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WILLIAM G. GRUNDY, State Census Director
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CONTENTS,
PAGE
General Introduction ............. 3
Tables: —
1. Population of Massachusetts for 160 years ......... 4
2. Population of Massachusetts at Each Census, 1875-1925, by Groups, showing the Increasing
Concentration in Places of 5,000 and 25,000 5
3. Population and Legal Voters of Cities and Towns, 1925, arranged Alphabetically . . 5-7
4. Population and Legal Voters of Cities, 1925, by Wards ....... 7-9
5. Population and Legal Voters of Counties, 1925, arranged Alphabetically .... 10
6. Population of Cities and Towns at Each Census since 1895, arranged by Counties . . 10-16
7. Population of Cities, 1925, compared with 1920 and 1915, and showing Increase and De-
crease in Number and Percentage, arranged in Order of Size, 1925 .... 16-17
8. Population of Towns of 5,000 or More, 1925, compared with 1920 and 1915, and showing
Increase and Decrease in Number and Percentage, arranged in Order of Size, 1925 . 17-18
^. Population of Towns of Less than 5,000, 1925, compared with 1920 and 1915, and showing
Increase and Decrease in Number and Percentage, arranged in Order of Size, 1925 . l{'-22
10. Population of Metropolitan Boston (so called) at Each Census since 1895 ... 23
11. Population of Boston by Geographicaf Subdivisions, 1790-1925 ..... 24-25
12. Population of Judicial Districts ........... 2(i-29
Notes, with Statutory Citations, on Annexations, Changes in Boundary Lines, etc., since 1915 . 29-30
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS-1925
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 453, of the Acts of 1924, a census
of the inhabitants of Massachusetts as of March 31, 1925, was taken under the
jurisdiction of the mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town on forms
provided by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and in accordance with his in-
structions. This census consisted of enumerating the inhabitants of each munici-
pality by name, address, sex and age on family cards. The cards, together with a
sworn statement of the total of such census, were forwarded to the office of the Sec-
retary from each of the 355 municipalities in the Commonwealth for verification
and tabulation.
This census was very much simplified from previous state censuses in as much as
the census of inhabitants was not to be used to determine the number of legal
voters as a basis of representation.
In accordance with the provisions of the census act (see Section 6 of Section 1,
Chapter 453, Acts of 1924) the special enumeration of legal voters required by
Articles XXI and XXII of the Amendments to the Constitution was determined
by obtaining a sworn statement from the election commissioners or registrars of
voters in each city and town of the Commonwealth, of the number of registered
voters in their respective cities or towns on March 31, 1925, specifying in the case
of cities the number of registered voters in each ward.
It will be seen by the limited scope of the census as set forth in the census act
that it was the intention of the legislature to eliminate statistical data.
The following tabulations have been prepared with this curtailment in view and
are therefore presented without the usual statistical analysis.
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4 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 1. — Population of Massachusetts for 160 Years, as determined
BY Census Enumerations, 1765-1925.
[The Commonwealth of Massachusetts covers part of the territory originally granted to the Plymouth
Company of England. It grew out of the consolidation of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts
Bay. The settlement at Plymouth began with the landing of the Pilgrims, December 22, 1620. The
colony of Massachusetts Bay originated with the settlement under John Endecott at Salem, in 1628. In
1643, a confederacy was formed consisting of the colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut
and New Haven. In 1692, under a new charter given by WilUam III, the colonies of Massachusetts Bay
and Plymouth were consohdated as a royal province, including also Maine. In 1780, after the Revolution,
the present State Constitution was adopted. In January, 1788, the Constitution of the United States was
ratified by Massachusetts. The colonists in New Hampshire, in 1641, as a measure of protection and
defence against the Indians, allied themselves with the colony of Massachusetts Bay and remained part
of said colony until 1679, when New Hampshire was made a separate royal province, Massachusetts thereby
losing part of its territory, January 1, 1680. The territory now comprising the State of Maine was set off
from Massachusetts by an act passed March 3, 1820, taking effect March 15, 1820. By the Province Char-
ter of 1692, certain islands now comprising the county of Dukes County and Nantucket County were ceded
to Massachusetts from New York (see county of Dukes County). Certain common lands in Berkshire
County, known as the District of Boston Corner, were ceded to the State of New York May 14, 1853. By
a settlement of a boundary controversy between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, certain exchanges of
territory were made between these States April 10, 1861.]
Years.
Population.
Authority.
Census Day.
17651
240,433
Provincial ....
On or before
May 25.
1776 2 . . ■ .
299,841
Provincial ....
March 29.
1784 .
357,510
State
September 1.
1790 .
378,787
United States .
August 1.
1800 .
422,845
United States .
August 1.
1810 .
472,040
United States
August 1.
1820 .
523,287
United States .
August 1.
1830 .
610,408
United States
June 1.
1837 .
701,331
State
May 1.
1840 »
737,699
United States
June 1.
1840 3
719,364
State
May 1.
1850 3
994,514
United States
June 1.
1850 '
973,654
State
May 1.
1855 .
1,132,369
State
May 1.
1860 .
1,231,066
United States
June 1.
1865 .
1,267,031
State
May 1.
1870 .
1,457,351
United States
June 1.
1875 .
1,651,912
State
May 1.
1880 .
1,783,085
United States
June 1.
1885 .
1,942,141
State
May 1.
1890 .
2,238,943
United States
June 1.
1895 .
2,500,183
State
May 1.
1900 .
2,805,346
United States
June 1.
1905 .
3,003,680
State
May 1.
1910 .
3,366,416
United States
April 15.
1915 .
3,693,310
State
April 1.
1920 .
3,852,356
United States
January 1.
1925
4,144,205
State
March 31.
1 Includes 1,569 Indians distributed by counties as follows; Barnstable, 515 (of which 230 were in
Mashpee); Berkshire, 221 (in Stockbridge) ; Bristol, 167 (principally in Dartmouth and Freetown);
Dukes, 313 (of which 188 were in Chilmark); Middlesex, 37 (in Natick) ; Nantucket, 93; Plymouth, 223.
2 Includes 4,761 colored population, distributed by counties as follows: Barnstable, 171; Berkshire,
216; Bristol, 585; Dukes, 59; Essex, 1,049; Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire (aggregate), 245; Mid-
dlesex, 702; Nantucket, 133; Plymouth, 487; Norfolk and Suffolk (aggregate), 682; Worcester, 432.
3 The discrepancy which may be noted between the State and the United States Census figures for
1840 and 1850 is, partly at least, due to the exclusion from the State enumeration in those years of "paupers
and convicts in the State Prison."
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 5
Table 2. — Population of Massachusetts at Each Census, 1875-1925, by
Groups, showing the Increasing Concentration in Places of 5,000
AND 25,000.
Years.
Under 5,000
Population.
Number.
Per
Cent.
5,000 OR More
Population.
Number.
Per
Cent.
Under 25,000
Population.
Number.
Per
Cent.
25,000 OR More
Population.
Number.
Per
Cent.
1S75
1880
1885
1890
1895
1900
1905
1910
1915
1920
1925
542,368
32.8
551,841
30.9
528,849
27.2
513,807
22.9
465,662
18.6
443,764
15.8
428,871
14.3
417,205
12.4
393,102
10.6
386,967
10.0
405,971
9.8
1,109,
1,231,
1,413,
1,725,
2,034,
2,361,
2,574,
2,949,
3,300,
3,465,
3,738,
544
67.2
244
69.1
292
72.8
136
77.1
521
81.4
582
84.2
809
85.7
211
87.6
208
89.4
389
90.0
234
90.2
967,388
1,035,677
1,035,362
1,083,743
1,067,326
1,168,182
1,134,007
1,210,934
1,269,643
1,302,390
1,430,311
58.6
58.1
53.3
48.4
42.7
41.6
37.8
36.0
34.4
33.8
34.5
684,524
747,408
906,779
1,155,200
1,432,857
1,637,164
1,869,673
2,155,482
2,423,667
2,549,966
2,713,894
41.4
41.9
46.7
51.6
57.3
58.4
62.2
64.0
65.6
66.2
65.5
The net land area of Massachusetts is 7,876.3 square miles. Accepting the same
number of square miles as the area of the State for former census-taking periods,
we find that the Commonwealth for 1925 contained 526.1 persons per square mile,
against 489.1 in 1920, 468.9 in 1915, 427.4 in 1910, 381.4 in 1905, 356.2 in 1900,
317.4 in 1895, and 284.3 in 1890.
Table 3. — Population and Legal Voters of Cities and Towns, 1925,
arranged alphabetically.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Abington .
5,882
2,480
Bridgewater
9,468
2,172
Acton
2,387
1,049
Briinfield .
840
305
Acushnet .
4,135
902
Brockton
65,343
26,030
Adams
13,525
4,144
Brookfield i
1,401
611
Agawam .
6,290
1,577
Brookline .
42,681
18,028
Alford
221
117
Buckland .
1,555
697
Amesbury
11,229
4,481
Burlington
1,431
473
Amherst .
5,972
2,467
Cambridge '
119,669
36,918
Andover .
10,291
4,388
Canton
5,896
2,474
Arlington .
24,943
9,383
Carlisle
510
203
Ashburnham
2,159
740
Carver i .
1,306
378
Ashby
907
312
Charlemont
820
334
Ashfield .
919
346
Charlton .
2,295
835
Ashland .
2,521
961
Chatham .
1,741
893
Athol
9,602
3,4.30
Chelmsford-
6,573
2,695
Attleboro
20,623
7,283
Chblsea .
47,247
12,574
Auburn
4,927
1,647
Cheshire .
1,842
511
Avon
2,360
944
Chester
1,514
514
Ayer
3,032
1,261
Chesterfield
445
228
Barnstable '
5,774
2,217
Chicopee
41,882
10,499
Barre
3,329
993
Chilniark .
240
131
Becket
778
339
Clarksburg
1,222
481
Bedford .
1,514
750
Clinton
14,180
5.442
Belchertown
2,905
728
Cohasset .
2,913
1,540
Bellingham
2,877
826
Colrain
1,562
544
Belmont '■
15,256
5,850
Concord .
7,056
2,746
Berkley .
1,118
405
Conway .
931
315
Berlin
1,071
434
Cummington
508
227
Bernardston
844
301
Dalton
4,092
1,773
Beverly .
22,685
9,841
Dana
657
317
Billerica .
4,913
2,127
Danvers .
11,798
4,412
Blackstone '
4,802
1,408
Dartmouth
9,026
1,843
Blandford
437
248
Dedham .
13.918
4,895
Bolton
801
296
Deerfield .
2,968
799
Boston .
779,620
245,795
Dennis
1,749
843
Bourne
3,015
1,234
Dighton .
3,208
781
Boxborough
333
142
Douglas .
2,363
625
Boxford .
581
f! 283
Dover
1,044
444
Boylston .
970
' 376
Dracut
6,400
1,798
Braintree .
713,193
' 5,398
Dudley
4,594
1,134
Brewster .
774
395
Dunstable.
338
161
1 See notes pages 29-30.
6 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 3. — Population and Legal Voters of Cities and Towns — Continued.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Duxbury ....
1,688
792
Lowell ....
110,296
36,004
East Bridgewater
3,538
1,394
Ludlow
8,802
1,700
East Brookfield '
929
335
Lunenburg
1,875
630
Eastham .
494
227
Lynn
103,081
35,412
Easthampton
11,587
3,581
Lynnfield .
1,331
628
East Longmeado
w
3,134
880
Malden i
51,789
17,593
Easton
5,333
2,279
Manchester
2,499
1,242
Edgartown
1,235
477
Mansfield
6,590
2,443
Egremont
477
223
Marblehead
8,214
4,135
Enfield .
749
282
Marion
1,271
578
Erving
1,334
435
Marlborough .
16,236
6,928
Essex
1,403
683
Marshfield
1,777
892
Everett .
42,072
13,381
Mashpee i
298
117
Fairhaven
10,827
2,742
Mattapoisett
1,556
651
Fall River
128,993
39,086
Maynard .
7,8.57
2,153
Falmouth
4,694
1,698
Medfield .
3,867
970
FiTCHBURG '
43,609
14,197
Medford '
47,627
17,187
Florida
362
155
Medway .
3,144
1,194
Foxborough i
4,934
1,649
Melrose .
20,165
9,081
Framingham i .
21,078
7,083
Mendon .
1,030
426
Franklin .
7,055
2,243
Merrimac
2,349
1,047
Freetown .
1,663
445
Methueni.
20,606
7,176
Gardner '
18,730
5,120
Middleborough '
9,136
3,181
Gay Head.
168
93
Middlefield
223
102
Georgetown
1,888
870
Middleton
1,667
509
GiU .
918
282
Milford .
14,781
5,052
Gloucester
23,375
8,697
Millbury .
6,441
2,347
Goshen
251
100
Millis
1,791
668
Gosnold .
142
71
MillviUe i .
2,366
916
Grafton
6,973
2,073
Milton
12,861
5,451
Granby
810
267
Monroe
143
55
Granville .
609
270
Monson .
5,089
1,539
Great Barringtoi
1
6,405
2,301
Montague
7,973
2,600
Greenfield
15,246
6,187
Monterey
348
123
Greenwich
450
169
Montgomery
191
74
Groton
2,428
1.060
Mount Washington .
58
23
Groveland
2,485
1,033
Nahant
1,630
973
Hadley .
2,888
577
Nantucket
3,152
1,267
Halifax
614
177
Natick
12,871
5,775
Hamilton .
2,018
891
Needham .
8,977
3,493
Hampden
632
• 269
New Ashford
85
28
Hancock .
510
171
New Bedford .
119,539
31,867
Hanover .
2,755
1,030
New Braintree .
423
136
Hanson
2,166
824
Newbury .
1,432
732
Hard wick
3,046
872
Newburyport .
15,656
6,544
Harvard .
996
511
New Marlborough
991
375
Harwich .
2,077
908
New Salem
519
203
Hatfield .
2,702
654
Newton .
53,003
21,235
Haverhill
49,232
18,367
Norfolk .
1,213
452
Hawley
354
110
North Adams .
22,717
7,584
Heath
298
118
Northampton .
24,145
8,350
Hingham .
6,158
2,473
North Andover .
6,839
3,242
Hinsdale .
1,044
418
North Attleborough
9,790
4,086
Holbrook .
3,273
1,524
Northborough .
1,968
883
Holden .
3,436
1,166
Northbridge
10,051
3,108
Holland .
141
52
North Brookfield
3,046
1,292
Holliston .
2,812
1,407
Northfield.
1,821
719
HOLYOKE .
60,335
20,395
North Reading .
1,689
636
Hopedale .
3,165
1,260
Norton
2,769
968
Hopkinton
2,580
1,208
Norwell
1,466
690
Hubbardston
1,067
386
Norwood .
14,151
4,579
Hudson
8,130
3,120
Oak Bluffs
1,314
527
Hull
2,652
1,206
Oakham .
