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Information in this database comes from the census short form. It describes population and some racial breakdowns.

Mass. under-18 population

The following data is based on preliminary results of the 2000 U.S. Census.

City or town 2000 Census Rank by
number
under 18
Rank by
percent
under 18
Total
under 18
Total
18 and over
Percent
under 18
Massachusetts 1,500,064 4,849,033 23.63% -- --
Medfield 4,122 8,151 33.59% 114 1
Hopkinton 4,417 8,929 33.10% 102 2
Groton 3,117 6,430 32.65% 153 3
Sudbury 5,476 11,365 32.52% 81 4
Boxford 2,551 5,370 32.21% 175 5
Southborough 2,818 5,963 32.09% 167 6
Lawrence 23,019 49,024 31.95% 9 7
Sherborn 1,339 2,861 31.88% 239 8
Medway 3,965 8,483 31.85% 118 9
Westford 6,601 14,153 31.81% 63 10
Dover 1,754 3,804 31.56% 214 11
Mansfield 7,028 15,386 31.36% 55 12
Millville 849 1,875 31.17% 264 13
Dunstable 881 1,948 31.14% 260 14
Hubbardston 1,215 2,694 31.08% 249 15
Rutland 1,954 4,399 30.76% 202 16
Lincoln 2,474 5,582 30.71% 178 17
Pepperell 3,414 7,728 30.64% 140 18
Carlisle 1,445 3,272 30.63% 235 19
Boxborough 1,487 3,381 30.55% 233 20
Berkley 1,751 3,998 30.46% 215 21
Bolton 1,263 2,885 30.45% 245 22
Townsend 2,799 6,399 30.43% 168 23
Franklin 8,965 20,595 30.33% 38 24
Tyngsborough 3,360 7,721 30.32% 146 25
Winchendon 2,907 6,704 30.25% 162 26
Sharon 5,256 12,152 30.19% 86 27
West Newbury 1,246 2,903 30.03% 247 28
Holliston 4,141 9,660 30.01% 112 29
Charlton 3,376 7,887 29.97% 145 30
Hanover 3,921 9,243 29.79% 120 31
Oakham 496 1,177 29.65% 289 32
Groveland 1,787 4,251 29.60% 209 33
Douglas 2,085 4,960 29.60% 194 34
Duxbury 4,212 10,036 29.56% 110 35
Mendon 1,561 3,725 29.53% 228 36
Northborough 4,132 9,881 29.49% 113 37
Acton 5,992 14,339 29.47% 69 38
Holyoke 11,740 28,098 29.47% 20 39
Sutton 2,429 5,821 29.44% 182 40
New Braintree 272 655 29.34% 322 41
Phillipston 474 1,147 29.24% 293 42
Uxbridge 3,257 7,899 29.20% 148 43
Royalston 365 889 29.11% 305 44
Upton 1,641 4,001 29.09% 221 45
Merrimac 1,779 4,359 28.98% 210 46
Ashburnham 1,606 3,940 28.96% 223 47
Springfield 44,027 108,055 28.95% 3 48
Princeton 970 2,383 28.93% 256 49
Andover 8,988 22,259 28.76% 37 50
Heath 231 574 28.70% 327 51
Wayland 3,759 9,341 28.69% 124 52
Georgetown 2,113 5,264 28.64% 191 53
Pembroke 4,846 12,081 28.63% 95 54
Norwell 2,792 6,973 28.59% 169 55
Shutesbury 517 1,293 28.56% 286 56
Plympton 753 1,884 28.56% 274 57
Westborough 5,112 12,885 28.40% 88 58
Barre 1,452 3,661 28.40% 234 59
Sandwich 5,713 14,423 28.37% 76 60
Hanson 2,682 6,813 28.25% 173 61
