Italian Population in Massachusetts by City : 2025 Ranking & Insights

The Italian population in Massachusetts totals 791,491, with representation in every incorporated city included in this analysis. Leading communities are found in Boston (48,372), followed by Worcester (18,003) and Medford (10,613), reflecting a strong urban presence. Despite this broad municipal footprint, the statewide count exceeds the combined city totals - suggesting that many Italian residents may live in unincorporated areas or towns below the population threshold used here. The analysis below explores how Italian communities are distributed across Massachusetts and how this compares with broader patterns nationwide.

Top 5 cities with the largest Italian population in Massachusetts

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  • 1
    Boston
    Italian population in Boston is 48,372
    7.29% of Boston population is Italian
  • 2
    Worcester
    Italian population in Worcester is 18,003
    8.76% of Worcester population is Italian
  • 3
    Medford
    Italian population in Medford is 10,613
    17.97% of Medford population is Italian
  • 4
    Peabody
    Italian population in Peabody is 10,405
    19.20% of Peabody population is Italian
  • 5
    Haverhill
    Italian population in Haverhill is 9,801
    14.54% of Haverhill population is Italian

Overview of Italian population in Massachusetts

  • Population Count and Percentage: American Community Survey show Massachusetts contains 791,491 Italian residents (11.3% of 7.0 million total state population), positioning the state at the 89th percentile nationally among U.S. states for Italian population concentrations.
  • Comparison to State and National Averages: U.S. Census data records indicate Massachusetts's Italian population of 11.3% exceeds the national average of 4.9% by a factor of 2.3.
  • Share of Total National Population: Official American Community Survey records show Massachusetts hosts 791,491 Italian residents, representing 4.9% of the nation's total Italian population of 16.2 million, establishing the state as a significant demographic concentration center within national boundaries.
  • Population Density per Square Mile: U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey data shows Massachusetts maintains 101.5 Italian Americans per square mile, representing just over twenty-two times the national average of 4.6 per square mile, placing the state among jurisdictions with the highest demographic concentrations nationally.
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333 Cities in Massachusetts Ranked by Italian Population