525
231
Huntington
1,543
677
Orange
5,141
2,276
Ipswich
6,055
1,934
Orleans
1,078
589
Kingston .
2,524
900
Otis
395
148
Lakeville .
1,439
417
Oxford
4,026
1,420
Lancaster
2,678
857
Palmer
11,044
2,686
Lanesborough
1,181
411
Paxton
591
201
Lawrence
93,527
25,822
Peabody 1
19,870
6,727
Lee .
4,058
1,750
Pelham
519
209
Leicester .
4,110
1,596
Pembroke
1,480
531
Lenox
2,895
1,336
Pepperell .
2,779
1,146
Leominster >
22,120
6,950
Peru
113
42
Leverett .
664
187
Petersham
672
331
Lexington
7,785
3,010
Philhpston
384
126
Leyden
270
119
Pittsfield
46,877
17,330
Lincoln
1,306
576
Plainfield .
282
147
Littleton .
1,411
596
Plainville .
1,512
608
Longmeadow
3,333
1,476
Plymouth
13,176
3,882
1 See notes pages 29-30.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 7
Table 3. — Population and Legal Voters of Cities and Towns — Concluded.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Towns.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Plympton
511
215
Tisbury ....
1,431
504
Prescott .
230
101
ToUand .
150
69
Princeton .
773
275
Topsfield .
915
465
Provincetown
3,787
1,438
Townsend
1,895
732
QUINCY
60,055
21,222
Truro
504
204
Randolph
5,644
2,550
Tyngsborough
1,107
413
Raynham
2,128
630
Tyringham
280
127
Reading .
8,693
3,804
Upton
1,988
897
Rehoboth
2,332
689
Uxbridge .
6,172
2,192
Revere .
33,261
11,264
Wakefield
15,611
6.623
Richmond.
619
250
Wales
434
179
Rochester
1,100
278
Walpole 1 .
6,508
2,282
Rockland .
7,966
3,829
Waltham
34,746
12,335
Rockport .
3,949
1,672
Ware
8,629
2,702
Rowe
292
101
Wareham .
5,594
1,812
Rowley
1,408
601
Warren
3,950
1,162
Royalston
821
269
Warwick .
364
145
Russell
1,398
449
Washington
231
87
Rutland .
2,236
451
Watertown i
25,480
9,033
Salem
42,821
15,909
Wayland .
2,255
1,193
Salisbury .
1,820
988
Webster .
13,389
4,092
Sandisfield
480
109
Wellesley .
9,049
3,649
Sandwich '
1,479
694
Wellfleet .
786
432
Saugus
12,743
4,405
Wendell .
397
151
Savoy
399
142
Wenham .
1,145
541
Scituate .
2,713
1,724
Westborough
6,348
2,235
Seekonk .
4,191
1,112
West Boylston
1,916
639
Sharon i .
3,119
1,295
West Bridgewater
3,121
1,110
Sheffield .
1,614
501
West Brookfield
1,314
577
Shelburne
1,538
770
Westfield 1
19,342
5,882
Sherborn i.
929
468
Westford .
3,571
1,029
Shirley
2,394
650
Westhampton
337
157
Shrewsbury
5,819
1,703
Westminster
1,884
447
Shutesbury
208
71
West Newbury
1,337
687
Somerset .
4,818
1,354
Weston
2,906
1,199
SOMERVILLE
99,032
35,082
Westport .
4,207
1,181
Southampton
916
355
West Springfield
15,326
5,206
Southborough
2,053
919
West Stockbridge
1,212
446
Southbridge
15,489
5,457
West Tisbury
332
161
South Hadley
6,609
2,532
Westwood .
1,706
831
Southwick
1,267
406
Weymouth
17,253
6,703
Spencer
6,523
2,602
Whately .
1,229
255
Springfield
142,065
40,647
Whitman .
7,857
3,778
Sterling .
1,516
605
Wilbraham
2,833
622
Stockbridge
1,830
812
Wilhamsburg
1,993
770
Stoneham
9,084
3,951
Williamstown
4,006
1,687
Stoughton 1
7,857
2,963
Wilmington
3,515
1,143
Stow
1,185
510
Winchendon
6,173
1,967
Sturbridge
1,845
642
Winchester
11,565
5,044
Sudbury .
1,394
530
Windsor .
388
114
Sunderland
1,290
278
Winthrop .
16,158
7,049
Sutton
2,174
655
Woburn .
18,370
7.991
Swampscott
8,953
4,102
Worcester
190,757
66,030
Swansea .
3,250
1,035
Worthington
429
210
Taunton .
39,255
12,726
Wrentham
3,214
823
Templeton
4,368
1,171
Yarmouth .
1,532
652
Tewksbury
4,985
766
1 See notes pages 29-30.
Table 4. — Population and Legal Voters of Cities, 1925, by Wards.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Attleboro
20,623
7,283
Boston ....
779,620
245,795
Ward 1
5,803
1,242
Ward 1
66,534
13,726
Ward 2
3,255
1,495
Ward 2
37,918
12,766
Ward 3
3,133
1,539
Ward 3
73,670
10,515
Ward 4
3,644
1,331
Ward 4
34,286
10,904
Ward 5
4,788
1,676
Ward 5
37,036
10,734
Beverly
22,685
9,841
Ward 6
39,539
11,331
Ward 1
5,700
2,332
Ward 7
34,999
11,433
Ward 2
2,944
1,392
Ward 8
35,611
10.421
Ward 3
3,620
1,291
Ward 9
37,706
10,770
Ward 4
4,318
2,375
Ward 10
30,647
11.344
Ward 5
4,444
1,718
Ward 11
29,567
10.954
Ward 6
1,659
733
Ward 12
33,890
11.177
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 4. — Population and Legal Voters, etc. -
Continued.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Boston — Con.
Haverhill.
49,232
18,367
Ward 13 . . .
29,266
11,509
Ward 1
2,036
1,101
Ward 14
46,406
11,414
Ward 2
2,484
1,316
Ward 15
27,831
11,498
Ward 3
2,512
796
Ward 16
26,S46
10,767
Ward 4
5,192
2,346
Ward 17
26,604
11,527
Ward 5
17,637
3,886
Ward 18
32,020
11,469
Ward 6
10,514
4,943
Ward 19
24,132
10,846
Ward 7
8,857
3,979
Ward 20
22,915
10,484
Holyoke .
60,335
20,395
Ward 21
26,387
10,618
Ward 1
9,000
2,252
Ward 22
26,110
9,588
Ward 2
9,813
2,217
Brockton
65,343
26,030
Ward 3
8,300
3,076
Ward 1
9,751
4,465
Ward 4
10,842
2,960
Ward 2
8,009
3,858
Ward 5
6,599
3,165
Wards
9,702
4,500
Ward 6
8,304
3,138
Ward 4
6,965
2,781
Ward 7
7,477
3,587
Wards
9,529
2,678
Laurrence
93,527
25,822
Ward 6
11,285
3,510
Ward 1
15,846
4,045
Ward 7
10,102
4,238
Ward 2
14,051
4,059
Cambridge
119,669
36,918
Ward 3
13,432
2,679
Ward 1
20,747
3,523
Ward 4
11,848
3,045
Ward 2
16,322
3,492
Ward 5
18,677
5,765
Wards
9,695
3,403
Ward 6
19,673
6,229
Ward 4
9,126
3,506
Leominster
22,120
6,950
Ward 5
10,477
3,394
Ward 1
3,427
1,170
Ward 6
11,170
3,135
Ward 2
7.131
1,482
Ward 7
8,081
3,403
Wards
4,523
1,290
Wards
6,110
2,829
Ward 4
2,869
1,125
Ward 9
8,790
3,3.36
Ward 5
4,170
1,883
Ward 10
9,362
3,475
Lowell
110,296
36,004
Ward 11
9,789
3,422
Ward 1
11,978
3,879
Chelsea .
47,247
12,574
Ward 2
13,266
3,444
Ward 1
9,116
1,973
Ward 3
7,764
3,053
Ward 2
13,146
1,932
Ward 4
10,308
3,453
Wards
9,844
3,269
Ward 5
12,667
3,136
Ward 4
6,826
1,875
Ward 6
9,672
2,858
Wards
8,315
3,525
Ward 7
11,636
3,401
Chicopee
41,882
10,499
Ward S
6,852
3,163
Ward 1
3,806
540
Ward 9
7,325
2,961
Ward 2
4,427
1,349
Ward 10
11,411
3,585
Wards
5,951
975
Ward 11
7,417
3,071
Ward 4
6,357
2,028
Lynn
1C3,081
35,412
Wards
6,170
1,872
Ward 1
4,253
1,724
Ward 6
3,746
918
Ward 2
7,304
2,901
Ward 7 •
11,425
2,817
Wards
22,190
8,810
Everett .
42,072
13,381
Ward 4
17,706
6,075
Ward 1
4,250
1,031
Wards
21,276
6,463
Ward 2
8,556
2,.355
Ward 6
24,622
7,218
Wards
11,242
4,031
Ward 7
5,730
2,221
Ward 4
6,969
2,236
Maiden .
51,789
17,593
Wards
4,847
1,305
Ward 1
6,286
2,715
Ward 6
6,208
2,423
Ward 2
5,893
2,180
Fall River
128,993
39,086
Wards
6,479
3,093
Ward 1
25,745
7,792
Ward 4
5,223
2,040
Ward 2
15,862
4,594
Wards
8,169
2,963
Ward S
12,983
2,185
Ward 6
9,051
2,914
Ward 4
11,931
4,212
Ward 7
10,688
1,688
Wards
11,457
2,540
Marlborough
16,236
6,928
Ward 6
18,592
4,956
Ward 1
2,394
1,126
Ward 7
5,124
2,541
Ward 2
2,126
928
Wards
11,792
5,366
Ward S
2,462
941
Ward 9
15,507
4,900
Ward 4
2,864
1,065
Fitchburg
43,609
14,197
Ward 5
2,005
904
Ward 1
7,081
2,758
Ward 6
2,094
927
Ward 2
13,505
3,144
Ward 7
1
2,291
1,037
Ward 3
6,382
1,847
Medford .
47,627
17,187
Ward 4
4,497
1,926
Ward 1
6,908
2,281
Wards
3,790
1,778
Ward 2
6,208
2,162
Ward 6
8,354
2,744
Wards
6,031
2,401
Gardner .
18,730
5,120
Ward 4
6,242
2,522
Ward 1
2,921
1,032
Wards
10,729
3,112
Ward 2
3,906
1,109
Ward 6
8,112
3,420
Wards
5,140
913
Ward 7
3,397
1,289
Ward 4
3,366
1,026
Melrose .
20,165
9,081
Ward 5
3,397
1,040
Ward 1
2,633
1,306
Gloucester
23,375
8,697
Ward 2
3,281
1,533
Ward 1
1,943
941
Wards
2,922
1,337
Ward 2
4,981
1,605
Ward 4
2,416
1,206
Wards
3,318
1,173
Ward 5
2,465
1,103
Ward 4
3,070
1,003
Ward 6
3,125
1,388
Wards
3,054
1,279
Ward 7
3,323
1,208
Ward 6
3,593
1,391
New Bedford
119,539
31,867
Ward 7
1,624
533
Ward 1
32,463
7,141
Ward 8 ...
1,792
772
Ward 2
18,451
4,850
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 4. — Population and Legal Voters, etc. -
g
Concluded.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Cities and Wards.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
New Bedford — Con.
Salem — Con.
Ward 3
.
11,901
4,820
Ward 3 ...
5,176
1,694
Ward 4
11,697
4,723
Ward 4
5,711
2,397
Ward 5
16,681
4,912
Ward S
12,242
4,383
Ward 6
28,346
5,421
Ward 6
6,593
2,952
Newburyport .
15,656
6,544
Somerville
99,032
35,082
Ward 1
2,689
1,032
Ward 1
14,848
4,996
Ward 2
3,514
1,263
Ward 2
21,193
4,914
Ward 3
2,092
866
Ward 3
12,104
4,921
Ward 4
2,061
946
Ward 4
12,.376
4,895
Ward 5
2,646
1,247
Ward 5
14,788
5,116
Ward 6
2,654
1,190
Ward 6
11,174
5,117
Newton .
53,003
21,235
Ward 7
12,549
5,123
Ward 1
5,742
2,044
Springfield
142,065
40,647
Ward 2
10,305
3,834
Ward 1
24,666
5,424
Ward 3
7,859
3,194
Ward 2
19,613
4,909
Ward 4
5,339
2,405
Ward 3
28,805
7,501
Wards
9,900
3,864
Ward 4
16,700
6,011
Ward 6
9,118
3,773
Wards
13,490
4,441
Ward 7
4,740
2,121
Ward 6
15,431
5,676
North Adams
22,717
7,584
Ward 7
12,252
4,403
Ward 1
3,019
1,117
Ward 8
11,108
2,282
Ward 2
3,468
989
Taunton
39,25S
12,726
Ward 3
2,463
1,055
Ward 1
4,488
1,908
Ward 4
3,555
1,049
Ward 2
3,103
1,310
Ward .5
3,444
1,467
Ward 3
3,020
1,063
Ward 6
2,951
1,001
Ward 4
5,523
1,803
Ward 7
3,817
906
Ward S
6,440
2,129
Northampton
24,145
8,350
Ward 6
4,457
1,187
Ward 1
3,383
1,148
Ward 7
4,648
1,430
Ward 2
3,156
1,475
Ward 8
7,576
1,896
Ward 3
4,902
1,508
Waltham
34,746
12,335
Ward 4
4,359
1,276
Ward 1
5,822
2,444
Ward 5
2,897
1,138
Ward 2
6,666
1,800
Ward 6
2,605
1,084
Ward 3
4,789
1,377
Ward 7
2,843
721
Ward 4
4,694
1,699
Peabody .
19,870
6,727
Ward 5
3,577
1,415
Ward 1
3,091
1,186
Ward 6
5,735
2,598
Ward 2
3,187
1,028
Ward 7
3,463
1,002
Ward 3
2,216
1,088
Westfield
19,342
5,882
Ward 4
4,358
887
Ward 1
4,621
985
Ward 5
3,406
1,141
Ward 2
6,097
1,208
Ward 6
3,612
1,397
Ward 3
2,760
1,266
Pittsfield
46,877
17,330
Ward 4
3.045
1,225
Ward 1
7,361
2,788
Wards
2,819
1,198
Ward 2
6,835
2,910
Woburn .
