Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Updated on July 6, 2023.
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Massachusetts's cities and places (towns and villages), Boston city had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (138.87K), followed by Brockton city (36.95K), and Springfield city (32.50K).
The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places, and the table below shows the ranking of all of Massachusetts cities and places based on Black or African American Alone population.
You can see similar ranking information for other states and for the United States. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Massachusetts.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census.
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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| Rank | City or Place | Black Alone Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston city | 138870 |
| 2 | Brockton city | 36951 |
| 3 | Springfield city | 32503 |
| 4 | Worcester city | 30485 |
| 5 | Randolph Town city | 15119 |
| 6 | Cambridge city | 12520 |
| 7 | Lynn city | 12256 |
| 8 | Lowell city | 10344 |
| 9 | Malden city | 9723 |
| 10 | Everett city | 7189 |
| 11 | New Bedford city | 5867 |
| 12 | Quincy city | 5796 |
| 13 | Fall River city | 5281 |
| 14 | Taunton city | 5179 |
| 15 | Medford city | 4977 |
| 16 | Lawrence city | 4861 |
| 17 | Waltham city | 4556 |
| 18 | Framingham city | 4517 |
| 19 | Somerville city | 4449 |
| 20 | Milton CDP | 3723 |
| 21 | Revere city | 3258 |
| 22 | Haverhill city | 3094 |
| 23 | Leominster city | 3053 |
| 24 | Fitchburg city | 3032 |
| 25 | Pittsfield city | 3002 |
| 26 | Chelsea city | 2996 |
| 27 | Weymouth Town city | 2789 |
| 28 | Methuen Town city | 2712 |
| 29 | Attleboro city | 2704 |
| 30 | Newton city | 2670 |
| 31 | Chicopee city | 2664 |
| 32 | Norwood CDP | 2417 |
| 33 | Amherst Town city | 2382 |
| 34 | Salem city | 2251 |
| 35 | Barnstable Town city | 2235 |
| 36 | Woburn city | 2232 |
| 37 | Brookline CDP | 2069 |
| 38 | Bridgewater Town city | 2054 |
| 39 | Peabody city | 1964 |
| 40 | Holbrook CDP | 1720 |
| 41 | Holyoke city | 1640 |
| 42 | Dedham CDP | 1583 |
| 43 | Marlborough city | 1420 |
| 44 | Braintree Town city | 1330 |
| 45 | Watertown Town city | 1261 |
| 46 | Burlington CDP | 1240 |
| 47 | West Springfield Town city | 1193 |
| 48 | Saugus CDP | 1117 |
| 49 | Arlington CDP | 1087 |
| 50 | Beverly city | 990 |
| 51 | Melrose city | 968 |
| 52 | North Attleborough Town city | 944 |
| 53 | Northampton city | 915 |
| 54 | Westfield city | 828 |
| 55 | Nantucket CDP | 806 |
| 56 | Gardner city | 778 |
| 57 | Milford CDP | 696 |
| 58 | Abington CDP | 683 |
| 59 | Franklin Town city | 668 |
| 60 | Stoneham CDP | 666 |
| 61 | Webster CDP | 658 |
| 62 | South Yarmouth CDP | 635 |
| 63 | Wellesley CDP | 622 |
| 64 | Agawam Town city | 611 |
