National Origin in Boston School District, Massachusetts (Unified School District)

Citizenship and National Origin#1

Percentage of the total popoulation.
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Boston School District
Boston
Massachusetts
0%20%40%60%80%CountCitizen, US-BornCitizen, Territory-BornCitizen, Territory-B…1Citizen, Born Abroad2Citizen, NaturalizedNot Citizen68.774334%81.521751%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k2.168230%1.810789%2.168230%2.2%14,27314.3k1.462450%0.923786%1.462450%1.5%9,62713.103714%8.220339%13.103714%13.1%86,25986.3k14.491272%7.523335%14.491272%14.5%95,39395.4k

Continent of Birth#2

Percentage of the foreign-born population.1
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Boston School District
Boston
Massachusetts
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountAmericasAsiaEuropeAfricaOceaniaOther50.536741%38.690164%50.536741%50.5%91,80191.8k25.559862%29.974158%25.559862%25.6%46,43046.4k12.924713%21.897366%12.924713%12.9%23,47823.5k10.726004%9.080786%10.726004%10.7%19,48419.5k0.252681%0.357526%0.252681%0.3%4590.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.357526%0

Continent of Birth#2

Percentage of the foreign-born population.1
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Boston School District
Boston
Massachusetts
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountAmericasAsiaEuropeAfricaOceaniaOther50.536741%38.690164%50.536741%50.5%91,80191.8k25.559862%29.974158%25.559862%25.6%46,43046.4k12.924713%21.897366%12.924713%12.9%23,47823.5k10.726004%9.080786%10.726004%10.7%19,48419.5k0.252681%0.357526%0.252681%0.3%4590.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.357526%0

Country of Birth#3

Percentage of the foreign-born population.1
Scope: population of Massachusetts and Boston School District
Boston
Massachusetts
Asia
Africa
Americas
0%2%4%6%8%10%CountDominican RepublicChinaHaitiEl SalvadorVietnamCabo VerdeJamaicaColombiaIndiaTrinidad and Tobago10.459560%7.583416%10.459560%10.5%19,00019.0k9.835289%7.930861%9.835289%9.8%17,86617.9k9.026050%4.833432%9.026050%9.0%16,39616.4k5.887081%3.473609%5.887081%5.9%10,69410.7k4.902231%3.310908%4.902231%4.9%8,9054.465682%2.429482%4.465682%4.5%8,1124.067117%1.722720%4.067117%4.1%7,3883.626715%2.027112%3.626715%3.6%6,5882.316517%5.842796%2.316517%2.3%4,2082.104023%0.599363%2.104023%2.1%3,822

Map of National Origin by Tract in Boston School District

United States National Origin by Tract#4

Born in the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and other US territories) as a percentage of the population (%):
30%43%56%69%82%96%

Europe National Origin by Tract#5

Born in Europe as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.9%5.7%8.6%11.5%14.4%

Asia National Origin by Tract#6

Born in Asia as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%19%28%37%47%

Africa National Origin by Tract#7

Born in Africa as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%12%18%24%31%

Australia National Origin by Tract#8

Born in Australia or New Zealand as a percentage of the population (%):
0.00%0.29%0.58%0.87%1.16%1.45%

Americas National Origin by Tract#9

Born in the Americas other than the United States as a percentage of the population (%):
0%13%26%39%52%65%
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National Origin by Place in Boston School District

There is 1 place in Boston School District. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Boston School District, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Boston School District.