18,370
7,991
Ward 3
7,119
2,245
Ward 1
2,843
1,466
Ward 4
6,587
3,039
Ward 2
3,487
1,444
Ward 5
6,546
2,493
Ward 3
3,006
1,399
Ward 6
6,829
1,967
Ward 4
3,162
1,404
Ward 7
5,600
1,888
Wards
1,593
747
Quincy
60,055
21,222
Ward 6
3,104
1,069
Ward 1
12,049
4,899
Ward 7
1,175
462
Ward 2
10,176
2,993
Worcester
190,757
66,030
Ward 3
9,228
2,621
Ward 1
13,289
6,779
Ward 4
6,421
1,906
Ward 2
16,966
6,549
Wards
12,423
5,409
Ward 3
33,901
6,164
Ward 6
9,758
3,394
Ward 4
26,198
6,396
Revere
33,261
11,264
Ward 5
25,264
6,538
Ward 1
5,158
2,340
Ward 6
16,787
6,440
Ward 2
8,623
2,639
Ward 7
14,698
6,798
Ward 3
8,286
2,569
Wards
14,288
6,605
Ward 4
7,905
2,465
Ward 9
15,718
6,821
Wards
3,289
1,251
Ward 10
13,648
6,940
Salem
42,821
15,909
Ward 1
6,182
1,576
Ward 2
6,917
2,907
10 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 5. — Population and Legal Voters of Counties, 1925, arranged
Alphabetically.
Counties.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Counties.
Popula-
tion.
Legal
Voters.
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Dukes
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
29,782
121,255
383,795
4,862
496,832
49,598
327,088
12,541
44,058
113,857
1,964
179,439
18,.398
95,944
Hampshire
Middlesex
Nantucket
Norfolk .
Plymouth
Suffolk
Worcester
75,122
860,414
3,152
262,065
164,257
876,286
489,697
25,592
307,504
1,267
99,698
63,424
276,682
165,697
Table 6. — Population of Cities and Towns at Each Census since 1895,
arranged by counties.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
BARNSTABLE.
29,782
26,670
28,818
27,542
26,831
27,826
27,654
Barnstable
Bourne ....
Brewster ....
Chatham
Dennis ....
5,774
3,015
774
1,741
1,749
4,836
2,530
688
1,737
1,536
4,995
2,672
783
1,667
1,822
4,676
2,474
631
1,564
1,919
4,336
1,786
739
1,634
1,998
4,364
1,657
829
1,749
2,333
4,055
1,580
901
1,809
2,545
Eastham ....
Falmouth.
Harwich ....
Ma,shpee ....
Orleans ....
494
4,694
2,077
298
1,078
430
3,500
1,846
242
1,012
545
3,917
2,179
263
1,166
518
3,144
2,115
270
1,077
519
3,241
2,291
317
1,052
502
3,500
2,334
303
1,123
476
2,655
2,532
330
1,198
Provincetown .
Sandwich
Truro ....
Wellfleet ....
Yarmouth
3,787
1,479
504
786
1,532
4,246
1,458
554
826
1,229
4,295
1,500
663
936
1,415
4,369
1,688
655
1,022
1,420
4,362
1,433
743
958
1,422
4,247
1,448
767
988
1,682
4,555
1,580
815
968
1,655
BERKSHIRE.
121,255
113,033
114,709
105,259
98,330
95,667
86,292
Adams ....
Alford ....
Becket ....
Cheshire ....
Clarksburg
13,525
221
778
1,842
1,222
12,967
248
674
1,476
1,136
13,218
271
973
1,535
1,114
13,026
275
959
1,508
1,207
12,486
275
890
1.281
1,200
11,134
272
994
1,221
943
7,837
280
888
1,176
1,009
Dalton ....
Egremont
Florida ....
Great Barrington
Hancock ....
4,092
477
362
6,405
510
3,752
441
298
6,315
464
3,858
599
427
6,627
514
3,568
605
395
5,926
465
3,122
721
424
6,152
434
3,014
758
390
5,854
451
3,210
836
425
4,794
511
Hinsdale ....
Lanesborough .
Lee ....
Lenox ....
Monterey.
1,044
1,181
4,058
2,895
348
1,065
1,054
4.085
2,691
282
1,257
1,089
4,481
3,242
358
1.116
947
4,106
3,060
388
1,452
845
3,972
3,058
444
1,485
780
3,596
2,942
455
1,650
848
4,066
2,872
464
Mount Washington .
New Ashford .
New Marlborough
North Adams .
Otis
58
85
991
22,717
395
73
116
1,010
22,282
361
95
92
1,030
22,035
442
110
92
1,124
22,019
494
87
100
1,209
22,150
534
122
107
1,282
24,200
476
136
116
1,288
19,135
518
Peru ....
PiTTSFIELD
Richmond
Sandisfield
Savoy ....
113
46,877
619
480
399
149
41,763
561
460
436
195
39,607
564
564
524
237
32,121
650
566
503
268
25,001
601
657
549
253
21,766
679
661
506
305
20,461
701
802
504
Sheffield ....
Stockbridge
Tyringham
Washington
West Stockbridge
1,614
1,830
280
231
1,212
1,435
1,764
267
240
1,058
1,862
1,901
327
275
1,277
1,817
1,933
382
277
1,271
1,782
2,022
314
339
1,023
1,804
2,081
386
377
1,158
1,897
2,077
363
423
1,257
Williamstown .
Windsor ....
4,006
388
3,707
403
3,981
375
3,708
404
4.425
513
5,013
507
4,887
556
Table 6.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
■ Population of Cities and Towns, etc. — Continued.
11
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
BRISTOL.
383,795
359,005
346,964
318,573
269,257
252,029
219,019
Acushnet
Attleboro
Berkley ....
Dartmouth
Dighton ....
4,135
20,623
1,118
9,026
3,208
3,075
19,731
935
6,493
2,574
2,387
18,480
985
5,330
2,499
1,692
16,215
999
4,378
2,235
1,284
12,702
931
3,793
2,070
1,221
11,335
949
3,669
1,802
1,115
8,288
955
3,107
1,797
Easton ....
Fairhaven
Fall River
Freetown
Mansfield.
5,333
10,827
128,993
1,663
6,590
5,041
7,291
120,485
1,532
6,255
5,064
6,277
124,791
1,663
5,772
5,139
5,122
119,295
1,471
5,183
4,909
4,235
105,762
1,470
4,245
4,837
3,567
104,863
1,394
4,006
4,452
3,338
89,203
1,405
3,722
New Bedford .
North Attleborough .
Norton ....
Raynham.
Rehoboth.
119,539
9,790
2,769
2,128
2,332
121,217
9,238
2,374
1,695
2,065
109,568
9,398
2,587
1,810
2,228
96,652
9,562
2,544
1,725
2,001
74,362
7,878
2,079
1,662
1,991
62,442
7,253
1,826
1,540
1,840
55,251
6,576
1,614
1,518
1,810
Seekonk ....
Somerset ....
Swansea ....
Taunton
Westport
4,191
4,818
3,250
39,255
4,207
2,898
3,520
2,334
37,137
3,115
2,767
3,377
2,558
36,161
3,262
2,397
2,798
1,978
34,259
2,928
1,917
2,294
1,839
30,967
2,867
1,673
2,241
1,645
31,036
2,890
1,465
1,983
1,627
27,115
2,678
DUKES.
4,862
4,372
4,904
4,504
4,551
4,561
4,238
Chilmark
Edgartown
Gay Head
Gosnold ....
Oak Bluffs
240
1,235
168
142
1,314
240
1,190
144
131
1,047
288
1,276
175
155
1,245
282
1,191
162
152
1,084
322
1,175
178
161
1,138
324
1,209
173
164
1,100
304
1,125
169
140
1,038
Tisbury ....
West Tisbury .
1,431
332
1,275
345
1,324
441
1,196
437
1,120
457
1,149
442
1,002
460
ESSEX.
496,832
482,156
463,662
436,477
381,181
357,030
330,393
Amesbury
Andover ....
Beverly ....
Boxford ....
Bradford!
11,229
10,291
22,685
581
10,036
8,268
22,561
588
8,543
7,978
22,959
714
9,894
7,301
18,650
718
8,840
6,632
15,223
665
9,473
6,813
13,884
704
9,986
6,145
11,806
727
4,736
Danvers ....
Essex ....
Georgetown
Gloucester
Groveland
11,798
1,403
1,888
23,375
2,485
11,108
1,478
2,004
22,947
2,650
11,177
1,677
2,058
24,478
2,377
9,407
1,621
1,958
24,398
2,253
9,063
1,790
1,840
26,011
2,401
8,542
1,663
1,900
26,121
2,376
8,181
1,587
2,050
28,211
2,333
Hamilton
Haverhill
Ipswich ....
Lawrence
Lynn ....
2,018
49,232
6,055
93,527
103,081
1,631
53,884
6,201
94,270
99,148
1,879
49,450
6,272
90,259
95,803
1,749
44,115
5,777
85,892
89,336
1,646
37,830
5,205
70,050
77,042
1,614
37,175
4,658
62,559
68,513
1,356
30,209
4,720
52,164
62,354
Lynnfield
Manchester
Marblehead
Merrimac.
Methuen 2 . . .
1,331
2,499
8,214
2,349
20,606
1,165
2,466
7,324
2,173
15,189
1,112
2,945
7,606
2,101
14,007
911
2,673
7,338
2,202
11,448
797
2,618
7,209
1,884
8,676
888
2,522
7,582
2,131
7,512
818
1,876
7,671
2,301
5,690
Middleton
Nahant ....
Newbury
Newburyport
North Andover
1,667
1,630
1,432
15,656
6,839
1,195
1,318
1,303
15,618
6,265
1,308
1,387
1,590
15,311
5,956
1,129
1,184
1,482
14,949
5,529
1,068
922
1,480
14,675
4,614
839
1,152
1,601
14,478
4,243
838
865
1,489
14,552
3,569
Peabody ....
Rockport
Rowley ....
Salem ' .
Salisbury
19,870
3,949
1,408
42,821
1,820
19,5.52
3,878
1,249
42,529
1,701
18,625
4,351
1,481
37,200
1,717
15,721
4,211
1,368
43,697
1,658
13,098
4,447
1,388
37,627
1,622
11,523
4,592
1,391
35,956
1,558
10,507
5,289
1,272
34,473
1,300
Saugus ....
Swampscott
Topsfield ....
Wenham ....
West Newbury
12,743
8,953
915
1,145
1,337
10,874
8,101
900
1,090
1,492
10,226
7,345
1,173
1,068
1,529
8,047
6,204
1,174
1,010
1,473
6,253
5,141
1,095
924
1,405
5,084
4,548
1,030
847
1,558
4,497
3,259
1,033
886
1,643
1 Bradford annexed to HaverhiU May 4, 1896.
2 Methuen resumed a town form of government January 29, 1921.
5 Abnormal decrease between 1910 and 1915 due to conflagration of June 25, 1914.
12
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 6. — Population of Cities and
Towns,
ETC. — Continued.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
FRANKLIN.
49,598
49,361
48,256
43,600
43,362
41,209
40,145
Ashfield ....
Bernardston
Buckland
Charlemont
Colrain ....
919
844
1,555
820
1,562
869
769
1,433
808
1,607
994
790
1,569
977
1,829
959
741
1,573
1,001
1,741
959
769
1,500
1,002
1,780
955
792
1,446
1,094
1,749
1,013
778
1,548
1,041
1,610
Conway ....
Deerfield ....
Erving ....
Gill ....
Greenfield
931
2,968
1,334
918
15,246
961
2,803
1,295
879
15,462
1,220
2,739
1,168
951
12,618
1,230
2,209
1,148
942
10,427
1,340
2,112
1,094
1,023
9,156
1,4.58
1,969
973
1,015
7,927
1,304
3,007
964
1,082
6,229
Hawley ....
Heath ....
Leverett ....
Leyden ....
Monroe ....
354
298
664
270
143
390
325
695
330
173
427
383
779
344
296
424
346
728
363
246
448
356
703
408
269
429
441
744
379
305
468
476
744
363
298
Montague
New Salem
Northfield
Orange ....
Rowe ....
7,973
519
1,821
5,141
292
7,675
512
1,775
5,393
333
7,925
625
1,782
5,379
424
6,866
639
1,642
5,282
4.56
7,015
672
2,017
5,578
533
6,150
807
1,966
5,520
549
6,0.58
869
1,851
5,361
498
Shelburne
Shutesbury
Sunderland
Warwick ....
Wendell ....
1,538
208
1,290
364
397
1,436
242
1,289
327
346
1,484
292
1,278
477
388
1,498
267
1,047
477
502
1,515
374
910
527
480
1,508
382
771
619
492
1,560
444
696
599
529
Whately ....
1,229
1,234
1,118
846
822
769
755
HAMPDEN.
327,088
300,305
262,944
231,369
196,013
175,603
152,938
Agawam ....
Blandford
Brimfield
Cheater ....
Chicopee
6,290
437
840
1,514
41,882
5,023
479
778
1,302
36,214
4,555
623
934
1,344
30,138
3,501
717
866
1,.377
25,401
2,795
746
894
1,366
20,191
2,536
836
941
1,4.50
19,167
2,408
849
962
1,429
16,420
East Longmeadow
Granville
Hampden.
Holland ....
HoLYOKE
3,134
609
632
141
60,335
2,352
655
624
1.53
60,203
1,939
784
670
159
60,816
1,553
781
645
145
57,730
1,327
865
561
151
49,934
1,187
1,050
782
169
45,712
1,591
1,005
743
199
40,322
Longmeadow .
Ludlow ....
Monson ....
Montgomery
Palmer ....
3,333
8,802
5,089
191
11,044
2,618
7,470
4,826
229
9,896
1,782
6,251
5,004
230
9,468
1,084
4,948
4,758
217
8,610
964
3,881
4,344
259
7,755
811
3,536
3,402
273
7,801
620
2,562
3,746
275
6,858
Russell ....
Southwick
Springfield
Tolland ....
Wales ....
1,398
1,267
142,065
150
434
1,237
1,194
129,614
192
419
1,104
1,365
102,971
199
337
965
1,020
88,926
180
345
1,053
1,048
73,540
274
645
793
1,040
62,059
275
773
846
961
51,522
309
783
Westpield
West Springfield
Wilbraham
19,.342
15,326
2,833
18,604
13,443
2,780
18,411
11,3.39
2,521
16,044
9,224
2,332
13,611
8,101
1,708
12,310
7,105
1,.595
10,663
6,125
1,740
HAMPSHIRE.
75,122
69,599
69,549
63,327
62,227
58,820
54,710
Amherst ....
Belchertown
Chesterfield
Cummington
Easthampton .
5,972
2,905
445
508
11,587
5,550
2,0.58
441
489
11,261
5,558
2,062
559
660
9,845
5,112
2,054
536
637
8,524
5,313
2,088
563
740
6,808
5,028
2,292
611
748
5,603
4,785
2,161
589
750
4,790
Enfield ....
Goshen ....
Granby ....
Greenwich
Hadley ....
749
251
810
4.50
2,888
790
224
779
399
2,784
806
289
828
426
2,666
874
279
761
452
1,999
973
277
747
475
1,895
1,036
316
761
491
1,789
990
304
748
481
1,704
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 6. — Population of Cities and Towns, etc. -
13
Continued.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
HAMPSHIRE — Con.
