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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 9.29K people in Massachusetts with Iranian ancestry (0.13% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Brookline CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Iranian ancestry (0.99%), followed by Longmeadow CDP (0.63%), and Cambridge city (0.62%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Iranian 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 Iranian Ancestry in 2021
Brookline CDP
Longmeadow CDP
Cambridge city
Waltham city
Watertown Town city
Belmont CDP
Wellesley CDP
Arlington CDP
Amherst Town city
Medford city
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Iranian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Brookline CDP 0.99
2 Longmeadow CDP 0.63
3 Cambridge city 0.62
3 Waltham city 0.62
3 Watertown Town city 0.62
4 Belmont CDP 0.61
4 Wellesley CDP 0.61
5 Arlington CDP 0.50
6 Amherst Town city 0.44
7 Medford city 0.41
8 Hudson CDP 0.40
9 Marlborough city 0.36
10 Lexington CDP 0.35
11 Newton city 0.30
12 Framingham city 0.29
13 Westfield city 0.21
14 Peabody city 0.20
15 Boston city 0.19
16 Stoneham CDP 0.17
17 Lowell city 0.15
18 Lynnfield CDP 0.14
18 Malden city 0.14
18 Marblehead CDP 0.14
18 Methuen Town city 0.14
18 Randolph Town city 0.14
19 Melrose city 0.13
19 Milton CDP 0.13
19 Swampscott CDP 0.13
19 Winchester CDP 0.13
20 Chelsea city 0.11
21 Quincy city 0.10
22 Fitchburg city 0.09
22 Leominster city 0.09
22 Wakefield CDP 0.09
22 Wilmington CDP 0.09
23 Haverhill city 0.08
24 Braintree Town city 0.07
25 Fall River city 0.05
26 Reading CDP 0.03
27 Lawrence city 0.01