Indigenous peoples
Prior to European colonization, modern-day Boston was originally inhabited by the indigenous Massachusett. There were small Native communities throughout what became Boston, who

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Boston has an area of 89.63 square miles (232.1 km )—48.4 square miles (125.4 km ) (54%) of land and 41.2 square miles (106.7 km ) (46%) of water. The city's official elevation, as measured at Logan International Airport, is 19 ft (5.8 m) above sea level.

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In 2020, Boston was estimated to have 691,531 residents living in 266,724 households —a 12% population increase over 2010. The city is the

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Primary and secondary education
The Boston Public Schools enroll 57,000 students attending 145 schools, including the renowned

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Boston included $414 million in spending on the Boston Police Department in the fiscal 2021 budget. This is the second largest allocation of funding by the city after the allocation to Boston Public Schools.
Like many major American

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Boston shares many cultural roots with greater New England, including a dialect of the non-rhotic Eastern New England accent known as the Boston accent and a regional cuisine with a large emphasis on seafood, salt, and dairy products. Boston also has its own collection of

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A global city, Boston is placed among the top 30 most economically powerful cities in the world. Encompassing $363 billion, the

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