Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 815.79K people in Massachusetts with Italian ancestry (11.67% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Stoneham CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Italian ancestry (29.63%), followed by Saugus CDP (29.61%), and Wilmington CDP (27.85%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Italian ancestry.
You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Massachusetts.
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Related Topics: Massachusetts ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Italian Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | Ciy or Place | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoneham CDP | 29.63 |
| 2 | Saugus CDP | 29.61 |
| 3 | Wilmington CDP | 27.85 |
| 4 | Wakefield CDP | 26.63 |
| 5 | Lynnfield CDP | 25.57 |
| 6 | Winthrop Town city | 23.33 |
| 7 | Franklin Town city | 22.68 |
| 8 | Reading CDP | 22.27 |
| 9 | Peabody city | 21.10 |
| 10 | Burlington CDP | 20.06 |
| 11 | Danvers CDP | 20.05 |
| 12 | Woburn city | 19.96 |
| 13 | Gloucester city | 18.68 |
| 14 | Agawam Town city | 18.54 |
| 15 | Milford CDP | 18.51 |
| 16 | Bridgewater Town city | 18.26 |
| 17 | Medford city | 17.95 |
| 18 | Melrose city | 17.59 |
| 19 | Revere city | 17.20 |
| 20 | Pittsfield city | 16.93 |
| 21 | Newburyport city | 16.89 |
| 22 | Beverly city | 16.71 |
| 23 | North Attleborough Town city | 15.75 |
| 24 | Haverhill city | 15.26 |
| 25 | North Adams city | 15.18 |
| 26 | Norwood CDP | 15.08 |
| 27 | Leominster city | 15.04 |
| 28 | Winchester CDP | 14.85 |
| 29 | Hull CDP | 14.83 |
| 30 | Weymouth Town city | 14.77 |
| 31 | Methuen Town city | 14.15 |
| 32 | Abington CDP | 13.99 |
| 33 | Maynard CDP | 13.89 |
| 34 | Braintree Town city | 13.67 |
| 35 | Marlborough city | 13.60 |
| 36 | Dedham CDP | 13.48 |
| 37 | Waltham city | 13.41 |
| 38 | Swampscott CDP | 12.94 |
| 39 | Amesbury Town city | 12.88 |
| 40 | Longmeadow CDP | 12.78 |
| 41 | Watertown Town city | 12.74 |
| 42 | Holbrook CDP | 12.11 |
| 43 | Everett city | 11.82 |
| 44 | Belmont CDP | 11.79 |
| 45 | Hudson CDP | 11.69 |
| 46 | Somerville city | 11.66 |
| 47 | South Yarmouth CDP | 11.65 |
| 48 | Westfield city | 11.57 |
| 49 | Malden city | 11.40 |
| 50 | Nantucket CDP | 11.38 |
| 51 | Marblehead CDP | 11.35 |
| 52 | Arlington CDP | 11.16 |
| 53 | Barnstable Town city | 11.01 |
| 53 | Fitchburg city | 11.01 |
| 54 | Greenfield city | 10.69 |
| 55 | Salem city | 10.58 |
| 56 | Northampton city | 10.37 |
| 56 | Taunton city | 10.37 |
| 57 | Newton city | 10.29 |
| 58 | Attleboro city | 10.18 |
| 59 | West Springfield Town city | 10.17 |
| 60 | Needham CDP | 10.08 |
| 61 | Amherst Town city | 10.04 |
| 62 | Quincy city | 10.03 |
| 62 | Webster CDP | 10.03 |
| 63 | Framingham city | 9.94 |
| 64 | Wellesley CDP | 9.87 |
| 65 | Easthampton Town city | 9.76 |
| 66 | Worcester city | 8.87 |
| 67 | Southbridge Town city | 8.57 |
| 68 | Palmer Town city | 8.56 |
| 69 | Milton CDP | 8.50 |
| 70 | Lexington CDP | 8.32 |
| 71 | Lynn city | 7.94 |
| 72 | Cambridge city | 7.44 |
| 73 | Gardner city | 7.43 |
| 74 | Boston city | 7.23 |
| 75 | Chicopee city | 6.91 |
| 76 | Brookline CDP | 6.80 |
| 77 | Somerset CDP | 6.50 |
| 78 | Brockton city | 6.35 |
| 79 | Randolph Town city | 6.03 |
| 80 | Fall River city | 5.77 |
| 81 | Springfield city | 5.72 |
| 82 | Lowell city | 4.88 |
| 83 | Chelsea city | 4.15 |
| 84 | Lawrence city | 3.19 |
| 85 | Holyoke city | 3.14 |
| 86 | New Bedford city | 2.90 |