Household member who is 2 races, per 1,000 households
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Jan. 26, 2012
Households with a member who is two races or more tend to be concentrated in urban areas such as Lawrence, Brockton, Chelsea and new Bedford, according to the US Census from 2010. Far fewer are reported in more rural, smaller communities in western Massachusetts. The number is per 1,000 households.
Community | Number households per 1,000 with member of 2 or more races | Rank | Households with a member who is 2 or more races, per 1,000 households | Total number of households |
ABINGTON | 5.8 | 147 | 37 | 6,377 |
ACTON | 7.3 | 80 | 62 | 8,530 |
ACUSHNET | 6.1 | 127 | 25 | 4,118 |
ADAMS | 5.7 | 154 | 25 | 4,371 |
AGAWAM | 5.7 | 154 | 69 | 12,139 |
ALFORD | 0 | 340 | 0 | 342 |
AMESBURY | 5.6 | 161 | 40 | 7,110 |
AMHERST | 13.8 | 20 | 134 | 9,711 |
ANDOVER | 6.3 | 118 | 78 | 12,423 |
AQUINNAH | 17.9 | 11 | 9 | 503 |
ARLINGTON | 6.7 | 100 | 133 | 19,974 |
ASHBURNHAM | 6.9 | 93 | 18 | 2,599 |
ASHBY | 7.6 | 69 | 9 | 1,191 |
ASHFIELD | 6.8 | 96 | 6 | 877 |
ASHLAND | 7.7 | 66 | 51 | 6,609 |
ATHOL | 6.3 | 118 | 33 | 5,231 |
ATTLEBORO | 9 | 51 | 163 | 18,022 |
AUBURN | 4.8 | 205 | 33 | 6,840 |
AVON | 7.9 | 63 | 14 | 1,769 |
AYER | 12.1 | 28 | 42 | 3,462 |
BARNSTABLE | 10.2 | 37 | 269 | 26,343 |
BARRE | 4.6 | 214 | 10 | 2,176 |
BECKET | 2.9 | 303 | 5 | 1,728 |
BEDFORD | 4.5 | 220 | 24 | 5,368 |
BELCHERTOWN | 7.5 | 70 | 44 | 5,839 |
BELLINGHAM | 5.5 | 172 | 35 | 6,365 |
BELMONT | 9.1 | 49 | 93 | 10,184 |
BERKLEY | 5.9 | 137 | 13 | 2,187 |
BERLIN | 5 | 194 | 6 | 1,189 |
BERNARDSTON | 5.3 | 180 | 5 | 948 |
BEVERLY | 5.8 | 147 | 96 | 16,641 |
BILLERICA | 5.5 | 172 | 80 | 14,481 |
BLACKSTONE | 5.8 | 147 | 21 | 3,628 |
BLANDFORD | 1.7 | 326 | 1 | 574 |
BOLTON | 6.3 | 118 | 11 | 1,738 |
BOSTON | 16.8 | 12 | 4,574 | 272,481 |
BOURNE | 6 | 133 | 65 | 10,805 |
BOXBOROUGH | 7.2 | 86 | 15 | 2,073 |
BOXFORD | 3.6 | 275 | 10 | 2,757 |
BOYLSTON | 7.3 | 80 | 13 | 1,778 |
BRAINTREE | 7.1 | 91 | 102 | 14,302 |
BREWSTER | 2 | 322 | 16 | 7,948 |
BRIDGEWATER | 5.9 | 137 | 49 | 8,336 |
BRIMFIELD | 5 | 194 | 8 | 1,598 |
BROCKTON | 39.5 | 2 | 1,404 | 35,552 |
BROOKFIELD | 7.4 | 76 | 11 | 1,493 |
