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You're at your local Whole Foods shopping for kale chips and asparagus water, trying to work out if you'll have time to stop at the Pottery Barn before you head to your yoga class taught by a girl named Sage. It hits you: you're leading the whitest life imaginable.
But does that mean the city you live in is one of the whitest places in Massachusetts?
Don't worry, we've figured it out for you. Using actual census data combined with our favorite white people stereotypes (as confirmed by the internet), we can determine which cities are the whitest of the white in Bay State.
After analyzing cities with populations greater than 5,000, we came up with this list as the whitest cities in Massachusetts for 2023.
Here are the 10 whites places in Massachusetts for 2023:
What is the whitest city in Massachusetts for 2023? According to the most recent census data Newburyport ranks as the whitest. If you're wondering, Lawrence is the least white city of all those we measured.
Read on below to see where your hometown ranked and why. Or check out the whitest states in America and the most diverse states in America.
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The 10 Whitest Cities In Massachusetts For 2023
1. Newburyport
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Population: 18,282
% White: 93.08%
More on Newburyport: Real Estate | Data | Photos
2. Amesbury Town
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Population: 17,286
% White: 90.51%
More on Amesbury Town: Real Estate | Data | Photos
3. Gloucester
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Population: 29,814
% White: 90.1%
More on Gloucester: Real Estate | Data | Photos
4. Easthampton Town
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Population: 16,120
% White: 89.15%
More on Easthampton Town: Real Estate | Data
5. Agawam Town
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Population: 28,715
% White: 88.71%
More on Agawam Town: Real Estate | Data
6. Franklin Town
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Population: 33,057
% White: 86.22%
More on Franklin Town: Real Estate | Data | Photos
7. Beverly
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Population: 42,448
% White: 86.08%
More on Beverly: Real Estate | Data | Photos
8. North Adams
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Population: 13,024
% White: 84.81%
More on North Adams: Real Estate | Data | Photos
9. Westfield
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Population: 40,922
% White: 83.0%
More on Westfield: Real Estate | Data | Photos
10. Palmer Town
/10
Population: 12,434
% White: 82.71%
More on Palmer Town: Real Estate | Data | Photos
Methodology: How we determined the whitest places in Massachusetts for 2023
In order to rank the whitest places in Massachusetts, we had to determine what measurable criteria defines whiteness.
Obviously we had to count how many white people living there, specifically the percentage of white people living in each city in Massachusetts.
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 White alone.
We limited our analysis to non-CDPs with a population greater than 12,000 people. That left us with 52 cities.
We then calculated the percent of residents that are White. The percentages ranked from 93.1% to 13.2%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percent of White population with a higher score being more White than a lower score. Newburyport took the distinction of being the most White, while Lawrence was the least White city. You can download the data here.
Read on for more information on how the cities in Massachusetts ranked by population of White residents or, for a more general take on diversity in America, head over to our ranking of the most diverse cities in America.
Summary: White Populations Across Massachusetts
Measuring the locations with the highest percentage of white people, this list provides accurate information on the whitest places in Massachusetts according to the most recent data.
If you're curious enough, here are the least White places in Massachusetts:
- Lawrence
- Chelsea
- Springfield
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| Rank | City | % White |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newburyport | 93.08% |
| 2 | Amesbury Town | 90.51% |
| 3 | Gloucester | 90.1% |
| 4 | Easthampton Town | 89.15% |
| 5 | Agawam Town | 88.71% |
| 6 | Franklin Town | 86.22% |
| 7 | Beverly | 86.08% |
| 8 | North Adams | 84.81% |
| 9 | Westfield | 83.0% |
| 10 | Palmer Town | 82.71% |
| 11 | Gardner | 82.53% |
| 12 | Attleboro | 82.41% |
| 13 | Northampton | 82.38% |
| 14 | Peabody | 81.03% |
| 15 | Melrose | 80.82% |
| 16 | Pittsfield | 80.7% |
| 17 | Weymouth Town | 80.69% |
| 18 | Barnstable Town | 79.06% |
| 19 | Winthrop Town | 79.02% |
| 20 | Woburn | 75.99% |
| 21 | West Springfield Town | 75.05% |
| 22 | Taunton | 74.81% |
| 23 | Watertown Town | 72.55% |
| 24 | Newton | 72.07% |
| 25 | Salem | 72.05% |
| 26 | Braintree Town | 71.64% |
| 27 | Fall River | 71.4% |
| 28 | Chicopee | 69.43% |
| 29 | Leominster | 69.23% |
| 30 | Somerville | 68.84% |
| 31 | Medford | 68.36% |
| 32 | Haverhill | 66.85% |
| 33 | Marlborough | 64.45% |
| 34 | Waltham | 63.79% |
| 35 | Fitchburg | 60.93% |
| 36 | Southbridge Town | 59.94% |
| 37 | New Bedford | 58.02% |
| 38 | Methuen Town | 57.82% |
| 39 | Cambridge | 57.48% |
| 40 | Quincy | 56.66% |
| 41 | Worcester | 53.64% |
| 42 | Revere | 50.48% |
| 43 | Lowell | 48.28% |
| 44 | Boston | 43.98% |
| 45 | Malden | 43.65% |
| 46 | Holyoke | 41.96% |
| 47 | Everett | 40.9% |
| 48 | Lynn | 37.82% |
| 49 | Brockton | 29.25% |
| 50 | Springfield | 28.87% |
| 51 | Chelsea | 19.65% |
| 52 | Lawrence | 13.2% |
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