City profile · Large City
Boston, Massachusetts
Verified Oct 19, 2026Who leads Boston, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Michelle Wu
- Role
- Mayor
- Form of government
- Mayor
- Party
- Democrat
- Population
- 654,776
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 19, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 19, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourceboston.gov/departments/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pageboston.gov/departments/mayors-office ↗
- City websiteboston.gov ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Michelle Wu CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 19, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 654,776
- Median household income
- $89,212
- Median age
- 32.9
- Land area
- 48.34 sq mi
- Population density
- 13,545.2 per sq mi
- County
- Suffolk County
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
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