Page 2 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 27, 2021 2020 CENSUS: Malden’s population soars to record high: over 66,000 residents; up 11.5 percent since 2010 count City grew more diverse as Asian and Latinx populations rose; decline in number of Black residents By Steve Freker M alden has long been touted as a community with the 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. Patricia Ridge, Esq. ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE Regular Unleaded $2.919 Mid Unleaded $2.959 Super $3.119 Diesel Fuel $3.079 "42 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2020 KERO $4.65 DEF $3.49 9 Diesel $2.859 9 HEATING OIL 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN A A DA most robust variety of culture in the Commonwealth as well as home to the most diverse high school in Massachusetts. Those designations were backed up in full with the release of the results of the federal Census 2020 over this past week. Malden’s results were in close We can help you buy a house. So you can create a home. WHETHER YOU’RE READY TO BUY OR REFINANCE, WE’LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. TALK TO ONE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL LENDERS TODAY. alignment with those statewide, as both this community and the state overall showed as becoming more diverse culturally, with this city and Mass. both adding residents. For the fi rst time, Massachusetts rose above seven million residents overall, with three communities, nearby Lynn, Brockton and Quincy, all surpassing the 100,000 mark in population for the fi rst time. The numbers showed several key population “fi rsts” for Malden in city history, all registered since the last census was conducted in 2010. • For the fi rst time ever, Mal- den’s population officially soared past the 60,000 mark; this city’s number is now confi rmed at 66,263, its highest-ever on record, an 11.5 percent increase over the 2010 fi gure of 59,450. • Also for the fi rst time in city history, the number of Malden residents listed as White culturally dropped below the halfway mark as a community, from 53 percent in 2010 to 40 percent in 2020. This represents a drop that is down 13 percent, or, about 5,000 residents identifying as White (from 31,211 to 26,511). • Malden’s Asian community WWW.EVERETTBANK .COM NMLS #443050 Member FDIC Member DIF continued to grow at a steady pace since the last census, now accounting for 25.2% of the city’s population (17,120 residents, up over 5,200 residents and 5% of the total Asian population since 2010). Malden is still behind only Quincy (30.2 percent) as the city with the largest Asian community in Massachusetts. • The ethnic groups showing the highest increase percentagewise in Malden were Latinx and multiracial. The Latinx population in Malden nearly doubled to 10.4%, about 7,000 residents, from 5.7 percent in 2010. Nearly 5,000 residents now are listed as multiracial in Malden, 6.6 percent, over three times the number from 2010, when 1,592 multiracial residents were listed in Malden. • For the fi rst time in memory, Malden saw a decline in per Attorneys at Law Some young students from the Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy performed at Saturday’s Malden Summer Festival. Malden’s Asian and Pacifi c Islander population has surpassed 25 percent overall, second-largest in Massachusetts to Quincy (30.4 percent). (Steve Freker Photo) centage numbers of Black residents from one census to the next. Fewer Black residents live in Malden percentagewise now since the 2010 Census, down to 14.2% from 18.4% in 2010. The census numbers were all good news for both the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and individuals, as the increases in population, coupled with the rise in diversity in both the individual community and statewide, is expected to point to increased shares of federal funding for various programs associated with those demographics. The Census 2020 fi gures also ensure that Massachusetts Congressional representation will remain unchanged, unlike following the 2010 Census, when the Commonwealth was forced to drop from 10 seats to nine when the state’s population rose only 3.1 percent while the nation increased 10.1 overall in population from 2000 to 2010. This time around, Massachusetts’s population rose 7.4 percent from 2010 to 2020, just over 500,000 people, and exactly the same as the nationwide percentage, 7.4 percent. Nationally, the U.S. population is now at 331.5 million people, up 22.5 million since 2010. The increase was the second lowest increase in history — attributed to an aging White population, decreased fertility rates among Americans and lagging numbers in immigration through restrictions and other factors. Prices subject to change Have a Happy & FLEET
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