Hatfield ....
Huntington
Middlefield
Northampton .
Pelham ....
2,702
1,543
223
24,145
519
2,651
1,425
280
21,951
503
2,630
1,427
325
21,654
499
1,986
1,473
354
19,431
467
1,779
1,451
399
19,957
460
1,500
1,475
410
18,643
462
1,262
1,450
386
16,746
486
Plainfield
Prescott ....
Southampton .
South Hadley .
Ware ....
282
230
916
6,609
8,629
332
236
814
5,527
8,525
375
299
950
5,179
9,346
406
320
870
4,894
8,774
382
322
927
5,054
8,594
404
380
1,012
4,526
8,263
450
401
1,054
4,443
7,651
Westhampton .
Williamsburg
Worthington
337
1,993
429
305
1,866
409
430
2,118'
618
423
2,132
569
466
1,943
614
469
1,926
675
476
1,955
648
MIDDLESEX.
860,414
778,352
733,624
669,915
608,499
565,696
499,217
Acton ....
Arlington
Ashby ....
Ashland ....
Ayer ....
2,387
24,943
907
■ 2,521
3,032
2,162
18,665
834
2,287
3,052
2,151
14,889
922
2,005
2,779
2,136
11,187
885
1,682
2,797
2,089
9,668
865
1,597
2,386
2,120
8,603
876
1,525
2,446
1,978
6,515
804
2,090
2,101
Bedford ....
Belmont ....
Billerica ....
Boxborough
Burlington
1,514
15,256
4,913
333
1,431
1,362
10,749
3,646
298
885
1,365
8,081
3,246
326
751
1,231
5,542
2,789
317
591
1,208
4,360
2,843
324
588
1,208
3,929
2,775
316
593
1,169
2,843
2,577
307
574
Cambridge
Carlisle ....
Chelmsford
Concord ....
Dracut ....
119,669
510
6,573
7,056
6,400
109,694
463
5,682
6,461
5,280
108,822
490
5,182
6,681
4,022
104,839
551
5,010
6,421
3,461
97,434
523
4,254
5,421
3,537
91,886
480
3,984
5,652
3,253
81,643
492
3,162
5,175
2,443
Dunstable
Everett ....
Framingham
Groton ....
HoUiston ....
338
42,072
21,078
2,428
2,812
353
40,120
17,033
2,185
2,707
362
37,718
15,860
2,3.33
2,788
408
33,484
12,948
2,155
2,711
412
29,111
11,548
2,253
2,663
427
24,336
11,302
2,052
2,598
400
18,573
9,512
2,192
2,718
Hopkinton
Hudson ....
Lexington
Lincoln ....
Littleton ....
2,580
8,130
7,785
1,306
1,411
2,289
7,607
6,350
1,042
1,277
2,475
6,758
5,538
1,310
1,228
2,452
6,743
4,918
1,175
1,229
2,585
6,217
4,530
1,122
1,219
2,623
5,454
3,831
1,127
1,179
2,984
5,308
3,498
1,111
1,136
Lowell ....
Malden ....
Marlborough
Maynard
Medford.
110,296
51,789
16,236
7,857
47,627
112,759
49,103
15,028
7,086
39,038
107,978
48,907
15,250
6,770
30,509
106,294
44,404
14,579
6,390
23,150
94,889
38,037
14,073
5,811
19,686
94,969
33,664
13,609
3,142
18,244
84,367
29,708
14,977
3,090
14,474
Melrose
Natick ....
Newton ....
North Reading
Pepperell
20,165
12,871
53,003
1,689
2,779
18,204
10,907
46,054
1,286
2,468
16,880
11,119
43,113
1,292
2,839
15,715
9,866
39,806
1,059
2,953
14,295
9,609
36,827
903
3,268
12,962
9,488
33,587
1,035
3,701
11,965
8,814
27,590
835
3,321
Reading ....
Sherborn ....
Shirley ....
SOMERVILLE
Stoneham
8,693
929
2,394
99,032
9,084
7,439
1,558
2,260
93,091
7,873
6,805
1,696
2,251
86,854
7,489
5,818
1,428
2,139
77,236
7,090
5,682
1,379
1,692
69,272
6,332
4,969
1,483
1,680
61,643
6,197
4,717
1,446
1,399
52,200
6,284
Stow ....
Sudbury ....
Tewksbiiry
Townsend
Tyngsborough .
1,185
1,394
4,985
1,895
1,107
1,101
1,121
4,450
1,575
1,044
1,127
1,206
5,265
1,812
967
1,115
1,120
3,750
1,761
829
1,027
1,159
4,415
. 1,772
768
1,002
1,1.50
3,683
1,804
773
920
1,141
3,379
1,780
635
Wakefield
Waltham
Watertown
Wayland ....
Westford ....
15,611
34,746
25,480
! '2,255
I 3,5711
13,025
30,915
21,457
1,935
3,170
12,781
30,154
16,515
2,033
2,843
11,404
27,834
12,875
2,206
2,851
10,268
26,282
' 11,258
2,220
2,413
9,290
23,481
9,706
2,303
2,624
8,304
20,876
7,788
2,026
2,418
14
Table 6.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Population of Cities and Towns, etc. — Continued.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
MIDDLESEX — Con.
Weston ....
Wilmington
Winchester
WOBUEN ....
2,906
3,515
11,565
18,370
2,282
2,581
10,485
16,574
2,342
2,330
10,005
16,410
2,106
1,858
9,309
15,308
2,091
1,670
8,242
14,402
1,834
1,596
7,248
14,254
1,710
1,420
6,160
14,178
NANTUCKET.
3,152
2,797
3,166
2,962
2,930
3,006
3,016
Nantucket
3,152
2,797
3,166
2,962
2,930
3,006
3,016
NORFOLK.
262,065
219,081
201,907
187,506
167,537
151,539
134,819
Avon ....
Bellingham
Braintree
Brookhne
Canton ....
2,360
2,877
13,193
42,681
5,896
2,176
2,102
10,580
37,748
5,945
2,164
1,953
9,343
33,490
5,623
2,013
1,696
8,066
27,792
4,797
1,901
1,686
6,879
23,436
4,702
1,741
1,682
5,981
19,935
4,584
1,626
1,481
5,311
16,164
4,636
Cohasset ....
Dedham ....
Dover ....
Foxborough
Franklin ....
2,913
13,918
1,044
4,934
7,055
2,639
10,792
867
4,136
6,497
2,800
11,043
999
3,755
6,440
2,.585
9,284
798
3,863
5,641
2,727
7,774
636
3,364
5,244
2,759
7,457
656
3,266
5,017
2,474
7,211
668
3,219
5,136
Holbrook
Hyde Park ' . . .
Medfield ....
Medway ....
MiUis ....
3,273
3,867
3,144
1,791
3,161
3,595
2,956
1,485
2,948
3,648
2,846
1,442
2,816
15,507
3,466
2,696
1,399
2,509
14,510
3,314
2,650
1,252
2,229
13,244
2,926
2,761
1,053
2,298
11,826
1,872
2,913
1,006
MUton ....
Needham
Norfolk ....
Norwood ....
Plainville
12,861
8,977
1,213
14,151
1,512
9,382
7,012
1,159
12,627
1,365
8,600
6,542
1,268
10,977
1,408
7,924
5,026
960
8,014
1,385
7,054
4,284
1,089
6,731
1,300
6,578
4,016
980
5,480
5,518
3,511
882
4,574
QUINCT ....
Randolph.
Sharon ....
Stoughton
Walpole ....
60,055
5,644
3,119
7,857
6,508
47,876
4,756
2,467
6,865
5,446
40,674
4,734
2,468
6,982
5,490
32,642
4,301
2,310
6,316
4,892
28,076
4,034
2,085
5,959
4,003
23,899
3,993
2,060
5,442
3,572
20,712
3,694
1,717
5,272
2,994
Wellesley
Westwood
Weymouth
Wrentham
9,049
1,706
17,253
3,214
6,224
1,358
15,057
2,808
6,439
1,448
13,969
2,414
5,413
1,266
12,895
1,743
6,189
1,136
11,585
1,428
5,072
1,112
11,324
2,720
4,229
11,291
2,584
PLYMOUTH.
164,257
156,968
157,303
144,337
127,932
113,985
101,498
Abington
Bridgewater
Brockton
Carver ....
Duxbury ....
5,882
9,468
65,343
1,306
1,688
5,787
8,438
66,254
891
1,553
5,646
9,381
62,288
1,701
1,921
5,455
7,688
56,878
1,663
1,688
5,081
6,754
47,794
1,410
2,028
4,489
5,806
40,063
1,104
2,075
4,207
4,686
33,165
1,016
1,966
East Bridgewater
Halifax ....
Hanover ....
Hanson ....
Hingham
3,538
614
2,755
2,166
6,158
3,486
563
2„575
1,910
5,604
3,689
638
2,666
1,796
5,264
3,363
550
2,326
1,854
4,965
3,169
494
2,176
1,490
4,819
3,025
522
2,152
1,455
5,059
2,894
497
2,051
1,380
. 4,819
Hull ....
Kingston ....
Lakeville ....
Marion ....
Marshfield
2,652
2,524
1,439
1,271
1,777
1,771
2,505
1,419
1,288
1,379
2,290
2,580
1,491
1,487
1,725
2,103
2,445
1,141
1,460
1,738
2,060
2,205
912
1,029
1,763
1,703
1,955
958
902
1,810
1,044
1,746
870
759
1,760
Mattapoisett
Middleborough
Norwell
Pembroke
Plymouth ....
1,556
9,136
1,466
1,480
13,176
1,277
8,453
1,.348
1,358
13,045
1,352
8,631
1,563
1,337
12,926
1,233
8,214
1,410
1,336
12,141
1,180
6,888
1,534
1,261
11,119
1,061
6,885
1,560
1,240
9,592
1,032
6,689
1,540
1,223
7,957
Plympton
Rochester
Rockland
Scituate ....
Wareham
511
1,100
7,966
2,713
5,594
469
1,047
7,544
2,.534
4,415
599
1,160
7,074
2,661
5,176
561
1,090
6,928
2,482
4,102
514
1,181
6,287
2,597
3,660
488
986
5,327
2,470
3,432
549
1,021
5,523
2,246
3,367
1 Hyde Park annexed to Boston in 1911.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 15.
Table 6. — Population of Cities and Towns, etc. — Continued.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
PLYMOUTH — Con.
West Bridgewater
Whitman
3,121
7,857
2,908
7,147
2,741
7,520
2,231
7,292
2,006
6,521
1,711
6,155
1,747
5,744
SUFFOLK.
876,286
835,522
826,801
731,388
652,362
611,417
539,799
Boston ....
Chelsea ....
Revere ....
Winthrop
779,620
47,247
33,261
16,158
748,060
43,184
28,823
15,455
745,439
43,426
25,178
12,758
670,585
32,452
18,219
10,132
595,380
37,289
12,659
7,034
560,892
34,072
10,395
6,058
496,920
31,264
7,423
4,192
WORCESTER.
489,697
455,135
430,703
399,657
362,668
346,958
306,445
Ashburnham
Athol ....
Auburn ....
Barre ....
Berlin ....
2,159
9,602
4,927
3,329
1,071
2,012
9,792
3,891
3,357
868
2,059
9,783
3,281
3,476
865
2,107
8,536
2,420
2,957
904
1,851
7,197
2,006
2,558
906
1,882
7,061
1,621
2,059
1,003
2,148
7.364
1,598
2,278
897
Blackstone i . .
Bolton ....
Boylston ....
Brookfield 2
Charlton ....
4,802
801
970
1,401
2,295
4,299
708
794
2,216
1,995
5,689
768
783
2,059
2,213
5,648
764
714
2,204
2,032
5,786
762
649
2,388
2,089
5,721
770
1,364
3,062
1,860
6,039
797
729
3,279
1,877
Clinton ....
Dana ....
Douglas ....
Dudley ....
East Brookfield 2
14,180
657
2,363
4,594
929
12,979
599
2,181
3,701
13.192
712
2,179
4,373
13,075
736
2,152
4,267
13,105
763
2,120
3,818
13,667
790
2,113
3,553
11,497
717
2,026
3,203
FiTCHBURG
G.\.RDNER
Grafton ....
Hardwick.
Harvard . . . ■ .
43,609
18,730
6,973
3,046
996
41,029
16,971
6,887
3,085
2,546
39,656
16,376
6,250
3,596
1,104
37,826
14,699
5,705
3,524
1,034
33,021
12,012
5,052
3,261
1,077
31,531
10,813
4,869
3,203
1,139
26,409
9,182
5,101
2,655
1,162
Holden ....
Hopedale
Hubbardston
Lancaster.
Leicester ....
3,436
3,165
1,067
2,678
4,110
2,970
2,777
1,045
2,461
3,635
2,514
2,663
1,084
2,585
3,322
2,147
2,188
1,073
2,464
3,237
2,640
2,048
1,205
2,406
3,414
2,464
2,087
1,227
2,478
3,416
2,602
1,377
1,274
2,180
3,239
Leominster
Lunenburg
Mendon ....
Milford ....
Millbury . . . .
22,120
1,875
1,030
14,781
6,441
19,744
1,634
961
13,471
5,653
17,646
1,610
933
13,684
5,295
17,580
1,393
880
13,055
4,740
14,297
1,293
922
12,105
4,631
12,392
1,332
911
11,376
4,460
9,211
1,237
889
8,959
5,222
MiUville 1
New Braintree .
Northborough .
Northbridge
North Brookfield
2,366
423
1,968
10,051
3,046
2,224
394
1,753
10,174
2,610
453
1,797
9,254
2,947
464
1,713
8,807
3,075
477
1,947
7,400
2,617
500
2,164
7,036
4,587
542
1,940
5,286
4,635
Oakham ....
Oxford ....
Paxton ....
Petersham
PhiUipston
525
4,026
591
672
384
477
3,820
489
642
354
527
3,476
471
727
390
552
3,361
416
757
426
519
2,927
444
855
442
588
2,677
459
853
441
605
2,390
426
952
460
Princeton
Royalston
Rutland ....
Shrewsbury
Southborough .
773
821
2,236
5,819
2,053
682
819
1,743
3,708
1,838
800
862
1,895
2,794
1,898
818
792
1,743
1,946
1,745
907
903
1,713
1,866
1,931
975
958
1,334
1,626
1,921
952
890
978
1,524
2,223
Southbridge
Spencer ....
Sterling ....
Sturbridge
Sutton ....
15,489
6,523
1,516
1,845
2,174
14,245
5,930
1,305
1,573
2,578
14,217
5,994
1,403
1,618
2,829
12,592
6,740
1,359
1,957
3,078
11,000
7,121
1,315
1,974
3,173
10,025
7,627
1,420
2,058
3,328
8,250
7,614
1,218
1,910
3,420
Templeton
Upton ....
Uxbridge ....
Warren ....
Webster ....
