Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020

Updated on August 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all of Massachusetts's cities and places, Boston city had the highest number of voting-age population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (108.33K), followed by Brockton city (26.93K), and Springfield city (23.88K).

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 voting-age 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 in Massachusetts.

Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Boston
Brockton
Springfield
Worcester
Randolph Town
Cambridge
Lynn
Malden
Lowell
Everett
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Boston city 108333
2 Brockton city 26931
3 Springfield city 23883
4 Worcester city 21760
5 Randolph Town city 11865
6 Cambridge city 10008
7 Lynn city 9150
8 Malden city 7478
9 Lowell city 7442
10 Everett city 5434
11 Quincy city 4698
12 New Bedford city 4149
13 Medford city 4107
14 Waltham city 3708
15 Somerville city 3676
16 Taunton city 3655
17 Lawrence city 3641
18 Fall River city 3591
19 Framingham city 3388
20 Milton CDP 2966
21 Revere city 2460
22 Chelsea city 2285
23 Fitchburg city 2225
24 Haverhill city 2224
25 Leominster city 2208
26 Newton city 2197
27 Pittsfield city 2163
28 Amherst Town city 2114
29 Weymouth Town city 2091
30 Chicopee city 1979
31 Attleboro city 1978
32 Methuen Town city 1947
33 Norwood CDP 1789
34 Salem city 1748
35 Bridgewater Town city 1730
36 Barnstable Town city 1688
37 Brookline CDP 1652
38 Woburn city 1626
39 Peabody city 1397
40 Holbrook CDP 1288
41 Dedham CDP 1251
42 Holyoke city 1197
43 Marlborough city 1062
44 Watertown Town city 1049
45 Braintree Town city 982
46 West Springfield Town city 924
47 Arlington CDP 897
48 Burlington CDP 892
49 Saugus CDP 809
50 Northampton city 776
51 Melrose city 727
52 Beverly city 698
53 Nantucket CDP 660
54 Gardner city 646
54 Westfield city 646
55 North Attleborough Town city 642
56 Wellesley CDP 527
57 Stoneham CDP 525
58 Franklin Town city 509
59 Abington CDP 499
60 Milford CDP 490
61 Agawam Town city 466
62 South Yarmouth CDP 457
62 Webster CDP 457
63 Belmont CDP 399
64 Danvers CDP 395
65 Devens CDP 392
66 Winthrop Town city 354
67 Wakefield CDP 346
68 Lexington CDP 343
69 Needham CDP 338
70 Southbridge Town city 335
71 Greenfield city 322
72 North Adams city 291
73 Foxborough CDP 286
74 West Concord CDP 280
75 Reading CDP 245
76 Wilmington CDP 231
77 Hudson CDP 228
78 Gloucester city 227
79 Swampscott CDP 218
80 Clinton CDP 204
80 Mansfield Center CDP 204
81 Dennis Port CDP 198
82 Palmer Town city 190
83 Williamstown CDP 187
84 Oak Bluffs CDP 183
85 West Yarmouth CDP 181
86 Andover CDP 177
87 Longmeadow CDP 173
88 Winchester CDP 170
89 Pinehurst CDP 169
90 Amesbury Town city 166
91 Sharon CDP 164
92 Provincetown CDP 160
92 Raynham Center CDP 160
93 Maynard CDP 155
94 Easthampton Town city 153
94 Middleborough Center CDP 153
95 Marblehead CDP 130
96 Norton Center CDP 128
97 Newburyport city 127
98 Ayer CDP 126
98 Somerset CDP 126
99 South Dennis CDP 118
100 Northwest Harwich CDP 113
101 Spencer CDP 112
102 Hanscom AFB CDP 111