BROOKLINE | 6.7 | 100 | 178 | 26,448 |
BUCKLAND | 6.8 | 96 | 6 | 888 |
BURLINGTON | 7.3 | 80 | 71 | 9,668 |
CAMBRIDGE | 10.7 | 32 | 507 | 47,291 |
CANTON | 7.8 | 64 | 68 | 8,762 |
CARLISLE | 5.7 | 154 | 10 | 1,758 |
CARVER | 6.7 | 100 | 31 | 4,600 |
CHARLEMONT | 7.3 | 80 | 5 | 681 |
CHARLTON | 5.5 | 172 | 27 | 4,885 |
CHATHAM | 1.2 | 334 | 9 | 7,343 |
CHELMSFORD | 5.6 | 161 | 78 | 13,807 |
CHELSEA | 32.9 | 3 | 415 | 12,621 |
CHESHIRE | 3.9 | 261 | 6 | 1,529 |
CHESTER | 0 | 340 | 0 | 645 |
CHESTERFIELD | 3.4 | 283 | 2 | 591 |
CHICOPEE | 8 | 62 | 200 | 25,140 |
CHILMARK | 1.2 | 334 | 2 | 1,606 |
CLARKSBURG | 1.4 | 330 | 1 | 715 |
CLINTON | 9.2 | 47 | 59 | 6,397 |
COHASSET | 3 | 299 | 9 | 2,980 |
COLRAIN | 7.5 | 70 | 6 | 797 |
CONCORD | 4.2 | 239 | 29 | 6,947 |
CONWAY | 7.2 | 86 | 6 | 830 |
CUMMINGTON | 4.1 | 242 | 2 | 485 |
DALTON | 4.5 | 220 | 13 | 2,920 |
DANVERS | 3.2 | 295 | 36 | 11,135 |
DARTMOUTH | 6.8 | 96 | 85 | 12,435 |
DEDHAM | 5.7 | 154 | 58 | 10,191 |
DEERFIELD | 6.4 | 110 | 14 | 2,181 |
DENNIS | 2.2 | 319 | 34 | 15,586 |
DIGHTON | 5.4 | 176 | 14 | 2,591 |
DOUGLAS | 4.9 | 198 | 16 | 3,293 |
DOVER | 5.6 | 161 | 11 | 1,969 |
DRACUT | 6.6 | 103 | 75 | 11,351 |
DUDLEY | 3.4 | 283 | 15 | 4,403 |
DUNSTABLE | 3.6 | 275 | 4 | 1,098 |
DUXBURY | 1.7 | 326 | 10 | 5,875 |
EAST BRIDGEWATER | 6.9 | 93 | 34 | 4,906 |
EAST BROOKFIELD | 6.4 | 110 | 6 | 931 |
EASTHAM | 1.3 | 332 | 8 | 5,960 |
EASTHAMPTON | 3.9 | 261 | 30 | 7,615 |
EAST LONGMEADOW | 5.2 | 186 | 32 | 6,106 |
EASTON | 6.4 | 110 | 52 | 8,155 |
EDGARTOWN | 4 | 250 | 21 | 5,220 |
EGREMONT | 3.3 | 288 | 3 | 921 |
ERVING | 3.7 | 270 | 3 | 807 |
ESSEX | 4.4 | 223 | 7 | 1,600 |
EVERETT | 22.9 | 7 | 383 | 16,715 |
FAIRHAVEN | 4 | 250 | 30 | 7,475 |
FALL RIVER | 10.1 | 39 | 433 | 42,750 |
FALMOUTH | 6.4 | 110 | 140 | 21,970 |
FITCHBURG | 12.9 | 25 | 221 | 17,117 |
FLORIDA | 8.4 | 57 | 3 | 356 |
FOXBOROUGH | 4.4 | 223 | 30 | 6,895 |
FRAMINGHAM | 24.7 | 5 | 680 | 27,529 |
FRANKLIN | 5.8 | 147 | 66 | 11,394 |
FREETOWN | 5.1 | 189 | 17 | 3,317 |
GARDNER | 5.6 | 161 | 51 | 9,126 |
GEORGETOWN | 5.6 | 161 | 17 | 3,044 |
GILL | 3.3 | 288 | 2 | 608 |
GLOUCESTER | 4.6 | 214 | 67 | 14,557 |
GOSHEN | 3.3 | 288 | 2 | 598 |
