Boston population is 33,787.

The Boston population is almost double what it had been 20 years before. Boston is the fourth most populous town in the U.S. after New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. 1,468 residents are classified as non-white. The separate towns of Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, and Brighton have an additional combined population of 12,166, with 165 classified as non-white.