Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 158.92K people in Massachusetts with Subsaharan African ancestry (2.27% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Brockton city had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (21.08%), followed by New Bedford city (10.42%), and Worcester city (5.74%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Massachusetts.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Brockton city
New Bedford city
Worcester city
Taunton city
Randolph Town city
Malden city
Lowell city
Lynn city
Boston city
Fall River city
Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank Ciy or Place Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Brockton city 21.08
2 New Bedford city 10.42
3 Worcester city 5.74
4 Taunton city 5.68
5 Randolph Town city 5.51
6 Malden city 4.76
7 Lowell city 4.45
8 Lynn city 4.17
9 Boston city 4.07
10 Fall River city 3.48
11 Chelsea city 3.36
12 Holbrook CDP 3.33
13 Abington CDP 3.16
13 Leominster city 3.16
14 Cambridge city 2.99
15 Amherst Town city 2.86
16 Quincy city 2.64
17 Waltham city 2.40
18 Barnstable Town city 2.32
18 Milford CDP 2.32
19 Framingham city 2.29
20 Dedham CDP 2.12
21 Milton CDP 2.08
22 Weymouth Town city 2.05
23 Bridgewater Town city 1.93
23 Fitchburg city 1.93
24 Springfield city 1.87
25 Watertown Town city 1.72
26 Attleboro city 1.68
27 Somerset CDP 1.65
27 Winthrop Town city 1.65
28 Norwood CDP 1.59
29 Gloucester city 1.54
29 Methuen Town city 1.54
29 South Yarmouth CDP 1.54
30 Pittsfield city 1.51
31 Everett city 1.48
32 Somerville city 1.46
33 Marlborough city 1.45
33 Webster CDP 1.45
34 Salem city 1.40
35 Newton city 1.26
36 Burlington CDP 1.25
37 Revere city 1.23
38 Needham CDP 1.22
39 Medford city 1.21
40 Arlington CDP 1.05
41 Braintree Town city 1.04
42 Danvers CDP 1.01
43 Beverly city 0.93
44 Southbridge Town city 0.92
45 Franklin Town city 0.88
46 Brookline CDP 0.87
47 Chicopee city 0.85
48 Melrose city 0.79
48 Wellesley CDP 0.79
49 Woburn city 0.77
50 Newburyport city 0.73
51 Agawam Town city 0.71
51 Gardner city 0.71
51 West Springfield Town city 0.71
52 Lawrence city 0.70
53 Northampton city 0.68
54 Belmont CDP 0.67
55 Saugus CDP 0.64
56 Haverhill city 0.62
57 Holyoke city 0.54
58 Maynard CDP 0.51
58 Swampscott CDP 0.51
58 Winchester CDP 0.51
59 Lexington CDP 0.49
59 North Attleborough Town city 0.49
60 Westfield city 0.47
61 Palmer Town city 0.45
62 Amesbury Town city 0.41
63 Longmeadow CDP 0.40
64 Stoneham CDP 0.35
65 Reading CDP 0.31
66 Peabody city 0.30
67 Nantucket CDP 0.17
68 Greenfield city 0.16
69 Wilmington CDP 0.15
70 Hull CDP 0.14
71 Wakefield CDP 0.07
72 North Adams city 0.06
73 Easthampton Town city 0.01