552 cities found in Massachusetts

Largest cities in Massachusetts

Peabody Waltham Medford Springfield Haverhill Plymouth Lawrence Quincy Fall River Brockton Dorchester Framingham Worcester Chicopee New Bedford Somerville Lowell Cambridge Lynn

Other cities in Massachusetts

Woronoco Northbridge Rochester Cohasset Westfield North Dartmouth North Uxbridge Rowley Hanscom Afb Agawam Southbridge Weymouth North Pembroke Foxborough Maynard South Chatham North Dighton North Cambridge Dudley Adams South Grafton Ashley Falls Deerfield Hadley Milfor4d Medway North Quincy Hopedale Orleans West Medford Richmond Saugus Wendell Depot Danvers Weston Marstons Mills Peru Hyde Park Pepperell Oak Bluffs Northborough Barre Bourne Wellfleet East Freetown Rockland Newton Cummaquid Taunton Winchester South Harwich Savoy Squantum Washington Hampden Lunenburg Wheelwright Dunstable Methuen Grafton West Dennis East Otis Aquinnah Feeding Hills Townsend Westhampton Goshen South Wellfleet Plainfield Pembroke Nutting Lake Cataumet Winchendon South Lee South Egremont Natick West Chatham Newtown Center West Yarmouth Housatonic Billerica Granville Hanson South Walpole North Attleboro Woburn Dennis Port West Boxford Foxboro Arlington Heights West Side Seekonk Stow Mansfield North Waltham Accord West Roxbury Manomet E Princeton Mission Hill Monson Cuttyhunk Plainville Ipswich Stoneham Turners Falls Wilbraham Haydenville North Marshfield Holbrook East Brookfield Middleton North Carver Somerset Marbleheadm Norton Jefferson Wales Dorchester Center Gloucester Longmeadow Westport Point North Weymouth Southampton Scituate Tyringham Leeds West Whately Village Of Nagog Woods Manchester Dighton Sandisfield Fiskdale Pocasset Belchertown Lancaster Monroe Bridge Windsor South Boston Monponsett Buckland Chesterfield Bryantville West Springfield South Lancaster Attleboro Falls Acushnet South Weymouth Royalston Dover Vineyard Haven Oakham Woods Hole Ware Boxford Chestnut Hill Cherry Valley W Hatfield Rockport Ludlow Waban Sagamore Hathorne West Stockbridge Hamilton Ashfield Salisbury Swansea Millis Halifax Wareham Malden Hawley Roxbury Crossing Waverley Recere Ayer Charlestown North Falmouth Lenox Dracut North Chelmsford Mill River Greenbush Indian Orchard East Boston Leicester Milton Village Arlington Pelham Georgetown Eastham Wenham Uphams Corner Yarmouth Port Dennis Holyoke New Marlborough South Yarmouth Millers Falls Marion Marlborough Mashpee Holliston Swampscott Southwick Watertown Chester Wayland Upton Bondsville Green Harbor West Harwich East Weymouth East Orleans West Wareham Avon North Scituate Brookline Village Blandford Easthampton Dalton Middleboro N Brookfield Everett Newbury Osterville Allston Thorndike Hanover Dedham Uxbridge Rochdale North Reading Sherborn Holden Berlin Pittsfield Hinsdale New Town S Dartmouth Mount Hermon Ficthburg East Templeton Centerville Teaticket Hubbardston West Bridgewater Bolton Buzzards Bay South Attleboro Byfield South Barre Mendon Fayville Wakefield Franklin Newburyport Erving Warwick Carver Southborough Leverett Belmont Salem Stockbridge Cheshire Sudbury Sagamore Beach Jamaica Plain White Horse Beach Gilbertville Hancock Harwich Onset South Dennis New Braintree Westport West Chesterfield East Cambridge Clinton Littleton Leyden Auburn Princeton Newton Upper Falls North Easton Wellesley Hills Forestdale Dartmouth Brookline Leominster Waquoit West Boylston East Walpole Ashland Provincetown Beverly Raynham Devens Webster Blackstone North Truro Oxford South Easton South Orleans West Townsend East Sandwich Vineyard Hvn West Falmouth West Barnstable Wendell Whitman Heath Minot Marshfield Hills Siasconset Needham West Brookfield Brookfield Milford Warren Charlton Depot Hyannis Hyannis Port Monument Beach Brimfield Reading Walpole Newton Lower Falls Lenox Dale Lake Pleasant East Longmeadow Assonet North Amherst Williamsburg Worthington Hingham Gardner North Billerica North Egremont Glendale Shelburne Falls North Adams Chelsea Hatfield Manchaug West Hatfield Paxton Cummington Fitchburg Sterling Lakeville South Dartmouth Medfield Mattapoisett Pinehurst West Newbury Sheffield Great Barrington Drury Berkshire Auburndale Hull East Dennis West Hyannisport Gill Sturbridge Boxborough Charlton South Natick Amesbury Plympton Southfield Woodville Conway Bridgewater Phillipston Linwood Wilmington Lanesborough Hudson Stoughton East Taunton East Bridgewater Edgartown West Somerville Douglas Chilmark Norwood Charlton City Whately Harvard Westford Menemsha Lynnfield Chelmsford Ashby Newtonville Templeton

