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Population of Asian Americans in Selected Cities and Towns in Massachusetts, 2020

Cities and Towns with Largest Population of Asian Americans (alone)
  2010 2020 Total Population % Change % Total Population
Boston 55,235 76,021 675,647 37.6% 11.3%
Quincy 22,174 31,282 101,636 41.4% 30.8%
Lowell 21,513 25,776 115,554 19.8% 22.3%
Cambridge 15,879 22,743 118,403 43.2% 19.2%
Malden 11,971 17,151 66,263 43.3% 25.9%
Newton 9,790 14,725 88,923 50.4% 16.6%
Worcester 11,034 14,688 206,518 33.1% 7.1%
Brookline 9,183 12,124 63,191 32.0% 19.2%
Lexington 6,240 11,416 34,454 82.9% 33.1%
Shrewsbury 5,451 9,434 38,325 73.1% 24.6%
Somerville 6,606 8,614 81,045 30.4% 10.6%
Waltham 5,860 7,947 65,218 35.6% 12.2%
Amherst 4,140 6,995 39,263 69.0% 17.8%
Lynn 6,292 6,948 101,253 10.4% 6.9%
Medford 3,865 6,839 59,659 76.9% 11.5%
Braintree 2,701 6,750 39,143 149.9% 17.2%
Acton 4,067 6,032 24,021 48.3% 25.1%
Arlington 3,550 5,659 46,308 59.4% 12.2%
Westborough 3,188 5,589 21,567 75.3% 25.9%
Andover 3,438 5,529 36,569 60.8% 15.1%
Westford 2,762 5,279 24,643 91.1% 21.4%

Source: 2010 and 2020 Decennial Censuses, retrieved by the Institute for Asian American Studies