINSDALE | 29.5 | 55 |
| HOLBROOK | 16.7 | 161 |
| HOLDEN | 9.8 | 289 |
| HOLLAND | 24.2 | 82 |
| HOLLISTON | 8.9 | 302 |
| HOLYOKE | 21.8 | 100 |
| HOPEDALE | 10.2 | 283 |
| HOPKINTON | 9.4 | 296 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 13.7 | 222 |
| HUDSON | 17.8 | 143 |
| HULL | 27.2 | 66 |
| HUNTINGTON | 18.3 | 136 |
| IPSWICH | 27.3 | 63 |
| KINGSTON | 21.4 | 104 |
| LAKEVILLE | 14.1 | 211 |
| LANCASTER | 1.2 | 332 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 45.3 | 26 |
| LAWRENCE | 13.1 | 235 |
| LEE | 45.4 | 25 |
| LEICESTER | 15.5 | 194 |
| LENOX | 89.6 | 5 |
| LEOMINSTER | 16.2 | 178 |
| LEVERETT | 5.4 | 322 |
| LEXINGTON | 8.9 | 300 |
| LINCOLN | 3.1 | 329 |
| LITTLETON | 9 | 299 |
| LONGMEADOW | 7.6 | 312 |
| LOWELL | 13.8 | 218 |
| LUDLOW | 19 | 128 |
| LUNENBURG | 20.8 | 113 |
| LYNN | 11.7 | 262 |
| LYNNFIELD | 12.9 | 240 |
| MALDEN | 11.3 | 269 |
| MANCHESTER | 25.3 | 76 |
| MANSFIELD | 16 | 183 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 17.2 | 152 |
| MARION | 24.5 | 80 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 17.7 | 146 |
| MARSHFIELD | 15.9 | 185 |
| MASHPEE | 20.7 | 114 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 24.8 | 78 |
| MAYNARD | 26.7 | 69 |
| MEDFIELD | 10 | 288 |
| MEDFORD | 8.7 | 303 |
| MEDWAY | 12.5 | 249 |
| MELROSE | 5.2 | 323 |
| MENDON | 22.3 | 96 |
| MERRIMAC | 12.6 | 247 |
| METHUEN | 13.5 | 227 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 13.4 | 230 |
| MIDDLETON | 18.9 | 129 |
| MILFORD | 21.4 | 103 |
| MILLBURY | 21.1 | 109 |
| MILLIS | 16.5 | 169 |
| MILLVILLE | 12.5 | 251 |
| MILTON | 4.1 | 325 |
| MONROE | 82.6 | 8 |
| MONSON | 14 | 213 |
| MONTAGUE | 28.4 | 57 |
| MONTEREY | 10.4 | 278 |
| NAHANT | 20.5 | 117 |
| NANTUCKET | 87.5 | 7 |
| NATICK | 11.5 | 266 |
| NEEDHAM | 8 | 309 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 43.9 | 27 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 19.1 | 126 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 10 | 287 |
| NEWBURY | 18 | 139 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 23.5 | 86 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 33.1 | 41 |
| NEW SALEM | 10.1 | 284 |
| NEWTON | 14 | 214 |
| NORFOLK | 8 | 307 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 27 | 68 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 33.3 | 40 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 12.7 | 246 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 13.6 | 225 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 18.4 | 135 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 13.4 | 232 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 17.1 | 155 |
| NORTHFIELD | 16.5 | 168 |
| NORTH READING | 12.8 | 244 |
| NORTON | 16.3 | 175 |
| NORWELL | 14.3 | 208 |
| NORWOOD | 17.8 | 144 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 72.9 | 9 |
| OAKHAM | 21 | 111 |
| ORANGE | 23 | 91 |
| ORLEANS | 61.1 | 17 |
| OTIS | 43.4 | 28 |
| OXFORD | 16.8 | 159 |
| PALMER | 24.7 | 79 |
| PAXTON | 12.5 | 252 |
| PEABODY | 15.6 | 190 |
| PEMBROKE | 16.3 | 177 |
| PEPPERELL | 6.1 | 318 |
| PETERSHAM | 56.7 | 20 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 17.8 | 142 |
| PITTSFIELD | 27.3 | 65 |
| PLAINFIELD | 30.9 | 46 |
| PLAINVILLE | 26.6 | 70 |
| PLYMOUTH | 21.8 | 101 |
| PLYMPTON | 10.6 | 276 |
