Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1790 | 1,009,408 | — |
1800 | 1,233,011 | +22.2% |
1810 | 1,471,973 | +19.4% |
1820 | 1,660,065 | +12.8% |
1830 | 1,954,717 | +17.7% |
1840 | 2,234,822 | +14.3% |
1850 | 2,728,116 | +22.1% |
1860 | 3,135,283 | +14.9% |
1870 | 3,487,924 | +11.2% |
1880 | 4,010,529 | +15.0% |
1890 | 4,700,749 | +17.2% |
1900 | 5,592,017 | +19.0% |
1910 | 6,552,681 | +17.2% |
1920 | 7,400,909 | +12.9% |
1930 | 8,166,341 | +10.3% |
1940 | 8,437,290 | +3.3% |
1950 | 9,314,453 | +10.4% |
1960 | 10,509,367 | +12.8% |
1970 | 11,841,663 | +12.7% |
1980 | 12,348,493 | +4.3% |
1990 | 13,206,943 | +7.0% |
2000 | 13,922,517 | +5.4% |
2010 | 14,444,865 | +3.8% |
2020 | 15,116,205 | +4.6% |
2010-2020[1]
1800-2000[2] |
This is a list of the cities and towns in New England with population over 25,000 as of the 2020 census. Massachusetts contains the most cities and towns on the list with 80, while Vermont contains the fewest with just one. Neither Vermont's (Montpelier) nor Maine's (Augusta) state capitals fall within the top 150 by population.
The table below contains the following information:
State capital |
State largest city |
Rank | Name | State | Population (2020) | Population (2010) | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Boston | ![]() |
675,647 | 617,594 | +9.40% |
2. | Worcester | 206,518 | 181,045 | +14.07% | |
3. | Providence | ![]() |
190,934 | 178,042 | +7.24% |
4. | Springfield | ![]() |
155,929 | 153,060 | +1.87% |
5. | Bridgeport | ![]() |
148,654 | 144,229 | +3.07% |
6. | Stamford | 135,470 | 122,643 | +10.46% | |
7. | New Haven | 134,023 | 129,779 | +3.27% | |
8. | Hartford | 121,054 | 124,775 | −2.98% | |
9. | Cambridge | ![]() |
118,403 | 105,162 | +12.59% |
10. | Manchester | ![]() |
115,644 | 109,565 | +5.55% |
11. | Lowell | ![]() |
115,554 | 106,519 | +8.48% |
12. | Waterbury | ![]() |
114,403 | 110,366 | +3.66% |
13. | Brockton | ![]() |
105,643 | 93,810 | +12.61% |
14. | Quincy | 101,636 | 92,271 | +10.15% | |
15. | Lynn | 101,253 | 90,329 | +12.09% | |
16. | New Bedford | 101,079 | 95,072 | +6.32% | |
17. | Fall River | 94,000 | 88,857 | +5.79% | |
18. | Nashua | ![]() |
91,322 | 86,494 | +5.58% |
19. | Norwalk | ![]() |
91,184 | 85,603 | +6.52% |
20. | Lawrence | ![]() |
89,143 | 76,377 | +16.71% |
21. | Newton | 88,923 | 85,146 | +4.44% | |
22. | Danbury | ![]() |
86,518 | 80,893 | +6.95% |
23. | Cranston | ![]() |
82,934 | 80,387 | +3.17% |
24. | Warwick | 82,823 | 82,672 | +0.18% | |
25. | Somerville | ![]() |
81,045 | 75,754 | +6.98% |
26. | Pawtucket | ![]() |
75,604 | 71,148 | +6.26% |
27. | New Britain | ![]() |
74,135 | 73,206 | +1.27% |
28. | Framingham | ![]() |
72,362 | 68,318 | +5.92% |
29. | Portland | ![]() |
68,408 | 66,194 | +3.34% |
30. | Haverhill | ![]() |
67,787 | 60,879 | +11.35% |
31. | Malden | 66,263 | 59,450 | +11.46% | |
32. | Waltham | 65,218 | 60,632 | +7.56% | |
33. | West Hartford | ![]() |
64,083 | 63,268 | +1.29% |
34. | Greenwich | 63,518 | 61,171 | +3.84% | |
35. | Brookline | ![]() |
63,191 | 58,732 | +7.59% |
36. | Revere | 62,186 | 51,755 | +20.15% | |
37. | Fairfield | ![]() |
61,512 | 59,404 | +3.55% |
38. | Plymouth | ![]() |
61,217 | 56,468 | +8.41% |
39. | Hamden | ![]() |
61,169 | 60,960 | +0.34% |
