Boston population is 574,283.

It is the 20th most populous of any city in the United States (behind New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Diego, Detroit, Dallas, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Jose, Baltimore, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Jacksonville, Columbus, Milwaukee, Memphis, and Washington, D.C.). 338,734 (59.0%) are white and 235,551 non-white, including 136,889 (23.8%) who are African-American; 61,955 (10.8%) Hispanic; 29,640 (5.2%) Asian/Pacific Islander; 1,531 Native American; and 5,536 who classify themselves as “other.” 114,597 (19.9%) are foreign born.