Born in the USA by Place#10

Percentage of the total population that was born in the United States.1
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected places in Boston School District, and entities that contain Boston School District
US-Born1
Other
0%20%40%60%80%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaBostonBoston School DistrictBostonSuffolk CountySuffolk85.271589%85.271589%85.3%271,639,606272M84.800972%84.800972%84.8%12,439,35212.4M81.548517%81.548517%81.5%45,720,80345.7M81.521751%81.521751%81.5%5,496,3135.50M80.206220%80.206220%80.2%3,792,8273.79M68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k67.599213%67.599213%67.6%518,972519k

Continent of Birth by Place#11

Foreign born1 as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected places in Boston School District, and entities that contain Boston School District
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Americas
Other
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Suffolk CountySuffolkBostonBoston School DistrictBostonBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaNortheastMassachusettsUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew England15.466987%6.526086%3.646256%3.102698%0.062393%28.804419%28.8%221,137221k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k7.222209%5.603420%3.254093%1.526166%0.067776%17.673664%17.7%835,760836k7.423457%4.871516%2.927599%0.893950%0.049296%16.165818%16.2%9,063,4909.06M6.091253%4.719034%3.447450%1.429649%0.056288%15.743674%15.7%1,061,4611.06M7.079712%3.983241%1.500944%0.604051%0.077288%13.245236%13.2%42,193,78142.2M5.133842%3.531756%2.944117%1.019758%0.047591%12.677063%12.7%1,859,5831.86M

National Origin by County Subdivision in Boston School District

There is 1 county subdivision in Boston School District. This section compares all 1 of those to each other, Boston School District, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Boston School District.

Born in the USA by County Subdivision#12

Percentage of the total population that was born in the United States.1
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected county subdivisions in Boston School District, and entities that contain Boston School District
US-Born1
Other
0%20%40%60%80%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandNortheastMassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaBostonBoston School DistrictBostonBostonSuffolk CountySuffolk85.271589%85.271589%85.3%271,639,606272M84.800972%84.800972%84.8%12,439,35212.4M81.548517%81.548517%81.5%45,720,80345.7M81.521751%81.521751%81.5%5,496,3135.50M80.206220%80.206220%80.2%3,792,8273.79M68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k167.599213%67.599213%67.6%518,972519k

Continent of Birth by County Subdivision#13

Foreign born1 as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected county subdivisions in Boston School District, and entities that contain Boston School District
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Americas
Other
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Suffolk CountySuffolkBostonBoston School DistrictBostonBostonBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaNortheastMassachusettsUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew England15.466987%6.526086%3.646256%3.102698%0.062393%28.804419%28.8%221,137221k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k17.222209%5.603420%3.254093%1.526166%0.067776%17.673664%17.7%835,760836k7.423457%4.871516%2.927599%0.893950%0.049296%16.165818%16.2%9,063,4909.06M6.091253%4.719034%3.447450%1.429649%0.056288%15.743674%15.7%1,061,4611.06M7.079712%3.983241%1.500944%0.604051%0.077288%13.245236%13.2%42,193,78142.2M5.133842%3.531756%2.944117%1.019758%0.047591%12.677063%12.7%1,859,5831.86M

National Origin by Unified School District in Massachusetts

There are 294 unified school districts in Massachusetts. This section compares Boston School District to the 50 most populous unified school districts in Massachusetts and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Boston School District. The least populous of the compared unified school districts has a population of 34,963.