| PRINCETON | 23.4 | 87 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 237.9 | 1 |
| QUINCY | 16.5 | 170 |
| RANDOLPH | 11.8 | 260 |
| RAYNHAM | 18.7 | 133 |
| READING | 8.9 | 301 |
| REHOBOTH | 18.1 | 138 |
| REVERE | 13.7 | 220 |
| RICHMOND | 6.8 | 314 |
| ROCHESTER | 7.6 | 311 |
| ROCKLAND | 17.2 | 153 |
| ROCKPORT | 12.9 | 239 |
| ROWLEY | 18.8 | 132 |
| ROYALSTON | 23.8 | 84 |
| RUSSELL | 22.5 | 93 |
| RUTLAND | 12.5 | 250 |
| SALEM | 21 | 110 |
| SALISBURY | 39.8 | 33 |
| SANDISFIELD | 54.6 | 21 |
| SANDWICH | 19.8 | 121 |
| SAUGUS | 16.5 | 166 |
| SAVOY | 43.4 | 29 |
| SCITUATE | 14.9 | 199 |
| SEEKONK | 30.6 | 47 |
| SHARON | 6.2 | 316 |
| SHEFFIELD | 27.6 | 62 |
| SHELBURNE | 68.7 | 14 |
| SHERBORN | 7.3 | 313 |
| SHIRLEY | 11.1 | 272 |
| SHREWSBURY | 10.4 | 279 |
| SHUTESBURY | 5.6 | 321 |
| SOMERSET | 16 | 181 |
| SOMERVILLE | 15.4 | 196 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 22.4 | 94 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 15.4 | 197 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 22.1 | 99 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 16 | 180 |
| SOUTHWICK | 28.4 | 58 |
| SPENCER | 17.1 | 154 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 12.8 | 242 |
| STERLING | 14.1 | 212 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 102.7 | 4 |
| STONEHAM | 11.7 | 264 |
| STOUGHTON | 15.6 | 192 |
| STOW | 13.7 | 223 |
| STURBRIDGE | 35.6 | 35 |
| SUDBURY | 11.9 | 259 |
| SUNDERLAND | 27.1 | 67 |
| SUTTON | 10 | 285 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 13.1 | 237 |
| SWANSEA | 18.9 | 130 |
| TAUNTON | 14.5 | 206 |
| TEMPLETON | 21.2 | 108 |
| TEWKSBURY | 13.5 | 228 |
| TISBURY | 27.9 | 60 |
| TOPSFIELD | 3.3 | 328 |
| TOWNSEND | 11.2 | 271 |
| TRURO | 69.9 | 11 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 28.3 | 59 |
| TYRINGHAM | 30.6 | 48 |
| UPTON | 9.3 | 298 |
| UXBRIDGE | 15.6 | 191 |
| WAKEFIELD | 9.6 | 292 |
| WALES | 10.9 | 274 |
| WALPOLE | 15.8 | 188 |
| WALTHAM | 15.7 | 189 |
| WARE | 21.3 | 106 |
| WAREHAM | 23.4 | 88 |
| WARREN | 19.5 | 123 |
| WASHINGTON | 18.6 | 134 |
| WATERTOWN | 17.5 | 149 |
| WAYLAND | 13.1 | 236 |
| WEBSTER | 23.3 | 89 |
| WELLESLEY | 5.7 | 319 |
| WELLFLEET | 123.6 | 3 |
| WENDELL | 23.6 | 85 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 22.4 | 95 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 17 | 158 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 30.4 | 51 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 24.3 | 81 |
| WESTFIELD | 11.9 | 258 |
| WESTFORD | 16.4 | 172 |
| WESTMINSTER | 19.2 | 125 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 4.7 | 324 |
| WESTON | 0.9 | 333 |
| WESTPORT | 15.5 | 195 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 17.3 | 150 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 68.9 | 13 |
| WESTWOOD | 3.4 | 327 |
| WEYMOUTH | 13.4 | 231 |
| WHATELY | 33.4 | 39 |
| WHITMAN | 12.4 | 253 |
| WILBRAHAM | 11.3 | 270 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 48.3 | 23 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 41.3 | 30 |
| WILMINGTON | 6.3 | 315 |
| WINCHENDON | 21.4 | 105 |
| WINCHESTER | 8 | 310 |
| WINDSOR | 22.2 | 97 |
| WINTHROP | 12 | 256 |
| WOBURN | 13.1 | 234 |
| WORCESTER | 16 | 182 |
| WORTHINGTON | 34.6 | 36 |
| WRENTHAM | 16.4 | 171 |
| YARMOUTH | 27.3 | 64 |