Boston population is 781,188.

It is the ninth most populous of any city in the U.S. behind New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Baltimore. 22,432 (2.8%) (22,307-H) are described as “Negro and Other Races.” including 20,574 (2.6%) who are African-American; 233,687 (29.9%) (229,356-H) are foreign born; 43,932 (50,381-H, Leahy) from Ireland; 36,274 from Italy; 31,359 from Russia; 9,903 from Poland; and 5,869 from Lithuania. An estimated 85,000 are Jewish.