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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.35M people in Massachusetts with Irish ancestry (19.24% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Hull CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Irish ancestry (35.98%), followed by Abington CDP (35.66%), and Weymouth Town city (35.14%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Irish 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 Irish Ancestry in 2021
Hull CDP
Abington CDP
Weymouth Town city
Holbrook CDP
Reading CDP
Braintree Town city
Milton CDP
Wakefield CDP
Newburyport city
Wilmington CDP
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Irish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Hull CDP 35.98
2 Abington CDP 35.66
3 Weymouth Town city 35.14
4 Holbrook CDP 34.31
5 Reading CDP 32.99
6 Braintree Town city 32.62
7 Milton CDP 31.63
8 Wakefield CDP 31.37
9 Newburyport city 31.16
10 Wilmington CDP 30.30
11 Amesbury Town city 29.51
12 Dedham CDP 29.33
13 Danvers CDP 28.64
14 Woburn city 28.38
15 Bridgewater Town city 28.10
15 Norwood CDP 28.10
16 Stoneham CDP 28.04
17 Lynnfield CDP 27.94
18 North Attleborough Town city 27.26
19 Franklin Town city 26.57
20 Maynard CDP 25.55
21 Marblehead CDP 25.53
22 South Yarmouth CDP 25.39
23 Melrose city 24.76
24 Easthampton Town city 24.33
25 Burlington CDP 24.23
26 Attleboro city 23.15
27 Winthrop Town city 23.00
28 Beverly city 22.88
29 Quincy city 22.58
30 Agawam Town city 22.36
31 Salem city 22.31
32 Haverhill city 22.13
33 Winchester CDP 21.40
34 Barnstable Town city 21.13
35 Saugus CDP 20.93
36 Arlington CDP 20.89
37 Gloucester city 20.77
38 Taunton city 20.69
39 Longmeadow CDP 20.56
40 Peabody city 20.20
41 Watertown Town city 19.82
42 Medford city 18.90
43 Pittsfield city 18.86
43 Somerset CDP 18.86
44 Nantucket CDP 18.72
45 Greenfield city 18.70
46 Swampscott CDP 18.66
47 Webster CDP 18.50
48 West Springfield Town city 18.27
49 Needham CDP 18.08
50 Westfield city 18.02
51 Wellesley CDP 17.83
52 Waltham city 17.54
53 Milford CDP 17.07
54 Hudson CDP 16.94
55 Belmont CDP 16.33
56 Somerville city 15.78
57 Northampton city 15.76
58 Leominster city 15.47
59 Marlborough city 15.13
60 North Adams city 15.00
61 Fitchburg city 14.67
62 Lowell city 14.65
63 Methuen Town city 14.25
64 Worcester city 14.05
65 Amherst Town city 13.51
66 Framingham city 13.40
67 Holyoke city 13.19
67 Southbridge Town city 13.19
68 Newton city 13.17
69 Boston city 13.10
70 Malden city 12.93
71 Chicopee city 12.74
72 Palmer Town city 12.25
73 Lynn city 12.08
74 Fall River city 11.35
75 Brookline CDP 10.53
76 Lexington CDP 10.52
77 Brockton city 10.43
78 Cambridge city 10.30
79 Gardner city 10.15
80 Randolph Town city 9.63
81 Everett city 8.45
82 New Bedford city 8.11
83 Revere city 8.05
84 Springfield city 7.84
85 Chelsea city 4.01
86 Lawrence city 3.44