GOSNOLD | 9.3 | 46 | 2 | 215 |
GRAFTON | 5.9 | 137 | 42 | 7,177 |
GRANBY | 3.3 | 288 | 8 | 2,460 |
GRANVILLE | 4.6 | 214 | 3 | 647 |
GREAT BARRINGTON | 6.6 | 103 | 23 | 3,466 |
GREENFIELD | 9.2 | 47 | 77 | 8,377 |
GROTON | 6.5 | 107 | 26 | 3,989 |
GROVELAND | 5.3 | 180 | 13 | 2,439 |
HADLEY | 4.9 | 198 | 11 | 2,230 |
HALIFAX | 6.3 | 118 | 19 | 3,014 |
HAMILTON | 3.8 | 267 | 11 | 2,880 |
HAMPDEN | 4.6 | 214 | 9 | 1,949 |
HANCOCK | 3.7 | 270 | 2 | 534 |
HANOVER | 2.5 | 313 | 12 | 4,852 |
HANSON | 6.1 | 127 | 22 | 3,589 |
HARDWICK | 2.5 | 313 | 3 | 1,218 |
HARVARD | 5.9 | 137 | 12 | 2,047 |
HARWICH | 2.8 | 308 | 29 | 10,284 |
HATFIELD | 2.6 | 311 | 4 | 1,563 |
HAVERHILL | 10.4 | 35 | 267 | 25,657 |
HAWLEY | 0 | 340 | 0 | 198 |
HEATH | 6 | 133 | 4 | 670 |
HINGHAM | 3.2 | 295 | 29 | 8,953 |
HINSDALE | 1.8 | 324 | 2 | 1,133 |
HOLBROOK | 12.2 | 27 | 52 | 4,274 |
HOLDEN | 3.9 | 261 | 26 | 6,646 |
HOLLAND | 4.4 | 223 | 6 | 1,365 |
HOLLISTON | 5.3 | 180 | 27 | 5,087 |
HOLYOKE | 19.7 | 9 | 322 | 16,384 |
HOPEDALE | 4.4 | 223 | 10 | 2,285 |
HOPKINTON | 3.9 | 261 | 20 | 5,128 |
HUBBARDSTON | 4.8 | 205 | 8 | 1,662 |
HUDSON | 10.4 | 35 | 83 | 7,998 |
HULL | 3.6 | 275 | 21 | 5,762 |
HUNTINGTON | 4.9 | 198 | 5 | 1,014 |
IPSWICH | 4.5 | 220 | 27 | 6,007 |
KINGSTON | 5.4 | 176 | 27 | 5,010 |
LAKEVILLE | 4.8 | 205 | 20 | 4,177 |
LANCASTER | 8.4 | 57 | 22 | 2,614 |
LANESBOROUGH | 2.7 | 309 | 4 | 1,478 |
LAWRENCE | 41.9 | 1 | 1,138 | 27,137 |
LEE | 4.3 | 232 | 13 | 3,056 |
LEICESTER | 7 | 92 | 30 | 4,270 |
LENOX | 4.3 | 232 | 13 | 3,044 |
LEOMINSTER | 10.9 | 31 | 195 | 17,873 |
LEVERETT | 7.4 | 76 | 6 | 811 |
LEXINGTON | 7.4 | 76 | 89 | 12,019 |
LEYDEN | 0 | 340 | 0 | 325 |
LINCOLN | 10.7 | 32 | 28 | 2,617 |
LITTLETON | 8.1 | 59 | 28 | 3,477 |
LONGMEADOW | 4 | 250 | 24 | 5,948 |
LOWELL | 14.8 | 17 | 615 | 41,431 |
LUDLOW | 5.8 | 147 | 49 | 8,383 |
LUNENBURG | 5.6 | 161 | 23 | 4,133 |
LYNN | 23.3 | 6 | 832 | 35,776 |
LYNNFIELD | 4.1 | 242 | 18 | 4,354 |
MALDEN | 16.1 | 16 | 404 | 25,161 |
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 3.3 | 288 | 8 | 2,394 |
MANSFIELD | 5.4 | 176 | 47 | 8,746 |
MARBLEHEAD | 4 | 250 | 35 | 8,838 |
MARION | 9.4 | 45 | 23 | 2,445 |
