Facts and Figures

Massachusetts has always been home to newcomers and today has a strong and thriving immigrant community. Below is a snapshot of our state's demographics and diversity. Use this page to familiarize yourself with the Massachusetts population.

Snapshot of Our Community

5 Largest Immigrant Communities in Massachusetts are from...

From India

8.3%

From China

8.3%

From the Dominican Republic

6.8%

From Brazil

8.2%

From Haiti

Flags from China, Brazil, Dominican Republic, India, and Haiti to represent the 5 larget immigrant communities in Massachusetts.

4.9%

5 human figures. 4 are orange and 1 is blue to represent the proportion of people who are immigrants in the Commonwealth.

Nearly one in five (~18%)

people in the Commonwealth are immigrants (2023)

A family of 4 (2 parents, 2 children) with at least 1 parent being an immigrant.

1 in 11

U.S. born Massachusetts residents live with at least one immigrant parent.

Snapshot of our Students and Schools

3 in 100

students are newcomers in their 1st year in MA public K-12 schools

8 human figures. 8 are orange and 1 is blue to represent the proportion of students who are classified as English Learners in schools in Massachusetts.

~1 in 8

( ~13%) of MA public school students are classified as English Learners (EL)

spoken in MA public K-12 schools

116 Languages

4 human figures. 3 are orange and 1 is blue to represent the proportion of students in schools whose first language is not English.

~1 in 4

(27%) of MA public school students' first language is not English

17%

52%

Spanish | Español

Portuguese | Português

18%

In MA public K-12 schools, EL students speak...

Haitian Creole | Kreyòl Ayisyen

Crioulo | Kriolu

Chinese | 中文

111 other languages