Springfield Republican
White people continued to leave cities like Hartford, Holyoke and Springfield during the past decade, mirroring a longtime pattern dictated mostly by economic forces, new statistics from the U.S. Census show.
In Western Massachusetts, Springfield’s white population declined by 18,000, or 24 percent, since 2000, Holyoke’s fell by 3,000, or 13 percent, and Chicopee lost 3,500, or 7.5 percent, census statistics reveal.