100 Biggest Cities In Massachusetts For 2021

Using the latest Census data, we detail the 100 biggest cities in Massachusetts. You can all see a comprehensive list of all 222 cities and places in Massachusetts.

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We all love the biggest cities that the Bay State has to offer. You know the places like Boston and Worcester which make all the headlines.

But there are a bunch of other great large cities in Massachusetts that don't get as much love.

We're going to change that right now.

Using the most recent Census data, we can tell you about all the places in Massachusetts with a focus on the biggest. We update the data each year and this is our fourth time doing this.

The Largest Cities In Massachusetts For 2021:

You can click here to see a full table of the full of the 100 biggest cities in Massachusetts, along with every other place over 1,000 people big. It is sortable by clicking on the headers.

Read on below to see more on the biggest cities. Or for more reading on places to live in Massachusetts, check out:

The 10 Biggest Cities In Massachusetts

1. Boston

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Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 684,379
Population 2010: 602,609
Growth: 13.6%
More on Boston: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

2. Worcester

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Rank Last Year: 2 (No Change)
Population: 185,143
Population 2010: 179,994
Growth: 2.9%
More on Worcester: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

3. Springfield

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Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Population: 154,139
Population 2010: 152,906
Growth: 0.8%
More on Springfield: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

4. Cambridge

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Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 1)
Population: 116,632
Population 2010: 103,506
Growth: 12.7%
More on Cambridge: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

5. Lowell

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Rank Last Year: 4 (Down 1)
Population: 111,306
Population 2010: 105,089
Growth: 5.9%
More on Lowell: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

6. Brockton

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Rank Last Year: 7 (Up 1)
Population: 95,594
Population 2010: 93,869
Growth: 1.8%
More on Brockton: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

7. New Bedford

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Rank Last Year: 6 (Down 1)
Population: 95,239
Population 2010: 94,945
Growth: 0.3%
More on New Bedford: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

8. Quincy

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Rank Last Year: 8 (No Change)
Population: 94,207
Population 2010: 90,780
Growth: 3.8%
More on Quincy: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

9. Lynn

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Rank Last Year: 9 (No Change)
Population: 93,743
Population 2010: 89,625
Growth: 4.6%
More on Lynn: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

10. Fall River

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Rank Last Year: 10 (No Change)
Population: 89,388
Population 2010: 89,482
Growth: -0.1%
More on Fall River: Crime Report | Homes For Sale | Data

How We Determined The Largest Cities In Massachusetts

We've been ranking and dissecting cities in the Bay State for over 4 years now -- making this actually the fourth time we've run the numbers. We always use the best data, the US Census. In this case, that means we are using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey.

It what is probably the most simple analysis we run each year, we ranked every place in Massachusetts from biggest to smallest. The biggest city this year? That would be Boston.

The smallest? Northfield, although there are places smaller than 1,000 people not listed here, so keep that in mind as we take a look at the top ten.

Now on to numbers 11-100 Biggest in Massachusetts

We hope that you find the big city, or really any city, that's right for you. Below is a list of the rest of the biggest cities along with every other place in Massachusetts.

Have fun snacking around in the Bay State!

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Detailed List Of The Biggest Cities In Massachusetts

