Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
9-2025
Abstract
The City of Boston Planning Department has found that Boston’s population was undercounted in the 2020 Census by as many as 25,000 people and that subsequent population estimates continue to understate the population.1 The Planning Department’s Research Division has developed a tool to display limited demographic data, but these population estimates are insufficient for purposes of this report.2 Therefore, this report uses 2019-2023 American Community Survey and may therefore undercount Boston’s population. Boston, the largest city in the Commonwealth, is home to an estimated 126,647 Latinos. This is the largest Latino population in the state, though other smaller cities (Lawrence, Chelsea, Holyoke, and Springfield) have higher percentages of Latinos in their population. In Boston, Latinos represent about one-fifth of the city’s population, a smaller share than for Whites (44.5%), similar to Blacks (20.3%) but a greater share than for Asians (Figure 1). Latinos make up 12.9% of the statewide population.
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Recommended Citation
Granberry, Phillip and Tristán, Florita Coto, "Latinos in Massachusetts Selected Areas: Boston" (2025). Gastón Institute Publications. 340.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/gaston_pubs/340
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Community-Based Research Commons, Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons
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