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Massachusetts population 2026

Q: What is the population of Massachusetts in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,154,084, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Massachusetts would have about 7.2 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Massachusetts has 7,154,084 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 15,524 more than a year earlier (+0.22%). It is 16th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 2.1% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 7.2 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Massachusetts in numbers

Population: 7.2 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +0.22% +15,524 people
Change since 2020: +2.42% from 7 million
Share of the US: 2.1% 16th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 354per km² 20,204 km²
Births in the year: 68 thousand deaths: 60 thousand
International migration: +40 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: −33 thousand more people left than moved in

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 8,419, 40,240 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 33,340 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

That is about as many people as Nicaragua (7.1 million).

Population of Massachusetts by year

7.2M

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Year	Population
2010	6,566,440
2011	6,614,218
2012	6,664,269
2013	6,715,158
2014	6,764,864
2015	6,797,484
2016	6,827,280
2017	6,863,560
2018	6,885,720
2019	6,894,883
2020	6,985,320
2021	6,996,721
2022	7,025,465
2023	7,073,479
2024	7,138,560
2025	7,154,084

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	7,154,084	+15,524	+0.22%
2024	7,138,560	+65,081	+0.92%
2023	7,073,479	+48,014	+0.68%
2022	7,025,465	+28,744	+0.41%
2021	6,996,721	+11,401	+0.16%
2020	6,985,320	+90,437	+1.31%
2019	6,894,883	+9,163	+0.13%
2018	6,885,720	+22,160	+0.32%
2017	6,863,560	+36,280	+0.53%
2016	6,827,280	+29,796	+0.44%
2015	6,797,484	+32,620	+0.48%
2014	6,764,864	+49,706	+0.74%
2013	6,715,158	+50,889	+0.76%
2012	6,664,269	+50,051	+0.76%
2011	6,614,218	+47,778	+0.73%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Massachusetts among the US’s states

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States of the US by population
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1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Massachusetts

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Boston653,833
Worcester206,518
Springfield154,341
Lowell110,699
Cambridge110,402
New Bedford101,079

Air quality in Massachusetts today

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.

Boston

Questions

What is the population of Massachusetts in 2026?

The latest official figure is 7,154,084, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Massachusetts would have about 7.2 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Massachusetts’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 15,524 people (+0.22%) in the latest year, and has changed +2.42% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 8,419, 40,240 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 33,340 more people moved to the rest of the US than moved in.

How does Massachusetts rank in the US?

Massachusetts is 16th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 2.1% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Massachusetts?

About 354 people per km², on 20,204 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Massachusetts?

Boston, with about 654 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Massachusetts population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/massachusetts/

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