Whites still fleeing cities in Mass. Crime fears, schools are probable factors

Whites still fleeing cities in Mass.
Crime fears, schools are probable factors

By Peter Schworm and Matt Carroll
Globe Staff / March 24, 2011

Whites are abandoning Massachusetts cities at a rapid clip, continuing well-worn paths to the suburbs or out of state, according to new demographic data from the US census.

In Lawrence, the white population plummeted by more than one-third over the past decade, while Chelsea’s dropped 34 percent. Springfield lost some 17,000 white residents, Brockton and Worcester dropped more than 14,000, while Lynn lost 12,600.

Overall, 43 of 45 large communities examined by the Globe saw declines in white population, with only suburban Peabody and Franklin countering the trend. Fourteen — including Everett, Lowell, Malden, and Watertown — dropped by double digits.

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