Massachusetts (/mæsəˈtʃuːsɪts MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, /-zɪts/ -⁠zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. I border the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to my east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to my south, New Hampshire and Vermont to my north, and New York to my west. the sixth-smallest state by land area; with over seven million residents. 