4,368
1,988
6,172
3,950
13,389
4,019
1,693
5,384
3,467
13,258
4,081
2,036
4,921
4,268
12,565
3,756
2,071
4,671
4,188
11,509
3,783
2,024
3,881
4,300
10,018
3,489
1,937
3,599
4,417
8,804
2,915
2,150
3,546
4,430
7,799
1 Part of the town of Blackstone taken to form the town of Millville, May 1, 1916.
2 Part of the town of Brookfield taken to form the town of East Brookfield, March 24, 1920.
16 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 6. — Population of Cities and Towns, etc. — Concluded.
Counties, Cities and
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
WORCESTER — Con.
Westborough .
West Boylston .
West Brookfield
Westminster
Winchendon
6,348
1,916
1,314
1,884
6,173
5,789
1,624
1,281
1,343
5,904
5,925
1,318
1,288
1,594
5,908
5,446
1,270
1,327
1,353
5,678
5,378
1.571
1,384
1,348
5,933
5,400
2,314
1,448
1,327
6,001
5,235
2,968
1,467
1,315
4,490
WOBCESTEB
190,757
179,754
162,697
145,986
128,135
118,421
98,767
Recapitulation.
1 Norfolk County total for 1910 includes Hyde Park, which was annexed to Boston (Suffolk County)
in 1911.
Table 7. — Population of Cities, 1925, compared with 1920 and 1915, and
showing Increase and Decrease in Number and Percentage, arranged
in Order of Size, 1925.
1 a minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 17
Table 7. — Population of Cities, etc. — Concluded.
Increase. 1
five-year period 1
ten-year period
1920-
1925.
1915-
1925.
Cities.
1925.
1920.
1915.
Num-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Haverhill
49,232
53,884
49,450
-4,652
-8.6
-218
-0.4
Medford .
47,627
39,038
30,509
8,589
22.0
17,118
56.1
Chelsea .
47,247
43,184
43,426
4,063
9.4
3,821
8.8
PiTTSFIELD
46,877
41,763
39,607
5,114
12.2
7,270
18.4
FlTCHBURQ
43,609
41,029
39,656
2,580
6.3
3,953
10.0
Salem
42,821
42,529
37,200
292
0.7
5,621
15.1
Everett .
42,072
40,120
37,718
1,952
4.9
4,354
11.5
Chicopee .
41,882
36,214
30,138
5,668
15.7
11,744
39.0
-Tadnton .
39,255
37,137
36,161
2,118
5.7
3,094
8.6
■ Waltham .
34,746
30,915
30,154
3,831
12.4
4,592
15.2
- Revere
33,261
28,823
25,178
4,438
15.4
8,083
32.1
- Northampton
24,145
21,951
21,654
2,194
10.0
2,491
11.5
Gloxjcesteh
23,375
22,947
24,478
428
1.9
-1,103
-4.5
North Adams
22,717
22,282
22,035
435
2.0
682
3.1
Beverly .
22,685
22,561
22,959
124
0.5
-274
-1.2
Leominster
22,120
19,744
17,646
2,376
12.0
4,474
25.4
_ Attleboro
20,623
19,731
18,480
892
4.5
2,143
11.6
, Melrose .
20,165
18,204
16,880
1,961
10.8
3,285
19.5
Peabody .
19,870
19,552
18,625
318
1.6
1,245
6.7
Westfield 2
19,342
18,604
18,411
738
4.0
931
5.1
Gardner ^.
18,730
16,971
16,376
1,759
10.4
2,354
14.4
- WOBDRN .
18,370
16,574
16,410
1,796
10.8
1,960
11.9
~ Marlborough
16,236
15,028
15,250
1,208
8.0
986
6.5
- Newbubypobt
15,656
15,618
15,311
38
0.2
345
2.3
1 A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
- Incorporated as a city. Chapter 294, Acts of 1920.
5 Incorporated as a city. Chapter 119, Acts of 1921.
Table 8. — Population of Towns of 5,000 or More, 1925, compared with
1920 and 1915, and showing increase and decrease in number and
Percentage, arranged in Order of Size, 1925.
1925.
1920.
1915.
Increase. 1
Towns.
FIVE-YEAR period
1920-1925.
TEN-YEAR PERIOD
1915-1925.
Num-
ber.
Per
Cent.
Num-
ber.
Per
Cent.
Totals
828,467
725,945
680,583
102,522
14.1
147,884
21.7
Brookline .
Watertown
Arlington .
Framingham
Methuen .
42,681
25,480
24,943
21,078
20,606
37,748
21,457
18,665
17,033
15,189
33,490
16,515
14,889
15,860
14,007
4,933
4,023
6,278
4,045
5,417
13.1
18.7
33.6
23.7
35.7
9,191
8,965
10,054
5,218
6,599
27.4
54.3
67.5
32.9
47.1
Weymouth
Winthrop .
Wakefield .
Southbridge
West Springfield
17,253
16,158
15,611
15,489
15,326
15,057
15,455
13,025
14,245
13,443
13,969
12,758
12,781
14,217
11,339
2,196
703
2,586
1,244
1,883
14.6
4.5
19.9
8.7
14.0
3,284
3,400
2,830
1,272
3,987
23.5
26.6
22.1
8.9
35.2
Belmont .
Greenfield .
Milford .
Clinton
Norwood .
15,256
15,246
14,781
14,180
14,151
10,749
15,462
13,471
12,979
12,627
8,081
12,618
13,684
13,192
10,977
4,507
-216
1,310
1,201
1,524
41.9
-1.4
9.7
9.3
12.1
7,175
2,628
1,097
988
3,174
88.8
20.8
8.0
7.5
28.9
Dedham .
Adams
Webster ' '.
Braintree .
Plymouth .
113,918
13,525
13,389'
f; 13,193''
13,176j
10,792
12,967
13,258
10,580
13,045 '
11,043
13,218
12,565
9,343
12,926
3,126
558
131
2,613
131
29.0
4.3
1.0
24.7
1.0
2,875
307
824
3,850
250
26.0
2.3
6.6
41.2
1.9
lA minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
18
Table 8.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Population of Towns of 5,000 or More, etc. — Concluded.
Increase. 1
FIVE-YE.\R PERIOD |
TEN-YE.'^I
t PERIOD
1920-
1925.
1915-
1925.
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
Num-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Natick
12,871
10,907
11,119
1,964
18.0
1,752
15.8
Milton
12,861
9,382
8,6Qp
3,479
37.1
4,261
49.5
Saugus
12,743
10,874
10,226
1,869
17.2
2,517
24.6
Danvers
11,798
11,108
11,177
690
6.2
621
5.6
Easthampton
11,587
11,261
9,845
326
2.9
1,742
17.7
Winchester
11,565
10,485
10,005
1,080
10.3
1,560
15.6
Amesbury .
11,229
10,036
8,543
1,193
11.9
2,686
31.4
Palmer
11,04-1
9,896
9,468
1,148
11.6
1,576
16.6
Fairhaven .
10,827
7,291
6,277
3,536
48.5
4,550
72.5
Andover .
10,291
8,268
7,978
2,023
24.5
2,313
29.0
Northbridge
10,051
10,174
9,254
-123
-1.2
797
8.6
North Attleborough .
9,790
9,238
9,398
552
6.0
392
4.2
Athol
9,602
9,792
9,783
-190
-1.9
-181
-1.9
Bridgewater
9,468
8,438
9,381
1,030
12.2
87
0.9
Middleborough .
9,136
8,453
8,631
683
8.1
505
5.9
Stoneham
9,084
7,873
7,489
1,211
15.4
1,595
21.3
Wellesley .
9,049
6,224
6,439
2,823
45.4
2,610
40.5
Dartmouth
9,026
6,493
5,330
2,533
39.0
3,696
69.3
Needham .
8,977
7,012
6,542
1,965
28.0
2,435
37.2
Swampscott
8,953
8,101
7,345
852
10.5
1,608
21.9
Ludlow
8,802
7,470
6,251
1,332
17.8
2,551
40.8
Reading
8,693
7,439
6,805
1,254
16.9
1,888
27.7
Ware
8,629
8,525
9,346
104
1.2
-717
-7.7
Marblehead
8,214
7,324
7,606
890
12.2
608
8.0
Hudson
8,130
7,607
6,758
523
6.9
1,372
20.3
Montague .
7,973
7,675
7,925
298
3.9
48
0.6
Rockland .
7,966
7,544
7,074
422
5.6
892
12.6
Maynard .
7,857
7,086
6,770
771
10.9
1,087
16.1
Stoughton
7,857
6,865
6,982
992
14.4
■X 875
12.5
Whitman .
7,857
7,147
7,520
710
9.9
337
4.5
Lexington .
7,785
6,350
5,538
1,435
22.6
2,247
40.6
Concord .
7,056
6,461
6,681
595
9.2
375
5.6
Franklin .
7,055
6,497
6,440
558
8.6
615
9.5
Grafton
6,973
6,887
6,250
86
1.2
723
1.2
North Andover .
6,839
6,265
5,956
574
9.1
883
14.8
South Hadley .
6,609
5,527
5,179
1,082
19.6
1,430
27.6
Mansfield .
6,590
6,255
5,772
335
5.4
818
14.2
Chelmsford
6,573
5,682
5,182
891
15.7
1,391
26.8
Spencer
6,523
5,930
5,994
593
10.0
529
8.8
Walpole
6,508
5,446
5,490
1,062
19.5
1,018
18.5
Millbury .
6,441
5,653
5,295
788
13.9
1,146
21.6
Great Barrington
6,405
6,315
6,627
90
1.4
-222
-3.3
Dracut
6,400
5,280
4,022
1,120
21.2
2,378
69.1
Westborough
6,348
5,789
5,925
559
9.7
423
7.1
Agawam .
6,290
5,023
4,555
1,267
25.2
1,735
38.1
Winchendon
6,173
5,904
5,908
269
4.6
265
4.5
Uxbridge .
6,172
5,384
4,921
788
14.6
1,251
25.4
Hingham .
6,158
5,604
5,264
554
9.9
894
17.0
Ipswich
6,055
6,201
6,272
-146
-2.4
-217
-3.5
Amherst .
5,972
5,550
5,558
422
7.6
414
7.4
Canton
5,896
5,945
5,623
-49
-0.8
273
4.9
Abington .
6,882
6,787
5,646
95
1.6
236
4.2
Shrew.sbury
5,819
3,708
2,794
2,111
56.9
3,025
108.3
Barnstable.
5,774
4,836
4,995
938
19.4
779
15.6
Randolph .
5,644
4,756
4,734
888
18.7
910
19.2
Wareham .
5,594
4,415
5,176
1,179
26.7
418
8.1
Easton
5,.333
5,041
5,064
292
6.8
269
5.3
Orange
5,141
5,393
5,379
—252
-4.7
-238
-4.4
Monson
5,089
4,826
5,004
263
5.4
85
1.7
1 A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 19
Table 9. — Population of Towns of Less than 5,000, 1925, compared with
1920 and 1915, AND SHOWING Increase and Decrease in Number and
Percentage, arranged in Order of Size, 1925.
Increasb.i
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD |
TEN-YEAR PERIOD
1920-
1925.
1915-
1925.
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
Num-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Totals
405,971
364,426
378,035
41,545
11.4
27,936
7.4
Tewksbxiry
4,985
4,450
5,265
535
12.0
-280
-5.3
Fo.xborough
4,934
4,136
3,755
798
19.3
1,179
31.4
Auburn
4,927
3,891
3,281
1,036
26.6
1,646
50.2
Billerica . . -^.
4,913
3,646
3,246
1,267
34.8
1,667
51.4
Somerset .
4,818
3,520
3,377
1,298
36.9
1,441
42.7
Blackstone '
4,802
4,299
5,689
503
11.7
-887
-15.6
Falmouth .
4,694
3,500
3,917
1,194
34.1
777
19.8
Dudley
4,594
3,701
4,373
893
24.1
221
5.1
Templeton.
4,368
4,019
4,081
349
8.7
287
7.0
Westport .
4,207
3,115
3,262
1,092
35.1
945
29.0
Seekonk .
4,191
2,898
2,767
1,293
44.6
1,424
51.5
Acushnet .
4,135
3,075
2,387
1,060
34.5
1,748
73.2
Leicester .
4,110
3,635
3,322
475
13.1
788
23.7
Dalton
4,092
3,752
3,858
340
9.1
234
6.1
Lee ....
4,058
4,085
4,481
-27
-0.7
-423
-9.4
Oxford
4,026
3,820
3,476
206
5.4
550
15.8
Williamstown
4,006
3,707
3,981
299
8.1
25
0.6
Warren
3,950
3,467
4,268
483
13.9
-318
-7.5
Rockport .
3,949
3,878
4,351
71
1.8
-402
-9.2
Medfield .
3,867
3,595
3,648
272
7.6
219
6.0
Provincetown
3,787
4,246
4,295
-459
-10.8
-508
-11.8
Westford .
3,571
3,170
2,843
401
12.6
728
25.6
East Bridgewater
3,538
3,486
3,689
52
1.5
-151
-4.1
Wilmington
3,515
2,581
2,330
934
36.2
1,185
50.9
Holden
3,436
2,970
2,514
466
15.7
922
36.7
Longmeadow
3,333
2,618
1,782
715
27.3
1,551
87.0
Barre
3,329
3,357
3,476
-28
-0.8
-147
-4.2
Holbrook .
3,273
3,161
2,948
112
3.5
325
11.0
Swansea
3,250
2,334
2,558
916
39.2
692
27.1
Wrentham
3,214
2,808
2,414
406
14.5
800
33.1
Dighton
3,208
2,574
2,499
634
24.6
709
28.4
Hopedale .
3,165
2,777
2,663
388
14.0
502
18.9
Nantucket
3,152
2,797
3,166
355
12.7
-14
-0.4
Medway .
3,144
2,956
2,846
188
6.4
298
10.5
East Longmeadow
3,134
2,352
1,939
782
33.2
1,195
61.6
West Bridgewater
3,121
2,908
2,741
213
7.3
380
13.9
Sharon
3,119
2,467
2,468
652
26.4
651
26.4
Hardwick .
3,046
3,085
3,596
-39
-1.3
-550
-15.3
North Brookfield
3,046
2,610
2,947
436
16.7
99
3.4
Ayer
3,032
3,052
2,779
-20
-0.7
253
9.1
Bourne
3,015
2,530
2,672
485
19.2
343
12.8
Deerfield .
2,968
2,803
2,739
165
5.9
229
8.4
Cohasset .
2,913
2,639
2,800
274
10.4
113
4.0
Weston
2,906
2,282
2,342
624
27.3
564
24.1
Belchertown
2,905
2,058
2,062
847
41.2
843
40.9
Lenox
2,895
2,691
3,242
204
7.6
-347
-10.7
Hadley
2,888
2,784
2,666
104
3.7
222
8.3
Bellingham
2,877
2,102
1,953
775
36.9
924
47.3
Wilbraham
2,833
2,780
2,521
53
1.9
312
12.4
Holliston .
