Massachusetts Cities Ranked by White/Black Dissimilarity Index | |||||
Rank | City | Black Population | White Population | Total Population | Dissimilarity Index |
1. | Boston city | 140,305 | 291,561 | 589,141 | 75.8 |
2. | Springfield city | 29,831 | 74,291 | 152,082 | 51.4 |
3. | Cambridge city | 11,627 | 65,425 | 101,355 | 49.6 |
4. | Medford city | 3,324 | 47,403 | 55,765 | 49.2 |
5. | Barnstable Town city | 1,271 | 43,443 | 47,821 | 49.2 |
6. | Pittsfield city | 1,592 | 41,951 | 45,793 | 48.3 |
7. | Beverly city* | 391 | 37,781 | 39,862 | 47.6 |
8. | New Bedford city | 3,503 | 70,520 | 93,768 | 45.5 |
9. | Fall River city | 2,097 | 82,274 | 91,938 | 45.1 |
10. | Salem city* | 966 | 33,277 | 40,407 | 44.5 |
11. | Worcester city | 10,762 | 122,211 | 172,648 | 44.3 |
12. | Revere city | 1,248 | 37,530 | 47,283 | 44.1 |
13. | Lynn city | 8,165 | 55,630 | 89,050 | 43.7 |
14. | Chicopee city | 1,078 | 47,478 | 54,653 | 42.3 |
15. | Holyoke city | 1,016 | 21,508 | 39,838 | 41.1 |
16. | Westfield city* | 323 | 36,893 | 40,072 | 41.1 |
17. | Quincy city | 1,846 | 68,980 | 88,025 | 41.0 |
18. | Gloucester city* | 159 | 29,117 | 30,273 | 40.9 |
19. | Melrose city* | 246 | 25,640 | 27,134 | 37.6 |
20. | Northampton city* | 544 | 25,433 | 28,978 | 37.5 |
21. | Leominster city | 1,255 | 33,673 | 41,303 | 37.5 |
22. | Somerville city | 4,868 | 56,320 | 77,478 | 37.2 |
23. | Franklin city* | 305 | 28,165 | 29,560 | 36.6 |
24. | Peabody city* | 396 | 44,466 | 48,129 | 36.5 |
25. | Fitchburg city | 1,209 | 29,414 | 39,102 | 35.9 |
26. | Waltham city | 2,484 | 46,416 | 59,226 | 34.8 |
27. | Methuen city* | 406 | 37,561 | 43,789 | 34.2 |
28. | Attleboro city* | 665 | 37,467 | 42,068 | 33.8 |
29. | Lawrence city | 1,412 | 24,569 | 72,043 | 33.8 |
30. | Lowell city | 3,644 | 65,760 | 105,167 | 33.8 |
31. | Taunton city | 1,366 | 50,272 | 55,976 | 33.6 |
32. | Woburn city* | 644 | 33,176 | 37,258 | 33.5 |
33. | Haverhill city | 1,110 | 50,912 | 58,969 | 32.8 |
34. | Brockton city | 15,913 | 54,902 | 94,304 | 32.3 |
35. | Newton city | 1,584 | 72,388 | 83,829 | 31.8 |
36. | Malden city | 4,468 | 39,230 | 56,340 | 28.9 |
37. | Watertown city* | 556 | 29,591 | 32,986 | 27.6 |
38. | Agawam city* | 249 | 26,871 | 28,144 | 26.7 |
39. | Chelsea city | 1,971 | 13,424 | 35,080 | 26.2 |
40. | Marlborough city* | 724 | 30,778 | 36,255 | 22.4 |
41. | Everett city | 2,269 | 28,587 | 38,037 | 22.0 |
Source: William H. Frey and Dowell Myers' analysis of Census 2000; and the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).
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