Gloucester is a city on
Cape Ann in
Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is part of
Massachusetts' North Shore. The population was 28,789 at the 2010 U.S. Census. An important center of the
fishing industry and a popular summer destination, Gloucester consists of an urban core on the north side of the harbor and the outlying neighborhoods of
Annisquam, Bay View, Lanesville, Folly Cove,
Magnolia, Riverdale, East Gloucester, and West Gloucester.