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      Home›Massachusetts›MA-01

      Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District

      D+58.0
      ↑ D+35.5 vs 2022· Massachusetts · Latest: 2024

      Safe Democratic — flipped 1 time in 25 elections

      Population778K

      Current Representative

      DEMRichard E NealElected 2024

      118th Congress boundaries — Historical results before 2022 were contested under prior district lines.

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      • Has voted Democratic in the last 5 presidential elections

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      Who lives in Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District? 777,981 residents as of the 2020 Census.

      Demographics

      MA-01 vs Massachusetts vs National

      Population

      Total Population
      778K
      State: 7.0M National: 334.9M
      Share of US Population
      0.23%
      National: 100%
      Voting Age Population
      77.5%
      State: 77.2% National: 75.7%

      Language at Home

      Non-English at Home
      19.2%
      State: 25.1% National: 22.2%
      English Only
      80.8%
      State: 74.9% National: 77.8%

      Economic

      Median Household Income
      $75,663
      State: $106,183 National: $83,960
      Poverty Rate
      13.6%
      State: 10.1% National: 12.5%
      College Degree
      32.3%
      State: 47.3% National: 35.6%
      Homeownership
      66.1%
      State: 62.5% National: 65.2%

      Age & Other

      Median Age
      41.9 yrs
      State: 40.3 yrs National: 39.1 yrs
      Age 18-29
      15.6%
      State: 16.8% National: 15.7%
      Age 65+
      20.0%
      State: 17.9% National: 17.0%
      Foreign Born
      8.0%
      State: 18.0% National: 14.1%

      Who Lives Here

      MA-01 — Census ACS 2024

      White (Non-Hispanic) 69.3%Hispanic 19.3%Black 6.2%Multiracial 2.6%Asian 2.3%
      GroupMA-01StateNational
      ▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13)
      69.3%66.6%57.4%
      ▶Hispanic / Latino(18)
      19.3%13.3%19.3%
      ▶Black(14)
      6.2%6.8%12.2%
      Multiracial / Other
      2.6%5.7%4.0%
      ▶Asian(6)
      2.3%7.3%6.0%
      ▶Middle Eastern / North African(10)
      1.7%—0.9%
      ▶Native American / Alaska Native(2)
      0.3%0.2%0.9%

      Census treats race and Hispanic/Latino origin as separate questions. Race categories other than Hispanic reflect total populations (small Hispanic overlap in Black, Asian, AIAN, NHPI). “Multiracial / Other” is derived as a non-overlapping remainder.

      Click rows to expand ancestry detail. Ancestry from ACS B04006, B03001, B02020, B02016. Totals may differ from race — individuals can report multiple ancestries.

      MENA estimated from ancestry reporting — Census does not have a separate MENA race category. Not shown in bar (overlaps with other race groups).

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