Born in the USA by Unified School District#14

Percentage of the total population that was born in the United States.1
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected other unified school districts in Massachusetts, and entities that contain Boston School District
US-Born1
Other
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Plymouth School DistrictPlymouthBeverly School DistrictBeverlyPittsfield School DistrictPittsfieldBridgewater-Raynham School DistrictBridgewater-Raynh…Wachusett School DistrictWachusettDennis-Yarmouth School DistrictDennis-YarmouthBillerica School DistrictBillericaWeymouth School DistrictWeymouthAttleboro School DistrictAttleboroWestfield School DistrictWestfieldBarnstable School DistrictBarnstableHaverhill School DistrictHaverhillTaunton School DistrictTauntonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandChicopee School DistrictChicopeeAmherst-Pelham School DistrictAmherst-PelhamBraintree School DistrictBraintreePeabody School DistrictPeabodyLeominster School DistrictLeominsterAmherst School DistrictAmherstSalem School DistrictSalemAndover School DistrictAndoverNatick School DistrictNatickNortheastMassachusettsWoburn School DistrictWoburnFitchburg School DistrictFitchburgBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaArlington School DistrictArlingtonMethuen School DistrictMethuenFall River School DistrictFall RiverShrewsbury School DistrictShrewsburyMedford School DistrictMedfordNewton School DistrictNewtonNew Bedford School DistrictNew BedfordSpringfield School DistrictSpringfieldSomerville School DistrictSomervilleWorcester School DistrictWorcesterMarlborough School DistrictMarlboroughHolyoke School DistrictHolyokeBrookline School DistrictBrooklineFramingham School DistrictFraminghamWaltham School DistrictWalthamCambridge School DistrictCambridgeBrockton School DistrictBrocktonBostonBoston School DistrictBostonLowell School DistrictLowellSuffolk CountySuffolkQuincy School DistrictQuincyLynn School DistrictLynnRevere School DistrictRevereEverett School DistrictEverettMalden School DistrictMaldenChelsea School DistrictChelseaLawrence School DistrictLawrence93.165109%93.165109%93.2%54,23754.2k192.603803%92.603803%92.6%37,93737.9k292.395490%92.395490%92.4%40,31440.3k392.383155%92.383155%92.4%37,95138.0k492.273489%92.273489%92.3%39,63739.6k591.452878%91.452878%91.5%34,40034.4k689.653784%89.653784%89.7%37,85937.9k788.940846%88.940846%88.9%49,45249.5k888.853380%88.853380%88.9%39,20339.2k988.198428%88.198428%88.2%36,59036.6k1087.734280%87.734280%87.7%39,04039.0k1186.971447%86.971447%87.0%54,21854.2k1286.300085%86.300085%86.3%48,76348.8k1385.271589%85.271589%85.3%271,639,606272M84.800972%84.800972%84.8%12,439,35212.4M84.397504%84.397504%84.4%47,34747.3k1484.345283%84.345283%84.3%37,78537.8k1584.079750%84.079750%84.1%31,16531.2k1683.625921%83.625921%83.6%43,68243.7k1783.275228%83.275228%83.3%34,39634.4k1883.269560%83.269560%83.3%33,07833.1k1982.814690%82.814690%82.8%35,44835.4k2082.501502%82.501502%82.5%28,84528.8k2181.992370%81.992370%82.0%29,01329.0k2281.548517%81.548517%81.5%45,720,80345.7M81.521751%81.521751%81.5%5,496,3135.50M81.496685%81.496685%81.5%31,96332.0k2381.056354%81.056354%81.1%32,78032.8k2480.206220%80.206220%80.2%3,792,8273.79M79.571248%79.571248%79.6%35,33635.3k2579.046959%79.046959%79.0%38,76738.8k2678.197341%78.197341%78.2%69,51969.5k2778.111470%78.111470%78.1%28,50628.5k2877.154600%77.154600%77.2%44,11744.1k2976.787029%76.787029%76.8%67,81667.8k3074.085148%74.085148%74.1%70,37270.4k3173.408186%73.408186%73.4%113,042113k3273.097966%73.097966%73.1%58,11858.1k3372.506084%72.506084%72.5%133,177133k3472.449109%72.449109%72.4%28,65028.7k3572.040715%72.040715%72.0%29,01829.0k3671.770869%71.770869%71.8%42,47442.5k3771.002078%71.002078%71.0%50,22950.2k3870.846425%70.846425%70.8%44,42044.4k3970.206056%70.206056%70.2%76,35476.4k4070.028372%70.028372%70.0%66,39666.4k4168.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k68.774334%68.774334%68.8%452,727453k4268.409316%68.409316%68.4%75,16275.2k4367.599213%67.599213%67.6%518,972519k67.416898%67.416898%67.4%62,93362.9k4463.713969%63.713969%63.7%58,66458.7k4561.403179%61.403179%61.4%32,64532.6k4657.433462%57.433462%57.4%25,63625.6k4755.843707%55.843707%55.8%33,91533.9k4849.254785%49.254785%49.3%18,83718.8k4948.543555%48.543555%48.5%38,51338.5k50

