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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 134.50K people in Massachusetts with Scottish ancestry (1.92% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Marblehead CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Scottish ancestry (4.18%), followed by South Yarmouth CDP (4.15%), and Gloucester city (3.76%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Scottish 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 Scottish Ancestry in 2021

Marblehead CDP

South Yarmouth CDP

Gloucester city

Newburyport city

Hull CDP

Northampton city

Swampscott CDP

Abington CDP

Maynard CDP

Wellesley CDP

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

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Marblehead CDP	4.18
2	South Yarmouth CDP	4.15
3	Gloucester city	3.76
4	Newburyport city	3.59
5	Hull CDP	3.43
5	Northampton city	3.43
6	Swampscott CDP	3.36
7	Abington CDP	3.32
8	Maynard CDP	3.23
9	Wellesley CDP	3.22
10	Nantucket CDP	2.97
11	Amesbury Town city	2.89
11	Belmont CDP	2.89
11	Winchester CDP	2.89
12	Webster CDP	2.78
13	Arlington CDP	2.68
14	Holbrook CDP	2.67
15	Beverly city	2.64
16	Gardner city	2.63
17	Hudson CDP	2.62
18	Barnstable Town city	2.57
18	Dedham CDP	2.57
19	Wakefield CDP	2.52
20	Westfield city	2.50
20	West Springfield Town city	2.50
21	North Attleborough Town city	2.48
22	Salem city	2.38
23	Wilmington CDP	2.36
24	Brookline CDP	2.31
25	Easthampton Town city	2.26
26	Reading CDP	2.25
27	Greenfield city	2.19
28	Medford city	2.14
29	Milford CDP	2.13
30	Weymouth Town city	2.09
31	Longmeadow CDP	1.98
32	Haverhill city	1.96
32	Melrose city	1.96
32	Watertown Town city	1.96
33	Peabody city	1.91
34	Attleboro city	1.84
35	Pittsfield city	1.80
36	Franklin Town city	1.79
36	Newton city	1.79
37	Leominster city	1.78
38	Bridgewater Town city	1.77
39	Chicopee city	1.76
39	Somerville city	1.76
40	Saugus CDP	1.75
41	Braintree Town city	1.74
42	Cambridge city	1.71
42	Danvers CDP	1.71
42	Needham CDP	1.71
42	Waltham city	1.71
43	Methuen Town city	1.69
44	Lexington CDP	1.66
45	Marlborough city	1.64
46	Milton CDP	1.61
47	Framingham city	1.54
48	Somerset CDP	1.52
49	Norwood CDP	1.49
50	Amherst Town city	1.47
51	Quincy city	1.46
52	Taunton city	1.45
53	Fitchburg city	1.38
54	Agawam Town city	1.33
55	Palmer Town city	1.30
56	Woburn city	1.28
57	Randolph Town city	1.25
58	Burlington CDP	1.21
59	Boston city	1.12
60	North Adams city	1.11
61	Stoneham CDP	1.09
62	Lynn city	1.00
63	Worcester city	0.96
64	Brockton city	0.95
65	Holyoke city	0.88
66	Winthrop Town city	0.86
67	Malden city	0.72
68	Lynnfield CDP	0.71
69	Lowell city	0.64
70	Southbridge Town city	0.62
71	Fall River city	0.56
72	Everett city	0.49
72	New Bedford city	0.49
73	Springfield city	0.46
74	Revere city	0.45
75	Chelsea city	0.32
76	Lawrence city	0.24