2,812
2,707
2,788
105
3.9
24
0.9
Pepperell .
2,779
2,468
2,839
311
12.6
-60
-2.1
Norton
2,769
2,374
2,587
395
16.6
182
7.0
Hanover .
2,755
2,575
2,666
180
7.0
89
3.3
Scituate
2,713
2,534
2,661
179
7.1
52
2.0
Hatfield .
2,702
2,651
2,630
51
1.9
72
2.7
• A minus sign {— ) denotes decrease.
2 Part of the town of Blackstone taken to form the town of Millville May 1, 1916.
20 - CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 9. — Population of Towns op Less than 5,000 etc.
Continued.
Increase.!
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
TEN-YEAR PERIOD
Towns. '
1925.
1920.
1915.
1920-
-1925.
1915
-1925.
Num-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Lancaster .
2,678
2,461
2,585
217
8.8
93
3.6
Hull ....
2,652
1,771
2,290
881
49.7
362
15.8
Hopkinton .
2,580
2,289
2,475
291
12.7
105
4.2
Kingston .
2,524
2,505
2,580
19
0.8
-56
-2.2
AsQland
2,521
2,287
2,005
234
10.2
516
25.7
Manchester
2,499
2,466
2,945
33
1.3
-446
-15.1
Groveland '
2,485
2,650
2,377
-165
-6.2
108
4.5
Groton
2,428
2,185
2,333
243
11.1
95
•4.1
Shirley
2,394
2,260
2,251
134
5.9
143
6.4
Acton
2,387
2,162
2,151
225
10.4
236
11.0
Millville2 .
2,366
2,224
_
142
6.4
_
_
Douglas
2,363
2,181
2,179
182
8.3
184
8.4
Avon
2,360
2,176
2,164
184
8.5
196
9.1
Merrimac .
2,349
2,173
2,101
176
8.1
248
11. S
Rehoboth .
2,332
2,065
2,228
267
12.9
104
4.7
Charlton .
2,295
1,995
2,213
300
15.0
82
3.7
Wayland .
2,255
1,935
2,033
320
16.5
222
10.9
Rutland
2,236
1,743
1,895
493
28.3
341
18.0
Sutton
2,174
2,578
2,829
-404
-15.7
-655
-23.2
Hanson
2,166
1,910
1,796
256
13.4
370
20.6
Ashburnham
2,159
2,012
2,059
147
7.3
100
4.9
Raynham .
2,128
1,695
1,810
433
25.5
318
17.6
Harwich
2,077
1,846
2,179
231
12.5
-102
-4.7
Southborough
2,053
1,838
1,898
215
11.7
155
8.2
Hamilton .
2,018
1,631
1,879
387
23.7
139
7.4
Williamsburg
1,993
1,866
2,118
127
6.8
-125
-5.9
Upton
1,988
1,693
2,036
295
17.4
-48
-2.4
Northborough
1,968
1,753
1,797
215
12.3
171
9.5
West Boylston .
1,916
1,624
1,318
292
18.0
598
45.4
Townsend .
1,895
1,575
1,812
320
20.3
83
4.6
Georgetown
1,888
2,004
2,058
-116
-5.8
-170
-8.3
Westminster
1,884
1,343
1,594
541
4.0
290
18.2
Lunenburg
1,875
1,634
1,610
241
14.7
265
16.5
Sturbridge
1,845
1,573
1,618
272
17.3
227
14.0
Cheshire .
1,842
1,476
1,535
366
24.8
307
20.0
Stockbridge
1,830
1,764
1,901
66
3.7
-71
-3.7
Northfield
1,821
1,775
1,782
46
2.6
39
2.2
Salisbury .
1,820
1,701
1,717
119
7.0
103
6.0
Millis
1,791
1,485
1,442
306
20.6
349
24.2
Marshfield
1,777
1,379
1,725
398
28.9
52
3.0
Dennis
1,749
1,536
1,822
213
13.9
-73
-4.0
Chatham .
1,741
1,737
1,667
4
0.2
74
4.4
Westwood
1,706
1,358
1,448
348
25.6
2.58
17.8
North Reading .
1,689
1,286
1,292
403
31.3
397
30.7
Duxbury .
1,688
1,553
1,921
135
8.7
-233
-12.1
Middleton
1,667
1,195
1,308
472
39.5
359
27.4
Freetown .
1,663
1,532
1,663
131
8.6
_3
_3
Nahant
1,630
1,318
1,387
312
23.7
243
17.5
Sheffield .
1,614
1,435
1,862
179
12.5
-248
-13.3
Colrain
1,562
1,607
1,829
-45
-2.8
-267
-14.6
Mattapoisett
1,556
1,277
1,352
279
21.8
204
15.1
Buckland .
1,555
1,433
1,569
122
8.5
-14
-0.9
Huntington
1,543
1,425
1,427
118
8.3
116
8.1
Shelburne .
1,538
'1,436
1,484
102
7.1
54
3.6
Yarmouth
1,532
1,229
1,415
303
24.7
117
8.3
Sterling
1,516
1,305
1,403
211
16.2
113
8.1
Bedford .
1,514
1,362
1,365
152
11.2
149
10.9
Chester
1,514
1,302
1,344
212
16.3
170
12.6
Plainville .
1,512
1,.365
1,408
147
10.8
104
7.4
Pembroke .
1,480
1,358
1,337
122
9.0
143
10 7
' A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
2 Millville was set off as a separate town from Blackstone May 1, 1916.
Blackstone known as "Millville" on April 1, 1915, was 2,010.
5 No change. ,
Population of that part of
Table 9.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Population op Towns op Less than 5,000, etc.
21
Continued.
Incre.\8e.'
?-IVE-YE.\R PERIOD
TEN-YEAR PERIOD
1920-
1925.
1915-
1925.
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
Nuin-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Sandwich .
1.479
1,458
1,500
21
1.4
-21
-1.4
Norwell
1,466
1,348
1,563
118
8.8
-97
-6.2
Lakeville .
1,439
1,419
1,491
20
1.4
-52
-3.5
Newbury .
1,432
1,303
1,590
129
9.9
-158
-9.9
Burlington.
1,431
885
751
546
61.7
680
90.5
Tisbury .
1,431
1,275
1,324
156
12.2
107
8.1
Littleton .
1,411
1,277
1,228
134
10.5
183
14.9
Rowley
1,408
1,249
1,481
159
12.7
-73
-4.9
Essex
1,403
1,478
1,677
-75
-5.1
-274
-16.3
Brookfield 2
1,401
2,216
2,059
-815
-36.8
-658
-32.0
Russell
1,398
1,237
1,104
161
13.0
294
26.6
Sudbury
1,394
1,121
1,206
273
24.4
188
15.6
West Newbury .
1,337
1,492
1,529
-155
-10.4
-192
-12.6
Erving
1,334
1,295
1,168
39
3.0
166
14.2
Lynnfield .
1,331
1,165
1,112
166
14.2
219
19.7
Oak BIuSs
1,314
1,047
1,245
267
25.5
69
5.5
West Brookfield
1,314
1,281
1,288
33
2.6
26
2.0
Carver
1,306
891
1,701
415
46.6
-395
-23.2
Lincoln
1,306
1,042
1,310
264
25.3
-4
-0.3
Sunderland
1,290
1,289
1,278
1
-3
12
0.9
Marion
1,271
1,288
1,487
-17
-1.3
-216
-14.5
Southwick
1,267
1,194
1,365
73
6.1
-98
-7.2
Edgartown
1,235
1,190
1,276
45
3.8
-41
-3.2
Whately .
1,229
1,234
1,118
-5
-0.4
111
9.9
Clarksburg
1,222
1,136
1,114
86
7.6
108
9.7
Norfolk .
1,213
1,159
1,268
54
4.7
-55
-4.3
West Stockbridge
1,212
1,0.58
1,277
154
14.6
-65
-5.1
Stow
1,185
1,101
1,127
84
7.6
58
5.1
Lanesborough
1,181
1,054
1,089
127
12.0
92
8.4
Wenham .
1,145
1,090
1,068
55
5.0
77
7.2
Berkley
1,118
935
985
183
19.6
133
13.5
Tyngsborough .
1,107
1,044
967
63
6.0
140
14.5
Rochester .
1,100
1,047
1,160
53
5.1
-60
-5.2
Orleans
1,078
1,012
1,166
66
6.5
-88
-7.5
Berlin
1,071
868
865
203
23.4
206
23.8
Hubbardston
1,067
1,045
1,084
22
2.1
-17
-1.6
Dover
1,044
867
999
177
20.4
45
4.5
Hinsdale .
1,044
1,065
1,257
-21
-2.0
-213
-16.9
Mendon
1,030
961
933
69
7.2
97
10.4
Harvard .
996
2,546
1,104
-1,550
-60.9
-108
-9.8
New Marlborough
991
1,010
1,030
-19
-1.9
-39
-3.8
Boylston .
970
794
783
176
22.2
187
23.9
Conway
931
961
1,220
-30
-3.1
-289
-23.7
East Brookfield 2
929
-
-
—
—
-
-
Sherborn .
929
1,558
1,696
-629
-40.4
-767
-45.2
Ashfield .
919
869
994
50
5.8
-75
-7.5
Gill ....
918
879
951
39
4.4
-33
-3.5
Southampton
916
814
950
102
12.5
-34
-3.6
Topsfield .
915
900
1,173
15
1.7
-258
-22.0
Ashby
907
834
922
73
8.8
-15
-1.6
Bernardston
844
769
790
75
9.8
54
6.8
Brimfield .
840
778
934
62
8.0
-94
-10.1
Royalston .
821
819
862
2
0.2
-41
-4.8
Charlemont
820
808
977
12
1.5
-157
-16.1
Granby
810
779
828
31
4.0
-18
-2.2
Bolton
801
708
768
93
13.1
33
4.3
Wellfleet .
786
826
936
-40
-4.8
-150
-16.0
Becket
778
674
973
104
15.4
-195
-20.0
Brewster .
774
688
783
86
12.5
-9
-1.1
Princeton .
773
682
800
91
13.3
-27
-3.4
1 A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
2 Part of the town of Brookfield taken to form the town of East Brookfield March 24, 1920.
' Less than one-tenth of one per cent.
22 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 9. — Population of Towns of Less than 5,000, etc.
Concluded.
Increase.!
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
TEN-YEAR PERIOD
Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1920-
1925.
1915-
■1925.
Num-
Per
Num-
Per
ber.
Cent.
ber.
Cent.
Enfield .
749
790
806
-41
-5.2
-57
-7.1
Petersham
672
642
727
30
4.7
-55
-7.6
Leverett
664
695
779
-31
-4.5
-115
-14.8
Dana
657
599
712
58
9.7
-55
-7.7
Hampden .
632
624
670
8
1.3
-38
-5.7
Richmond
619
561
564
58
10.3
55
9.8
Halifax
614
563
638
51
9.1
-24
-3.8
Granville .
609
655
784
-46
-7.0
-175
-22.3
Paxton
591
489
471
102
20.9
120
25.5
Boxford
681
588
714
-7
-1.2
-133
-18.6
Oakham
525
477
527
48
10.1
-2
-0.4
New Salem
519
512
625
7
1.4
-106
-17.0
Pelham
519
503
499
16
3.2
20
4.0
Plympton .
511
469
599
42
9.0
-88
-14.7
Carlisle
510
463
490
47
10.2
20
4.1
Hancock .
510
464
514
46
9.9
-4
-0.8
Cummington
508
489
660
19
3.9
-152
-23.0
Truro
504
654
663
-50
-9.0
-159
-24.0
Eastham .
494
430
545
64
14.9
-51
-9.4
Sandisfield
480
460
664
20
4.3
-84
-14.9
Egremont .
477
441
599
36
8.2
-122
-20.4
Greenwich
450
399
426
61
12.8
24
5.6
Chesterfield
445
441
559
4
0.9
-114
-20.4
Blandford .
437
479
623
-42
-8.8
-186
-29.9
Wales
434
419
337
15
3.6
97
28.8
Worthington
429
409
618
20
4.9
-189
-30.6
New Braintree .
423
394
453
29
7.4
-30
-6.6
Savoy
399
436
524
-37
-8.6
-125
-23.9
Wendell .
397
346
388
51
14.7
9
2.3
Otis ....
395
361
442
34
9.4
-47
-10.6
Windsor
388
403
375
-15
-3.7
13
3.5
Phillipston.
384
354
390
30
8.5
-6
-1.5
Warwick .
364
327
477
37
11.3
-113
-23.7
Florida
362
298
427
64
21.5
-65
-15.2
Hawley
354
390
427
-36
-9.2
-73
-17.1
Monterey .
348
282
358
66
23.4
-10
-2.8
Dunstable
338
353
362
-15
-4.2
-24
-6.6
Westhampton
337
305
430
32
10.5
-93
-21.6
Boxborough
333
298
326
35
11.7
7
2.1
West Tisbury .
332
345
441
-13
-3.8
-109
-24.7
Heath
298
325
383
-27
-8.3
-85
-22.2
Mashpee .
298
242
263
56
23.1
35
13.3
Rowe
292
333
424
-41
-12.3
-132
-31.1
Plainfield .
282
332
375
-50
-15.1
-93
-24.8
Tyringham
280
267
327
13
4.9
-47
-14.4
Leyden
270
330
344
-60
-18.2
-74
-21.5
Goshen
251
224
289
27
12.1
-38
-13.1
Chilmark .
240
240
288
- 2
_ 2
-48
-16.7
Washington
231
240
275
-9
-3.8
-44
-16.0
Prescott
230
236
299
-6
-2.5
-69
-23.1
Middlefield
223
280
325
-57
-20.4
-102
-31.4
Alford
221
248
271
-27
-10.9
-50
-18.5
Shutesbury
208
242
292
-34
-14.0
-84
-28.8
Montgomery
191
229
230
-38
-16.6
-39
-17.0
Gay Head
168
144
175
24
16.7
-7
-4.0
Tolland .
150
192
199
-42
-21.9
-49
-24.6
Monroe
143
173
296
-30
-17.3
-153
-61.7
Gosnold
142
131
155
11
8.4
-13
-8.4
Holland .
141
153
159
-12
-7.8
-18
-11.3
Peru
113
149
195
-36
-24.2
-82
-42.1
New Ashford
85
116
92
-31
-26.7
-7
-7.6
Mount Washington
58
73
95
-15
-20.5
-37
-38.9
1 A minus sign (-
2 No change.
-) denotes decrease.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 23
Table 10. — Population of Metropolitan Boston (so called) at Each
Census since 1895.
Cities and Towns.
1925.
1920.
1915.
1910.
1905.
1900.
1895.
Metropolitan
Boston.