Rank	City	Current Population	2010	Growth
1	Boston	684,379	602,609	13.6%
2	Worcester	185,143	179,994	2.9%
3	Springfield	154,139	152,906	0.8%
4	Cambridge	116,632	103,506	12.7%
5	Lowell	111,306	105,089	5.9%
6	Brockton	95,594	93,869	1.8%
7	New Bedford	95,239	94,945	0.3%
8	Quincy	94,207	90,780	3.8%
9	Lynn	93,743	89,625	4.6%
10	Fall River	89,388	89,482	-0.1%
11	Newton	88,593	83,949	5.5%
12	Somerville	80,906	75,215	7.6%
13	Lawrence	79,942	75,177	6.3%
14	Framingham	71,649	67,339	6.4%
15	Haverhill	63,533	60,203	5.5%
16	Waltham	62,777	59,771	5.0%
17	Malden	60,984	58,180	4.8%
18	Brookline	59,180	57,953	2.1%
19	Medford	57,637	55,451	3.9%
20	Taunton	57,124	55,954	2.1%
21	Weymouth Town	56,734	53,342	6.4%
22	Chicopee	55,421	55,165	0.5%
23	Revere	53,692	50,008	7.4%
24	Peabody	52,906	50,455	4.9%
25	Methuen Town	50,282	46,393	8.4%
26	Everett	46,118	40,560	13.7%
27	Arlington	45,304	42,240	7.3%
28	Attleboro	44,789	43,355	3.3%
29	Barnstable Town	44,406	45,775	-3.0%
30	Salem	43,252	40,964	5.6%
31	Pittsfield	42,766	44,788	-4.5%
32	Beverly	41,885	39,351	6.4%
33	Leominster	41,606	40,941	1.6%
34	Westfield	41,449	40,974	1.2%
35	Fitchburg	40,702	40,214	1.2%
36	Woburn	40,304	37,538	7.4%
37	Holyoke	40,241	39,885	0.9%
38	Chelsea	39,992	34,532	15.8%
39	Marlborough	39,736	37,674	5.5%
40	Braintree Town	37,220	35,122	6.0%
41	Watertown Town	35,401	31,591	12.1%
42	Randolph	33,924	31,661	7.1%
43	Lexington	33,340	30,862	8.0%
44	Franklin Town	33,256	31,023	7.2%
45	Needham	30,970	28,683	8.0%
46	Gloucester	30,162	28,893	4.4%
47	Norwood	29,306	28,375	3.3%
48	Wellesley	28,747	27,623	4.1%
49	Agawam Town	28,696	28,383	1.1%
50	West Springfield Town	28,609	28,287	1.1%
51	Northampton	28,516	28,709	-0.7%
52	Saugus	28,215	26,392	6.9%
53	Melrose	28,113	26,704	5.3%
54	Burlington	27,650	23,926	15.6%
55	Danvers	27,586	26,113	5.6%
56	Milton	27,572	26,667	3.4%
57	Wakefield	26,993	24,620	9.6%
58	Belmont	26,113	24,356	7.2%
59	Milford	26,084	24,949	4.5%
60	Dedham	25,283	24,325	3.9%
61	Reading	25,132	24,261	3.6%
62	Wilmington	23,377	21,891	6.8%
63	Stoneham	23,223	21,320	8.9%
64	Winchester	22,738	21,016	8.2%
65	Gardner	20,610	20,386	1.1%
66	Marblehead	20,500	19,797	3.6%
67	Amherst Center	20,409	19,535	4.5%
68	Winthrop Town	18,542	17,311	7.1%
69	Somerset	18,165	18,185	-0.1%
70	Newburyport	18,077	17,288	4.6%
71	Amesbury Town	17,434	16,225	7.5%
72	Greenfield Town	17,375	17,610	-1.3%
73	Southbridge Town	16,887	16,851	0.2%
74	Abington	16,436	15,704	4.7%
75	Easthampton Town	15,960	16,054	-0.6%
76	Longmeadow	15,791	15,759	0.2%
77	Hudson	15,346	14,653	4.7%
78	Swampscott	15,002	13,819	8.6%
79	North Adams	12,959	13,851	-6.4%
80	Lynnfield	12,894	11,487	12.2%
81	Palmer Town	12,237	12,196	0.3%
