Boston population is 697,197.

Boston is the 13th most populous of any city in the U.S. behind New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Houston, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Milwaukee, and San Francisco. Since 1950, Boston’s population has declined by more than 100,00 and 13%, the largest decrease of any city in the U.S. 628,704 (90.2%) are white; 63,165 (9.1%) are African-American; 5,328 (0.8%) are other races, including 955 (0.1%) who are Hispanic. 109,964 (15.8%) are foreign born.