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 |