2010 Census Reveals Slight Drop in Wayland's Population
Wayland's population drops by .8 percent to 12,994 individuals.
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…
JOHN KOULALIS
11:46 am on Thursday, March 24, 2011
YOU NEED AN ARM AND A LEG TO LIVE HERE NOW. BACK IN THE OLD DAYS IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE IN WAYLAND WERE EVERYBODY NEW YOUR NAME. more ›