82	Webster	11,943	11,393	4.8%
83	South Yarmouth	11,091	11,468	-3.3%
84	Holbrook	11,045	10,694	3.3%
85	Maynard	10,754	10,036	7.2%
86	Hull	10,455	10,420	0.3%
87	Bridgewater	9,255	7,328	26.3%
88	Andover	8,914	8,586	3.8%
89	Athol	8,617	8,020	7.4%
90	Nantucket	7,984	7,951	0.4%
91	Mansfield Center	7,905	7,601	4.0%
92	West Concord	7,394	6,204	19.2%
93	Middleborough Center	7,343	6,673	10.0%
94	Pinehurst	7,283	7,190	1.3%
95	Cochituate	7,226	6,397	13.0%
96	Whitinsville	7,220	7,055	2.3%
97	Clinton	7,154	7,201	-0.7%
98	Plymouth	7,081	6,759	4.8%
99	Medfield	6,966	6,564	6.1%
100	North Amherst	6,907	6,619	4.4%
101	Hingham	6,461	5,769	12.0%
102	East Falmouth	6,441	5,986	7.6%
103	Northborough	6,298	6,054	4.0%
104	Foxborough	6,296	5,113	23.1%
105	Kingston	6,278	5,686	10.4%
106	Walpole	6,197	6,438	-3.7%
107	Sharon	5,914	5,198	13.8%
108	Ware	5,888	5,806	1.4%
109	Spencer	5,792	5,655	2.4%
110	West Yarmouth	5,741	6,103	-5.9%
111	Oxford	5,595	6,373	-12.2%
112	Scituate	5,558	5,324	4.4%
113	Adams	5,335	5,260	1.4%
114	Rockport	5,260	5,312	-1.0%
115	Yarmouth Port	5,242	5,176	1.3%
116	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	5,199	4,886	6.4%
117	Bliss Corner	5,150	5,649	-8.8%
118	Salisbury	5,131	4,891	4.9%
119	South Amherst	5,106	4,928	3.6%
120	North Scituate	5,044	5,493	-8.2%
121	Marshfield	4,928	4,445	10.9%
122	Raynham Center	4,923	4,079	20.7%
123	East Harwich	4,796	4,694	2.2%
124	Ipswich	4,699	3,997	17.6%
125	Smith Mills	4,678	4,825	-3.0%
126	Millis-Clicquot	4,658	4,493	3.7%
127	North Westport	4,510	4,193	7.6%
128	Williamstown	4,506	3,845	17.2%
129	Bellingham	4,383	4,574	-4.2%
130	Northwest Harwich	4,136	4,346	-4.8%
131	North Plymouth	4,091	3,782	8.2%
132	Turners Falls	4,010	4,550	-11.9%
133	Winchendon	3,999	4,024	-0.6%
134	Westborough	3,957	3,961	-0.1%
135	Forestdale	3,791	4,237	-10.5%
136	Orange	3,772	3,849	-2.0%
137	Sagamore	3,675	3,652	0.6%
138	South Duxbury	3,629	3,377	7.5%
139	Falmouth	3,540	3,982	-11.1%
140	Buzzards Bay	3,528	3,723	-5.2%
141	Nahant	3,502	3,431	2.1%
142	East Sandwich	3,473	3,823	-9.2%
143	Wilbraham	3,466	3,258	6.4%
144	North Pembroke	3,458	2,746	25.9%
145	Dennis Port	3,428	3,436	-0.2%
146	South Dennis	3,393	3,800	-10.7%
147	Hopedale	3,363	4,014	-16.2%
148	Mattapoisett Center	3,354	2,907	15.4%
149	Littleton Common	3,293	2,890	13.9%
150	Topsfield	3,216	2,857	12.6%
151	Wareham Center	3,205	2,874	11.5%
152	Acushnet Center	3,177	2,611	21.7%
153	North Lakeville	3,114	2,150	44.8%
154	Hopkinton	3,098	2,048	51.3%
155	Ocean Grove	3,092	3,074	0.6%
156	Fiskdale	3,087	2,544	21.3%
157	Cordaville	3,039	2,749	10.5%
158	Sandwich	3,002	2,968	1.1%
159	Ayer	2,910	2,350	23.8%
160	Pocasset	2,893	2,691	7.5%
