The 10 Massachusetts Cities With The Largest Asian Population For 2024

Here are the cities in Massachusetts with the largest Asian population in 2024:

1. Quincy
2. Malden
3. Lowell
4. Braintree Town
5. Cambridge
6. Newton
7. Waltham
8. Watertown Town
9. Medford
10. Somerville

The 10 Most Asian Cities In Massachusetts For 2024

Methodology: How We Determined The Cities In Massachusetts With The Largest Asian Population For 2024

We used Saturday Night Science to compare Census data on race across every place in Massachusetts.

The Census’s most recently available data comes from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey.

Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:

• Hispanic or Latino
• White alone*
• Black or African American alone*
• American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
• Asian alone*
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
• Some other race alone*
• Two or more races*

Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as Asian alone.

We limited our analysis to cities with a population greater than 12,000 people. That left us with 52 cities.

We then calculated the percentage of residents that are Asian. The percentages ranked from 28.8% to 0.6%.

Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of Asian population, with a higher score being more Asian than a lower score. Quincy took the distinction of being the most Asian, while Holyoke was the least Asian city.

We updated this article for 2024. This report reflects our tenth time ranking the cities in Massachusetts with the largest Asian population.

Read on for more information on how the cities in Massachusetts ranked by population of Asian residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.