Massachusetts: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity
Massachusetts recorded 67,851 births in 2024 across 14 counties, served by 38 hospitals confirmed to provide inpatient labour and delivery, with 7 more whose status CMS does not report. There are 3,918 Offices of Lawyers establishments statewide, across all practice areas.
- Births, 2024
- 67,851+2.1% since 2021
- Delivering hospitals
- 387 more not reported
- Offices of Lawyers
- 3,918CBP 2023, NAICS 541110, all practice areas
- Births per lawyer office
- 17.3national median for 500+ birth counties: 34.3
Births by county
Figure 1. Hover any county for births, lawyer offices and delivering hospitals. Projected at build time; no mapping library on this page.
Every county
| County | Population 2024 | Births 2024 | Lawyer offices | Births per office | Delivering hospitals | Status unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County | 1,668,956 | 16,251 | 732 | 22.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Worcester County | 881,248 | 8,460 | 326 | 26.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Essex County | 823,938 | 8,443 | 426 | 19.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Suffolk County | 793,144 | 8,253 | 865 | 9.5 | 6 | 4 |
| Norfolk County | 740,754 | 7,102 | 527 | 13.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Plymouth County | 542,090 | 5,304 | 275 | 19.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bristol County | 588,593 | 5,215 | 248 | 21.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hampden County | 464,151 | 4,764 | 205 | 23.2 | 2 | 0 |
| Barnstable County | 232,570 | 1,518 | 163 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Hampshire County | 165,399 | 909 | 54 | 16.8 | 1 | 0 |
| Berkshire County | 128,726 | 814 | 63 | 12.9 | 2 | 1 |
| Franklin County | 70,871 | 493 | 17 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dukes County | 21,061 | 163 | 8 | 20.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Nantucket County | 14,670 | 162 | 9 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 |
Hospitals with obstetric services
| Hospital | City | County | Ownership | Labour & delivery | Birthing Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Jaques Hospital | Newburyport | Essex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Baystate Franklin Medical Center | Greenfield | Franklin | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Baystate Medical Center | Springfield | Hampden | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Berkshire Medical Center | Pittsfield | Berkshire | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth | Plymouth | Plymouth | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Boston Children'S Hospital | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Boston Medical Center-Brighton | Brighton | Suffolk | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Brigham And Women'S Hospital | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge | Middlesex | Government - Local | Yes | Designated |
| Cape Cod Hospital | Hyannis | Barnstable | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Carney Hospital | Boston | Suffolk | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,The | Northampton | Hampshire | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Emerson Hospital - | W Concord | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Fairview Hospital | Great Barrington | Berkshire | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Franciscan Children'S Hospital & Rehab Center | Brighton | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Not reported | — |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center | Brockton | Plymouth | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Heywood Hospital - | Gardner | Worcester | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Holy Family Hospital | Methuen | Essex | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Lowell General Hospital | Lowell | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Martha'S Vineyard Hospital Inc | Oak Bluffs | Dukes | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare | Melrose | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Mercy Medical Ctr | Springfield | Hampden | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | Lawrence | Essex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Metrowest Medical Center | Framingham | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Milford Regional Medical Center | Milford | Worcester | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | Cambridge | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket | Nantucket | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Nashoba Valley Medical Center | Ayer | Middlesex | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Newton | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| North Adams Regional Hospital Corporation | North Adams | Berkshire | Government - Federal | Not reported | — |
| North Shore Medical Center - | Salem | Essex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | Beverly | Essex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Norwood Hospital | Norwood | Norfolk | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital | Brockton | Plymouth | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| South Shore Hospital | South Weymouth | Norfolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | Fall River | Bristol | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| St Vincent Hospital | Worcester | Worcester | Proprietary | Yes | Designated |
| Sturdy Memorial Hospital | Attleboro | Bristol | Voluntary non-profit - Other | Yes | Designated |
| The Shriners' Hospital For Children - Boston | Boston | Suffolk | Proprietary | Not reported | — |
| Tufts Medical Center | Boston | Suffolk | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | Worcester | Worcester | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
| Winchester Hospital | Winchester | Middlesex | Voluntary non-profit - Private | Yes | Designated |
Birthing Friendly is a CMS designation reflecting a hospital's attestation to participating in a perinatal quality improvement collaborative and implementing recommended safety practices. It records reported structure and participation. It is not an outcome measure, and CMS published no obstetric outcome scores at all for 2024 — see the blackout.
A limit we will not cross. Nothing on this page links a clinical outcome rate to a legal claim. Adverse-event rates measure medicine. Litigation measures a legal process. They are different quantities, they are collected by different agencies for different reasons, and correlating them would be the fastest way to publish something false. Where we present clinical data and legal data together, it is to describe a market — never to imply that one causes, predicts, or justifies the other.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Population Totals and Components of Change, Vintage 2024 — births by county, 2021–2024
- U.S. Census Bureau — County Business Patterns, 2023 — NAICS 541110, Offices of Lawyers; establishment counts by county
- CMS Care Compare — Maternal Health · Hospital — PC-02, PC-07a, PC-07b, SM-7; 2024 reporting period
- CMS Care Compare — Hospital General Information — ownership, facility type, Birthing Friendly designation
- U.S. Census Bureau — Cartographic Boundary Files, 2023 (1:20,000,000) — county and state polygons; projected to Albers equal-area at build time
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Birth Injury Marketing. “Massachusetts: births, delivery capacity and legal capacity.” 24 August 2026. https://birthinjurymarketing.com/intelligence/massachusetts/
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