Back مقاطعة نورفولك (ماساتشوستس) Arabic Norfolk County, Massachusetts BAR Норфолк (окръг, Масачузетс) Bulgarian নরফক কাউন্টি, ম্যাসাচুসেট্স BPY Norfolk Gông (Massachusetts) CDO Норфолк (гуо, Массачусетс) CE Norfolk County (kondado) CEB Norfolk County, Massachusetts Welsh Norfolk County (Massachusetts) Danish Norfolk County (Massachusetts) German
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Norfolk County | |
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    Images, from top down, left to right: Former residence of John Adams in Quincy; Trail in the Blue Hills Reservation; MBTA station in Brookline; Green Hall at Wellesley College | |
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| Motto(s): Antiquity, Perseverance, History, Industry | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Massachusetts | |
 Massachusetts's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 42°11′57″N 71°09′16″W / 42.199158°N 71.154442°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Massachusetts |
| Founded | 1793 |
| Named for | Norfolk |
| Seat | Dedham |
| Largest city | Quincy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 444 sq mi (1,150 km2) |
| • Land | 396 sq mi (1,030 km2) |
| • Water | 48 sq mi (120 km2) 11% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 725,981 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 727,473  |
| • Density | 1,600/sq mi (630/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional districts | 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th |
| Website | norfolkcounty |
Norfolk County (/ˈnɔːrfək/ NOR-fək) is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981.[1] Its county seat is Dedham.[2] It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a borough, and it is the second most populous county that has a county seat at a town. The county was named after the English county of the same name.[3] Two towns, Cohasset and Brookline, are exclaves. Norfolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Norfolk County is the 24th highest-income county in the United States with a median household income of $107,361. It is the wealthiest county in Massachusetts.
- ^ "2020 Census Demographic Data Map Viewer". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Thomas Cox, Anthony Hall, Robert Morden, Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova: Or, A New, Exact, and Comprehensive Survey of the Ancient and Present State of Great Britain, Volume 5, (Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler: London, 1738), pg. 171 (accessed on Google Book Search, June 22, 2008)