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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 91.51K people in Massachusetts with Russian ancestry (1.31% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Swampscott CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Russian ancestry (8.35%), followed by Needham CDP (6.32%), and Brookline CDP (5.66%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Russian 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 Russian Ancestry in 2021
Swampscott CDP
Needham CDP
Brookline CDP
Newton city
Marblehead CDP
Agawam Town city
Framingham city
Lexington CDP
Longmeadow CDP
Maynard CDP
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Russian Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Swampscott CDP 8.35
2 Needham CDP 6.32
3 Brookline CDP 5.66
4 Newton city 5.15
5 Marblehead CDP 4.42
6 Agawam Town city 3.33
7 Framingham city 3.28
8 Lexington CDP 3.07
9 Longmeadow CDP 2.96
10 Maynard CDP 2.57
11 Danvers CDP 2.40
12 Northampton city 2.38
13 Cambridge city 2.34
14 Watertown Town city 2.19
14 Winchester CDP 2.19
15 Dedham CDP 2.18
16 Belmont CDP 2.03
16 Easthampton Town city 2.03
17 Westfield city 2.02
18 Wellesley CDP 1.93
19 Franklin Town city 1.92
20 Somerville city 1.89
21 Arlington CDP 1.80
22 Lynnfield CDP 1.66
23 Waltham city 1.62
24 Peabody city 1.58
25 Medford city 1.57
26 Chicopee city 1.52
27 Greenfield city 1.46
27 Winthrop Town city 1.46
28 Milton CDP 1.43
29 Burlington CDP 1.42
30 Holbrook CDP 1.39
31 Norwood CDP 1.37
32 Hull CDP 1.36
33 Beverly city 1.32
34 Gloucester city 1.31
35 Hudson CDP 1.27
36 Newburyport city 1.23
37 Barnstable Town city 1.20
38 Amherst Town city 1.19
39 Wilmington CDP 1.18
40 Randolph Town city 1.12
41 Boston city 1.10
42 Salem city 1.07
43 Amesbury Town city 1.05
44 Melrose city 1.04
45 Malden city 1.03
46 Wakefield CDP 1.01
47 Pittsfield city 0.97
48 Worcester city 0.93
49 Bridgewater Town city 0.90
50 Leominster city 0.86
51 Quincy city 0.85
52 Haverhill city 0.84
52 Nantucket CDP 0.84
53 Lynn city 0.81
53 Reading CDP 0.81
53 Weymouth Town city 0.81
54 Gardner city 0.80
54 Webster CDP 0.80
55 Braintree Town city 0.78
56 Revere city 0.77
56 Saugus CDP 0.77
56 Woburn city 0.77
57 Everett city 0.74
57 West Springfield Town city 0.74
58 Holyoke city 0.73
58 Marlborough city 0.73
59 Stoneham CDP 0.70
60 Methuen Town city 0.62
61 Fall River city 0.61
62 Milford CDP 0.58
63 Attleboro city 0.54
64 North Adams city 0.48
65 Lowell city 0.42
65 South Yarmouth CDP 0.42
66 North Attleborough Town city 0.41
67 Chelsea city 0.36
68 Somerset CDP 0.35
69 Springfield city 0.34
70 Taunton city 0.32
71 Fitchburg city 0.29
72 Palmer Town city 0.28
73 Brockton city 0.24
74 New Bedford city 0.18
75 Southbridge Town city 0.08
76 Lawrence city 0.05