1,808,845
1,658,936
1,587,093
1,423,429
1,269,682
1,168,788
1,024,487
ArUngton
Belmont
Boston
Braintree
Brookline
24,943
15,256
779,620
13.193
42,681
18,665
10,749
748,060
10,580
37,748
14,889
8,081
745,439
9,343
33,490
11,187
5,542
670,585
8,066
27,792
9,668
4,360
595,380
6,879
23,436
8,603
3,929
560,892
5,981
19,935
6,515
2,843
496,920
5,311
16,164
Cambridge .
Canton
Chelsea
Cohasset
Dedham
119,669
5,896
47,247
2,913
13,918
109,694
5,945
43,184
2,639
10,792
108,822
5,623
43,426
2,800
11,043
104,839
4,797
32,452
2,585
9,284
97,434
4,702
37,289
2,727
7,774
91,886
4,584
34,072
2,759
7,457
81,643
4,636
31,264
2,474
7,211
Dover .
Everett
Hingham
Hull .
Hyde Park '
1,044
42,072
6,158
2,652
867
40,120
5,604
1,771
999
37,718
5,264
2,290
798
33,484
4,965
2,103
15,507
636
29,111
4,819
2,060
14,510
656
24,336
5,059
1,703
13,244
668
18,573
4,819
1,044
11,826
Lexington
Lynn .
Malden
Medford
Melrose
7,785
103,081
51,789
47,627
20,165
6,350
99,148
49,103
39,038
18,204
5,538
95,803
48,907
30,509
16,880
4,918
89,336
44,404
23,150
15,715
4,530
77,042
38,037
19,686
14,295
3,831
68,513
33,664
18,244
12,962
3,498
62,354
29,708
14,474
11,965
Milton .
Nahant
Needham
Newton
QUINCY
12,861
1,630
8,977
53,003
60,055
9,382
1,318
7,012
46,054
47,876
8,600
1,387
6,542
43,113
40,674
7,924
1,184
5,026
39,806
32,642
7,054
922
4,284
36,827
28,076
6,578
1,152
4,016
33,587
23,899
5,518
865
3,511
27,590
20,712
Reading 2
Revere
Saugus
SOMBRVILLE .
Stoneham
8,693
33,261
12,743
99,032
9,084
7,439
28,823
10,874
93,091
7,873
25,178
10,226
86,854
7,489
18,219
8,047
77,236
7,090
12,659
6,253
69,272
6,332
10,395
5,084
61,643
6,197
7,423
4,497
52,200
6,284
Swampscott .
Wakefield
Waltham
Watertown .
Wellesley
8,953
15,611
34,746
25,480
9,049
8,101
13,025
30.915
21,457
6,224
7,.345
12,781
30,154
16,515
6,439
6,204
11,404
27,8.34
12,875
5,413
5,141
10,268
26,282
11,258
6,189
4,548
9,290
23,481
9,706
5,072
3,259
8,304
20,876
7,788
4,229
Weston
Westwood
Weymouth .
Winchester .
Winthrop
2,906
1,706
17,253
11,565
16,158
2,282
1,358
15,057
10,485
15,455
2,342
1,448
13,969
10,005
12,758
2,106
1,266
12,895
9,.309
10,132
2,091
1,136
11,585
8,242
7,034
1,834
1,112
11,324
7,248
6,058
1,710
11,291
6,1.50
4,192
WOBUHN
18,370
16,574
16,410
15,308
14,402
14,254
14,178
Per cent of increase in
Metropolitan Bos-
ton in each period
9.0
4.5
11.5
12.1
8.6
14.1
14.8
1 Hyde Park annexed to Boston in 1911.
2 The town of Reading was added to the Metropolitan Sewerage District in accordance with section 1,
chapter 159, Acts of 1916. For cities and towns included in the Metropolitan Sewerage, Water, and Park
Districts see chapter 92 of the General Laws.
24 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 11. — Population of Boston by
Boston
Annexations.
Boston,
Proper:
East
Census Years.
Census
includ-
settled.
Annexed
Boston
o
taken
ing
1630;
Territory.
Proper
The
z
by-
Annex-
made a
(exclud-
Islands.2
p
'/2
ations.
City,
ing the
1822.'
Islands)
}—f
(1637).
1
1790 ....
U. S.
18,320
18,038
282
282
2
1800
u. s.
24,937
24,655
282
—
282 3
3
1810
U.S.
33,787
32,896
891
18
519
4
1820
u. s.
43,298
-
—
5
1825
City
58,277
56,003
2,274
24
264
6
1830
u. s.
01,392
—
-
—
—
7
1835
City
78,603
72,057
6,546
607
344
8
1840
u. s.
93,383''
85,475
7,908
1,455
277
9
1845
City
114,366
99,036
15,330
5,018
292
10
1850
U.S.
136,881
113,721
23,160
9,526
325
11
1855
State
160,490
126,296
34,194
15,433
530'
12
1860
u. s.
177,840
133,.563
44,277
18,356
1,000'
13
1865
State
192,318
141,083
51,235
20,572
1,300 '
14
1870
U. S.
250,526
1.38,781
111,745
23,816
1,700'
15
1875
State
341,919
140,669
201,250
27,420
1,927
16
1880
U. S.
362,839
147,075
215,764
28,3816
1,5452
17
1885
State
390,393
147,138
243,255
29,280 6
2,1392
18
1890
U. S.
448,477
161,330
287,147
36,930'
_8
19
1895
State
496,920
160,349
336,571
39,889 6
2,706 2
20
1900
U. S.
560,892
167,257
393,635
43,478 6
2,278 2
21
1905
.
State
595,380
172,473
422,907
48,229 6
3,1052
22
1910
U. S.
670,585
193,274
477,311
55,085 6
3,403 2
23
1915
State
745,439
196,300
549,139
62,377 6
3,303 2
24
1920
U. S.
748,060
181,193
566,867
60,778 6
2,273 2
25
1925 ....
State
779,620
172,101
607,519
64,069 6
2,465 2
' By Boston Proper is meant the territory of Boston, independent of all annexations.
2 For the separate islands, as follows: 1880 — Breed's, 152; Deer, 851; Gallop's, 5; Rainsford, 187;
Long, 49; Lovell's, 5; Spectacle, 53; Thompson's, 106; Fort Independence, 13; Fort Warren, 112; Fort
Winthrop, 12. 1885 — Breed's, 348; Deer, 1,145; Gallop's, 6; Rainsford, 204; Long, 81; Lovell's, 7;
Spectacle, 61; Thompson's, 122; Fort Independence, 11; Fort Warren, 129; Fort Winthrop, 25. 1895
— Breed's (included in East Boston); Deer, 1,620; Gallop's, 6; Rainsford, 83; Long, 612; Lovell's, 3;
Spectacle, 94; Thompson's, IIP; Fort Independence, 2; Fort Warren, 164; Fort Winthrop, 3. 1900 —
Breed's (included in East Boston) ; Deer, 1,081; Rainsford, 132; Long, 707; Spectacle, 78; Thompson's,
117; Fort Warren, 152; forts not specified, 11. 1905 — -Apple, 9; Breed's (included in East Boston;;
Castle, 4; Corinthian Rocks, 4; Deer, 1,487; Gallop's, 4; George's, 231; Long, 949; Lovell's, 8; Rains-
ford, 190; Spectacle, 97; Thompson's, 122. 1910 — ^ Figures for the separate islands not available. 1915
— Breed's (included in East Boston); Castle, 5; Deer, 934; Gallop's, 4; George's, 256; Governor's, 8;
Long, 1,676; Lovell's, 30; Rainsford, 152; Spectacle, 114; Thompson's, 124. 1920 — Figiires for the
separate islands not available. 1925 — -Breed's (included in East Boston); Castle, 5; Deer, 655; Gal-
lop's, 11; George's, 194; Long, 1,336: Lovell's, 19; Spectacle, 119; Thompson's, 126.
' Estimated.
* By the Census of May, 1840, the population of Boston was 84,401. Mr. Lemuel Shattuck, in his re-
port on the Census of Boston for 1845, shows clearly that the United States Census of 1840 was incorrect.
6 Included also in the population of Dorchester in this year. After 1855 Washington Village is included
in South Boston.
6 The population of East Boston (i.e., the present Ward 1), 05 usually given in census tables, includes that
of the islands in the harbor, but is here given separately, so that it should be understood that the total
ward population, popularly referred to as "East Boston," includes the figures for both these columns.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 25
Geographical Subdivisions, 1790-1925.
Washing-
d
South
ton
Roxbury
Dorchester
West
Brighton
Charles-
Hyde Park
^
Boston
Village
(1867).
(1869).
Roxbury
(1873).
town
(1911).
(1804).
(1855).
(1873).
(1873).
1
2,226
1,722
_
_
1,583
-_
2
_
—
2,765
2,347
-
-
2,751
—
3
354
—
3,669
2,930
-
608
4,959
—
4
-
4,135
3,684
-
702
6,591
-
5
1,986
-
-
—
m -
—
-
-
6
-
-
5,247
4,074
972
8.783
-
7
5,595
—
—
—
-
—
-
—
8
6,176
-
9,089
4.875
^ -
1,425
11,484
-
9
10,020
_
-
-
—
-
—
—
10
13,309
_
18,364
7,969
-
2,356
17,216
—
11
16,912
1,319 5
18,469
8,340
4,812
2,895
21,700
—
12
24,921
_
25,137
9,769
6,310
3,375
25,065
—
13
29,363
-
28,426
10,717
6,912
3,854
26,399
-
14
39,215
_
34,753
12,261
8,686
4,967
28,323
4,136
15
54,147
_
50,429
15,788
11,783
6,200
33,556
6,316
16
56,369
—
57,123'
17,890 '
14,032
6,693
33,731
7,088
17
61,534
_
65,965
20,717
17,424
8,523
37,673
8,376
18
66,791
_
78,411
29,638
24,997
12,032
38,348
10,193
19
67,913
_-
92,088
45,909
32,761
15,001
40,304
11,826
20
67,809'
_
105,393 9
77,483 9
37,263 9
19,279
40,652
13,244
21
67,436
_
111,261
90,011
41,076
21,806
39,983 1
14,510
22
71,703
_
117,727
115,780
45,594
26,575
41,444 1
15,507
23
69,745
—
127,683
138,119
56,071
34,782
39,601 1
17,458
24
63,815
—
126,525
156,006
63,067
42,102
34,2721
18,029
25
64,803
-"
129,883
167,015
73,621
47,900
37,918J
19,845
' The territory of Roxbury and Dorchester was not kept intact by ward boundaries in the ward division
of 1875. It is difficult, therefore, to give the exact population of each district by the Census of 1880. The
figures given are the result of very careful study of the population by census enumeration districts, of
which there were 208 in Boston for the United States Census of 1880.
8 Population of the islands included in that of East Boston.
» The figures presented for South Boston, Dorchester, Roxbury, and West Roxbury are carefully made
up to cover the geographical area originally belonging to each aubdivision. The lines enabling this to be
done were not exactly observed in the Censuses of 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, or 1895. In each of these years,
therefore, the population of the subdi\i8ions, as stated in the table, is approximate only, inasmuch as
the area considered under each head was approximate. But while it is a mechanical impossibility to so
lay out the enumeration districts as to enable a presentation to be made of the exact population of these
subdivisions following their original boundary hues, in view of the greater obligation to present the pop-
vdation by wards whose boundaries do not conform to the original boundaries of the subdivisions in ques-
tion, the tabulations for these subdivisions are presented with much greater accuracy for the Censuses
of 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920, and 1925 than for preceding censuses. Comparisons of the figures be-
tween 1875 and 1925 are somewhat affected, therefore, by this fact. As the.?e several subdivisions, more-
over, have no political significance, not being represented as such in the frame of government, and have
what may be termed an artificial existence only, the tabulations as given above for each census may be
accepted for all practical purposes as representing as approximately accurate a presentation as it is pos-
sible to give.
26 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 12. — Population of Judicial Districts by Cities and Towns.
[As established by Section 1, Chapter 218 of the General Laws, as amended, 1921, 430 §1; 1923, 243 §1;
1924, 229 §1]
Popu-
Popu-
Jurisdiction.
lation,
Jurisdiction.
lation,
1925.
1925.
BARNSTABLE.
BRISTOL — Con.
First District Court of Barnstable
16,792
Second District Court of Bristol
142,931
Barnstable .....
5,774
Fall River .....
128,993
Bourne .....
3,015
Freetown ^ .
1,663
Falmouth .....
4,694
Somerset .....
4,818
Mashpee .....
298
Swansea .....
3,250
Sandwich .....
1,479
Westport ' .
4,207
Yarmouth .....
1,532
Third District Court of Bristol
149,397
Second District Court of Barnstable
12,990
Acushnet .....
4,135
Brewster .....
774
Dartmouth .....
9,026
Chatham .....
1,741
Fairhaven .....
10,827
Dennis .....
1,749
Freetown ^ .
1,663
Eastham .....
494
New Bedford ....
119,539
Harwich .....
2,077
Westport 3
4,207
Orleans. .....
1,078
Fourth District Court of Bristol
39,772
Provincetown ....
3,787
Attleboro .....
20,623
Truro
504
Mansfield .....
6,590
Wellfleet . . . .
786
North Attleborough
9,790
Norton .....
2,769
BERKSHIRE.
District Court of Central Berkshire
58,340
DUKES.
Becketi
778
District Court of Dukes County
4,862
Dalton .....
4,092
Chilmark .....
240
Hancock .....
510
Edgartown .
1,235
Hinsdale .....
1,044
Gay Head
168
Lanesborough ....
1,181
Gosnold
142
Lenox • .....
2,895
Oak Bluffs .
1,314
Peru
113
Tisburv
1,431
PiTTSFIELD .....
46,877
West tisbury
332
Richmond .....
619
Washington .....
231
ESSEX.
District Court of Northern Berkshire
24,301
First District Court of Essex .
85,548
Clarksburg .....
1,222
Beverly .....
22,685
Florida .....
362
Danvers .....
11,798
North Adams ....
22,717
Hamilton .....
2,018
District Court of Southern Berkshire
11,806
Manchester .....
2,499
Alford
221
Middleton .....
1,667
Egremont .....
477
Salem ......
42,821
Great Barrington ....
6,405
Topsfield
915
Monterey .....
348
Wenham .....
1,145
Mount Washington
58
Second District Court of Essex
15,398
New Marlborough
991
Amesbury .....
11,229
Sandisfield ^ .
480
Merrimac .....
2,.349
Sheffield
1,614
Salisbury < .....
1,820
West Stockbridge ....
1,212
Third District Court of Essex
6,055
Fourth District Court of Berkshire
16,154
Ipswich .....
6,055
Adams ......
13,.525
Central District Court of Northern
Cheshire .....
1,842
Essex .....
55,523
Savoy .
399
Boxford .....
581
Windsor .....
388
Georgetown .....
1,888
District Court of Lee
10,716
Groveland .....
2,485
Becketi
778
Haverhill .....
49,232
Lee ......
4,0.58
West Newbury ' .