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American Community Survey data [1] show Italian populations across all incorporated cities in Massachusetts, with no cities recording zero residents identified as Americans of Italian ancestry. The table below provides broader statistics, including total population figures, density measures, and demographic distributions based on current ACS data for all incorporated cities included in this analysis*.
cities in Massachusetts ranked by Italian population count
Rank by Italian Population
City
Italian Population
% of Total City Population
% of Total Massachusetts Italian Population
5 Year Rank Trend
1 Boston 48,372 7.29% 6.11%
2 Worcester 18,003 8.76% 2.27%
3 Medford 10,613 17.97% 1.34%
4 Peabody 10,405 19.20% 1.31%
5 Haverhill 9,801 14.54% 1.24%
6 Plymouth town 9,735 15.54% 1.23%
7 Revere 9,726 16.23% 1.23%
8 9,392 9.27% 1.19%
9 9,111 11.31% 1.15%
10 8,802 7.47% 1.11%
11 8,505 14.72% 1.07%
12 8,174 9.24% 1.03%
13 8,148 8.07% 1.03%
14 8,076 5.22% 1.02%
15 7,994 27.95% 1.01%
16 7,798 12.05% 0.99%
17 7,666 18.60% 0.97%
18 7,592 17.43% 0.96%
19 7,265 17.42% 0.92%
20 6,982 6.08% 0.88%
21 6,952 13.11% 0.88%
22 6,803 24.93% 0.86%
23 6,661 20.14% 0.84%
24 6,658 15.70% 0.84%
25 6,445 9.84% 0.81%
26 6,321 20.37% 0.80%
27 6,262 27.24% 0.79%
28 6,139 19.70% 0.78%
29 5,862 19.63% 0.74%
30 5,753 13.17% 0.73%
31 5,669 12.81% 0.72%
32 5,503 23.72% 0.70%
33 5,491 11.15% 0.69%
34 5,413 14.94% 0.68%
35 5,361 8.98% 0.68%
36 5,354 10.87% 0.68%
37 5,322 18.67% 0.67%
37 5,322 5.68% 0.67%
38 5,318 18.03% 0.67%
39 5,272 13.60% 0.67%
40 5,261 20.67% 0.66%
41 5,222 14.32% 0.66%
42 5,185 4.93% 0.66%
43 5,160 17.03% 0.65%
44 5,033 10.82% 0.64%
45 4,955 17.74% 0.63%
46 4,940 10.74% 0.62%
47 4,811 13.64% 0.61%
48 4,713 11.59% 0.60%
49 4,601 12.56% 0.58%
50 4,598 17.83% 0.58%
51 4,568 24.29% 0.58%
52 4,481 11.66% 0.57%
53 4,461 14.22% 0.56%
54 4,385 10.59% 0.55%
55 4,370 16.66% 0.55%
56 4,072 15.49% 0.51%
57 3,964 9.52% 0.50%
58 3,951 6.29% 0.50%
59 3,822 15.22% 0.48%
60 3,737 15.45% 0.47%
61 3,627 11.04% 0.46%
62 3,442 17.97% 0.43%
63 3,432 3.41% 0.43%
64 3,409 21.81% 0.43%
65 3,362 18.98% 0.42%
66 3,360 10.38% 0.42%
67 3,339 20.40% 0.42%
68 3,314 11.08% 0.42%
69 3,302 14.44% 0.42%
70 3,289 25.37% 0.42%
71 3,263 10.18% 0.41%
72 3,232 17.63% 0.41%
73 3,220 13.50% 0.41%
74 3,098 10.82% 0.39%
75 3,091 10.85% 0.39%
76 3,062 5.55% 0.39%
77 2,967 12.13% 0.37%
78 2,955 14.86% 0.37%
79 2,929 15.30% 0.37%
80 2,926 14.39% 0.37%
81 2,914 11.58% 0.37%
82 2,869 10.62% 0.36%
83 2,838 11.31% 0.36%
84 2,783 11.98% 0.35%
85 2,771 18.21% 0.35%
86 2,764 14.93% 0.35%
87 2,735 13.61% 0.35%
88 2,731 14.81% 0.35%
89 2,705 7.94% 0.34%
90 2,673 9.19% 0.34%
91 2,666 10.94% 0.34%
92 2,635 17.80% 0.33%
93 2,600 17.02% 0.33%
94 2,598 2.94% 0.33%
95 2,572 13.50% 0.33%
96 2,567 15.69% 0.32%
97 2,522 10.26% 0.32%
98 2,486 12.57% 0.31%
99 2,461 12.05% 0.31%
100 2,430 12.18% 0.31%
101 2,427 8.47% 0.31%
102 2,357 19.15% 0.30%
103 2,289 13.34% 0.29%
104 2,247 10.41% 0.28%
105 2,240 23.03% 0.28%
106 2,225 14.63% 0.28%
107 2,210 15.44% 0.28%
108 2,199 16.60% 0.28%
109 2,194 12.70% 0.28%
110 2,178 12.93% 0.28%
111 2,171 11.61% 0.27%
112 2,164 12.72% 0.27%
113 2,125 15.42% 0.27%
114 2,124 13.94% 0.27%
115 2,110 15.81% 0.27%
116 2,103 15.13% 0.27%
117 2,101 14.04% 0.27%
118 2,061 13.11% 0.26%
119 2,051 14.30% 0.26%
120 2,041 15.79% 0.26%
121 2,021 17.87% 0.26%
122 1,983 12.23% 0.25%
123 1,941 12.37% 0.25%
124 1,912 11.87% 0.24%
125 1,910 16.28% 0.24%
126 1,867 7.79% 0.24%
127 1,862 12.91% 0.24%
128 1,841 9.66% 0.23%
129 1,838 12.85% 0.23%
130 1,819 14.37% 0.23%
131 1,818 20.90% 0.23%
132 1,806 11.70% 0.23%
133 1,797 5.51% 0.23%
134 1,793 4.54% 0.23%
135 1,781 15.41% 0.23%
136 1,762 14.82% 0.22%
137 1,757 11.87% 0.22%
138 1,724 9.46% 0.22%
139 1,721 12.45% 0.22%
140 1,687 11.59% 0.21%
141 1,668 19.73% 0.21%
142 1,639 9.20% 0.21%
143 1,637 15.42% 0.21%
144 1,629 16.47% 0.21%
145 1,597 12.85% 0.20%
146 1,594 8.63% 0.20%
