Boston population peaks at 801,444.

It is the 10th most populous of any city in the U.S. behind New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. 758,700 (94.7%) are white; 40,057 (5.0%) are African-American, nearly double the number of ten years before; 2,687 (0.3%) are other races. 144,092 (18%) are foreign born; 27,737 from Ireland; 25,315 from Italy; 24,654 from Canada, and 21,686 from Russia. An estimated 83,000 are Jewish, marking the first decrease in the Jewish population.