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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area


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2024 population: 5,025,517   ( 80,785 from 2020)
Land area: 3486.1 square miles
Population density: 1441.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:3,346,352 66.59% 2.5%
Black:410,1628.16% 4.2%
Indian:7,4670.15% 0.5%
Asian:496,4829.88% 13.9%
2+ races:105,7652.10% 13.1%
Hispanic:659,28913.12% 13.4%
Total non-White:1,679,16533.41% 11.1%

2020-2024 ComponentsNumberRate
Births:208,281 10.5
Deaths:174,5878.8
Net Migration: -152,802-7.7
Net Immigration: 200,81210.2
Change in White population:-86,629 -1.8
Change in Non-White pop.:167,414 3.4



Historical Presidential Election Results for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

Recent Trends
VotesΔ MarginSwing %
2024 vs. 2020 R +54,772 R +242,382 R + 8.0%
D -187,610
2024 vs. 2016 R +97,535 R +2,143 R + 2.6%
D +95,392
2020 vs. 2016 R +42,763 D +240,239 D + 5.4%
D +283,002
2024 vs. 2012 R -3,253 D +202,557 D + 6.6%
D +199,304
2016 vs. 2008 R -35,631 D +161,479 D + 6.2%
D +125,848
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YearTurnout WinnerRunner-Up OtherTotal Votes Diff
(US) 		PUSV
2024 62% Kamala Harris (D) 1,556,033 62.7% Donald Trump (R) 858,676 34.6% 67,353 [+] 2.7% 2,482,062 -15 1.60%
2020 66% Joe Biden (D) 1,743,643 67.0% Donald Trump* (R) 803,904 30.9% 56,046 [+] 2.2% 2,603,593 -16 1.64%
2016 63% Hillary Clinton (D) 1,460,641 61.3% Donald Trump (R) 761,141 31.9% 162,912 [+] 6.8% 2,384,694 -14 1.74%
2012 62% Barack Obama* (D) 1,356,729 60.1% Mitt Romney (R) 861,929 38.2% 38,413 [+] 1.7% 2,257,071 -9 1.75%
2008 62% Barack Obama (D) 1,334,793 61.4% John McCain (R) 796,772 36.6% 43,553 [+] 2.0% 2,175,118 -9 1.65%
2004 59% John Kerry (D) 1,250,471 61.1% George W. Bush* (R) 769,112 37.6% 25,786 [+] 1.3% 2,045,369 -13 1.67%
2000 56% Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 1,128,185 59.5% George W. Bush (R) 630,117 33.2% 138,399 [+] 7.3% 1,896,701 -15 1.80%
1996 53% Bill Clinton* (D) 1,078,492 61.0% Robert Dole (R) 517,092 29.2% 173,800 [+] 9.8% 1,769,384 -11 1.84%
1992 59% Bill Clinton (D) 912,720 47.2% George Bush* (R) 583,443 30.2% 438,425 [+] 22.7% 1,934,588 -7 1.85%
1988 58% Michael Dukakis (D) 954,254 51.9% George Bush (R) 856,763 46.6% 29,160 [+] 1.6% 1,840,177 -7 2.01%
1984 58% Ronald Reagan* (R) 916,900 51.6% Walter Mondale (D) 855,440 48.1% 5,984 0.3% 1,778,324 -7 1.92%
1980 60% Ronald Reagan (R) 744,658 42.8% Jimmy Carter* (D) 709,139 40.7% 286,604 [+] 16.5% 1,740,401 -8 2.01%
1976 64% Jimmy Carter (D) 951,261 54.6% Gerald Ford* (R) 728,824 41.8% 62,107 [+] 3.6% 1,742,192 -6 2.14%
1972 62% George McGovern (D) 922,799 54.6% Richard Nixon* (R) 758,568 44.9% 9,672 [+] 0.6% 1,691,039 -16 2.18%
1968 66% Hubert Humphrey (D) 1,008,225 63.0% Richard Nixon (R) 528,748 33.0% 64,207 [+] 4.0% 1,601,180 -10 2.19%
1964 69% Lyndon Johnson* (D) 1,220,574 75.9% Barry Goldwater (R) 381,026 23.7% 5,589 0.3% 1,607,189 -15 2.28%
1960 76% John Kennedy (D) 1,000,875 59.3% Richard Nixon (R) 682,767 40.5% 3,611 0.2% 1,687,253 -9 2.45%
1956 70% Dwight Eisenhower* (R) 944,118 59.3% Adlai Stevenson (D) 644,474 40.4% 4,679 0.3% 1,593,271 2 2.57%
1952 73% Dwight Eisenhower (R) 882,586 54.5% Adlai Stevenson (D) 732,130 45.2% 5,382 0.3% 1,620,098 -1 2.62%
1948 68% Harry Truman* (D) 776,499 54.2% Thomas Dewey (R) 620,910 43.4% 34,724 [+] 2.4% 1,432,133 -2 2.94%
1944 66% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 690,519 51.1% Thomas Dewey (R) 658,612 48.7% 2,594 0.2% 1,351,725 3 2.82%
1940 71% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 716,877 51.5% Wendell Willkie (R) 668,728 48.0% 7,402 0.5% 1,393,007 3 2.79%
1936 69% Franklin Roosevelt* (D) 630,770 49.8% Alf Landon (R) 541,600 42.7% 95,005 [+] 7.5% 1,267,375 6 2.78%
1932 60% Franklin Roosevelt (D) 561,427 51.4% Herbert Hoover* (R) 505,423 46.2% 26,384 [+] 2.4% 1,093,234 7 2.75%
1928 62% Al Smith (D) 554,617 50.7% Herbert Hoover (R) 533,541 48.8% 5,829 [+] 0.5% 1,093,987 -9 2.97%
1924 47% Calvin Coolidge (R) 476,479 60.6% John Davis (D) 205,303 26.1% 104,280 [+] 13.3% 786,062 7 2.70%
1920 43% Warren Harding (R) 467,701 67.5% James Cox (D) 197,091 28.5% 27,633 [+] 4.0% 692,425 7 2.58%
1916 25% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 181,905 49.3% Woodrow Wilson* (D) 176,768 47.9% 10,036 [+] 2.7% 368,709 3 1.99%
1912 24% Woodrow Wilson (D) 127,448 37.5% Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 102,746 30.3% 109,383 [+] 32.2% 339,577 6 2.26%
1908 24% William Taft (R) 184,457 57.3% William J. Bryan (D) 114,554 35.6% 22,953 [+] 7.1% 321,964 6 2.16%
1904 25% Theodore Roosevelt (R) 177,225 55.8% Alton Parker (D) 125,156 39.4% 15,002 [+] 4.7% 317,383 -1 2.35%
1900 25% William McKinley* (R) 161,820 55.1% William J. Bryan (D) 117,889 40.1% 14,111 [+] 4.8% 293,820 3 2.10%
* incumbent         PSV: percent of state vote