Continent of Birth by Unified School District#15

Foreign born1 as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Boston School District, selected other unified school districts in Massachusetts, and entities that contain Boston School District
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Americas
Other
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Chelsea School DistrictChelseaMalden School DistrictMaldenEverett School DistrictEverettLawrence School DistrictLawrenceRevere School DistrictRevereLynn School DistrictLynnQuincy School DistrictQuincySuffolk CountySuffolkBostonBoston School DistrictBostonCambridge School DistrictCambridgeWaltham School DistrictWalthamBrockton School DistrictBrocktonBrookline School DistrictBrooklineFramingham School DistrictFraminghamLowell School DistrictLowellMarlborough School DistrictMarlboroughSomerville School DistrictSomervilleWorcester School DistrictWorcesterMedford School DistrictMedfordNewton School DistrictNewtonShrewsbury School DistrictShrewsburyNew Bedford School DistrictNew BedfordFall River School DistrictFall RiverArlington School DistrictArlingtonBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaWoburn School DistrictWoburnMethuen School DistrictMethuenNortheastNatick School DistrictNatickAndover School DistrictAndoverMassachusettsPeabody School DistrictPeabodyAmherst School DistrictAmherstBraintree School DistrictBraintreeSalem School DistrictSalemAmherst-Pelham School DistrictAmherst-PelhamUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandTaunton School DistrictTauntonFitchburg School DistrictFitchburgLeominster School DistrictLeominsterBarnstable School DistrictBarnstableWeymouth School DistrictWeymouthSpringfield School DistrictSpringfieldAttleboro School DistrictAttleboroBillerica School DistrictBillericaWestfield School DistrictWestfieldChicopee School DistrictChicopeeHaverhill School DistrictHaverhillDennis-Yarmouth School DistrictDennis-YarmouthBridgewater-Raynham School DistrictBridgewater-Raynh…Wachusett School DistrictWachusettHolyoke School DistrictHolyokeBeverly School DistrictBeverlyPittsfield School DistrictPittsfieldPlymouth School DistrictPlymouth38.199456%2.520657%2.238260%1.958477%0.000000%44.916850%44.9%17,17817.2k119.409866%15.051373%4.411184%3.828295%0.064217%42.764934%42.8%25,97226.0k229.886191%4.536697%3.492696%2.890044%0.000000%40.805628%40.8%18,21418.2k335.501721%2.271324%0.768872%0.403343%0.003781%38.949040%38.9%30,90130.9k420.363021%5.815856%5.296718%4.828365%0.037619%36.341578%36.3%19,32119.3k523.031475%4.840672%2.849882%2.672850%0.009775%33.404653%33.4%30,75730.8k621.853475%4.666360%2.974858%1.684003%0.056776%31.235471%31.2%29,15829.2k715.466987%6.526086%3.646256%3.102698%0.062393%28.804419%28.8%221,137221k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k13.945607%7.053240%3.566573%2.959839%0.069727%27.594986%27.6%181,652182k811.030095%6.928290%6.368326%2.573627%0.493761%27.394099%27.4%29,79329.8k911.719485%10.213879%3.239286%1.958564%0.060607%27.191821%27.2%17,04917.0k1012.407581%11.882337%1.716009%1.121154%0.000000%27.127082%27.1%25,72025.7k1113.712403%7.590402%3.634674%0.797567%0.234877%25.969922%26.0%15,36915.4k1214.956957%5.767355%3.352982%1.696281%0.018376%25.791951%25.8%18,24618.2k1313.280119%7.339516%2.532060%2.528420%0.003641%25.683756%25.7%28,21928.2k1417.347326%3.997977%2.814515%1.251739%0.000000%25.411556%25.4%10,04910.0k159.124983%8.307445%5.790685%1.328185%0.116971%24.668268%24.7%19,61319.6k166