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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.65M people in Massachusetts with Other Groups ancestry (23.58% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Lawrence city had the highest percentage of its population with Other Groups ancestry (77.54%), followed by Chelsea city (62.01%), and Springfield city (56.92%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Other Groups 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 Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
Lawrence city
Chelsea city
Springfield city
Holyoke city
Lynn city
Boston city
Lowell city
Lexington CDP
Revere city
Brookline CDP
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Other Groups Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Lawrence city 77.54
2 Chelsea city 62.01
3 Springfield city 56.92
4 Holyoke city 49.99
5 Lynn city 45.99
6 Boston city 38.70
7 Lowell city 38.33
8 Lexington CDP 37.93
9 Revere city 37.86
10 Brookline CDP 36.00
11 Malden city 35.23
12 Randolph Town city 34.96
13 Southbridge Town city 34.69
14 Methuen Town city 34.13
15 Quincy city 33.73
16 Worcester city 32.44
17 Cambridge city 32.21
18 Everett city 31.99
19 Fitchburg city 29.88
20 Framingham city 29.49
21 Newton city 28.79
22 Somerville city 28.11
23 New Bedford city 27.81
24 Waltham city 26.99
25 Haverhill city 26.54
26 Arlington CDP 26.46
27 Belmont CDP 26.38
28 Salem city 24.78
29 Chicopee city 24.66
30 Wellesley CDP 24.48
31 Braintree Town city 23.15
32 Webster CDP 22.68
33 West Springfield Town city 22.66
34 Medford city 22.56
35 Brockton city 22.51
36 Needham CDP 22.49
37 Amherst Town city 22.18
38 Watertown Town city 22.17
39 Burlington CDP 21.63
40 Winchester CDP 21.60
41 Marlborough city 21.54
42 Leominster city 20.84
43 North Adams city 19.62
44 Pittsfield city 19.50
45 Milton CDP 19.32
46 Northampton city 18.89
47 Holbrook CDP 18.27
48 Fall River city 18.20
49 Woburn city 17.92
50 Melrose city 17.89
51 Gardner city 17.24
52 Weymouth Town city 17.12
53 Longmeadow CDP 16.74
54 Norwood CDP 16.45
55 Milford CDP 16.26
56 Westfield city 16.23
57 Hudson CDP 16.14
57 Peabody city 16.14
58 Saugus CDP 15.97
59 Nantucket CDP 15.67
60 Greenfield city 15.45
61 Taunton city 15.35
62 Stoneham CDP 15.17
63 Dedham CDP 15.03
64 Winthrop Town city 15.02
65 Wilmington CDP 14.80
66 Franklin Town city 14.70
67 Swampscott CDP 14.68
68 Lynnfield CDP 14.22
69 North Attleborough Town city 13.66
70 Maynard CDP 13.48
71 Attleboro city 13.28
72 Reading CDP 13.21
73 Beverly city 13.00
74 Easthampton Town city 12.79
75 Marblehead CDP 12.76
76 Barnstable Town city 12.75
77 Palmer Town city 11.61
78 Agawam Town city 11.53
79 Bridgewater Town city 11.08
80 Amesbury Town city 10.97
81 Wakefield CDP 10.86
82 Gloucester city 10.46
83 Danvers CDP 9.90
84 Abington CDP 9.33
85 Newburyport city 8.35
86 South Yarmouth CDP 8.34
87 Hull CDP 8.19
88 Somerset CDP 4.52