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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 815.79K people in Massachusetts with Italian ancestry (11.67% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Stoneham CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (29.63%), followed by Saugus CDP (29.61%), and Wilmington CDP (27.85%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Italian 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 Italian Ancestry in 2021
Stoneham CDP
Saugus CDP
Wilmington CDP
Wakefield CDP
Lynnfield CDP
Winthrop Town city
Franklin Town city
Reading CDP
Peabody city
Burlington CDP
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Stoneham CDP 29.63
2 Saugus CDP 29.61
3 Wilmington CDP 27.85
4 Wakefield CDP 26.63
5 Lynnfield CDP 25.57
6 Winthrop Town city 23.33
7 Franklin Town city 22.68
8 Reading CDP 22.27
9 Peabody city 21.10
10 Burlington CDP 20.06
11 Danvers CDP 20.05
12 Woburn city 19.96
13 Gloucester city 18.68
14 Agawam Town city 18.54
15 Milford CDP 18.51
16 Bridgewater Town city 18.26
17 Medford city 17.95
18 Melrose city 17.59
19 Revere city 17.20
20 Pittsfield city 16.93
21 Newburyport city 16.89
22 Beverly city 16.71
23 North Attleborough Town city 15.75
24 Haverhill city 15.26
25 North Adams city 15.18
26 Norwood CDP 15.08
27 Leominster city 15.04
28 Winchester CDP 14.85
29 Hull CDP 14.83
30 Weymouth Town city 14.77
31 Methuen Town city 14.15
32 Abington CDP 13.99
33 Maynard CDP 13.89
34 Braintree Town city 13.67
35 Marlborough city 13.60
36 Dedham CDP 13.48
37 Waltham city 13.41
38 Swampscott CDP 12.94
39 Amesbury Town city 12.88
40 Longmeadow CDP 12.78
41 Watertown Town city 12.74
42 Holbrook CDP 12.11
43 Everett city 11.82
44 Belmont CDP 11.79
45 Hudson CDP 11.69
46 Somerville city 11.66
47 South Yarmouth CDP 11.65
48 Westfield city 11.57
49 Malden city 11.40
50 Nantucket CDP 11.38
51 Marblehead CDP 11.35
52 Arlington CDP 11.16
53 Barnstable Town city 11.01
53 Fitchburg city 11.01
54 Greenfield city 10.69
55 Salem city 10.58
56 Northampton city 10.37
56 Taunton city 10.37
57 Newton city 10.29
58 Attleboro city 10.18
59 West Springfield Town city 10.17
60 Needham CDP 10.08
61 Amherst Town city 10.04
62 Quincy city 10.03
62 Webster CDP 10.03
63 Framingham city 9.94
64 Wellesley CDP 9.87
65 Easthampton Town city 9.76
66 Worcester city 8.87
67 Southbridge Town city 8.57
68 Palmer Town city 8.56
69 Milton CDP 8.50
70 Lexington CDP 8.32
71 Lynn city 7.94
72 Cambridge city 7.44
73 Gardner city 7.43
74 Boston city 7.23
75 Chicopee city 6.91
76 Brookline CDP 6.80
77 Somerset CDP 6.50
78 Brockton city 6.35
79 Randolph Town city 6.03
80 Fall River city 5.77
81 Springfield city 5.72
82 Lowell city 4.88
83 Chelsea city 4.15
84 Lawrence city 3.19
85 Holyoke city 3.14
86 New Bedford city 2.90