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. Massachusetts population in 2021 is estimated to be 7 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, Originally 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. MA population in 2020 is estimated to be 6.98 million.

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
2021*	7,025,697	0.58

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		699,251	349,086	350,165
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	73,718	43,076	30,642
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	191,937	106,907	85,030
	Some college or associates degree	312,066	146,324	165,742
	Bachelors degree or higher	121,530	52,779	68,751
Population 25 years and over		4,706,536	2,237,735	2,468,801
	Less than 9th grade	216,649	102,831	113,818
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	241,431	124,385	117,046
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,162,683	582,981	579,702
	Some college, no degree	741,582	349,727	391,855
	Associates degree	363,330	143,455	219,875
	Bachelors degree	1,101,605	523,722	577,883
	Graduate or professional degree	879,256	410,634	468,622

White		3,620,818	1,721,090	1,899,728
	High school graduate or higher	3,389,047	1,602,676	1,786,371
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,631,071	770,644	860,427
Black or African		310,612	145,598	165,014
	High school graduate or higher	261,236	122,890	138,346
	Bachelors degree or higher	77,770	34,543	43,227
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		8,850	4,422	4,428
	High school graduate or higher	7,083	3,556	3,527
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,116	956	1,160
Asian		285,973	134,503	151,470
	High school graduate or higher	243,270	116,875	126,395
	Bachelors degree or higher	169,831	83,316	86,515
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,294	655	639
	High school graduate or higher	1,160	602	558
	Bachelors degree or higher	486	291	195
Hispanic or Latino Origin		418,721	202,329	216,392
	High school graduate or higher	292,074	137,166	154,908
	Bachelors degree or higher	76,245	33,564	42,681

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Below table demonstrates population of disable people.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	781,740
Male	367,588
Female	414,152
	-
White	633,047
Black or African American	61,621
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,768
Asian	26,578
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	325
Some other race	33,767
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	223,425
With a vision difficulty	129,817
With a cognitive difficulty	317,684
With an ambulatory difficulty	376,868
With a self-care difficulty	157,882
With an independent living difficulty	285,325

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