Lynn is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 89,122 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Lynn is the 9th largest community in Massachusetts. Lynn has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Lynn is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lynn is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lynn who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.93%), sales jobs (10.24%), and food service (6.08%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Lynn are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Lynn Information and Demographics

The education level of Lynn citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 16.35% of adults in Lynn have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lynn in 2000 was $17,492, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,968 for a family of four.

Lynn is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lynn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lynn is White, followed by African-American. Lynn also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.39% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lynn include Irish, Italian, English, French, French Canadian, and Greek.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lynn's cultural character, accounting for 22.83% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Lynn are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Lynn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Mon-Khmer, Cambodian, and Russian.