MARLBOROUGH | 16.2 | 15 | 266 | 16,416 |
MARSHFIELD | 3.8 | 267 | 42 | 10,940 |
MASHPEE | 7.3 | 80 | 72 | 9,882 |
MATTAPOISETT | 4.9 | 198 | 16 | 3,262 |
MAYNARD | 4 | 250 | 18 | 4,447 |
MEDFIELD | 2.6 | 311 | 11 | 4,237 |
MEDFORD | 10.1 | 39 | 244 | 24,046 |
MEDWAY | 6.3 | 118 | 29 | 4,613 |
MELROSE | 6.2 | 125 | 73 | 11,751 |
MENDON | 5.3 | 180 | 11 | 2,091 |
MERRIMAC | 3.9 | 261 | 10 | 2,555 |
METHUEN | 13.5 | 23 | 247 | 18,340 |
MIDDLEBOROUGH | 7.2 | 86 | 65 | 9,023 |
MIDDLEFIELD | 0 | 340 | 0 | 279 |
MIDDLETON | 5.6 | 161 | 17 | 3,045 |
MILFORD | 13.8 | 20 | 158 | 11,412 |
MILLBURY | 5.9 | 137 | 33 | 5,627 |
MILLIS | 4.1 | 242 | 13 | 3,158 |
MILLVILLE | 3.4 | 283 | 4 | 1,162 |
MILTON | 11.4 | 29 | 111 | 9,700 |
MONROE | 0 | 340 | 0 | 77 |
MONSON | 4.1 | 242 | 14 | 3,438 |
MONTAGUE | 10.1 | 39 | 40 | 3,958 |
MONTEREY | 0 | 340 | 0 | 928 |
MONTGOMERY | 8.7 | 55 | 3 | 343 |
MOUNT WASHINGTON | 0 | 340 | 0 | 148 |
NAHANT | 1.8 | 324 | 3 | 1,677 |
NANTUCKET | 3 | 299 | 35 | 11,618 |
NATICK | 7.2 | 86 | 102 | 14,121 |
NEEDHAM | 4.8 | 205 | 53 | 11,122 |
NEW ASHFORD | 8.9 | 53 | 1 | 112 |
NEW BEDFORD | 26.1 | 4 | 1,120 | 42,933 |
NEW BRAINTREE | 5.1 | 189 | 2 | 390 |
NEWBURY | 2.4 | 316 | 7 | 2,936 |
NEWBURYPORT | 3.5 | 280 | 29 | 8,264 |
NEW MARLBOROUGH | 1 | 336 | 1 | 1,039 |
NEW SALEM | 4.3 | 232 | 2 | 465 |
NEWTON | 6.4 | 110 | 209 | 32,648 |
NORFOLK | 2.9 | 303 | 9 | 3,121 |
NORTH ADAMS | 6.1 | 127 | 41 | 6,752 |
NORTHAMPTON | 6.9 | 93 | 88 | 12,728 |
NORTH ANDOVER | 5.6 | 161 | 61 | 10,964 |
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 5.9 | 137 | 68 | 11,596 |
NORTHBOROUGH | 7.2 | 86 | 38 | 5,314 |
NORTHBRIDGE | 4.9 | 198 | 30 | 6,172 |
NORTH BROOKFIELD | 6.3 | 118 | 13 | 2,058 |
NORTHFIELD | 5.8 | 147 | 8 | 1,391 |
NORTH READING | 5.1 | 189 | 29 | 5,633 |
NORTON | 4 | 250 | 27 | 6,741 |
NORWELL | 3.5 | 280 | 13 | 3,675 |
NORWOOD | 8.1 | 59 | 101 | 12,479 |
OAK BLUFFS | 9 | 51 | 39 | 4,346 |
OAKHAM | 5.6 | 161 | 4 | 711 |
ORANGE | 3.6 | 275 | 13 | 3,593 |
ORLEANS | 2.2 | 319 | 12 | 5,344 |
OTIS | 2.4 | 316 | 4 | 1,701 |
OXFORD | 4 | 250 | 22 | 5,541 |
PALMER | 4.3 | 232 | 24 | 5,534 |
PAXTON | 3.8 | 267 | 6 | 1,599 |
PEABODY | 6.5 | 107 | 145 | 22,220 |