.581118%6.241391%4.884117%3.820838%0.005444%21.532908%21.5%39,55139.6k177.654774%6.593214%5.932144%1.236446%0.047219%21.463799%21.5%12,27312.3k1810.158860%6.885424%3.494231%0.698620%0.144932%21.382067%21.4%18,88418.9k1912.539048%3.406039%2.625089%1.877021%0.109607%20.556804%20.6%7,5022010.912957%4.873247%3.301470%1.339117%0.029477%20.456268%20.5%19,43119.4k2112.118962%3.972914%1.641133%0.641155%0.034870%18.409035%18.4%16,36616.4k228.653846%6.507836%2.389209%0.612502%0.117096%18.280490%18.3%8,118237.222209%5.603420%3.254093%1.526166%0.067776%17.673664%17.7%835,760836k6.045385%5.548190%3.495665%2.004080%0.181030%17.274350%17.3%6,7752410.660033%4.443040%1.720939%0.383337%0.000000%17.207349%17.2%8,439257.423457%4.871516%2.927599%0.893950%0.049296%16.165818%16.2%9,063,4909.06M8.588385%3.679525%2.718666%1.056945%0.084782%16.128303%16.1%5,707268.423190%4.021394%2.419701%0.829448%0.185911%15.879644%15.9%5,552276.091253%4.719034%3.447450%1.429649%0.056288%15.743674%15.7%1,061,4611.06M6.413324%6.373121%1.510481%0.984015%0.093807%15.374749%15.4%8,031288.428154%3.249924%2.263115%1.147921%0.143490%15.232605%15.2%6,051296.331948%4.815734%1.980251%1.710462%0.048562%14.886958%14.9%5,518308.230539%3.343146%2.009158%1.261564%0.000000%14.844407%14.8%6,354317.542747%2.995669%2.348319%1.067012%0.136167%14.089915%14.1%6,312327.079712%3.983241%1.500944%0.604051%0.077288%13.245236%13.2%42,193,78142.2M5.133842%3.531756%2.944117%1.019758%0.047591%12.677063%12.7%1,859,5831.86M6.272122%3.093586%1.497239%0.840648%0.000000%11.703596%11.7%6,613336.792611%2.752157%1.278406%0.820949%0.017309%11.661433%11.7%4,716347.810382%1.685067%1.084641%1.048325%0.000000%11.628414%11.6%4,803356.258708%3.072048%0.696661%0.651715%0.017978%10.697110%10.7%4,760364.365029%2.408230%2.001763%1.539541%0.000000%10.314563%10.3%5,735375.847095%1.883227%1.389042%1.005903%0.004546%10.129813%10.1%15,59915.6k383.581061%2.801387%2.577004%1.019922%0.018132%9.997507%10.0%4,411394.037605%2.500710%2.408355%0.610969%0.000000%9.557639%9.6%4,036405.409054%2.907005%0.515837%0.511016%0.031336%9.374247%9.4%3,889414.805704%2.358289%1.631016%0.344029%0.000000%9.139037%9.1%5,127424.972730%1.671479%1.333013%0.569458%0.009625%8.556304%8.6%5,334433.121095%2.041739%2.004519%0.539678%0.000000%7.707032%7.7%2,899442.149464%1.932814%1.818403%0.925024%0.012171%6.837877%6.8%2,809452.293044%1.999721%1.948505%0.314275%0.000000%6.555545%6.6%2,816462.614201%1.755214%1.176763%1.007944%0.000000%6.554121%6.6%2,640472.646032%2.182244%1.310811%0.126931%0.068348%6.334367%6.3%2,595482.722772%1.840392%1.274294%0.297946%0.045838%6.181243%6.2%2,697492.872063%1.563144%1.477257%0.211282%0.000000%6.123746%6.1%3,56550

Definitions

This page discusses the citizenship status and place of birth of the residents of Boston School District. In all cases, including citizenship status, the results are based solely on survey responses and were not further verified.

  • Citizen, US-Born: a person that was born in the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and other outlying areas
  • Citizen, Territory-Born: born in Puerto-Rico or a US outlying area
  • Citizen, Born Abroad: born abroad of American parents
  • Citizen, Naturalized: not a citizen at birth, but has become one since
  • Not Citizen: foreign born non-citizen, regardless of formal immigration status

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect respondents status at the time of the survey.

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