Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that were Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Massachusetts counties, in April 2020, among all of Massachusetts's cities and places (towns and villages) with a population of at least 10K, Randolph Town city had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as Black or African American Alone (43.22%), followed by Brockton city (34.98%), and Springfield city (20.85%).
The chart and table below shows the ranking of all of Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Black or African American Alone.
You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of cities and places for other racial groups, as well as for the different ethnicities in Massachusetts.
| Rank | City or Place | Percent of City Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randolph Town city | 43.22 |
| 2 | Brockton city | 34.98 |
| 3 | Springfield city | 20.85 |
| 4 | Boston city | 20.55 |
| 5 | Holbrook CDP | 15.08 |
| 6 | Worcester city | 14.76 |
| 7 | Malden city | 14.67 |
| 8 | Everett city | 14.65 |
| 9 | Milton CDP | 13.00 |
| 10 | Lynn city | 12.10 |
| 11 | Cambridge city | 10.57 |
| 12 | Lowell city | 8.95 |
| 13 | Taunton city | 8.72 |
| 14 | Medford city | 8.34 |
| 15 | Nantucket CDP | 7.93 |
| 16 | Norwood CDP | 7.65 |
| 17 | Chelsea city | 7.35 |
| 18 | Fitchburg city | 7.23 |
| 19 | Bridgewater Town city | 7.17 |
| 20 | Waltham city | 6.99 |
| 21 | Leominster city | 6.97 |
| 22 | Pittsfield city | 6.83 |
| 23 | Dedham CDP | 6.24 |
| 23 | Framingham city | 6.24 |
| 24 | Amherst Town city | 6.07 |
| 25 | Attleboro city | 5.82 |
| 26 | New Bedford city | 5.80 |
| 27 | Quincy city | 5.70 |
| 28 | Fall River city | 5.62 |
| 29 | Somerville city | 5.49 |
| 30 | Woburn city | 5.46 |
| 31 | Lawrence city | 5.45 |
| 32 | South Yarmouth CDP | 5.43 |
| 33 | Webster CDP | 5.40 |
| 34 | Revere city | 5.24 |
| 35 | Methuen Town city | 5.11 |
| 36 | Salem city | 5.06 |
| 37 | Weymouth Town city | 4.86 |
| 38 | Chicopee city | 4.80 |
| 39 | Burlington CDP | 4.70 |
| 40 | Barnstable Town city | 4.57 |
| 41 | Haverhill city | 4.56 |
| 42 | Holyoke city | 4.29 |
| 43 | West Springfield Town city | 4.14 |
| 44 | Abington CDP | 4.00 |
| 45 | Saugus CDP | 3.90 |
| 46 | Gardner city | 3.66 |
| 47 | Peabody city | 3.61 |
| 48 | Watertown Town city | 3.57 |
| 49 | Braintree Town city | 3.40 |
| 49 | Marlborough city | 3.40 |
| 50 | Brookline CDP | 3.27 |
| 51 | Melrose city | 3.25 |
| 52 | Northampton city | 3.09 |
| 53 | North Attleborough Town city | 3.06 |
| 54 | Newton city | 3.00 |
| 55 | Stoneham CDP | 2.87 |
| 56 | Southbridge Town city | 2.82 |
| 57 | North Adams city | 2.61 |
| 58 | Milford CDP | 2.58 |
| 59 | Greenfield city | 2.48 |
| 60 | Arlington CDP | 2.35 |
| 61 | Beverly city | 2.32 |
| 62 | Winthrop Town city | 2.29 |
| 63 | Maynard CDP | 2.18 |
| 63 | Palmer Town city | 2.18 |
| 64 | Agawam Town city | 2.13 |
| 65 | Wellesley CDP | 2.11 |
| 66 | Westfield city | 2.03 |
| 67 | Franklin Town city | 2.01 |
| 68 | Danvers CDP | 2.00 |
| 69 | Belmont CDP | 1.99 |
| 70 | Hudson CDP | 1.88 |
| 71 | Swampscott CDP | 1.76 |
| 72 | Wakefield CDP | 1.57 |
| 73 | Longmeadow CDP | 1.54 |
| 74 | Needham CDP | 1.51 |
| 75 | Lexington CDP | 1.38 |
| 75 | Wilmington CDP | 1.38 |
| 76 | Amesbury Town city | 1.34 |
| 77 | Reading CDP | 1.29 |
| 78 | Easthampton Town city | 1.19 |
| 79 | Gloucester city | 1.11 |
| 80 | Winchester CDP | 1.03 |
| 81 | Lynnfield CDP | 0.91 |
| 82 | Marblehead CDP | 0.88 |
| 83 | Somerset CDP | 0.86 |
| 84 | Newburyport city | 0.77 |
| 85 | Hull CDP | 0.74 |