Stow 1,667 4,235 28.24% 219 62
Topsfield 1,734 4,407 28.24% 217 63
Ashby 798 2,047 28.05% 268 64
Weston 3,215 8,254 28.03% 150 65
Hardwick 734 1,888 27.99% 275 66
Rowley 1,539 3,961 27.98% 230 67
Cummington 273 705 27.91% 320 68
Cohasset 2,025 5,236 27.89% 196 69
Holland 671 1,736 27.88% 280 70
Brockton 26,254 68,050 27.84% 6 71
East Bridgewater 3,610 9,364 27.82% 132 72
Westwood 3,927 10,190 27.82% 119 73
Wrentham 2,935 7,619 27.81% 161 74
Peru 228 593 27.77% 328 75
Blackstone 2,443 6,361 27.75% 179 76
Colrain 503 1,310 27.74% 287 77
Hingham 5,515 14,367 27.74% 79 78
Huntington 602 1,572 27.69% 282 79
Middleborough 5,518 14,423 27.67% 78 80
Wilmington 5,900 15,463 27.62% 72 81
Granville 420 1,101 27.61% 299 82
North Reading 3,811 10,026 27.54% 123 83
Sterling 1,997 5,260 27.52% 198 84
Northbridge 3,624 9,558 27.49% 129 85
Kingston 3,236 8,544 27.47% 149 86
Lakeville 2,695 7,126 27.44% 172 87
Hamilton 2,280 6,035 27.42% 187 88
Marshfield 6,664 17,660 27.40% 60 89
Brimfield 912 2,427 27.31% 259 90
Belchertown 3,539 9,429 27.29% 134 91
Carver 3,045 8,118 27.28% 156 92
Chelsea 9,568 25,512 27.27% 33 93
North Brookfield 1,276 3,407 27.25% 244 94
Norfolk 2,849 7,611 27.24% 166 95
Littleton 2,219 5,965 27.11% 189 96
Newbury 1,820 4,897 27.10% 208 97
Holden 4,224 11,397 27.04% 109 98
Lynn 24,051 64,999 27.01% 7 99
Norton 4,861 13,175 26.95% 94 100
Lowell 28,341 76,826 26.95% 5 101
Leyden 208 564 26.94% 330 102
Millis 2,128 5,774 26.93% 190 103
North Attleborough 7,291 19,852 26.86% 51 104
Wilbraham 3,619 9,854 26.86% 130 105
Warren 1,282 3,494 26.84% 243 106
Bellingham 4,110 11,204 26.84% 115 107
Rochester 1,228 3,353 26.81% 248 108
Longmeadow 4,189 11,444 26.80% 111 109
Westminster 1,850 5,057 26.78% 205 110
Whitman 3,713 10,169 26.75% 127 111
Orange 2,004 5,514 26.66% 197 112
Windsor 233 642 26.63% 326 113
Harvard 1,590 4,391 26.58% 226 114
Southwick 2,345 6,490 26.54% 186 115
Washington 144 400 26.47% 341 116
Foxborough 4,298 11,948 26.46% 105 117
Rockland 4,674 12,996 26.45% 96 118
Lexington 8,003 22,352 26.36% 45 119
Hampden 1,361 3,810 26.32% 238 120
Northfield 776 2,175 26.30% 273 121
Reading 6,232 17,476 26.29% 66 122
Rehoboth 2,670 7,502 26.25% 174 123
Needham 7,576 21,335 26.20% 49 124
Hopedale 1,547 4,360 26.19% 229 125
Dighton 1,614 4,561 26.14% 222 126
Templeton 1,777 5,022 26.14% 212 127
Russell 433 1,224 26.13% 297 128
Amesbury 4,293 12,157 26.10% 106 129
Scituate 4,660 13,203 26.09% 97 130
Oxford 3,480 9,872 26.06% 138 131
Leicester 2,719 7,752 25.97% 170 132
Brookfield 791 2,260 25.93% 272 133
Walpole 5,899 16,925 25.85% 73 134
