Boston city, Massachusetts Population By All Races in Census 2020

Updated on June 29, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among Boston city, MA population of 675,647 people, 47.08% (318,101 people) identified their race as White Alone, 20.55% (138,870 people) identified their race as Black or African American Alone, and 11.25% (76,021 people) identified their race as Asian Alone.

The first chart below shows the population by race and the second chart shows the percentage of the population for each race. You can also find the information in a table below.

You can see similar information for other Massachusetts cities and places and also for the state of Massachusetts.

Boston city, MA Population By All Races in Census 2020
White Alone
318.10K
Black or African American Alone
138.87K
Asian Alone
76.02K
Two Or More Races
71.20K
Some Other Race Alone
68.27K
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
2.82K
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
356
Percentage of Boston city, MA Population By Race in Census 2020
White Alone
47.08%
Black or African American Alone
20.55%
Asian Alone
11.25%
Two Or More Races
10.54%
Some Other Race Alone
10.11%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone
0.42%
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone
0.05%
Boston city, MA Population By All Races in Census 2020
Race
Population
% of City or Place Population
White Alone 318,101 47.08
Black or African American Alone 138,870 20.55
Asian Alone 76,021 11.25
Two Or More Races 71,201 10.54
Some Other Race Alone 68,274 10.11
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 2,824 0.42
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 356 0.05
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