Massachusetts Population

Massachusetts (U.S. state abbreviation is 'MA') is the north-eastern state of United States, borders Connecticut to the south, New Hampshire to the north, New York to the west and Atlantic Ocean to the east. The Massachusetts population in 2020 is estimated to be 6.98 million, ranks 15th populous state of United States. Its area is 10,565 sq miles (27,337 sq km), ranks 44th largest by area. Boston is the capital city and other top cities of Massachusetts are Worcester, Springfield, Lowell and Cambridge. Former US presidents George Bush, John F. Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, John Adam are from the Massachusetts state. The name 'Massachusetts' means near the hill, which is named after the 'Massachusetts' tribe, Orignially Massachusetts economy depends on agriculture and fishing, later transformed in to manufacturing and then to higher education, engineering, science and technology. There are more than one hundred universities and colleges in Massachusetts, top universities are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Boston University, Tufts University, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Harvard University in Cambridge is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

Image Source: North Adams Downtown Celebrations, Massachusetts

The projected population of Massachusetts is 6.94 million with the growth change of 0.59, compared to 0.57 in 2018.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	6,566,431
2011	6,613,149	0.71
2012	6,663,158	0.76
2013	6,713,944	0.76
2014	6,763,652	0.74
2015	6,795,891	0.48
2016	6,826,022	0.44
2017	6,863,246	0.55
2018	6,902,149	0.57
2019*	6,942,872	0.59
2020*	6,985,665	0.62 *

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018

Massachusetts Population by Race & Groups

As on 2017, in terms of race and ethnicity, Massachusetts was 75.9% White Americans, 7.1% Blace or African American, 10.8% Hispanics andLatinos, 6% Asian.
Asian Population made up to 426,225, out of these, 98,190 are Asian Indians, 159,141 are Chinese, 13,540 are Filipinos, 10,732 are Japanese, 24,617 are Korean and 47,472 are Vietnamese.
American Indians are 14,336, 699 are Cherokee tribal, 204 are Chippewa tribal, 133 are Sioux tribals and 138 are Navajo tribal group.
Out of 2.253 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, 795 are Native Hawaiians, 600 are Guamanian/Chamorro, 256 are Samoans.
Hispanics and Latinos of any race made up to 760,177, out of these 45,635 are Mexicans, 313,855 are Puerto Ricans, 13,755 are Cubans.

Total Population	6,789,319	Percent
White	5,358,373	78.92%
Black or African American	499,774	7.36%
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,336	0.211%
Cherokee tribal grouping	699	0.010%
Chippewa tribal grouping	204	0.003%
Navajo tribal grouping	138	0.002%
Sioux tribal grouping	133	0.002%
Asian Population	426,225	6.28%
Asian Indian	98,190	1.45%
Chinese	159,141	2.34%
Filipino	13,540	0.20%
Japanese	10,732	0.16%
Korean	24,617	0.36%
Vietnamese	47,472	0.70%
Other Asian Population	72,533
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,253	0.03%
Native Hawaiian	795	0.012%
Guamanian or Chamorro	600	0.009%
Samoan	256	0.004%
Other Pacific Islander	602
Some other race	278,835
Hispanic or Latino	760,177	11.20%
Mexican	45,635	0.67%
Puerto Rican	313,855	4.62%
Cuban	13,755	0.20%
Other Hispanic or Latino	386,932

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Massachusetts

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Boston	694,583
2	Worcester	185,877
3	Springfield	155,032
4	Cambridge	118,977
5	Lowell	111,670
6	Brockton	95,777
7	New Bedford	95,315
8	Lynn	94,654
9	Quincy	94,580
10	Fall River	89,661

Population Pyramid

Source: 2017 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Languages spoken in MA

In MA state, English is the official language, 76.88% speak english natively at home, 8.8% Spanish, 8.76% European languages, 4.17% Asian language.
Out of 267,678 Asian language speakers, 21,610 speak Hindi, 10,324 Gujarati, 7,528 Urdu, 3,229 Punjabi, 6,530 Bengali, 14,474 Nepali/Marathi, 8,658 speak Telugu language, 9,374 Tamil, 5,312 Malayala/Kannada. Mid and East Asia speakers include, 129,412 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 9,344 Japanese, 16,205 Korean, 522 Hmong, 40,633 Vietnamese, 22,950 Khmer, 5,691 Thai/Lao/Tai-Kadai, 6,049 speak Tagalog. 2,491 Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian. People from Middle east speakers include 33,313 speak Arabic, 6,996 Hebrew.
People from African countries include, 10,669 Amharic/Somali, 16,111 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 15,251 speak Swahili.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,940,967	76.88
Spanish Language	564,401	8.78
European Language	562,877	8.76
Asian Languages	267,678	4.17
Other Languages	90,541	1.41

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Education

Below table demonstrates educaiton levels in Massachusetts State.

Population 18 to 24 years		699251	349086	350165
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	73718	43076	30642
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	191937	106907	85030
	Some college or associates degree	312066	146324	165742
	Bachelors degree or higher	121530	52779	68751
Population 25 years and over		4706536	2237735	2468801
	Less than 9th grade	216649	102831	113818
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	241431	124385	117046
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1162683	582981	579702
	Some college, no degree	741582	349727	391855
	Associates degree	363330	143455	219875
	Bachelors degree	1101605	523722	577883
	Graduate or professional degree	879256	410634	468622

White		3620818	1721090	1899728
	High school graduate or higher	3389047	1602676	1786371
	Bachelors degree or higher	1631071	770644	860427
Black or African		310612	145598	165014
	High school graduate or higher	261236	122890	138346
	Bachelors degree or higher	77770	34543	43227
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		8850	4422	4428
	High school graduate or higher	7083	3556	3527
	Bachelors degree or higher	2116	956	1160
Asian		285973	134503	151470
	High school graduate or higher	243270	116875	126395
	Bachelors degree or higher	169831	83316	86515
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1294	655	639
	High school graduate or higher	1160	602	558
	Bachelors degree or higher	486	291	195
Hispanic or Latino Origin		418721	202329	216392
	High school graduate or higher	292074	137166	154908
	Bachelors degree or higher	76245	33564	42681

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below table demonstrates population of disable people.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	781740
Male	367588
Female	414152
	-
White	633047
Black or African American	61621
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2768
Asian	26578
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	325
Some other race	33767
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	223425
With a vision difficulty	129817
With a cognitive difficulty	317684
With an ambulatory difficulty	376868
With a self-care difficulty	157882
With an independent living difficulty	285325

Counties of Massachusetts

Massachusetts state is divided into 14 Counties. As on 2017, Middlesex is the largest county with 1.6 million, followed by Worcester County with 830,839, Suffolk County with 807,252 and Essex County with 790,638.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Barnstable County	213,482	213,413	0	9	9
Berkshire County	126,485	126,348	-0.1	11	11
Bristol County	560,571	564,022	0.6	6	6
Dukes County	17,321	17,352	0.2	13	13
Essex County	785,160	790,638	0.7	4	4
Franklin County	70,787	70,963	0.2	12	12
Hampden County	468,268	470,406	0.5	8	8
Hampshire County	161,238	161,355	0.1	10	10
Middlesex County	1,604,994	1,614,714	0.6	1	1
Nantucket County	11,270	11,327	0.5	14	14
Norfolk County	701,317	705,388	0.6	5	5
Plymouth County	514,969	518,132	0.6	7	7
Suffolk County	801,455	807,252	0.7	3	3
Worcester County	825,929	830,839	0.6	2	2