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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 has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people, [39] [40] and 261,000 [41] or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole.
Population of Boston: 673,184 (2016) Area of Boston: 89.63 sq mi (232.14 km 2) Atlas of Boston; Location of Boston. Boston is situated within the following regions:
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.
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]
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]
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]
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.