2010 Census Reveals Slight Drop in Wayland's Population

Wayland's population all but remained the same from 2000 to 2010 according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Data gathered in the 2010 U.S. census revealed that the population in Wayland dropped .8 percent since the 2000 census, according to Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s census website.

Officially, Wayland’s population is 12,994, down 106 from its 13,100 people recorded in the 2000 census.

For comparison, Sudbury saw a 4.9 percent increase (from 16,841 to 17,659), and Weston saw a 1.8 percent decrease (from 11,469 to 11,261).

Overall, Middlesex County’s population is up 2.6 percent from 1,465,396 in 2000 to 1,503,085 in 2010. Only Franklin, Berkshire and Barnstable counties showed population decreases.

Dukes County showed the largest percentage increase at 10.3 percent, while Worcester County showed the largest numerical increase, growing by 47,589 individuals from 2000 to 2010.

In Middlesex County, Shirley realized the largest percentage increase at 13.5 percent (from 6,373 to 7,211) and nearby Lincoln saw the greatest percentage decrease at minus 21 percent (from 8,056 to 6,362).

More detailed demographics will be available soon, but the Commonwealth on a whole saw an increase in people claiming to be black or African-American alone; Asian alone; or Hispanic. The population self-identifying as "white alone" decreased by just less than 2 percent and now represents 80.4 percent of Massachusetts' population.