Boston Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Boston metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Boston in 2024 is 4,367,000, a 0.53% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Boston in 2023 was 4,344,000, a 0.39% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Boston in 2022 was 4,327,000, a 0.28% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Boston in 2021 was 4,315,000, a 0.14% increase from 2020.
| Other Cities in United States |
| City Name |
Population |
| New York City |
19,034,000 |
| Los Angeles |
12,598,000 |
| Chicago |
8,984,000 |
| Houston |
6,802,000 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth |
6,655,000 |
| Miami |
6,317,000 |
| Atlanta |
6,193,000 |
| Philadelphia |
5,821,000 |
| Washington DC |
5,545,000 |
| Phoenix |
4,777,000 |
| Boston |
4,367,000 |
| Seattle |
3,549,000 |
| Detroit |
3,528,000 |
| San Diego |
3,345,000 |
| San Francisco |
3,343,000 |
| Minneapolis |
3,014,000 |
| Tampa |
3,009,000 |
| Denver |
2,963,000 |
| Las Vegas |
2,953,000 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino |
2,631,000 |
| San Antonio |
2,491,000 |
| Baltimore |
2,370,000 |
| Charlotte |
2,321,000 |
| Austin |
2,274,000 |
| Portland |
2,243,000 |
| Sacramento |
2,243,000 |
| St. Louis |
2,242,000 |
| Orlando |
2,101,000 |
| Indianapolis |
1,903,000 |
| San Jose |
1,834,000 |
| Cincinnati |
1,787,000 |
| Cleveland |
1,771,000 |
| Kansas City |
1,739,000 |
| Columbus |
1,727,000 |
| Pittsburgh |
1,708,000 |
| Raleigh |
1,629,000 |
| Virginia Beach |
1,496,000 |
| Milwaukee |
1,463,000 |
| Jacksonville |
1,345,000 |
| Nashville |
1,333,000 |
| Salt Lake City |
1,214,000 |
| Providence |
1,210,000 |
| Memphis |
1,179,000 |
| Richmond |
1,151,000 |
| Louisville |
1,126,000 |
| McAllen |
1,100,000 |
| Oklahoma City |
1,027,000 |
| Tucson |
1,024,000 |
| Hartford |
1,024,000 |
| New Orleans |
1,021,000 |
| El Paso |
996,000 |
| Temecula-Murrieta |
994,000 |
| Albuquerque |
967,000 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford |
967,000 |
| Cape Coral |
957,000 |
| Honolulu |
920,000 |
| Buffalo |
886,000 |
| Birmingham |
871,000 |
| Omaha |
868,000 |
| Provo-Orem |
859,000 |
| Fresno |
803,000 |
| Tulsa |
799,000 |
| Knoxville |
796,000 |
| Allentown |
793,000 |
| Baton Rouge |
776,000 |
| Columbia, South Carolina |
766,000 |
| Sarasota-Bradenton |
765,000 |
| Ogden-Layton |
761,000 |
| Charleston-North Charleston |
756,000 |
| Rochester |
753,000 |
| Dayton |
750,000 |
| Bakersfield |
741,000 |
| Concord |
704,000 |
| The Woodlands |
701,000 |
| Colorado Springs |
701,000 |
| Springfield |
685,000 |
| Mission Viejo |
653,000 |
| Albany |
642,000 |
| Grand Rapids |
610,000 |
| Victorville-Hesperia-Apple Valley |
607,000 |
| New Haven |
604,000 |
| Kissimmee |
600,000 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale |
575,000 |
| Des Moines |
573,000 |
| Harrisburg |
572,000 |
| Akron |
568,000 |
| Greenville |
568,000 |
| Worcester |
567,000 |
| Port St. Lucie |
565,000 |
| Winston-Salem |
545,000 |
| Wichita |
544,000 |
| Little Rock |
539,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne |
539,000 |
| Lancaster-Palmdale |
538,000 |
| Reno |
538,000 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh |
533,000 |
| Lancaster |
526,000 |
| Daytona Beach-Port Orange |
514,000 |
| Toledo |
513,000 |
| Madison |
513,000 |
| Indio-Cathedral City-Palm Springs |