| 65 | Danvers CDP | 561 |
| 66 | Belmont CDP | 544 |
| 67 | Southbridge Town city | 500 |
| 68 | Needham CDP | 484 |
| 69 | Lexington CDP | 476 |
| 70 | Winthrop Town city | 442 |
| 71 | Greenfield city | 440 |
| 72 | Wakefield CDP | 424 |
| 73 | Foxborough CDP | 417 |
| 74 | Devens CDP | 405 |
| 75 | North Adams city | 338 |
| 76 | Gloucester city | 331 |
| 77 | Reading CDP | 329 |
| 78 | Wilmington CDP | 323 |
| 79 | West Concord CDP | 313 |
| 80 | Hudson CDP | 296 |
| 81 | Mansfield Center CDP | 272 |
| 82 | Palmer Town city | 271 |
| 83 | Swampscott CDP | 266 |
| 84 | Dennis Port CDP | 262 |
| 85 | West Yarmouth CDP | 257 |
| 86 | Raynham Center CDP | 246 |
| 87 | Clinton CDP | 244 |
| 87 | Longmeadow CDP | 244 |
| 87 | Pinehurst CDP | 244 |
| 88 | Andover CDP | 237 |
| 88 | Winchester CDP | 237 |
| 89 | Maynard CDP | 234 |
| 90 | Amesbury Town city | 233 |
| 91 | Middleborough Center CDP | 225 |
| 92 | Sharon CDP | 215 |
| 93 | Oak Bluffs CDP | 205 |
| 93 | Williamstown CDP | 205 |
| 94 | Easthampton Town city | 193 |
| 95 | Provincetown CDP | 183 |
| 96 | Marblehead CDP | 180 |
| 97 | Hanscom AFB CDP | 179 |
| 98 | South Dennis CDP | 173 |
| 99 | Northwest Harwich CDP | 166 |
| 100 | Somerset CDP | 158 |
| 101 | Spencer CDP | 155 |
| 102 | Ayer CDP | 154 |
| 103 | Plymouth CDP | 148 |
| 104 | Walpole CDP | 147 |
| 105 | East Falmouth CDP | 146 |
| 106 | Newburyport city | 140 |
| 107 | Norton Center CDP | 132 |
| 108 | Medfield CDP | 121 |
| 109 | Lynnfield CDP | 118 |
| 109 | South Lancaster CDP | 118 |
| 110 | Ware CDP | 116 |
| 111 | Falmouth CDP | 111 |
| 111 | Vineyard Haven CDP | 111 |
| 112 | East Harwich CDP | 104 |
| 113 | Whitinsville CDP | 101 |
| 114 | Athol CDP | 99 |
| 115 | North Plymouth CDP | 98 |
| 116 | Westborough CDP | 97 |
| 117 | Bellingham CDP | 95 |
| 118 | West Dennis CDP | 91 |
| 119 | Cochituate CDP | 90 |
| 120 | Adams CDP | 81 |
| 120 | Northborough CDP | 81 |
| 121 | Turners Falls CDP | 79 |
| 122 | Millis-Clicquot CDP | 78 |
| 123 | Yarmouth Port CDP | 77 |
| 124 | Belchertown CDP | 75 |
| 125 | Hull CDP | 74 |
| 125 | Wilbraham CDP | 74 |
| 126 | North Lakeville CDP | 70 |
| 127 | Kingston CDP | 69 |
| 128 | Winchendon CDP | 68 |
| 129 | West Wareham CDP | 67 |
| 130 | Groton CDP | 66 |
| 131 | Oxford CDP | 65 |
| 132 | Buzzards Bay CDP | 63 |
| 132 | Wareham Center CDP | 63 |
| 133 | Bliss Corner CDP | 62 |
| 134 | North Eastham CDP | 60 |
| 135 | Chatham CDP | 59 |
| 136 | Onset CDP | 58 |
| 137 | Smith Mills CDP | 55 |
| 138 | Orange CDP | 52 |
| 139 | North Pembroke CDP | 50 |
| 140 | Weweantic CDP | 49 |
| 141 | East Dennis CDP | 48 |
| 142 | Fiskdale CDP | 47 |
| 142 | Great Barrington CDP | 47 |
| 143 | Harwich Center CDP | 46 |
| 144 | Ipswich CDP | 44 |
| 144 | Orleans CDP | 44 |
| 144 | Teaticket CDP | 44 |
| 144 | West Chatham CDP | 44 |
| 145 | Forestdale CDP | 43 |
| 146 | Shirley CDP | 42 |
