Editing Acton, Massachusetts (section)

===Chinese and foreign-born populations===
{{see also|History of the Chinese in Boston}}
Acton had 2,041 [[Chinese Americans]] in 2010, a 151% increase from 2000 and the ninth largest Chinese population in Massachusetts.<ref name=BurgeActonChinese>Burge, Kathleen. "[https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/03/30/drawn-schools-more-chinese-families-are-making-acton-their-home/zVZhyBGy2mY8n5kQNZFzhI/story.html One community's Asian connection]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150709054708/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/03/30/drawn-schools-more-chinese-families-are-making-acton-their-home/zVZhyBGy2mY8n5kQNZFzhI/story.html Archive]). ''[[The Boston Globe]]''. March 31, 2013. Retrieved on September 8, 2015.</ref>

In 2014, 25% of the residents of Acton were born outside of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acton Town, Middlesex County, Massachusetts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/POP645214/2501700380,25|website=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> In 2000 this percentage was 14%.<ref name=SacchetiStretchsubp2>Sacchetti, Maria. "A melting pot stretches out to the suburbs." ''[[Boston Globe]]''. September 15, 2010. p. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/12/15/ethnic_melting_pot_stretches_to_suburbs/?page=2 2] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141111145537/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/12/15/ethnic_melting_pot_stretches_to_suburbs/?page=2 Archive]). Retrieved on September 23, 2014.</ref>