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Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It, an 1860 photograph by James Wallace Black, was the first recorded aerial photograph. In the 1820s, Boston's population grew rapidly, and the city's ethnic composition changed dramatically with the first wave of European immigrants.
Greater Boston is ranked tenth in population among US metropolitan statistical areas, home to 4,941,632 people as of the 2020 United States Census, and sixth among combined statistical areas, with a population of 8,466,186.
Boston is: a city. the county seat of Suffolk County; the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; primate city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Population of Boston: 673,184 (2016) Area of Boston: 89.63 sq mi (232.14 km 2) Atlas of Boston
Boston's Tremont Street Subway is the oldest subway tunnel in North America. As the population increased rapidly, Boston-area streetcar lines facilitated the creation of a profusion of streetcar suburbs. Middle-class businessmen, office workers and professionals lived in the suburbs and commuted into the city by subway. [70]
Massachusetts has an estimated population of 6.981 million as of 2022 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. [1] This represents a −0.7% decrease in population from the 2020 census, when the population was 7.029 million. Currently, Massachusetts is the sixteenth most populous U.S. state.
Boston is the state capital in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 692,600, [392] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,873,019, is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the nation. [393] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, Quincy, New Bedford, and Lynn.
Population: 562,994. 1981 Boston Society of Film Critics, Dance Umbrella, [167] and Boston Area Feminist Coalition [111] founded. Boston Food Bank incorporated. [168] [169] J.P. Licks in business. 1982 Suffolk Construction Company in business. Boston Gay Men's Chorus [170] and Boston Fair Housing Commission [30] established.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 797,936, [1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. [2] The county comprises the cities of Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and the town of Winthrop. [3] The traditional county seat is Boston, the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. [4]