| 147 | Sturbridge CDP | 41 |
| 148 | Littleton Common CDP | 39 |
| 149 | Nahant CDP | 38 |
| 150 | Dennis CDP | 37 |
| 150 | Rockport CDP | 37 |
| 151 | Marshfield CDP | 36 |
| 151 | Rutland CDP | 36 |
| 151 | Sagamore CDP | 36 |
| 151 | White Island Shores CDP | 36 |
| 152 | Hopkinton CDP | 35 |
| 153 | Cordaville CDP | 34 |
| 153 | Harwich Port CDP | 34 |
| 153 | Housatonic CDP | 34 |
| 154 | Hopedale CDP | 33 |
| 155 | Lee CDP | 32 |
| 155 | Upton CDP | 32 |
| 156 | Salisbury CDP | 31 |
| 157 | Ocean Grove CDP | 30 |
| 157 | Pepperell CDP | 30 |
| 158 | Hingham CDP | 28 |
| 158 | North Falmouth CDP | 28 |
| 158 | Pocasset CDP | 28 |
| 159 | The Pinehills CDP | 27 |
| 160 | Deerfield CDP | 25 |
| 161 | Monument Beach CDP | 24 |
| 161 | Townsend CDP | 24 |
| 162 | Baldwinville CDP | 23 |
| 162 | Brewster CDP | 23 |
| 162 | East Douglas CDP | 23 |
| 162 | Mashpee Neck CDP | 23 |
| 163 | Edgartown CDP | 22 |
| 163 | Scituate CDP | 22 |
| 164 | Topsfield CDP | 18 |
| 165 | North Scituate CDP | 17 |
| 165 | Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock CDP | 17 |
| 166 | Acushnet Center CDP | 16 |
| 166 | Cheshire CDP | 16 |
| 166 | Granby CDP | 16 |
| 167 | East Pepperell CDP | 15 |
| 167 | North Westport CDP | 15 |
| 168 | Boxford CDP | 14 |
| 168 | North Brookfield CDP | 14 |
| 168 | South Ashburnham CDP | 14 |
| 169 | Marion Center CDP | 13 |
| 169 | Monson Center CDP | 13 |
| 169 | Shelburne Falls CDP | 13 |
| 170 | Dover CDP | 12 |
| 170 | South Duxbury CDP | 12 |
| 170 | Warren CDP | 12 |
| 170 | West Falmouth CDP | 12 |
| 171 | Essex CDP | 11 |
| 171 | Holland CDP | 11 |
| 171 | Marshfield Hills CDP | 11 |
| 171 | Siasconset CDP | 11 |
| 171 | South Deerfield CDP | 11 |
| 172 | East Sandwich CDP | 10 |
| 172 | Hanson CDP | 10 |
| 173 | Lenox CDP | 9 |
| 173 | North Seekonk CDP | 9 |
| 173 | Sandwich CDP | 9 |
| 174 | Barre CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Bourne CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Cedar Crest CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Hatfield CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Huntington CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Mattapoisett Center CDP | 8 |
| 174 | Woods Hole CDP | 8 |
| 175 | East Brookfield CDP | 6 |
| 175 | Millers Falls CDP | 6 |
| 175 | Russell CDP | 6 |
| 175 | West Brookfield CDP | 6 |
| 175 | West Warren CDP | 6 |
| 176 | Rowley CDP | 5 |
| 177 | Duxbury CDP | 4 |
| 178 | Lunenburg CDP | 3 |
| 178 | Monomoscoy Island CDP | 3 |
| 178 | Seabrook CDP | 3 |
| 179 | Madaket CDP | 2 |
| 179 | Popponesset CDP | 2 |
| 180 | Brookfield CDP | 1 |
| 180 | Chester CDP | 1 |
| 180 | Lenox Dale CDP | 1 |
| 180 | New Seabury CDP | 1 |
| 180 | Petersham CDP | 1 |
| 181 | Blandford CDP | 0 |
| 181 | Green Harbor CDP | 0 |
| 181 | Northfield CDP | 0 |
| 181 | Popponesset Island CDP | 0 |
| 181 | Seconsett Island CDP | 0 |