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Ancestry in Massachusetts

The most popular group of this state is non-Hispanic white that has seen its decline from 95.4% to 73.7% in the last 4 decades. However, most people can still track their ancestry to this group. In 1795, more than 95% population of this state had recognized themselves as English that was the most popular group there.

If we talk about recent times, we have the 5 largest ancestries that can track their roots to this state. It includes Irish (22.5% of the population) as the largest ancestry group of this state. It is followed by Italians who have around 13.5 shares of the population of this state. The third spot is reserved by English Americans who constitute around 11.5% share of Massachusetts. The last two largest groups are French and French Canadians with a joint share of 10.7% of the total population of this state.

Regardless of its racial composition, this state has avoided many conflicts due to the shared ancestries. This is something that is not so common in the United States.

Races in Massachusetts

According to the recently conducted U.S Census, the estimated population of Massachusetts was 6,892,503 in 2019. In 2014, Massachusetts was recorded to be comprised of 83.2% White people containing 73.2% Non-Hispanic Whites. Other than that, there were 8.8% black or African American people, 0.5% Native American, and 6.3% Asian Americans. The most populous ethnic race, non-Hispanic Whites, has declined to 73.7% in 2014 from 95.4% in 1970. It had less than 0.1% Native Hawaiian and 2.1% from other races in 2014.

In early 1795, Massachusetts's population consisted of as high as 95% White people. Due to the immigrants of Ireland in the mid-19th century, Irish people are the largest ancestry group recorded in 2018. They constitute nearly 25% population of the state. The state has immigrants from Poland, Italy, and Portugal as well.

Population from multi-racial people constitute 3.1% of the state population. Whereas it has an 11.2% ratio of Hispanics and Latinos. In 2011, non-Hispanic whites were involved in 63.6% of all births in Massachusetts. There are ratios of African Americans and Chinese Americans in the state. Irish-Americans comprise more than 30% of the population, while Italians have a 13.5% ratio, which forms the second largest group.

Cities in Massachusetts

This is a general list of cities in Massachusetts. It contains big cities and small towns sorted alphabetically. Select a city to view information about it’s population, economics, and businesses.