103 Walpole CDP 110
104 Plymouth CDP 105
105 East Falmouth CDP 104
106 Vineyard Haven CDP 100
107 Falmouth CDP 97
108 Ware CDP 89
109 Lynnfield CDP 88
110 South Lancaster CDP 85
111 Bellingham CDP 82
112 East Harwich CDP 80
113 Medfield CDP 77
114 Westborough CDP 74
115 Athol CDP 73
115 North Plymouth CDP 73
116 Whitinsville CDP 72
117 Northborough CDP 71
118 West Dennis CDP 68
119 Cochituate CDP 66
120 Hull CDP 60
120 Millis-Clicquot CDP 60
120 Wilbraham CDP 60
121 Yarmouth Port CDP 58
122 Buzzards Bay CDP 57
123 Adams CDP 56
124 Kingston CDP 53
125 Oxford CDP 51
126 Turners Falls CDP 49
126 West Wareham CDP 49
127 Onset CDP 46
128 Belchertown CDP 45
128 Bliss Corner CDP 45
128 Smith Mills CDP 45
128 Winchendon CDP 45
129 North Pembroke CDP 43
129 Wareham Center CDP 43
130 Great Barrington CDP 42
131 Chatham CDP 39
131 Orleans CDP 39
131 Weweantic CDP 39
132 Orange CDP 38
132 Shirley CDP 38
133 Nahant CDP 37
133 North Lakeville CDP 37
134 Harwich Center CDP 36
134 North Eastham CDP 36
135 Forestdale CDP 35
135 Groton CDP 35
136 East Dennis CDP 34
136 Fiskdale CDP 34
137 West Chatham CDP 33
138 Dennis CDP 31
139 Rutland CDP 30
139 Teaticket CDP 30
140 Littleton Common CDP 29
140 Rockport CDP 29
141 Sagamore CDP 28
142 Ipswich CDP 27
142 White Island Shores CDP 27
143 Harwich Port CDP 26
143 Hopedale CDP 26
143 Upton CDP 26
144 Marshfield CDP 25
144 Salisbury CDP 25
145 Cordaville CDP 24
145 The Pinehills CDP 24
146 Housatonic CDP 23
146 Lee CDP 23
146 Pepperell CDP 23
146 Sturbridge CDP 23
147 Deerfield CDP 22
147 Hopkinton CDP 22
148 Edgartown CDP 21
149 Hingham CDP 20
149 Monument Beach CDP 20
149 North Falmouth CDP 20
149 Townsend CDP 20
150 Scituate CDP 19
151 East Douglas CDP 18
152 Pocasset CDP 17
153 Brewster CDP 15
153 Ocean Grove CDP 15
153 Topsfield CDP 15
154 Baldwinville CDP 14
154 North Westport CDP 14
155 Granby CDP 13
155 Marion Center CDP 13
155 Mashpee Neck CDP 13
155 North Brookfield CDP 13
156 Acushnet Center CDP 12
156 Boxford CDP 12
156 Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock CDP 12
156 South Ashburnham CDP 12
157 Shelburne Falls CDP 11
158 Marshfield Hills CDP 10
158 South Deerfield CDP 10
158 Warren CDP 10
159 East Pepperell CDP 9
159 Hanson CDP 9
159 Lenox CDP 9
159 North Scituate CDP 9
159 North Seekonk CDP 9
160 Bourne CDP 8
160 Essex CDP 8
160 Holland CDP 8
160 Siasconset CDP 8
160 West Falmouth CDP 8
160 Woods Hole CDP 8
161 Cedar Crest CDP 7
161 East Sandwich CDP 7
161 Huntington CDP 7
161 Sandwich CDP 7
161 South Duxbury CDP 7
162 Barre CDP 6
162 East Brookfield CDP 6
162 Hatfield CDP 6
162 Monson Center CDP 6
163 Millers Falls CDP 5
164 Dover CDP 4
164 Duxbury CDP 4
164 Mattapoisett Center CDP 4
164 Rowley CDP 4
165 Cheshire CDP 3
165 Monomoscoy Island CDP 3
165 Russell CDP 3
166 Lunenburg CDP 2
166 Madaket CDP 2
166 West Brookfield CDP 2
166 West Warren CDP 2
167 Brookfield CDP 1
167 Chester CDP 1
167 Lenox Dale CDP 1
167 Petersham CDP 1
167 Popponesset CDP 1
168 Blandford CDP 0
168 Green Harbor CDP 0
168 New Seabury CDP 0
168 Northfield CDP 0
168 Popponesset Island CDP 0
168 Seabrook CDP 0
168 Seconsett Island CDP 0