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Recent census data shows that the number of immigrants living in Massachusetts has increased over 5% from 2000 to 2005. The biggest influxes are Latin Americans. According to the census, the population of Central Americans rose by 67.7% between 2000 and 2005, and the number of South Americans rose by 107.5%.
According to census information for 2010–2014, an estimated 180,657 people in Boston (28.2% of Boston's population) are Black/African American, either alone or in combination with another race. 160,342 (25.1% of Boston's population) are Black/African American alone. 14,763 (2.3% of Boston's population) are White and Black/African American ...
The largest population of Puerto Ricans in the United States, per capita, is in Holyoke, Massachusetts, comprising 44.8% of all residents in the 2010 Census. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Massachusetts ranks first in the nation (out of 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. ) for percentage of Hispanics of non- Mexican origin, with 94% of the Hispanic population ...
By 1490, more than 3,000 slaves a year were transported to Portugal and Spain from Africa [1] African Americans made up almost one-fifth of the United States population in 1790, but their percentage of the total U.S. population declined in almost every U.S. census until 1930. [5]
The table also excludes all mixed raced/multiracial persons from the racial categories, assigning them to their own category. The information on Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, add up to more than 100% as the racial data for Hispanics was not broken out separately in the 2020 Census.
East Boston's total population is 43,066 with half of the population identifying as Hispanic or Latino and the second largest demographic group being White at 36.6%. The demographics for Hispanic or Latino decreased from 2010 when the group made up 52.9% of the population. [ 6 ]
The United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts currently has 12 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical area, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and three micropolitan statistical area in Massachusetts. [1]
Of this total 11% were Caucasian, 82% were African American, 1% were Asian, 2% were a mixed race, and 6.5% were devoted to other races. [15] According to the Boston Redevelopment Authority 72.4% of the population living in Mattapan were born in Massachusetts, 23.6% were born outside of the state, and 3.2% were born outside of the United States.