PELHAM | 5.3 | 180 | 3 | 570 |
PEMBROKE | 4.4 | 223 | 29 | 6,552 |
PEPPERELL | 5.7 | 154 | 25 | 4,348 |
PERU | 4.8 | 205 | 2 | 413 |
PETERSHAM | 3.7 | 270 | 2 | 546 |
PHILLIPSTON | 2.5 | 313 | 2 | 802 |
PITTSFIELD | 8.9 | 53 | 192 | 21,487 |
PLAINFIELD | 0 | 340 | 0 | 329 |
PLAINVILLE | 4.3 | 232 | 15 | 3,482 |
PLYMOUTH | 6.1 | 127 | 151 | 24,800 |
PLYMPTON | 4.8 | 205 | 5 | 1,043 |
PRINCETON | 3 | 299 | 4 | 1,339 |
PROVINCETOWN | 1.6 | 328 | 7 | 4,494 |
QUINCY | 7.7 | 66 | 331 | 42,838 |
RANDOLPH | 19.5 | 10 | 234 | 12,008 |
RAYNHAM | 5.9 | 137 | 30 | 5,066 |
READING | 4.2 | 239 | 40 | 9,617 |
REHOBOTH | 5.6 | 161 | 24 | 4,280 |
REVERE | 16.4 | 14 | 362 | 22,100 |
RICHMOND | 3.3 | 288 | 3 | 902 |
ROCHESTER | 6.4 | 110 | 12 | 1,885 |
ROCKLAND | 7.7 | 66 | 54 | 7,051 |
ROCKPORT | 2.1 | 321 | 9 | 4,223 |
ROWE | 4.4 | 223 | 1 | 227 |
ROWLEY | 3.6 | 275 | 8 | 2,253 |
ROYALSTON | 3.5 | 280 | 2 | 574 |
RUSSELL | 5.7 | 154 | 4 | 699 |
RUTLAND | 4.7 | 211 | 14 | 2,990 |
SALEM | 13.3 | 24 | 254 | 19,130 |
SALISBURY | 3.7 | 270 | 17 | 4,550 |
SANDISFIELD | 1.5 | 329 | 1 | 671 |
SANDWICH | 3.9 | 261 | 37 | 9,476 |
SAUGUS | 6.8 | 96 | 73 | 10,775 |
SAVOY | 11.2 | 30 | 4 | 357 |
SCITUATE | 4 | 250 | 32 | 8,035 |
SEEKONK | 6.4 | 110 | 34 | 5,297 |
SHARON | 6 | 133 | 39 | 6,456 |
SHEFFIELD | 2.9 | 303 | 5 | 1,751 |
SHELBURNE | 7.5 | 70 | 7 | 931 |
SHERBORN | 4 | 250 | 6 | 1,495 |
SHIRLEY | 6.6 | 103 | 16 | 2,427 |
SHREWSBURY | 7.3 | 80 | 102 | 13,987 |
SHUTESBURY | 13.9 | 19 | 12 | 866 |
SOMERSET | 3.7 | 270 | 27 | 7,394 |
SOMERVILLE | 12.5 | 26 | 420 | 33,720 |
SOUTHAMPTON | 4.3 | 232 | 10 | 2,337 |
SOUTHBOROUGH | 7.5 | 70 | 26 | 3,460 |
SOUTHBRIDGE | 10.2 | 37 | 77 | 7,527 |
SOUTH HADLEY | 5.7 | 154 | 41 | 7,156 |
SOUTHWICK | 4.9 | 198 | 19 | 3,916 |
SPENCER | 5.3 | 180 | 28 | 5,295 |
SPRINGFIELD | 21.8 | 8 | 1,346 | 61,706 |
STERLING | 4 | 250 | 12 | 2,965 |
STOCKBRIDGE | 0.6 | 338 | 1 | 1,692 |
STONEHAM | 5.4 | 176 | 51 | 9,458 |
STOUGHTON | 10.5 | 34 | 113 | 10,787 |
STOW | 5.9 | 137 | 15 | 2,526 |
STURBRIDGE | 5.5 | 172 | 22 | 3,989 |
SUDBURY | 5.2 | 186 | 31 | 5,951 |
SUNDERLAND | 7.5 | 70 | 13 | 1,729 |
SUTTON | 4.7 | 211 | 16 | 3,394 |
SWAMPSCOTT | 4.4 | 223 | 26 | 5,888 |
