Population Trends in Boston 1640 - 1990
| Yellow |
=
20% decade growth |
| Green |
=
40% decade growth |
| Year |
Population |
% change |
| 1640 |
1,200 |
- |
| 1650 |
2,000 |
+67 |
| 1660 |
3,000 |
+50 |
| 1670 |
? |
~+25 |
| 1680 |
4,500 |
~+25 |
| 1690 |
7,000 |
+56 |
| 1700 |
6,700 |
-4 |
| 1710 |
9,000 |
+34 |
| 1720 |
12,000 |
+33 |
| 1730 |
13,000 |
+8 |
| 1742 |
16,382 |
+26 |
| 1750 |
? |
~-2.5 |
| 1760 |
15,631 |
~-2.5 |
| 1780 |
16,000 |
+2 |
| 1790 |
18,320 |
+15 |
| 1800 |
24,937 |
+36 |
| 1810 |
33,787 |
+36 |
| 1820 |
43,289 |
+28 |
| 1830 |
61.392 |
+42 |
| 1840 |
93,383 |
+52 |
| 1850 |
136,881 |
+47 |
| 1860 |
177,840 |
+30 |
| 1870 |
250,526 |
+41 |
| 1880 |
362,839 |
+45 |
| 1890 |
448,477 |
+24 |
| 1900 |
560,892 |
+25 |
| 1910 |
670,585 |
+20 |
| 1920 |
748,060 |
+12 |
| 1930 |
781,188 |
+4 |
| 1940 |
770,816 |
-1 |
| 1950 |
801,444 |
+4 |
| 1960 |
697,197 |
-13 |
| 1970 |
641,071 |
-8 |
| 1980 |
562,994 |
-12 |
| 1990 |
574,823 |
+2 |
Figures taken from
Lawrence W. Kennedy's Planning the City Upon a Hill: Boston Since 1630,
The University of Massachusetts Press - Amherst, 1992.
The data is primarily
US Census, apparently drawing on estimates for colonial data.
Data preceded by a tilde (~) are extrapolations provided where there are
gaps in the record.
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