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Boston Neighborhoods Map: The Top 10 Countries of Birth for Foreign Born Population
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Document Date:
07/22/2026
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The map, initially created for the Dreams of Freedom exhibit housed in Boston's Skywalk at the Prudential Tower, showcases the top 10 countries of birth among the foreign-born population in each of Boston's neighborhoods using infographics. Created by the BPDA GIS Lab with data provided by the Research Division.
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Boston's Older Adult Households
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Document Date:
07/17/2026
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This presentation explores Boston's older adult households, describing their change over time, spatial distribution, demographics, housing, and finances.
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This presentation explores the historical decline of households with children and examines how the city is adapting to a steady drop in births since 2008.
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Boston's Economy 2026 covers trends in employment, wages, mobility, travel, consumer spending, housing prices, and real estate.
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The 2025 neighborhood profiles were developed by the Research Division to provide a brief overview Boston and its 23 neighborhoods' demographics, economy, housing, mobility, and past and future trends. Updating the 2019 series, these reports use diverse data sources, including the Division's population estimates and projections, Mastercard spending data, U.S. Census LODES employment data, Citydata mobility data, MBTA ridership data, and Mayor’s Office of Housing data. Explore the citywide profile and 23 neighborhood profiles below:
Citywide | Allston | Back Bay | Beacon Hill | Brighton | Charlestown | Chinatown | Dorchester | Downtown | East Boston | Fenway | Hyde Park | Jamaica Plain | Longwood | Mattapan | Mission Hill | North End | Roslindale | Roxbury | South Boston | South Boston Waterfront | South End | West End | West Roxbury
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This report provides an overview of NIH funding awarded to Boston researchers in fiscal year 2025, a year marked by significant disruption in the federal research funding landscape. Despite proposed budget cuts, grant terminations, and a freeze on Harvard-affiliated funding, Boston received $2.46 billion across 3,983 grants, maintaining its position as the second-largest recipient of NIH funding in the country. The majority of funding supported world-renowned institutions such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Boston Children's Hospital. While Boston's research funding held steady in FY2025, the long-term federal policy outlook remains uncertain.
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Non-Citizen Haitians in Boston
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Foreign-born
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Document Date:
03/16/2026
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This presentation provides an analysis of non-citizen Haitians in Boston. This analysis is dated from April 2025.
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Labor Market Update 2026
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Labor Market
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Document Date:
01/29/2026
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This presentation provides an analysis of the latest data on Boston's labor market, focusing in particular on the macroeconomic outlook, the uneven impacts of AI-driven investment, and what a “frozen” job market could mean for workers and employers as we head into 2026.
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Boston by the Numbers explores the characteristics of Boston's population and economy. This report breaks down the population by age group, sex, and nativity. It also looks at Boston's colleges and universities, housing, and land use, using the City of Boston Planning Department Research Division's 2025 population estimates.
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The Census Bureau population estimates continue to undercount Boston’s population. This presentation provides an overview of the Research Division’s 2025 population estimates, along with two mapping tools that display these data for the city, neighborhoods, and census tracts.
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