504,000 |
| Boise City |
476,000 |
| Bonita Springs-Naples |
472,000 |
| Denton-Lewisville |
469,000 |
| Concord |
467,000 |
| Spokane |
465,000 |
| Visalia |
465,000 |
| Augusta-Richmond County |
461,000 |
| Stockton |
456,000 |
| Jackson, Mississippi |
441,000 |
| Durham |
439,000 |
| Santa Clarita |
434,000 |
| Chattanooga |
433,000 |
| Myrtle Beach |
432,000 |
| Modesto |
427,000 |
| Syracuse |
425,000 |
| Huntsville |
414,000 |
| Oxnard |
407,000 |
| Round Lake Beach-McHenry-Grayslake |
394,000 |
| Lafayette |
390,000 |
| Montgomery |
380,000 |
| Antioch |
376,000 |
| Asheville |
376,000 |
| Greensboro |
376,000 |
| Scranton |
376,000 |
| Springfield, Missouri |
369,000 |
| Lakeland |
369,000 |
| Pensacola |
361,000 |
| Fort Collins |
359,000 |
| Fayetteville |
358,000 |
| Corpus Christi |
355,000 |
| Youngstown |
353,000 |
| Fort Wayne |
348,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette |
347,000 |
| Flint |
345,000 |
| Savannah |
343,000 |
| Laredo |
340,000 |
| Trenton |
339,000 |
| Santa Rosa |
339,000 |
| Mobile |
337,000 |
| Ann Arbor |
336,000 |
| Rockford |
333,000 |
| Lansing |
331,000 |
| Shreveport |
329,000 |
|
Boston - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
4,367,000 |
0.53% |
| 2023 |
4,344,000 |
0.39% |
| 2022 |
4,327,000 |
0.28% |
| 2021 |
4,315,000 |
0.14% |
| 2020 |
4,309,000 |
0.05% |
| 2019 |
4,307,000 |
-0.02% |
| 2018 |
4,308,000 |
0.37% |
| 2017 |
4,292,000 |
0.35% |
| 2016 |
4,277,000 |
0.38% |
| 2015 |
4,261,000 |
0.35% |
| 2014 |
4,246,000 |
0.38% |
| 2013 |
4,230,000 |
0.36% |
| 2012 |
4,215,000 |
0.36% |
| 2011 |
4,200,000 |
0.36% |
| 2010 |
4,185,000 |
0.36% |
| 2009 |
4,170,000 |
0.36% |
| 2008 |
4,155,000 |
0.36% |
| 2007 |
4,140,000 |
0.36% |
| 2006 |
4,125,000 |
0.36% |
| 2005 |
4,110,000 |
0.37% |
| 2004 |
4,095,000 |
0.37% |
| 2003 |
4,080,000 |
0.37% |
| 2002 |
4,065,000 |
0.35% |
| 2001 |
4,051,000 |
0.37% |
| 2000 |
4,036,000 |
1.36% |
| 1999 |
3,982,000 |
1.66% |
| 1998 |
3,917,000 |
1.69% |
| 1997 |
3,852,000 |
1.69% |
| 1996 |
3,788,000 |
1.66% |
| 1995 |
3,726,000 |
1.69% |
| 1994 |
3,664,000 |
1.66% |
| 1993 |
3,604,000 |
1.69% |
| 1992 |
3,544,000 |
1.66% |
| 1991 |
3,486,000 |
1.69% |
| 1990 |
3,428,000 |
0.71% |
| 1989 |
3,404,000 |
0.41% |
| 1988 |
3,390,000 |
0.41% |
| 1987 |
3,376,000 |
0.42% |
| 1986 |
3,362,000 |
0.39% |
| 1985 |
3,349,000 |
0.42% |
| 1984 |
3,335,000 |
0.42% |
| 1983 |
3,321,000 |
0.39% |
| 1982 |
3,308,000 |
0.43% |
| 1981 |
3,294,000 |
0.40% |
| 1980 |
3,281,000 |
0.31% |
| 1979 |
3,271,000 |
0.31% |
| 1978 |
3,261,000 |
0.28% |
| 1977 |
3,252,000 |
0.31% |
| 1976 |
3,242,000 |
0.28% |
| 1975 |
3,233,000 |
0.28% |
| 1974 |
3,224,000 |
0.31% |
| 1973 |
3,214,000 |
0.28% |
| 1972 |
3,205,000 |
0.28% |
| 1971 |
3,196,000 |
0.28% |
| 1970 |
3,187,000 |
1.01% |
| 1969 |
3,155,000 |
1.28% |
| 1968 |
3,115,000 |
1.27% |
| 1967 |
3,076,000 |
1.25% |
| 1966 |
3,038,000 |
1.27% |
| 1965 |
3,000,000 |
1.25% |
| 1964 |
2,963,000 |
1.26% |
| 1963 |
2,926,000 |
1.25% |
| 1962 |
2,890,000 |
1.26% |
| 1961 |
2,854,000 |
1.28% |
| 1960 |
2,818,000 |
1.08% |
| 1959 |
2,788,000 |
0.98% |
| 1958 |
2,761,000 |
0.99% |
| 1957 |
2,734,000 |
1.00% |
| 1956 |
2,707,000 |
1.01% |
| 1955 |
2,680,000 |
0.98% |
| 1954 |
2,654,000 |
0.99% |
| 1953 |
2,628,000 |
1.00% |
| 1952 |
2,602,000 |
1.01% |
| 1951 |
2,576,000 |
0.98% |
| 1950 |
2,551,000 |
0.00% |
