2022 population: 4,900,550 ( 348,148 from 2010 , 41,107 from 2020)
Land area: 3486.1 square miles
Population density: 1405.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	3,351,688	68.39%	1.7%
Black:	391,295	7.98%	29.8%
Indian:	7,415	0.15%	16.8%
Asian:	452,536	9.23%	54.0%
2+ races:	96,928	1.98%	14.5%
Hispanic:	600,688	12.26%	46.3%

Total non-White:	1,548,862	31.61%	35.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	111,035	11.2
Deaths:	96,554	9.8
Net Migration:	-104,501	-10.6
Net Immigration:	49,232	5.0

Change in White population:	-56,897	-1.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	405,045	8.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
4,552,402
3,408,585	74.87%
301,533	6.62%
6,347	0.14%
293,833	6.45%
84,628	1.86%
410,516	9.02%
1,143,817	25.13%

2000
4,391,344
3,545,277	80.73%
247,524	5.64%
6,623	0.15%
201,832	4.60%
78,473	1.79%
281,605	6.41%
846,067	19.27%

1990
4,133,895
3,598,309	87.04%
215,240	5.21%
6,546	0.16%
131,485	3.18%
n/a
182,315	4.41%
535,586	12.96%

1980
3,938,585
3,621,284	91.94%
168,019	4.27%
4,804	0.12%
44,549	1.13%
n/a
91,528	2.32%
317,301	8.06%

1970
3,918,092
3,709,380	94.67%
135,612	3.46%
2,851	0.07%
18,802	0.48%
n/a
45,344	1.16%
208,712	5.33%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
515,962	11.7
326,004	7.4
-235,915	-5.4
197,462	4.5

-136,692	-3.1
297,750	6.8

Number	Rate
1990's
589,384	14.3
354,117	8.6
-203,567	-4.9
143,604	3.5

-53,032	-1.3
310,481	7.5

Number	Rate
1980's
564,342	14.3
360,394	9.2
18,815	0.5
n/a

-22,975	-0.6
218,285	5.5

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-178,523	-4.6
n/a

-88,096	-2.2
108,589	2.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.4
958,131	19.6%
3,942,419	80.4%
799,831	16.3%

1,913,599
2.49

1,196,984	62.6%
907,961	75.9%
99,424	8.3%
716,615	37.4%

2010
Number	Percent
38.5
983,268	21.6%
3,569,134	78.4%
596,043	13.1%

1,760,584
2.50

1,101,595	62.6%
822,437	74.7%
110,117	10.0%
658,989	37.4%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
1,026,506	23.4%
3,364,838	76.6%
553,481	12.6%

1,680,158
2.53

1,083,400	64.5%
841,387	77.7%
100,382	9.3%
596,758	35.5%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
909,018	22.0%
3,224,877	78.0%
520,735	12.6%

1,537,185
2.60

1,031,496	67.1%
809,565	78.5%
86,770	8.4%
505,689	32.9%

1980
Number	Percent
31.1
1,019,541	25.9%
2,919,044	74.1%
473,169	12.0%

1,392,315
2.74

975,451	70.1%
787,030	80.7%
83,860	8.6%
416,864	29.9%

2022 Housing Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	80,149	4.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	63,440	3.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	49,571	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	48,303	2.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	47,500	2.5%
$30,000 to $34,999	44,524	2.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	42,209	2.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	45,731	2.4%
$45,000 to $49,999	45,416	2.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	92,571	4.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	131,629	6.9%
$75,000 to $99,999	210,290	11.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	183,979	9.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	156,925	8.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	237,498	12.4%
$200,000 or more	433,864	22.7%

Median Household Income	107,833
Per Capita Income	58,379

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	140

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	92,101	4.8%
Public Assistance	57,711	3.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	230,316	12.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,201,298	76.5%
Unemployed	106,092	3.7%
In Armed Forces	3,271	0.1%

Total Labor Force	2,310,661	80.3%
Not in Labor Force	567,107	19.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		23.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	958,815	789,661	54.8%
Non-Profit	134,614	235,668	36.4%
Self-Employed	138,507	90,689	60.4%

Local Government	66,484	111,541	37.3%
State Government	39,279	45,990	46.1%
Federal Government	28,684	18,366	61.0%

Total Private + Self	1,097,322	880,350	55.5%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	269,061	411,565	39.5%
Total	1,366,383	1,291,915	51.4%

Pct. Govt.	11.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	567,466	21.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	477,432	17.9%
Professional, Technical	846,257	31.8%
Service Occupations	393,295	14.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	4,134	0.2%
All others	377,958	14.2%

White Collar		71.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	412,057	15.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	354,496	13.3%
Educational services	308,792	11.6%
Retail trade	251,349	9.4%
Manufacturing	235,143	8.8%
Finance and insurance	164,511	6.2%
Accommodation and food services	153,812	5.8%
Construction	147,228	5.5%
Other services	111,524	4.2%
Public administration	98,830	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	97,882	3.7%
Transportation and warehousing	87,007	3.3%
Information	62,390	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	51,990	2.0%
Wholesale trade	49,945	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	46,290	1.7%
Utilities	16,182	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	7,828	0.3%
Management	4,132	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,020	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	37,010	0.75%
Puerto Rican	132,997	2.71%
Cuban	12,226	0.25%
Dominican	150,667	3.07%

