Ranking of Massachusetts Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.30M people in Massachusetts with Unclassified ancestry (18.52% of Massachusetts population). Among all Massachusetts cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Nantucket CDP had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (33.20%), followed by Amherst Town city (32.17%), and North Adams city (26.90%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | Ciy or Place | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nantucket CDP | 33.20 |
| 2 | Amherst Town city | 32.17 |
| 3 | North Adams city | 26.90 |
| 4 | Everett city | 25.37 |
| 5 | Beverly city | 23.36 |
| 6 | Randolph Town city | 22.63 |
| 7 | Westfield city | 22.43 |
| 8 | Greenfield city | 21.74 |
| 9 | Bridgewater Town city | 21.14 |
| 10 | Palmer Town city | 20.84 |
| 10 | Revere city | 20.84 |
| 11 | Winthrop Town city | 20.76 |
| 12 | Taunton city | 20.74 |
| 13 | Gloucester city | 20.70 |
| 14 | Dedham CDP | 20.69 |
| 15 | Pittsfield city | 20.62 |
| 16 | Northampton city | 20.50 |
| 17 | Barnstable Town city | 20.46 |
| 18 | West Springfield Town city | 20.34 |
| 19 | Braintree Town city | 20.27 |
| 20 | Cambridge city | 20.16 |
| 21 | Longmeadow CDP | 20.15 |
| 22 | Melrose city | 20.14 |
| 23 | North Attleborough Town city | 19.98 |
| 24 | Danvers CDP | 19.82 |
| 24 | Fitchburg city | 19.82 |
| 25 | Hudson CDP | 19.77 |
| 26 | Leominster city | 19.69 |
| 27 | Waltham city | 19.64 |
| 28 | Amesbury Town city | 19.52 |
| 28 | Attleboro city | 19.52 |
| 29 | Swampscott CDP | 19.48 |
| 30 | Webster CDP | 19.35 |
| 31 | Newton city | 19.34 |
| 32 | Boston city | 19.32 |
| 33 | Salem city | 19.19 |
| 34 | Medford city | 19.07 |
| 35 | Milton CDP | 19.03 |
| 36 | Lynn city | 18.92 |
| 36 | Marblehead CDP | 18.92 |
| 36 | Saugus CDP | 18.92 |
| 37 | Abington CDP | 18.89 |
| 37 | Woburn city | 18.89 |
| 38 | Somerset CDP | 18.88 |
| 39 | Somerville city | 18.77 |
| 40 | Chicopee city | 18.72 |
| 41 | Marlborough city | 18.63 |
| 42 | Quincy city | 18.60 |
| 43 | Wellesley CDP | 18.52 |
| 44 | Haverhill city | 18.02 |
| 45 | Wilmington CDP | 17.95 |
| 46 | Worcester city | 17.92 |
| 47 | Wakefield CDP | 17.83 |
| 48 | Malden city | 17.72 |
| 49 | South Yarmouth CDP | 17.66 |
| 50 | Norwood CDP | 17.54 |
| 51 | Agawam Town city | 17.47 |
| 52 | Framingham city | 17.46 |
| 52 | Peabody city | 17.46 |
| 53 | Brockton city | 17.39 |
| 54 | Lowell city | 17.37 |
| 55 | Methuen Town city | 17.36 |
| 56 | Newburyport city | 17.32 |
| 57 | Maynard CDP | 17.26 |
| 58 | Chelsea city | 17.24 |
| 59 | Needham CDP | 17.14 |
| 60 | Gardner city | 17.09 |
| 61 | Stoneham CDP | 16.94 |
| 62 | Springfield city | 16.89 |
| 63 | Franklin Town city | 16.73 |
| 64 | Hull CDP | 16.60 |
| 65 | Watertown Town city | 16.31 |
| 66 | Lexington CDP | 16.25 |
| 67 | Winchester CDP | 16.19 |
| 68 | Weymouth Town city | 16.18 |
| 69 | Easthampton Town city | 16.11 |
| 70 | Arlington CDP | 15.80 |
| 71 | Holyoke city | 15.61 |
| 72 | Brookline CDP | 15.52 |
| 73 | Burlington CDP | 15.43 |
| 74 | Milford CDP | 15.35 |
| 75 | Reading CDP | 15.32 |
| 76 | Southbridge Town city | 15.11 |
| 77 | Fall River city | 14.61 |
| 78 | Holbrook CDP | 14.32 |
| 79 | New Bedford city | 13.68 |
| 80 | Lynnfield CDP | 13.64 |
| 81 | Belmont CDP | 12.50 |
| 82 | Lawrence city | 11.46 |