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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 3,245 | — |
| 1860 | 4,997 | +54.0% |
| 1870 | 10,733 | +114.8% |
| 1880 | 21,915 | +104.2% |
| 1890 | 35,637 | +62.6% |
| 1900 | 45,712 | +28.3% |
| 1910 | 57,730 | +26.3% |
| 1920 | 60,203 | +4.3% |
| 1930 | 56,537 | −6.1% |
| 1940 | 53,750 | −4.9% |
| 1950 | 54,661 | +1.7% |
| 1960 | 52,689 | −3.6% |
| 1970 | 50,112 | −4.9% |
| 1980 | 44,678 | −10.8% |
| 1990 | 43,704 | −2.2% |
| 2000 | 39,838 | −8.8% |
| 2010 | 39,880 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 40,358 | +1.2% |
| Source: U.S. Decennial Census[1] | ||
As of the 2010 United States Census,[2] there were 39,880 people, 15,361 households, and 9,329 families residing in the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The population density was 723.6/km2 (1,874/mi²). There were 16,384 housing units at an average density of 277.2/km2 (718.6/mi²).
The City of Holyoke has in its history, had a uniquely varied demography for its small population size. In the prime of the Second Industrial Revolution, native-born residents ranged between 18 and 38 percent, as successive waves of Colombian, Dominican, English, French-Canadian, Irish, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Puerto Rican, Scottish and many other groups emigrated to Holyoke throughout the city's first century.[3]
Despite being a small city, only reaching a peak estimated population of 65,286 estimated in 1916, Holyoke had a unique demography among cities in the United States, having the 3rd highest foreign born population in the 1890 census,[4] due to its syncretic culture industrial laborers. The proportion of immigrant residents was described in 1902 by journalist for the New-York Tribune as unequaled, noting "no other city in the country has so large a foreign population in comparison to its size", as the community made early efforts to both accommodate such numerous cultures, while fostering a sense of cultural assimilation, and Americanization.[5]
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data - Holyoke city, Hampden County, Massachusetts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ Susan Hautaniemi Leonard; Christopher Robinson; Douglas L. Anderton (Winter 2017). "Immigration, Occupation and Inequality in Emergent Nineteenth-Century New England Cities". Social Science History. XLI (4): 645–671. doi:10.1017/ssh.2017.26. PMC 5751957. PMID 29307945.
- ^ Report on Population of the United States at the Eleventh Census: 1890. Vol. I. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (GPO). 1895. p. xciii. ISBN 9780883544464.
- ^ "The People of Holyoke; Great Proportion of Them Foreigners; What is Being Done for Their Americanization—Forces of Law, Education and Example". New-York Tribune. New York. November 9, 1902. p. 14 – via Chronicling America, Library of Congress.
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