Investor Presentation: General Obligation Bonds Consolidated Loan of 2020
The Commonwealth has a Highly Educated Workforce with High
Incomes and is Home to Top Companies, Colleges, and Universities
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Large diverse economy focused on important knowledge
sectors that pay above average wages such as health care,
technology and education
As of July 1, 2019, the population of the Commonwealth
was 6.9 million
➤ The Commonwealth's population has grown 5.8%
from 2009 to 2019 compared to the national
average of 7.0% and the New England
average of 3.1%
The availability of a skilled and well-educated workforce is
an important resource
The Commonwealth has the highest percentage of adults
with a bachelor degree or higher among all the states in the
nation at 44.5%
91.8% of adults over the age of 25 have completed
high school, above the national average of 88.3%
Massachusetts has spent nearly one-third more per
pupil in primary and secondary education than the
national average since 1994
TENSIS
Home to 34 Fortune 500 Companies
GE
EVERSOURCE
Biogen
Boston
Scientific
STATE STREET.
Raytheon
Liberty
Mutual.
Home to 114 Colleges and Universities
HARVARD
TS
NORTH
ASTERN
UNIVERSITY
BOSTON
UNIVERSITY
Northeastern
University
MASS
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology
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Source: The Commonwealth Information Statement dated October 28, 2020
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