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Boston Population by Race and Ethnicity

Boston Population by Race Graph

2010 Population by Race and Ethnicity Boston, MA Massachusetts United States
Population by Race
White 330,151 51.01% 5,336,416 80.62% 221,809,059 71.91%
Black or African American 155,236 23.98% 400,727 6.05% 37,036,996 12.01%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2,223 0.34% 7,535 0.11% 3,026,418 0.98%
Asian 54,979 8.49% 332,556 5.02% 13,906,406 4.51%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 943 0.15% 6,028 0.09% 662,031 0.21%
Other 103,746 16.03% 535,769 8.09% 32,014,224 10.38%
Population by Ethnicity
Population Hispanic 114,583 17.70% 597,924 9.03% 49,511,501 16.05%
Population Non Hispanic 532,695 82.30% 6,021,107 90.97% 258,943,633 83.95%

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Race versus Ethnicity: According to the Census, race and ethnicity are considered two separate and distinct identities. Hispanic or Latino origin is asked as a separate question and categorized under ethnicity. In addition to their race and/or races, all respondents are categorized by one of two ethnicities, which are "Hispanic" and "Non Hispanic."

Hispanic Ethnicity: According to the Census, people of Hispanic origin, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that people of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

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