Fitchburg 10,104 28,998 25.84% 29 135
Lunenburg 2,427 6,974 25.82% 183 136
Plymouth 13,343 38,358 25.81% 17 137
Milton 6,721 19,341 25.79% 58 138
Dalton 1,776 5,116 25.77% 213 139
Grafton 3,836 11,058 25.76% 121 140
Billerica 10,034 28,947 25.74% 30 141
Chesterfield 309 892 25.73% 316 142
Haverhill 15,152 43,817 25.69% 13 143
Raynham 3,016 8,723 25.69% 157 144
Winchester 5,342 15,468 25.67% 85 145
Wendell 253 733 25.66% 324 146
West Tisbury 633 1,834 25.66% 281 147
Hinsdale 480 1,392 25.64% 292 148
Shrewsbury 8,111 23,529 25.64% 44 149
East Brookfield 537 1,560 25.61% 284 150
Abington 3,738 10,867 25.59% 125 151
Plainville 1,962 5,721 25.54% 201 152
Dracut 7,291 21,271 25.53% 51 153
Southampton 1,375 4,012 25.52% 237 154
Leominster 10,541 30,762 25.52% 27 155
Granby 1,564 4,568 25.51% 227 156
Sturbridge 1,996 5,841 25.47% 199 157
North Andover 6,926 20,276 25.46% 56 158
Athol 2,875 8,424 25.44% 163 159
Halifax 1,906 5,594 25.41% 204 160
Westhampton 373 1,095 25.41% 303 161
Attleboro 10,674 31,394 25.37% 25 162
Southbridge 4,367 12,847 25.37% 103 163
Aquinnah 87 257 25.29% 344 164
Seekonk 3,392 10,033 25.27% 142 165
Ashland 3,707 10,967 25.26% 128 166
Monson 2,108 6,251 25.22% 192 167
Palmer 3,148 9,349 25.19% 152 168
Conway 455 1,354 25.15% 294 169
Florida 170 506 25.15% 336 170
Charlemont 341 1,017 25.11% 310 171
New Ashford 62 185 25.10% 349 172
Concord 4,263 12,730 25.09% 108 173
Marion 1,285 3,838 25.08% 242 174
Wellesley 6,675 19,938 25.08% 59 175
Wales 435 1,302 25.04% 295 176
Berlin 596 1,784 25.04% 283 177
Tewksbury 7,213 21,638 25.00% 54 178
Chester 327 981 25.00% 312 179
Chelmsford 8,455 25,403 24.97% 40 180
Buckland 497 1,494 24.96% 288 181
New Bedford 23,327 70,441 24.88% 8 182
Taunton 13,919 42,057 24.87% 15 183
Lynnfield 2,866 8,676 24.83% 165 184
Milford 6,647 20,152 24.80% 62 185
Plainfield 146 443 24.79% 340 186
East Longmeadow 3,491 10,609 24.76% 137 187
Methuen 10,831 32,958 24.73% 23 188
Monroe 23 70 24.73% 350 189
Ware 2,400 7,307 24.72% 184 190
Dudley 2,480 7,556 24.71% 176 191
New Marlborough 369 1,125 24.70% 304 192
Mashpee 3,194 9,752 24.67% 151 193
Warwick 185 565 24.67% 332 194
Freetown 2,085 6,387 24.61% 194 195
Spencer 2,872 8,819 24.57% 164 196
Wareham 4,989 15,346 24.53% 89 197
Worthington 311 959 24.49% 315 198
Easton 5,451 16,848 24.45% 82 199
Savoy 172 533 24.40% 335 200
Boylston 974 3,034 24.30% 255 201
Essex 792 2,475 24.24% 271 202
New Salem 225 704 24.22% 329 203
Blandford 293 921 24.14% 319 204
Hancock 174 547 24.13% 334 205
Fall River 22,179 69,759 24.12% 10 206
Hudson 4,347 13,766 24.00% 104 207
