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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 655.28K people in Massachusetts with English ancestry (9.37% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Newburyport city had the highest percentage of its population with English ancestry (17.13%), followed by Marblehead CDP (16.78%), and South Yarmouth CDP (16.32%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
Newburyport city
Marblehead CDP
South Yarmouth CDP
Northampton city
Greenfield city
Maynard CDP
Amesbury Town city
Reading CDP
Easthampton Town city
Lynnfield CDP
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with English Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Newburyport city 17.13
2 Marblehead CDP 16.78
3 South Yarmouth CDP 16.32
4 Northampton city 16.17
5 Greenfield city 15.96
6 Maynard CDP 15.35
7 Amesbury Town city 15.15
8 Reading CDP 14.14
9 Easthampton Town city 13.80
10 Lynnfield CDP 13.46
11 Somerset CDP 13.40
12 Needham CDP 13.20
13 Attleboro city 12.99
14 Gardner city 12.78
15 North Attleborough Town city 12.61
16 Wellesley CDP 12.48
17 Barnstable Town city 12.36
18 Gloucester city 12.17
19 Bridgewater Town city 12.09
20 Franklin Town city 12.08
21 Winchester CDP 11.80
22 Belmont CDP 11.76
23 Wilmington CDP 11.55
24 Wakefield CDP 11.52
25 Melrose city 11.11
26 Swampscott CDP 11.01
27 Dedham CDP 10.87
28 North Adams city 10.67
29 Hudson CDP 10.52
30 Danvers CDP 10.46
30 Hull CDP 10.46
31 Arlington CDP 10.45
31 Beverly city 10.45
32 Nantucket CDP 10.44
33 Woburn city 10.05
34 Haverhill city 9.76
35 Milton CDP 9.47
36 Abington CDP 9.42
37 Salem city 9.39
38 Taunton city 9.37
39 Pittsfield city 9.30
40 Longmeadow CDP 9.26
41 Stoneham CDP 9.15
42 Agawam Town city 9.00
43 Westfield city 8.99
44 Amherst Town city 8.98
45 Lexington CDP 8.91
46 Leominster city 8.77
47 Burlington CDP 8.58
48 Weymouth Town city 8.57
49 Somerville city 8.28
50 Holbrook CDP 8.15
51 Peabody city 8.05
52 Marlborough city 7.95
53 Braintree Town city 7.89
54 Cambridge city 7.82
55 Newton city 7.81
55 Saugus CDP 7.81
56 New Bedford city 7.80
57 Waltham city 7.79
58 Norwood CDP 7.74
59 Framingham city 7.72
60 Palmer Town city 7.51
61 Webster CDP 7.46
62 Watertown Town city 7.12
63 Winthrop Town city 6.87
64 Brookline CDP 6.84
65 Milford CDP 6.68
66 Methuen Town city 6.39
67 Fall River city 6.26
68 West Springfield Town city 6.19
69 Quincy city 6.14
70 Medford city 6.13
71 Fitchburg city 5.88
72 Southbridge Town city 5.62
73 Chicopee city 5.54
74 Boston city 4.86
75 Worcester city 4.59
76 Malden city 4.35
77 Lynn city 3.99
78 Lowell city 3.92
79 Brockton city 3.17
80 Randolph Town city 3.15
81 Springfield city 2.85
82 Revere city 2.82
83 Holyoke city 2.73
84 Everett city 1.59
85 Chelsea city 1.39
86 Lawrence city 1.34