40. | Meriden | 60,850 | 60,868 | −0.03% | |
41. | Bristol | 60,833 | 60,477 | +0.59% | |
42. | Medford | ![]() |
59,659 | 56,173 | +6.21% |
43. | Manchester | ![]() |
59,713 | 58,241 | +2.53% |
44. | Taunton | ![]() |
59,408 | 55,874 | +6.32% |
45. | Weymouth | 57,437 | 53,743 | +6.87% | |
46. | West Haven | ![]() |
55,584 | 55,564 | +0.04% |
47. | Chicopee | ![]() |
55,560 | 55,298 | +0.47% |
48. | Peabody | 54,481 | 51,251 | +6.30% | |
49. | Methuen | 53,059 | 47,255 | +12.28% | |
50. | Stratford | ![]() |
52,355 | 51,384 | +1.89% |
51. | East Hartford | 51,045 | 51,252 | −0.40% | |
52. | Milford | 50,558 | 52,759 | −4.17% | |
53. | Everett | ![]() |
49,075 | 41,667 | +17.78% |
54. | Barnstable | 48,916 | 45,193 | +8.24% | |
55. | Middletown | ![]() |
47,717 | 47,648 | +0.14% |
56. | East Providence | ![]() |
47,139 | 47,037 | +0.22% |
57. | Attleboro | ![]() |
46,461 | 43,593 | +6.58% |
58. | Arlington | 46,308 | 42,844 | +8.09% | |
59. | Burlington | ![]() |
44,743 | 42,417 | +5.48% |
60. | Salem | ![]() |
44,480 | 41,340 | +7.60% |
61. | Wallingford | ![]() |
44,396 | 45,135 | −1.64% |
62. | Concord | ![]() |
43,976 | 42,695 | +3.00% |
63. | Pittsfield | ![]() |
43,927 | 44,737 | −1.81% |
64. | Leominster | 43,782 | 40,759 | +7.42% | |
65. | Southington | ![]() |
43,501 | 43,069 | +1.00% |
66. | Woonsocket | ![]() |
43,240 | 41,186 | +4.99% |
67. | Beverly | ![]() |
42,670 | 39,502 | +8.02% |
68. | Enfield | ![]() |
42,141 | 44,654 | −5.63% |
69. | Billerica | ![]() |
42,119 | 40,243 | +4.66% |
70. | Fitchburg | 41,946 | 40,318 | +4.04% | |
71. | Marlborough | 41,793 | 38,499 | +8.56% | |
72. | Woburn | 40,876 | 38,120 | +7.23% | |
73. | Shelton | ![]() |
40,869 | 39,559 | +3.31% |
74. | Westfield | ![]() |
40,834 | 41,094 | −0.63% |
75. | Chelsea | 40,787 | 35,177 | +15.95% | |
76. | Norwich | ![]() |
40,125 | 40,493 | −0.91% |
77. | Groton | 38,411 | 40,115 | −4.25% | |
78. | Amherst | ![]() |
39,263 | 37,819 | +3.82% |
79. | Braintree | 39,143 | 35,744 | +9.51% | |
80. | Shrewsbury | 38,325 | 35,608 | +7.63% | |
81. | Holyoke | 38,238 | 39,880 | −4.12% | |
82. | Lewiston | ![]() |
37,121 | 36,592 | +1.45% |
83. | Natick | ![]() |
37,006 | 33,006 | +12.12% |
84. | Trumbull | ![]() |
36,827 | 36,018 | +2.25% |
85. | Andover | ![]() |
36,569 | 33,201 | +10.14% |
86. | Cumberland | ![]() |
36,405 | 33,506 | +8.65% |
87. | Chelmsford | ![]() |
36,392 | 33,802 | +7.66% |
88. | Coventry | ![]() |
35,688 | 35,014 | +1.92% |
89. | Torrington | ![]() |
35,515 | 36,383 | −2.39% |
90. | Watertown | ![]() |
35,329 | 31,915 | +10.70% |
91. | Glastonbury | ![]() |
35,159 | 34,427 | +2.13% |
92. | Randolph | ![]() |
34,984 | 32,158 | +8.79% |
93. | Lexington | 34,454 | 31,394 | +9.75% | |
94. | Derry | ![]() |
34,317 | 33,109 | +3.65% |
95. | North Providence | ![]() |
34,114 | 32,078 | +6.35% |
96. | Dartmouth | ![]() |
33,783 | 34,032 | −0.73% |
97. | Franklin | 33,261 | 31,635 | +5.14% | |
98. | Dover | ![]() |
32,741 | 29,987 | +9.18% |
99. | Dracut | ![]() |
32,617 | 29,457 | +10.73% |
100. | Falmouth | 32,517 | 31,531 | +3.13% | |
101. | Rochester | ![]() |
32,492 | 29,752 | +9.21% |
102. | Needham | ![]() |
32,091 | 28,886 | +11.10% |
103. | South Kingstown | ![]() |
31,931 | 30,639 | +4.22% |
104. | Bangor | ![]() |
