Boston population is 641,071.

Boston is the 20th most populous of any city in the U.S. behind New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Houston, Baltimore, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, San Francisco, San Diego, and San Antonio. Of the total population, 524,709 (81.8%) are white and 133,311 non-white, including 104,685 (16.3%) who are African-American; 17,971 (2.8%) Hispanic; and 11,655 classified as “other.” In addition, 83,988 (13.1%) are foreign born.