147 1,557 13.82% 0.20%
148 1,554 12.13% 0.20%
149 1,548 24.70% 0.20%
150 1,517 13.70% 0.19%
151 1,485 7.05% 0.19%
151 1,485 16.10% 0.19%
152 1,482 3.91% 0.19%
153 1,475 12.65% 0.19%
153 1,475 10.67% 0.19%
154 1,469 8.44% 0.19%
155 1,460 10.93% 0.18%
156 1,452 12.16% 0.18%
157 1,449 21.48% 0.18%
158 1,436 14.22% 0.18%
159 1,427 18.45% 0.18%
160 1,422 8.05% 0.18%
161 1,419 6.81% 0.18%
162 1,397 13.10% 0.18%
163 1,393 11.65% 0.18%
164 1,382 16.54% 0.17%
165 1,381 13.99% 0.17%
166 1,375 11.81% 0.17%
167 1,354 7.42% 0.17%
168 1,342 14.30% 0.17%
169 1,339 14.79% 0.17%
170 1,337 23.25% 0.17%
171 1,334 8.57% 0.17%
172 1,319 8.31% 0.17%
173 1,313 12.94% 0.17%
174 1,310 16.18% 0.17%
175 1,305 8.10% 0.16%
176 1,293 12.38% 0.16%
177 1,292 16.82% 0.16%
178 1,278 20.57% 0.16%
179 1,252 18.67% 0.16%
180 1,245 10.55% 0.16%
181 1,200 13.04% 0.15%
182 1,191 13.09% 0.15%
183 1,175 14.41% 0.15%
184 1,155 6.70% 0.15%
185 1,143 14.78% 0.14%
186 1,140 14.06% 0.14%
187 1,108 9.79% 0.14%
188 1,101 9.62% 0.14%
189 1,096 8.11% 0.14%
190 1,082 11.74% 0.14%
191 1,046 16.01% 0.13%
192 1,030 8.33% 0.13%
193 1,002 16.63% 0.13%
194 977 14.00% 0.12%
195 974 5.95% 0.12%
196 970 16.46% 0.12%
197 968 9.31% 0.12%
198 966 10.49% 0.12%
199 963 14.31% 0.12%
200 962 11.84% 0.12%
201 950 12.55% 0.12%
202 942 11.62% 0.12%
203 934 11.27% 0.12%
204 923 12.98% 0.12%
205 919 11.31% 0.12%
206 909 5.92% 0.11%
207 874 30.51% 0.11%
208 871 10.64% 0.11%
209 860 10.13% 0.11%
210 853 10.07% 0.11%
211 819 11.67% 0.10%
212 803 7.75% 0.10%
213 797 16.14% 0.10%
214 789 11.47% 0.10%
215 778 17.15% 0.10%
216 771 12.13% 0.10%
217 766 11.28% 0.10%
218 748 13.68% 0.09%
219 743 7.03% 0.09%
219 743 10.34% 0.09%
220 742 14.00% 0.09%
221 738 11.71% 0.09%
222 716 12.57% 0.09%
223 713 12.88% 0.09%
224 702 14.24% 0.09%
225 676 9.73% 0.09%
226 675 18.27% 0.09%
227 673 13.75% 0.09%
228 665 13.31% 0.08%
229 652 12.84% 0.08%
230 649 10.45% 0.08%
231 614 22.99% 0.08%
232 613 11.54% 0.08%
233 590 9.30% 0.07%
234 586 17.61% 0.07%
235 584 10.12% 0.07%
236 583 5.82% 0.07%
237 576 17.31% 0.07%
238 568 8.55% 0.07%
239 559 6.06% 0.07%
240 553 12.74% 0.07%
241 549 14.33% 0.07%
242 546 7.20% 0.07%
243 541 12.28% 0.07%
244 537 7.20% 0.07%
245 527 14.32% 0.07%
245 527 9.13% 0.07%
246 521 17.18% 0.07%
247 519 16.05% 0.07%
248 498 10.51% 0.06%
249 493 9.18% 0.06%
250 487 10.02% 0.06%
251 485 9.31% 0.06%
252 480 5.65% 0.06%
253 449 7.38% 0.06%
253 449 12.29% 0.06%
254 441 8.59% 0.06%
255 433 13.03% 0.05%
256 431 14.69% 0.05%
257 408 24.36% 0.05%
258 389 10.57% 0.05%
259 386 8.12% 0.05%
259 386 7.19% 0.05%
260 377 11.17% 0.05%
261 373 8.53% 0.05%
262 372 7.47% 0.05%
263 369 21.42% 0.05%
264 359 6.89% 0.05%
265 335 19.96% 0.04%
266 316 9.03% 0.04%
267 314 17.21% 0.04%
268 307 11.30% 0.04%
269 285 8.61% 0.04%
270 275 8.71% 0.03%
271 244 11.91% 0.03%
272 242 9.39% 0.03%
273 236 12.52% 0.03%
274 232 8.07% 0.03%
275 229 7.18% 0.03%
276 228 11.83% 0.03%
277 224 12.98% 0.03%
278 220 21.36% 0.03%
279 216 12.90% 0.03%
280 215 10.74% 0.03%
281 204 3.11% 0.03%
282 195 5.67% 0.02%
283 191 10.23% 0.02%
284 184 10.47% 0.02%
285 181 11.15% 0.02%
286 174 12.50% 0.02%
287 167 8.72% 0.02%
288 157 13.07% 0.02%
289 156 12.34% 0.02%
290 150 7.08% 0.02%
291 144 8.57% 0.02%
292 142 8.33% 0.02%
293 141 9.27% 0.02%
294 135 13.25% 0.02%
295 131 11.24% 0.02%
296 118 6.52% 0.01%
297 115 12.95% 0.01%
298 109 6.55% 0.01%
299 101 6.16% 0.01%
300 99 6.71% 0.01%
301 98 15.53% 0.01%
302 93 4.47% 0.01%
303 89 12.14% 0.01%
304 88 11.37% 0.01%
305 86 4.70% 0.01%
305 86 5.73% 0.01%
306 85 6.90% 0.01%
307 82 9.39% 0.01%
308 80 10.03% 0.01%
308 80 5.28% 0.01%
309 75 5.67% 0.01%
310 74 6.99% 0.01%
311 73 8.95% 0.01%
312 68 7.42% 0.01%
313 62 9.95% 0.01%
314 61 2.77% 0.01%
315 60 4.50% 0.01%
316 58 5.47% 0.01%
317 54 6.91% 0.01%
318 51 5.29% 0.01%
318 51 4.35% 0.01%
319 44 4.17% 0.01%
319 44 4.76% 0.01%
320 35 4.07% 0.00%
321 21 2.18% 0.00%
322 17 2.62% 0.00%
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Methodology

