Boston population is 61,392.

It is the fourth most populous of any city in the U.S., behind New York, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. The population is nearly double what it had been 20 years before. 1,875 are described as “free colored persons.” The Irish-Catholic population is estimated at 8,000, double that of 5 years before. The separate towns of Roxbury, Dorchester, Charlestown, and Brighton have an additional combined population of 19,076, with 136 classified as non-white.