Municipality	Type[1]	County[2]	Form of government[1]	Population (2010)[2]	Total area (sq mi)	Land area (sq mi)	Year established[3]
Abington	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	15,985	9.9	9.7	1712
Acton	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	21,924	20.3	20.0	1735
Acushnet	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	10,303	19.0	18.4	1860
Adams	Town	Berkshire	Representative town meeting	8,485	23.0	22.9	1778
Agawam	City[4]	Hampden	Mayor-council	28,438	24.3	23.3	1855
Alford	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	494	11.5	11.5	1773
Amesbury	City	Essex	Mayor-council	16,283	13.7	12.3	1668
Amherst	City[4] [5]	Hampshire	Council-manager	37,819	27.7	27.6	1775
Andover	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	33,201	32.1	31.0	1646
Aquinnah	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	311	40.8	5.4	1870
Arlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	42,844	5.5	5.0	1807
Ashburnham	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	6,081	41.0	38.7	1765
Ashby	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	3,074	24.2	23.8	1767
Ashfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,737	40.3	40.0	1765
Ashland	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	16,593	12.9	12.4	1846
Athol	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	11,584	33.4	32.6	1762
Attleboro	City	Bristol	Mayor-council	43,593	27.8	26.8	1694
Auburn	Town	Worcester	Representative town meeting	16,188	16.4	15.4	1778
Avon	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	4,356	4.6	4.4	1888
Ayer	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	7,427	9.6	9.0	1871
Barnstable	City[4]	Barnstable	Council-manager	45,193	76.5	59.3	1639
Barre	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	5,398	44.6	44.3	1774
Becket	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,779	47.8	46.1	1765
Bedford	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	13,320	13.9	13.7	1729
Belchertown	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	14,649	55.4	52.7	1761
Bellingham	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	16,332	19.0	18.5	1719
Belmont	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,729	4.7	4.7	1859
Berkley	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	6,411	17.4	16.5	1735
Berlin	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	2,866	13.1	12.9	1812
Bernardston	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	2,129	23.4	23.4	1762
Beverly	City	Essex	Mayor-council	39,502	22.6	15.1	1668
Billerica	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	40,243	26.4	25.9	1655
Blackstone	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	9,026	11.2	10.9	1845
Blandford	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,233	53.4	51.6	1741
Bolton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,897	20.0	19.9	1738
Boston	City	Suffolk	Mayor-council	617,660	89.6	48.3	1630
Bourne	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	19,754	52.9	40.7	1884
Boxborough	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,996	10.4	10.4	1835
Boxford	Town	Essex	Open town meeting	7,965	24.4	23.6	1685
Boylston	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	4,355	19.7	16.0	1785
Braintree	City[4]	Norfolk	Mayor-council	35,744	14.6	13.8	1640
Brewster	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	9,820	25.4	22.9	1803
Bridgewater	City[4]	Plymouth	Council-manager	26,563	28.2	27.5	1656
Brimfield	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	3,609	35.2	34.7	1731
Brockton	City	Plymouth	Mayor-council	93,810	21.5	21.3	1821
Brookfield	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	3,390	16.6	15.5	1718
Brookline	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	58,732	6.8	6.8	1705
Buckland	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,902	19.9	19.7	1779
Burlington	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	24,498	11.9	11.8	1799
Cambridge	City	Middlesex	Mayor-manager-council	105,162	7.1	6.4	1636
Canton	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	21,561	19.6	18.9	1797
Carlisle	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	4,852	15.6	15.4	1780
Carver	Town	Plymouth	Open town meeting	11,509	39.7	37.4	1790
Charlemont	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,266	26.4	25.9	1765
Charlton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	12,981	43.8	42.5	1755[6]
Chatham	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	6,125	24.4	16.3	1712
Chelmsford	Town	Middlesex	Representative town meeting	33,802	23.2	22.7	1655
Chelsea	City	Suffolk	Council-manager	35,177	2.5	2.2	1739
Cheshire	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	3,235	27.5	26.8	1793
Chester	Town	Hampden	Open town meeting	1,337	37.2	36.6	1765
Chesterfield	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	1,222	31.2	30.8	1762
Chicopee	City	Hampden	Mayor-council	55,298	23.9	22.9	1848
Chilmark	Town	Dukes	Open town meeting	866	100.4	19	1714
Clarksburg	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	1,702	12.8	12.8	1798
Clinton	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	13,606	7.3	5.7	1850
Cohasset	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	7,542	31.4	9.8	1775
Colrain	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,671	43.4	43.1	1761
Concord	Town	Middlesex	Open town meeting	17,668	25.9	24.9	1635
Conway	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	1,897	37.9	37.7	1775
Cummington	Town	Hampshire	Open town meeting	872	23.1	22.9	1779
Dalton	Town	Berkshire	Open town meeting	6,756	21.9	21.8	1784
Danvers	Town	Essex	Representative town meeting	26,493	14.1	13.3	1775
Dartmouth	Town	Bristol	Representative town meeting	34,032	97.5	60.9	1664
Dedham	Town	Norfolk	Representative town meeting	24,729	10.6	10.5	1636
Deerfield	Town	Franklin	Open town meeting	5,125	33.4	32.4	1677
Dennis	Town	Barnstable	Open town meeting	14,207	22.3	20.5	1793
Dighton	Town	Bristol	Open town meeting	7,086	22.6	22.0	1712
Douglas	Town	Worcester	Open town meeting	8,471	37.7	36.4	1775
Dover	Town	Norfolk	Open town meeting	5,589	15.4	15.3	1836

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