Massachusetts has an estimated population of 6.893 million as of 2019 according to the U. S. Census Bureau. This represents a 5.4% increase in population from 2010, when the population was 6.547 million. Currently, Massachusetts is the fifteenth most populous U.S. state. Massachusetts has seen both population increases and decreases in recent years. For example, while some Bay Staters are leaving, others are moving here including European, Asian, Hispanic, African, Middle Eastern, and North American immigrants. Massachusetts in 2004 included 881,400 foreign-born residents.