161	Belchertown	2,874	2,395	20.0%
162	Pepperell	2,826	2,423	16.6%
163	Monument Beach	2,807	2,622	7.1%
164	Norton Center	2,774	2,604	6.5%
165	Provincetown	2,730	2,851	-4.2%
166	Green Harbor-Cedar Crest	2,703	2,189	23.5%
167	White Island Shores	2,634	2,342	12.5%
168	East Douglas	2,592	2,303	12.5%
169	Boxford	2,585	2,406	7.4%
170	East Dennis	2,575	2,939	-12.4%
171	Dover	2,539	2,390	6.2%
172	North Falmouth	2,516	3,187	-21.1%
173	North Brookfield	2,466	2,007	22.9%
174	North Seekonk	2,398	2,588	-7.3%
175	Rutland	2,360	2,320	1.7%
176	Marshfield Hills	2,315	2,455	-5.7%
177	Dennis	2,307	2,360	-2.2%
178	Upton	2,292	2,814	-18.6%
179	West Wareham	2,259	2,085	8.3%
180	Sturbridge	2,243	2,152	4.2%
181	West Dennis	2,236	2,022	10.6%
182	Vineyard Haven	2,123	2,470	-14.0%
183	Great Barrington	2,070	2,376	-12.9%
184	Hanscom Afb	2,045	0	nan%
185	South Deerfield	2,041	1,801	13.3%
186	West Falmouth	1,971	1,514	30.2%
187	Devens	1,969	1,874	5.1%
188	Lenox	1,899	1,435	32.3%
189	Monson Center	1,881	2,073	-9.3%
190	Shirley	1,861	1,475	26.2%
191	East Pepperell	1,811	2,009	-9.9%
192	Harwich Port	1,809	1,478	22.4%
193	Shelburne Falls	1,806	1,736	4.0%
194	Orleans	1,798	1,548	16.1%
195	Weweantic	1,797	1,971	-8.8%
196	Lunenburg	1,778	1,492	19.2%
197	Hanson	1,769	1,886	-6.2%
198	Baldwinville	1,736	2,002	-13.3%
199	Lee	1,717	2,123	-19.1%
200	Teaticket	1,697	1,701	-0.2%
201	Brewster	1,637	2,108	-22.3%
202	South Lancaster	1,630	1,749	-6.8%
203	Rowley	1,629	1,365	19.3%
204	North Eastham	1,612	1,648	-2.2%
205	Duxbury	1,567	1,672	-6.3%
206	Holland	1,547	1,658	-6.7%
207	West Brookfield	1,479	1,666	-11.2%
208	Chatham	1,428	1,751	-18.4%
209	The Pinehills	1,419	910	55.9%
210	Bourne	1,408	1,263	11.5%
211	Harwich Center	1,406	1,773	-20.7%
212	Essex	1,393	1,538	-9.4%
213	Mashpee Neck	1,386	1,071	29.4%
214	Groton	1,345	1,340	0.4%
215	Townsend	1,310	825	58.8%
216	Hatfield	1,305	1,407	-7.2%
217	Millers Falls	1,284	1,298	-1.1%
218	Granby	1,272	1,227	3.7%
219	West Chatham	1,154	1,134	1.8%
220	Marion Center	1,076	1,155	-6.8%
221	East Brookfield	1,037	1,266	-18.1%
222	Northfield	1,032	969	6.5%

100 Biggest Cities In Massachusetts For 2021

Using the latest Census data, we detail the 100 biggest cities in Massachusetts. You can all see a comprehensive list of all 222 cities and places in Massachusetts.

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The Largest Cities In Massachusetts For 2021:

The 10 Biggest Cities In Massachusetts

1. Boston

2. Worcester

3. Springfield

4. Cambridge

5. Lowell

6. Brockton

7. New Bedford

8. Quincy

9. Lynn

10. Fall River

How We Determined The Largest Cities In Massachusetts

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