This ranking list is based on data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The ACS is one of the most reliable sources for understanding population trends across different locations, and it provides estimates for various racial and ethnic groups at city, county, state and all geography levels down to the Census block group.
This list ranks city in Massachusetts by their Italian population, using the most recent ACS data available.

How the Census defines Italian population

The U.S. Census Bureau allows people to self-identify their ancestry, meaning individuals can write upto ancestries when responding to the survey. In this ranking, we include everyone who identifies as having Italian ancestry, whether alone or in combination with another ancestry.
Here are a few important things to know about how ancestry is reported:
  • Some people identify as Italian alone, while others identify as Italian along with another race (such as Italian and German).
  • We’ve used the “Italian alone or in any combination” category unless noted otherwise, which gives a broader picture of the Italian population in each area.

How We Ranked the Data

This ranking is based on the total number of people who identified as Italian alone or in combination in city. To provide additional context, we’ve also included two key percentages:
  1. % of Total City Population – This shows what percentage of the total state population identifies as Italian .
  2. % of Total Massachusetts Italian Population – This tells us how much of the entire U.S. Italian population lives in that state.
To keep things simple, all population numbers have been rounded to the nearest whole number, and percentages are rounded to one decimal place. Because of rounding, some percentages may not add up to exactly 100%.

Things to Keep in Mind

Like all survey-based data, ACS estimates come with some limitations. Here are a few things to be aware of:
  • In places with very small Italian populations, the numbers may not be reported at all due to privacy protections or sampling variability in the survey.
  • Since the ACS is based on a sample, the numbers are estimates, not exact counts. That means they may slightly differ from other sources like the decennial U.S. Census.
  • City that don’t have any reported Italian population are not included in the ranking but are listed separately below for reference.
This ranking is meant to provide a clear, data-driven look at where Italian populations are most concentrated while keeping the numbers easy to understand.

Sources

  1. 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates.
  2. 2023.