Ayer 1,748 5,539 23.99% 216 208
Swampscott 3,453 10,959 23.96% 139 209
Lanesborough 716 2,274 23.95% 276 210
Tolland 102 324 23.94% 343 211
Manchester 1,250 3,978 23.91% 246 212
Marblehead 4,870 15,507 23.90% 93 213
Paxton 1,048 3,338 23.89% 252 214
Mattapoisett 1,496 4,772 23.87% 232 215
Sheffield 794 2,541 23.81% 270 216
Westfield 9,538 30,534 23.80% 34 217
Ashfield 428 1,372 23.78% 298 218
Gardner 4,929 15,841 23.73% 90 219
Gill 323 1,040 23.70% 314 220
Canton 4,906 15,869 23.61% 92 222
Salisbury 1,847 5,980 23.60% 206 223
Bedford 2,972 9,623 23.60% 159 224
Becket 414 1,341 23.59% 300 225
Worcester 40,727 131,921 23.59% 4 226
Burlington 5,393 17,483 23.57% 83 227
Hawley 79 257 23.51% 346 228
West Springfield 6,539 21,360 23.44% 64 229
Maynard 2,442 7,991 23.41% 180 230
Cheshire 795 2,606 23.38% 269 231
Acushnet 2,374 7,787 23.36% 185 232
Leverett 388 1,275 23.33% 301 233
Randolph 7,215 23,748 23.30% 53 234
Marlborough 8,431 27,824 23.25% 41 235
Webster 3,816 12,599 23.25% 122 236
Pelham 326 1,077 23.24% 313 237
Danvers 5,842 19,370 23.17% 74 238
Pittsfield 10,603 35,190 23.15% 26 239
Millbury 2,949 9,835 23.07% 160 240
Middlefield 125 417 23.06% 342 241
Clinton 3,093 10,342 23.02% 154 242
Natick 7,401 24,769 23.01% 50 243
Holbrook 2,480 8,305 22.99% 176 244
Ipswich 2,985 10,002 22.98% 158 245
Middleton 1,779 5,965 22.97% 210 246
Montague 1,949 6,540 22.96% 203 247
Montgomery 150 504 22.94% 339 248
West Brookfield 872 2,932 22.92% 263 249
Erving 336 1,131 22.90% 311 250
Bridgewater 5,765 19,420 22.89% 75 251
Bernardston 493 1,662 22.88% 290 252
Clarksburg 384 1,302 22.78% 302 253
West Bridgewater 1,509 5,125 22.75% 231 254
Auburn 3,616 12,285 22.74% 131 255
Belmont 5,487 18,707 22.68% 80 256
Chicopee 12,369 42,284 22.63% 18 257
Wakefield 5,607 19,197 22.61% 77 258
Great Barrington 1,699 5,828 22.57% 218 259
Oak Bluffs 838 2,875 22.57% 266 260
Avon 1,001 3,442 22.53% 253 261
Deerfield 1,067 3,683 22.46% 250 262
Braintree 7,598 26,230 22.46% 48 263
Adams 1,977 6,832 22.44% 200 264
Stoughton 6,092 21,057 22.44% 68 265
Petersham 264 916 22.37% 323 266
North Adams 3,282 11,399 22.36% 147 267
Edgartown 843 2,936 22.31% 265 268
Peabody 10,716 37,413 22.27% 24 269
Swansea 3,530 12,371 22.20% 135 270
Dedham 5,208 18,256 22.20% 87 271
Lee 1,323 4,662 22.11% 240 272
Agawam 6,213 21,931 22.08% 67 273
Hull 2,438 8,612 22.06% 181 274
Melrose 5,969 21,165 22.00% 70 275
Gloucester 6,659 23,614 22.00% 61 276
Wenham 976 3,464 21.98% 254 277
Weymouth 11,856 42,132 21.96% 19 278
Barnstable 10,498 37,323 21.95% 28 279
