The following areas, along with the above MSA, are included in the combined statistical area: Providence–Warwick, RI–MA Metropolitan Statistical Area Bristol County, Massachusetts Bristol County, Rhode Island Kent County, Rhode Island Newport County, Rhode Island Providence County, Rhode Island Washington County, Rhode Island Worcester, MA–CT Metropolitan Statistical Area Worcester County, Massachusetts Windham County, Connecticut Manchester–Nashua, NH Metropolitan Statistical Area Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Barnstable Town, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area Barnstable County, Massachusetts Concord, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area Merrimack County, New Hampshire Laconia, NH Micropolitan Statistical Area Belknap County, New Hampshire Portland, ME Micropolitan Statistical Area Cumberland County, Maine York County, Maine Principal cities and towns Cities and towns Plymouth County: Bristol County: Norfolk County: Suffolk County: Essex County: Middlesex County: Worcester County: Boston metropolitan area The Census Bureau defines the following as principal cities in the Boston NECTA using criteria developed for what the Office of Management and Budget calls a Core Based Statistical Area: Boston Cambridge Lowell Providence Quincy Worcester Largest cities and towns Cities and towns in the Boston CSA with at least 50,000 residents: Demographics Population density The most densely populated census tracts in the Boston CSA (2010): Race and ethnicity The 40 most diverse Census tracts in the Boston CSA: The 40 census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Black American: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Asian American: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Irish American: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Italian American: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with the highest percentage of residents who identify as Portuguese American: Census tracts in the Boston CSA with French or French Canadian listed as first ancestry: Other Greater Boston has a sizable Jewish community, estimated at between 210,000 people, and 261,000 or 5–6% of the Greater Boston metro population, compared with about 2% for the nation as a whole. Contrary to national trends, the number of Jews in Greater Boston has been growing, fueled by the fact that 60% of children in Jewish mixed-faith families are raised Jewish, compared with roughly one in three nationally. The City of Boston also has one