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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 41.71K people in Massachusetts with Scotch Irish ancestry (0.60% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Danvers CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Scotch Irish ancestry (1.89%), followed by Melrose city (1.28%), and Longmeadow CDP (1.24%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Scotch Irish ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Massachusetts.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

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

Danvers CDP

Melrose city

Longmeadow CDP

Winchester CDP

Gloucester city

Maynard CDP

Watertown Town city

Salem city

Lexington CDP

Arlington CDP

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

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Danvers CDP	1.89
2	Melrose city	1.28
3	Longmeadow CDP	1.24
4	Winchester CDP	1.13
5	Gloucester city	1.08
6	Maynard CDP	1.06
7	Watertown Town city	1.01
8	Salem city	0.97
9	Lexington CDP	0.96
10	Arlington CDP	0.95
11	Bridgewater Town city	0.93
12	Franklin Town city	0.92
12	Northampton city	0.92
13	Norwood CDP	0.87
14	Burlington CDP	0.86
14	Holbrook CDP	0.86
15	Peabody city	0.82
15	Reading CDP	0.82
16	Amherst Town city	0.76
16	Hull CDP	0.76
16	Marlborough city	0.76
17	Barnstable Town city	0.74
17	Gardner city	0.74
18	Marblehead CDP	0.72
19	Newton city	0.71
20	Beverly city	0.68
21	Newburyport city	0.67
22	Weymouth Town city	0.66
23	Wilmington CDP	0.65
24	Nantucket CDP	0.64
25	Stoneham CDP	0.63
26	Wellesley CDP	0.62
27	Woburn city	0.61
28	Cambridge city	0.60
28	Dedham CDP	0.60
29	Greenfield city	0.59
29	South Yarmouth CDP	0.59
30	North Adams city	0.58
31	Somerville city	0.57
31	Webster CDP	0.57
32	Haverhill city	0.55
33	Belmont CDP	0.52
34	West Springfield Town city	0.51
35	Pittsfield city	0.50
35	Waltham city	0.50
36	Brookline CDP	0.49
36	Medford city	0.49
37	Needham CDP	0.48
38	Wakefield CDP	0.47
39	Attleboro city	0.46
40	Abington CDP	0.45
41	Hudson CDP	0.44
41	Milton CDP	0.44
42	Amesbury Town city	0.42
43	Chicopee city	0.41
44	Braintree Town city	0.40
44	Saugus CDP	0.40
45	Brockton city	0.39
46	Quincy city	0.38
46	Westfield city	0.38
47	Boston city	0.36
47	Milford CDP	0.36
47	Worcester city	0.36
48	Leominster city	0.34
49	Agawam Town city	0.30
49	Methuen Town city	0.30
50	Lowell city	0.29
50	Winthrop Town city	0.29
51	Fitchburg city	0.27
51	North Attleborough Town city	0.27
52	Easthampton Town city	0.26
52	Framingham city	0.26
52	Holyoke city	0.26
52	Springfield city	0.26
53	Lynnfield CDP	0.23
54	Swampscott CDP	0.21
55	Southbridge Town city	0.19
56	Fall River city	0.15
56	New Bedford city	0.15
57	Revere city	0.14
58	Malden city	0.13
59	Everett city	0.09
59	Lynn city	0.09
60	Taunton city	0.08
61	Lawrence city	0.07
62	Palmer Town city	0.06
63	Randolph Town city	0.04