SWANSEA | 4.3 | 232 | 27 | 6,343 |
TAUNTON | 14.1 | 18 | 338 | 23,896 |
TEMPLETON | 6.1 | 127 | 19 | 3,139 |
TEWKSBURY | 4.9 | 198 | 53 | 10,848 |
TISBURY | 7.8 | 64 | 24 | 3,094 |
TOLLAND | 2 | 322 | 1 | 510 |
TOPSFIELD | 6 | 133 | 13 | 2,175 |
TOWNSEND | 4.1 | 242 | 14 | 3,385 |
TRURO | 1.3 | 332 | 4 | 3,077 |
TYNGSBOROUGH | 5.9 | 137 | 25 | 4,206 |
TYRINGHAM | 0 | 340 | 0 | 280 |
UPTON | 4.6 | 214 | 13 | 2,832 |
UXBRIDGE | 5.8 | 147 | 31 | 5,302 |
WAKEFIELD | 3.2 | 295 | 34 | 10,500 |
WALES | 3.4 | 283 | 3 | 882 |
WALPOLE | 4.4 | 223 | 40 | 9,040 |
WALTHAM | 10.1 | 39 | 251 | 24,926 |
WARE | 6.3 | 118 | 29 | 4,590 |
WAREHAM | 13.8 | 20 | 169 | 12,256 |
WARREN | 5 | 194 | 11 | 2,211 |
WARWICK | 2.3 | 318 | 1 | 426 |
WASHINGTON | 0 | 340 | 0 | 261 |
WATERTOWN | 9.6 | 43 | 150 | 15,584 |
WAYLAND | 4 | 250 | 20 | 5,021 |
WEBSTER | 6.4 | 110 | 51 | 8,011 |
WELLESLEY | 4.1 | 242 | 38 | 9,189 |
WELLFLEET | 0.5 | 339 | 2 | 4,305 |
WENDELL | 4.6 | 214 | 2 | 436 |
WENHAM | 0.7 | 337 | 1 | 1,430 |
WESTBOROUGH | 7.5 | 70 | 55 | 7,350 |
WEST BOYLSTON | 2.9 | 303 | 8 | 2,746 |
WEST BRIDGEWATER | 5.2 | 186 | 14 | 2,669 |
WEST BROOKFIELD | 6.5 | 107 | 11 | 1,699 |
WESTFIELD | 6.1 | 127 | 98 | 16,075 |
WESTFORD | 6.6 | 103 | 52 | 7,876 |
WESTHAMPTON | 1.4 | 330 | 1 | 696 |
WESTMINSTER | 4.1 | 242 | 12 | 2,960 |
WEST NEWBURY | 4.4 | 223 | 7 | 1,580 |
WESTON | 4.2 | 239 | 17 | 4,008 |
WESTPORT | 3.1 | 298 | 22 | 7,193 |
WEST SPRINGFIELD | 9.1 | 49 | 115 | 12,697 |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 0 | 340 | 0 | 856 |
WEST TISBURY | 2.7 | 309 | 6 | 2,204 |
WESTWOOD | 3.3 | 288 | 18 | 5,431 |
WEYMOUTH | 7.4 | 76 | 173 | 23,480 |
WHATELY | 3 | 299 | 2 | 661 |
WHITMAN | 5.1 | 189 | 28 | 5,522 |
WILBRAHAM | 4.7 | 211 | 26 | 5,497 |
WILLIAMSBURG | 5.1 | 189 | 6 | 1,183 |
WILLIAMSTOWN | 2.9 | 303 | 9 | 3,074 |
WILMINGTON | 5.9 | 137 | 46 | 7,808 |
WINCHENDON | 6.2 | 125 | 26 | 4,199 |
WINCHESTER | 5.6 | 161 | 45 | 7,986 |
WINDSOR | 4.1 | 242 | 2 | 491 |
WINTHROP | 8.1 | 59 | 67 | 8,320 |
WOBURN | 8.5 | 56 | 138 | 16,309 |
WORCESTER | 16.8 | 12 | 1,252 | 74,645 |
WORTHINGTON | 9.5 | 44 | 6 | 629 |
WRENTHAM | 3.4 | 283 | 13 | 3,869 |
YARMOUTH | 5 | 194 | 88 | 17,464 |