Goshen 202 719 21.93% 331 280
Greenfield 3,974 14,194 21.87% 117 281
Bourne 4,091 14,630 21.85% 116 282
West Stockbridge 309 1,107 21.82% 316 283
Whately 343 1,230 21.81% 309 284
Otis 297 1,068 21.76% 318 285
Lancaster 1,605 5,775 21.75% 224 286
Beverly 8,655 31,207 21.71% 39 287
Fairhaven 3,506 12,653 21.70% 136 288
Shirley 1,382 4,991 21.69% 236 289
Westport 3,070 11,113 21.65% 155 290
Everett 8,231 29,806 21.64% 42 291
Richmond 345 1,259 21.51% 308 292
Tisbury 807 2,948 21.49% 267 293
Framingham 14,335 52,575 21.42% 14 294
West Boylston 1,598 5,883 21.36% 225 295
Williamsburg 518 1,909 21.34% 285 296
Rockport 1,654 6,113 21.30% 220 297
Newton 17,811 66,018 21.25% 11 298
Easthampton 3,382 12,612 21.15% 143 299
Shelburne 435 1,623 21.14% 295 300
Woburn 7,862 29,396 21.10% 46 301
Revere 9,920 37,363 20.98% 32 302
Stoneham 4,657 17,562 20.96% 99 303
Ludlow 4,428 16,781 20.88% 101 304
Brewster 2,106 7,988 20.86% 193 305
Lenox 1,058 4,019 20.84% 251 306
Alford 83 316 20.80% 345 307
Norwood 5,935 22,652 20.76% 71 308
Chilmark 175 668 20.76% 333 309
Hatfield 674 2,575 20.74% 279 310
Falmouth 6,764 25,896 20.71% 57 311
Newburyport 3,551 13,638 20.66% 133 312
Saugus 5,350 20,728 20.52% 84 313
Dartmouth 6,262 24,404 20.42% 65 314
Somerset 3,718 14,516 20.39% 126 315
Salem 8,157 32,250 20.19% 43 316
Sandisfield 166 658 20.15% 337 317
Hadley 959 3,834 20.01% 258 318
Malden 11,238 45,102 19.95% 22 319
Boston 116,559 472,582 19.78% 2 320
Rowe 69 282 19.66% 347 321
South Hadley 3,379 13,817 19.65% 144 322
Nantucket 1,828 7,692 19.20% 207 323
Winthrop 3,413 14,890 18.65% 141 324
Nahant 676 2,956 18.61% 278 325
Tyringham 65 285 18.57% 348 326
Arlington 7,784 34,605 18.36% 47 327
Egremont 246 1,099 18.29% 325 328
Harwich 2,263 10,123 18.27% 188 329
Sunderland 686 3,091 18.16% 277 330
Medford 10,009 45,756 17.95% 31 331
Wellfleet 490 2,259 17.82% 291 332
Eastham 965 4,488 17.70% 257 333
Quincy 15,381 72,644 17.47% 12 334
Gosnold 15 71 17.44% 352 335
Truro 364 1,723 17.44% 306 336
Monterey 161 773 17.24% 338 337
Yarmouth 4,270 20,537 17.21% 107 338
Northampton 4,917 24,061 16.97% 91 339
Mount Washington 22 108 16.92% 351 340
Dennis 2,697 13,276 16.88% 171 341
Brookline 9,503 47,604 16.64% 35 342
Waltham 9,173 50,053 15.49% 36 343
Williamstown 1,293 7,131 15.35% 241 344
Stockbridge 347 1,929 15.25% 307 345
Somerville 11,495 65,983 14.84% 21 346
Watertown 4,659 28,327 14.12% 98 347
Orleans 873 5,468 13.77% 262 348
Chatham 879 5,746 13.27% 261 349
Cambridge 13,447 87,908 13.27% 16 350
Amherst 4,476 30,398 12.83% 100 351
Provincetown 273 3,158 7.96% 320 352