31,753 | 33,039 | −3.89% |
105. | Norwood | ![]() |
31,611 | 28,602 | +10.52% |
106. | Naugatuck | ![]() |
31,519 | 31,862 | −1.08% |
107. | Tewksbury | ![]() |
31,342 | 28,961 | +8.22% |
108. | West Warwick | ![]() |
31,012 | 29,191 | +6.24% |
109. | North Andover | ![]() |
30,915 | 28,352 | +9.04% |
110. | North Attleborough | 30,834 | 28,712 | +7.39% | |
111. | Newington | ![]() |
30,536 | 30,562 | −0.09% |
112. | Milford | ![]() |
30,379 | 27,999 | +8.50% |
113. | Vernon | ![]() |
30,215 | 29,179 | +3.55% |
114. | Salem | ![]() |
30,089 | 28,776 | +4.56% |
115. | Melrose | ![]() |
29,817 | 26,983 | +10.50% |
116. | Gloucester | 29,729 | 28,789 | +3.27% | |
117. | Northampton | 29,571 | 28,549 | +3.58% | |
118. | Johnston | ![]() |
29,568 | 28,769 | +2.78% |
119. | Wellesley | ![]() |
29,550 | 27,982 | +5.60% |
120. | Windsor | ![]() |
29,492 | 29,044 | +1.54% |
121. | Stoughton | ![]() |
29,281 | 26,962 | +8.60% |
122. | West Springfield | 28,835 | 28,391 | +1.56% | |
123. | Cheshire | ![]() |
28,733 | 29,261 | −1.80% |
124. | Agawam | ![]() |
28,692 | 28,438 | +0.89% |
125. | Bridgewater | 28,633 | 26,563 | +7.79% | |
126. | Milton | 28,630 | 27,003 | +6.03% | |
127. | Saugus | 28,619 | 26,628 | +7.48% | |
128. | Branford | ![]() |
28,273 | 28,026 | +0.88% |
129. | New Milford | 28,115 | 28,142 | −0.10% | |
130. | Danvers | ![]() |
28,087 | 26,493 | +6.02% |
131. | East Haven | ![]() |
27,923 | 29,257 | −4.56% |
132. | North Kingstown | ![]() |
27,732 | 26,486 | +4.70% |
133. | New London | ![]() |
27,367 | 27,620 | −0.92% |
134. | Wethersfield | 27,298 | 26,668 | +2.36% | |
135. | Belmont | ![]() |
27,295 | 24,729 | +10.38% |
136. | Newtown | ![]() |
27,173 | 27,560 | −1.40% |
137. | Westport | 27,141 | 26,391 | +2.84% | |
138. | Wakefield | ![]() |
27,090 | 24,932 | +8.66% |
139. | South Windsor | ![]() |
26,918 | 25,709 | +4.70% |
140. | Farmington | 26,712 | 25,340 | +5.41% | |
141. | Merrimack | ![]() |
26,632 | 25,494 | +4.46% |
142. | South Portland | ![]() |
26,498 | 25,002 | +5.98% |
143. | Walpole | ![]() |
26,383 | 24,070 | +9.61% |
144. | Burlington | 26,377 | 24,498 | +7.67% | |
145. | Mansfield | ![]() |
25,892 | 26,543 | −2.45% |
146. | Londonderry | ![]() |
25,826 | 24,129 | +7.03% |
147. | Marshfield | ![]() |
25,825 | 25,132 | +2.76% |
148. | Reading | 25,518 | 24,747 | +3.12% | |
149. | Hudson | ![]() |
25,394 | 24,467 | +3.79% |
150. | Dedham | ![]() |
25,364 | 24,729 | +2.57% |
151. | Easton | 25,058 | 23,112 | +8.42% | |
152. | Newport | ![]() |
25,163 | 24,672 | +1.99% |
153. | Yarmouth | ![]() |
25,023 | 23,793 | +5.17% |
New England states with the most cities and towns over 25,000 population as of April 1, 2020.
Rank | State | ≥200,000 | 100,000-199,999 | 80,000-99,999 | 60,000-79,999 | 40,000-59,999 | 25,000-39,999 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Massachusetts | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 40 | 80 |
2 | Connecticut | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
3 | Rhode Island | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
4 | New Hampshire | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
5 | Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
6 | Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |