Boston population is 177,840.

It is the fifth most populous of any city in the U.S. after New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Baltimore. 2,261 are described as “Free Colored;” 63,791 (35.9%) are foreign born; an estimated 1,000-2,300 are Jewish. The separate towns of Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, Brighton, and West Roxbury have an additional combined population of 69,656, with 300 classified as non-white.