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Pittsfield
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city and county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Pittsfield is a city in Massachusetts that serves as the county seat of Berkshire County, meaning it is the principal city where the county government operates. It is located in western Massachusetts and functions as an important administrative and cultural hub for the region.
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- Official name
- Pittsfield
- Population
- 43927
- Area
- 109.984277
- Elevation
- 317
- Official website
- www.pittsfield-ma.org
- Image
- Downtown and Park Square, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.jpg
- Households
- 19072
- Dialing code
- 413
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- Commons category
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 01203
- inception
- 1752-00-00
- P8168
- Hasel
- water as percent of area
- 4.7006
- per capita income
- 33957
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Pittsfield is the most populous city in and the county seat of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the principal city of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Berkshire County. Pittsfield’s population was 43,927 at the 2020 census. Although its population has declined in recent decades, Pittsfield remains the third-largest municipality in Western Massachusetts, behind only Springfield and Chicopee.
In 2017, the Arts Vibrancy Index compiled by the National Center for Arts Research ranked Pittsfield and Berkshire County as the number-one medium-sized community in the nation for the arts.