Total Central American	131,156	2.67%
Costa Rican	3,334	0.07%
Guatemalan	42,252	0.86%
Honduran	16,684	0.34%
Nicaraguan	1,600	0.03%
Panamanian	2,266	0.05%
Salvadoran	61,458	1.25%
Other Central American	3,562	0.07%

Total South American	69,982	1.42%
Argentinean	4,084	0.08%
Bolivian	1,316	0.03%
Chilean	3,366	0.07%
Colombian	34,127	0.69%
Ecuadorian	10,424	0.21%
Paraguayan	649	0.01%
Peruvian	8,870	0.18%
Uruguayan	598	0.01%
Venezuelan	5,797	0.12%
Other South American	751	0.02%

Other Hispanic	45,538	0.93%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	155,253	3.16%
Indian	103,458	2.11%
Vietnamese	40,980	0.83%
Cambodian	24,738	0.50%
Korean	22,285	0.45%
Filipino	11,895	0.24%
Japanese	7,735	0.16%
Taiwanese	5,293	0.11%
Bangladeshi	3,368	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	3,476,947	74.6%
Spanish	428,451	9.2%
Other Indo-European	259,525	5.6%
Chinese	128,326	2.8%
French, Haitian, Cajun	112,712	2.4%
Other Asian	66,282	1.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	44,206	0.9%
Other	44,177	0.9%
Vietnamese	33,737	0.7%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	980,130	20.0%
Italian	599,834	12.2%
English	482,694	9.8%
German	280,575	5.7%
French	195,680	4.0%
American	161,131	3.3%
Polish	149,677	3.0%
French Canadian	137,669	2.8%
Portuguese	99,918	2.0%
Scottish	99,228	2.0%
Russian	71,310	1.5%
Haitian	70,966	1.4%
Greek	66,097	1.3%
European	63,404	1.3%
Swedish	62,805	1.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,468,370	91.0%
Not a citizen	444,079	9.0%

Native	3,950,193	80.4%
Foreign-born	962,256	19.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
140,697	4.1%	131,938	3.8%	722,200	20.9%	717,327	20.7%	943,517	27.3%	805,297	23.3%
Average years of education: 14.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	140,697	4.1%
9-12 Years	131,938	3.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	722,200	20.9%
Some College	717,327	20.7%
Bach. Degree	943,517	27.3%
Grad Degree	805,297	23.3%
Average years of education: 14.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,560,344	4,294,518	265,826	5.8%
1991	4,482,340	4,123,772	358,568	8.0%
1992	4,481,580	4,114,834	366,746	8.2%
1993	4,482,372	4,182,324	300,048	6.7%
1994	4,501,992	4,248,128	253,864	5.6%
1995	4,536,170	4,314,378	221,792	4.9%
1996	4,596,658	4,405,682	190,976	4.2%
1997	4,701,024	4,529,148	171,876	3.7%
1998	4,745,138	4,601,326	143,812	3.0%
1999	4,810,066	4,666,696	143,370	3.0%

2000	4,719,738	4,595,592	124,146	2.6%
2001	4,785,320	4,610,578	174,742	3.7%
2002	4,828,892	4,579,358	249,534	5.2%
2003	4,785,996	4,519,304	266,692	5.6%
2004	4,753,660	4,523,016	230,644	4.9%
2005	4,741,368	4,528,466	212,902	4.5%
2006	4,782,286	4,574,248	208,038	4.4%
2007	4,832,318	4,632,534	199,784	4.1%
2008	4,890,802	4,655,478	235,324	4.8%
2009	4,894,098	4,529,018	365,080	7.5%

2010	4,949,138	4,586,350	362,788	7.3%
2011	4,964,904	4,642,572	322,332	6.5%
2012	5,012,280	4,709,044	303,236	6.0%
2013	5,040,014	4,738,576	301,438	6.0%
2014	5,117,012	4,854,074	262,938	5.1%
2015	5,159,614	4,939,110	220,504	4.3%
2016	5,218,012	5,031,748	186,264	3.6%
2017	5,313,322	5,131,818	181,504	3.4%
2018	5,437,628	5,270,120	167,508	3.1%
2019	5,488,744	5,340,692	148,052	2.7%

2020	5,319,224	4,872,040	447,184	8.4%
2021	5,423,938	5,149,802	274,136	5.1%
2022	5,443,474	5,259,830	183,644	3.4%
2023	5,465,214	5,298,030	167,184	3.1%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,033,504
Median Value	$584,587

Occupied	1,913,599	94.1%
Vacant	119,905	5.9%

Owned	1,177,476	61.5%
Rented	736,123	38.5%
Median Rent	$1,817

Single-Family Units	1,085,141	53.4%
Detached	957,012	47.1%
Attached	128,129	6.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	512,253	25.2%
Mobile Homes	21,634	1.1%

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area