The MBTA has approved a fare increase. US durable goods orders up modest 0. Hampden County is a russian dating boston ma-governmental county located in the Pioneer Valley of the state of Massachusetts, in the United States.

Hampden County is part of the Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the most urban county in Western Massachusetts. Like an increasing number of Massachusetts counties, Hampden County exists today only as a historical geographic region, and has no county government. All former county functions were assumed by state agencies in 1998. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council, county commission or other county governing body. The following are neighborhoods located in Springfield or West Springfield. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 463,490 people, 179,927 households, and 115,961 families residing in the county.

There were 192,175 housing units at an average density of 311. The average household size was 2. 49 and the average family size was 3. The ranking of unincorporated communities that are included on the list are reflective if the census designated locations and villages were included as cities or towns. 2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990″.