Rockport

Nickname: "The Mendocino of the East"
Official Website: www.town.rockport.ma.us
County: Essex
Region: Cape Ann & North Shore
Year Settled: 1623
Incorporated as a Town: 1840
Land Area: 7.1 sq. miles
Population Density: 1,099 people/sq mile
Population from Census 2000: 7,767
Estimated Population for 2006: 7,687
Racial makeup of population: [+] show

97.2%	White
0.2%	Black
1.1%	Hispanic
0.4%	Asian
0.2%	Native American
0.9%	Other

Median Housing Unit Value in 2000: $274,000
Median Single Family House Sale Price in 2006: $405,000
Poverty: 3.7%

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