City

Total
population

Latino/Hispanic
(any race)

White

African-American

Asian

Other
races*

Two/more
races

Salem

40,407

11.24%

85.37%

3.15%

2.00%

7.01%

2.47%

Lynn

89,050

18.40%

67.89%

10.55%

6.43%

10.28%

4.85%

Beverly

39,862

1.81%

95.97%

1.04%

1.28%

0.73%

0.98%

Chelsea

35,080

48.42%

57.95%

7.25%

4.69%

23.51%

6.58%

Lawrence

72,043

59.71%

48.64%

4.88%

2.65%

37.58%

6.25%

Lowell

105,167

14.01%

68.60%

4.21%

16.52%

6.76%

3.92%

Danvers

25,212

0.83%

97.72%

0.35%

1.11%

0.34%

0.48%

Marblehead

20,377

0.88%

97.56%

0.44%

0.98%

0.27%

0.73%

Peabody

48,129

3.43%

93.92%

0.97%

1.39%

1.96%

1.76%

Essex County

723,419

11.04%

86.44%

2.59%

2.34%

6.20%

2.15%

Table 8: Population of selected Massachusetts towns and Essex Country from Census 2000.[i]



[i] Other races includes Native American (ranging from 0.08% to 0.81% in these locations) and Pacific Islander.  From: Profiles 2000 – Massachusetts, p. 73.