Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 34.85K people in Massachusetts with British ancestry (0.50% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Wellesley CDP had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (2.43%), followed by Cambridge city (1.35%), and Northampton city (1.30%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having British ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Massachusetts.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

Wellesley CDP

Cambridge city

Northampton city

Newburyport city

Arlington CDP

South Yarmouth CDP

Maynard CDP

Newton city

Belmont CDP

Danvers CDP

Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Wellesley CDP	2.43
2	Cambridge city	1.35
3	Northampton city	1.30
4	Newburyport city	1.12
5	Arlington CDP	1.10
6	South Yarmouth CDP	1.09
7	Maynard CDP	1.02
8	Newton city	1.01
9	Belmont CDP	1.00
10	Danvers CDP	0.97
11	Lynnfield CDP	0.95
12	Burlington CDP	0.94
13	Winchester CDP	0.92
14	Gloucester city	0.86
15	Melrose city	0.84
16	Somerville city	0.83
17	Needham CDP	0.82
18	Brookline CDP	0.80
19	Watertown Town city	0.78
20	Gardner city	0.76
20	Lexington CDP	0.76
21	Franklin Town city	0.73
22	Dedham CDP	0.72
23	Beverly city	0.71
24	Hull CDP	0.68
25	Framingham city	0.62
25	Milton CDP	0.62
26	Easthampton Town city	0.58
27	Greenfield city	0.56
28	Somerset CDP	0.55
29	Amherst Town city	0.51
29	Marlborough city	0.51
30	Boston city	0.46
30	Marblehead CDP	0.46
31	Westfield city	0.45
31	Weymouth Town city	0.45
32	Reading CDP	0.44
33	Wakefield CDP	0.43
34	North Attleborough Town city	0.42
35	Nantucket CDP	0.41
36	Medford city	0.39
37	Lowell city	0.38
37	Milford CDP	0.38
37	Waltham city	0.38
38	Woburn city	0.37
38	Worcester city	0.37
39	Amesbury Town city	0.36
40	Barnstable Town city	0.35
40	Palmer Town city	0.35
41	Fitchburg city	0.34
42	Holyoke city	0.32
42	Pittsfield city	0.32
43	Longmeadow CDP	0.31
43	Salem city	0.31
43	Swampscott CDP	0.31
44	Haverhill city	0.30
45	Norwood CDP	0.29
46	Quincy city	0.27
47	Malden city	0.26
48	Bridgewater Town city	0.25
49	Chelsea city	0.23
50	Peabody city	0.22
50	Taunton city	0.22
51	Holbrook CDP	0.21
51	Leominster city	0.21
52	Attleboro city	0.19
53	Hudson CDP	0.18
53	Methuen Town city	0.18
54	Braintree Town city	0.17
54	West Springfield Town city	0.17
55	Everett city	0.16
55	Springfield city	0.16
55	Webster CDP	0.16
55	Winthrop Town city	0.16
56	Lynn city	0.15
57	Abington CDP	0.14
58	Chicopee city	0.13
59	Randolph Town city	0.09
59	Southbridge Town city	0.09
60	Agawam Town city	0.08
60	Stoneham CDP	0.08
61	Brockton city	0.07
61	North Adams city	0.07
62	Fall River city	0.06
62	New Bedford city	0.06
63	Saugus CDP	0.05
63	Wilmington CDP	0.05
64	Lawrence city	0.04