1,.337
Lenox • .....
2,895
District Court of Eastern Essex
28,727
Otis
395
Essex . ....
1,403
Sandisfield 2
480
Gloucester ....
23,375
Stockbridge .....
1,830
Rockport .....
3,949
Tyringham .....
280
District Court of Southern Essex
134,621
District Court of Williamstown
4,091
Lynn ......
103,081
New Ashford. ....
85
Marblehead .....
8,214
Williamstown ....
4,006
Nahant .....
1.630
Saugus .....
12,743
BRISTOL.
Swampscott .....
8,953
First District Court of Bristol
57,565
District Court of Lawrence
131,263
Berkley .....
1,118
Andover .....
10,291
Dighton
3,208
Lawrence .....
93,527
Easton
5,333
Methuen .....
20,606
Raynham
2,128
North Andover ....
6,839
Rehoboth
2,332
District Court of Peabody
21,201
Seekonk
4,191
Lynnfield . . . . .
1,331
Taunton
39,255
Peabody . . . . .
19,870
1 The towns of Becket and l^enox are within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Lee and
the District Court of Central Berkshire. j i. i-,-
= The town of Sandisfield is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Lee and the Dis-
trict Court of Southern Berkshire.
' The towns of Freetown and Westport are within the concurrent jurisdiction of the Second and Third
District Courts of Bristol.
4 The town of Salisbury is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Newbury port and
the Second District Court of Essex.
'The town of West Newbury is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Newburyport
and the Central District Court of Northern Essex.
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 12. — Population of Judicial Districts by Cities and Towns —
Contimied.
27
Popu-
Popu-
JtmlSDICTION.
lation,
Jurisdiction.
lation,
1925.
1925.
ESSEX — Con,
HAMPSHIRE — Con.
District Court of Newburyport
21,653
District Court of Hampshire — Con.
Newbury .....
1,432
Goshen .....
251
Newburtport
15,656
Granby .....
810
Rowley .
1,408
Hadley
2,888
Salisbury i
.
1,820
Hatfield
2,702
West Newbury ^
.
1,337
Huntington .....
1,543
Middlefield
223
FRANKLIN.
Northampton ....
24,145
District Court of Frankli
n
41,843
Pelham .....
519
Ashfield
919
Plainfield
282
Bernardston
844
South Hadley ....
6,609
Buckland
1,555
Southampton ....
916
Charlemont
820
Westhampton ....
337
Colrain
1,562
Williamsburg ....
1,993
Conway
931
Worthington ....
429
Deerfield
2,968
District Court of Eastern Hampshire
10,058
Gill
918
Enfield
749
Greenfield
15,246
Greenwich .....
450
Hawley
354
Prescott .....
230
Heath .
298
Ware ......
8,629
Leverett
664
Leyden
270
MIDDLESEX.
Monroe
143
First District Court of Northern
Montague
7,973
Middlesex ....
18,750
Northfield
1,821
Ashby ......
907
Rowe
292
Ayer ......
3,032
Shelburne
1,538
Boxborough .....
333
Shutesbury
208
Groton .....
2,428
Sunderland
1,290
Littleton .....
1,411
Whately
1,229
Pepperell .....
2,779
District Court
of Easterr
1 Franklin
7,755
Shirley
2,394
Ervinc .
1,334
Townsend .....
1,895
New Salem
•
519
Westford .....
3,571
Orange
5,141
First District Court of Southern
Warwick
364
Middlesex
33,569
Wendell
397
Ashland .....
2,521
Framingham ....
21,078
HAMPDEN.
Holliston .....
2,812
District Court of Eastern Hampden
Brimfield .....
20,381
840
Hopkinton .....
Sherborn .....
2,580
929
Holland ....
141
Sudbviry
1,394
Monson ....
5,089
Wayland .....
2,255
Palmer ....
11,044
First District Court of Eastern Mid-
Wales
434
dlesex .....
177,264
Wilbraham ....
2,833
Everett .....
42,072
District Court of Western Hampder
24,908
Maldbn .....
51,789
Blandford ....
437
Medford .....
47,627
Chester ....
1,514
Melrose .....
20,165
Granville ....
609
Wakefield
15.611
Montgomery
191
Second District Court of Eastern
Russell ....
1,398
Middlesex ....
63,132
Southwick ....
1,267
Waltham .....
34,746
Tolland ....
1.50
Watertown .....
25,480
Westfield ....
19,342
Weston. .....
2,906
District Court of Chicopee
41,882
Third District Court of Eastern
Chicopee ....
41,882
Middlesex
159,868
District Court of Holyoke
60,335
Arlington .....
24,943
HOLTOKE . . _ .
60,335
Belmont .....
15,256
District Court of Springfield .
179,582
Cambridge .....
119,669
Agawam ....
6,290
Fourth District Court of Eastern
East Longmeadow
3,134
Middlesex ....
54,347
Hampden ....
632
Burlington .....
1,4:U
Longmeadow.
3,333
North Reading ....
1,689
Ludlow. ....
8,802
Reading .....
8,693
Sprtngfield
142,065
Stonehara .....
9,084
West Springfield .
15,326
Wilmington .....
3,515
Winchester .....
11,565
HAMPSHIRE.
WOBURN . . . _ .
18,370
District Court of Hampshire .
65,064
District Court of Central Middlesex
29,600
Amherst ....
5,972
Acton ......
2,387
Belchertown ....
2,905
Bedford
1,514
Chesterfield ....
445
Carlisle. .....
510
Cummington
508
Concord .....
7,056
Easthamptoii
.
•
11,587
Lexington .....
7,785
' The town of Salisbury is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Newburyport and
the Second District Court of Essex.
2 The town of West Newbury is within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Court of Newburyport
and the Central Di.strict Court of Northern E.ssex.
28 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Table 12. — Population of Judicial Districts by Cities and Towns —
Continued.
Popu-
Popu-
JUBISDICTION.
lation,
JUBIBDICTION.
lation,
1925.
1925.
MIDDLESEX — Con.
PLYMOUTH — Con.
District Court of Central Middle-
Third District Court of Plymouth
sex — Con.
— Con.
Lincoln. .....
1,306
Plymouth .....
13,176
Maynard
7,857
Plympton .....
511
Stow ....
1,185
Fourth District Court of Plymouth
21,402
District Court of Natick
12,871
Carver ......
1,306
Natick ....
12,871
Lakeville .....
1,439
District Court of Lowell
134,612
Marion .....
1,271
Billerica
4,913
Mattapoisett ....
1,556
Chelmsford .
6,573
Middleborough ....
9,136
Dracut
6,400
Rochester .....
1,100
Dunstable
338
Wareham .....
5,594
Lowell
110,296
District Court of Brockton
81,470
Tewksbury .
4,985
Bridgewater .....
9,468
Tyngsborough
1,107
Brockton .....
65,343
District Court of Marlborougl
1
24,366
East Bridgewater ....
3,538
Hudson
8,130
West Bridgewater ....
3,121
M.MtLBOROUGH
16,236
District Court of Newton
53,003
SUFFOLK.
Newton
53,003
East Boston District Court
82,692
District Court of Somerville
99,032
East Boston .....
66,5.34
SOMERVILLB .
99,032
Winthrop .....
16,158
Municipal Court of the City of Bos-
■ NANTUCKET.
ton ......
148,137
District Court of Nantucket .
3,152
Municipal Court of the Brighton
Nantucket .....
3,152
District
Municipal Court of the Charles-
47,900
NORFOLK.
town District ....
37,918
District Court of East Norfolk
115,192
Municipal Court of the Dorchester
Braintree ....
13,193
District .....
147,750
Cohasset ....
2,913
Municipal Court of the Roxbury
Holbrook ....
, 3,273
District .....
164,841
Milton .....
12,861
Municipal»Court of the South Bos-
QUINCY ....
60,055
ton District ....
68,218
Randolph ....
5,644
Municipal Court of the West Rox-
Weymouth ....
17,253
bury District ....
98,322
District Court of Northern Norfolk
52,712
District Court of Chelsea
80,508
Dedham ....
13,918
Chelsea .....
47,247
Dover .....
1,044
Revere .....
33,261
Medfield ....
3,867
Needham ....
8,977
WORCESTER.
Norwood ....
14,151
First District Court of Northern
Wellesley ....
9,049
Worcester ....
38,185
Westwood ....
1,706
Athol
9,602
District Court of Southern Norfoll
i.
19,232
Dana .
657
Avon .....
2,360
Gardner
18,730
Canton ....
5,896
Hubbardston
1,067
Sharon ....
3,119
Petersham
672
Stoughton ....
7,8.57
Phillipston
384
District Court of Western Norfolk
32,248
Royalston
821
Bellingham ....
2,877
Templeton
4,368
Foxborough
4,934
Westminster
1,884
Franklin ....
7,055
First District Court of Southern
Medway ....
3,144
Worcester ....
41,638
Millis
1,791
Charlton .....
2,295
Norfolk ....
1,213
Dudley
4,594
Plainville ....
1,512
Oxford
4,026
Walpole ....
6,508
Southbridge
15,489
Wrentham ....
3,214
Sturbridge .....
1,845
Municipal Court of Brookline
42,681
Webster .....
13,389
Brookline ....
42,681
Second District Court of Southern
Worcester ....
25,754
PLYMOUTH.
Blackstone .....
4,802 ■
Second District Court of Plymouth
39,615
Douglas .....
2,363
Abington .....
5.SS2
Millville
2,366
Hanover .....
2,755
Northbridge .....
10,051
Hanson .....
1,266
Uxbridge .....
6,172
Hingham .....
6,158
Third District Court of Southern
Hull
2,652
Worcester ....
20,964
Norwell .....
1,466
Hopedale .....
3,165
Rockland .....
7,966
Mendon .....
1,030
Scituate .....
2,713
Milford
14,781
Whitman .....
7,857
Upton ......
1,988
Third District Court of Plymouth
21,770
First District Court of Eastern
Duxbury .....
1,688
Worcester ....
17,342
Halifax
614
Grafton .....
6,973
Kingston .....
2,524
Northborough ....
1,968
Marshfield .....
1,777
Southborough ....
2,053
Pembroke .....
1,480
Westborough. ....
6,348
CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925. 29
Table 12. — Population of Judicial Disteicts by Cities and Towns —
Concluded.
Popu-
Popu-
Jurisdiction.
lation,
JlJBISDICTION.
lation,
1925.
1925.
WORCESTER — Con.
WORCESTER — Con.
Second District Court of Eastern
Central District Court of Worcester
Worcester ....
22,212
— Con.
Berlin .
1,071
West Boylston ....
1,916
Bolton .
801
Worcester .....
190,757
Boylston
970
District Court of Western Worcester
20,632
Clinton.
14,180
Brookfield .....
1,401
Harvard
996
East Brookfield ....
929
Lancaster
2,678
Hardwick .....
3,046
Sterling
.
1,516
New Braintree ....
423
Central District Court of
Worcester
227,034
North Brookfield ....
3,046
Auburn
4,927
Spencer .....
6,523
Barre .
.
3,329
Warren. .....
3,950
Holden
3,436
West Brookfield ....
1,314
Leicester
,
4,110
District Court of Leominster
22,120
Millbury
.
6,441
Leominster .....
22,120
Oakham
.
525
District Court of Winchendon
6,173
Paxton
.
591
Winchendon .....
6,173
Princeton
773
District Court of Fitchburg .
47,643
Rutland
2,236
Ashbvirnham ....
2,159
Shrewsbury .
5,819
Fitchburg .....
43,609
Sutton .
2,174
Lunenburg .....
1,875
Notes, with Statutory Citations, on Annexations, Changes in Boundary
Lines, etc., since April 1, 1915.
The following notes, relative to the establishment of boundary lines and changes
in extent of territory, etc., Are complete from April 1, 1915, through 1925. For
notes of changes prior to April 1, 1915, see Census of Massachusetts, 1905, Vol. 1,
and Census of Massachusetts for 1915.
Barnstable, part of boundary between Mashpee and, established, and part of Sand-
wich annexed to. Chapter 266, Acts of 1916, approved April 24.
Belmont, boundary between Watertown and, established. Chapter 181, Acts of
1922, approved March 22.
Blackstone, part of, incorporated as Millville. Chapter 282, Acts of 1916, ap-
proved May 1.
Brookfield, part of, incorporated as East Brookfield. Chapter 178, Acts of 1920,
approved March 24.
Cambridge, boundary between Watertown and, established. Chapter 181, Acts
of 1922, approved March 22.
Carver, boundary between Middleborough and, established. Chapter 82, Acts of
1921, approved March 7.
East Brookfield, incorporated from part of Brookfield. Chapter 178, Acts of
1920, approved March 24.
Fitchburg, boundary between Leominster and, established. Chapter 65, Acts of
1925, approved February 24.
Foxborough, part of, annexed to Walpole. Chapter 440, Acts of 1924, approved
May 29.
Framingham, part of Sherborn, annexed to. Chapter 235, Acts of 1924, approved
April 12.
Gardner, incorporated as a city. Chapter 119, Acts of 1921, approved March 15.
Act incorporating, acceptance of, by voters of the town of Gardner, validated.
Chapter 70, Acts of 1923, approved February 28.
Leominster, incorporated as a city. Chapter 338, Acts of 1915, approved May 13.
Boundary between Fitchburg and, established. Chapter 65, Acts of 1925,
approved February 24.
Malden, part of boundary between Medford and, established. Chapter 225,
Acts of 1917, approved March 22.
Mashpee, part of boundary between Barnstable and, established. Chapter 266,
Acts of 1916, approved April 24.
30 CENSUS OF MASSACHUSETTS — 1925.
Medford, part of boundary between Malden and, established. Chapter 225,
Acts of 1917, approved March 22.
Methuen, incorporated as a city. Chapter 289, Acts of 1917, approved April 17.
Eesumed a town form of government January 29, 1921. Act of incorporation
as a city repealed. Chapter 435, Acts of 1921, approved May 25.
Middleborough, boundary between Carver and, established. Chapter 82, Acts of
1921, approved March 7.
Millville, incorporated from a part of Blackstone. Chapter 282, Acts of 1916,
approved May 1.
Peabody, incorporated as a city. Chapter 300, Acts of 1916, approved May 8.
Sandwich, part of, annexed to Barnstable. Chapter 266, Acts of 1916, approved
April 24.
Sharon, boundary between Stoughton and, established. Chapter 303, Acts of
1924, approved April 28.
Sherborn, part of, annexed to Framingham. Chapter 235, Acts of 1924, approved
April 12.
Stoughton, boundary between Sharon and, established. Chapter 303, Acts of
1924, approved April 28.
Walpole, part of Foxborough, annexed to. Chapter 440, Acts of 1924, approved
May 29.
Watertown, boundary between Belmont and, established: between Cambridge
and, established. Chapter 181, Acts of 1922, approved March 22.
Westfield, incorporated as a city. Chapter 294, Acts of 1920, approved April 9.
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