100 Biggest Cities In Massachusetts For 2020

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.

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.

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:

• 10 Best Places To Live In Massachusetts
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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? Barre, 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.

Boston BOSS-tn) is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. It is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999. The city proper covers 48 square miles with an estimated population of 673,184 in 2016, making it the largest city in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area home to a census-estimated 4.8million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country. As a combined statistical area, this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States.

Worcester pronunciation is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population was 181,045, making it the second most populous city in New England after Boston. Worcester is located approximately 40 miles west of Boston, 50 miles east of Springfield and 40 miles north of Providence. Due to its location in Central Massachusetts, Worcester is known as the "Heart of the Commonwealth", thus, a heart is the official symbol of the city. However, the heart symbol may also have its provenance in lore that the mass-produced Valentine's Day card was invented in the city.

Springfield is a city in western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern Mill River. As of the 2010 Census, the city's population was 153,060. Metropolitan Springfield, as one of two metropolitan areas in Massachusetts, had a population of 692,942 as of 2010.

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.

Lowell is a city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in Middlesex County, Lowell was a county seat until Massachusetts disbanded county government in 1999. With an estimated population of 109,945 in 2014, it is the fourth-largest city in Massachusetts, and the second-largest in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city is also part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area called Greater Lowell, as well as New England's Merrimack Valley region.

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States; the population was 95,314 in the 2015 Census. Brockton, along with Plymouth, are the county seats of Plymouth County. Brockton is the seventh largest city in Massachusetts and is sometimes referred to as the "City of Champions", due to the success of native boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler, as well as its successful Brockton High School sports programs. Two of the villages within the city are Montello and Campello, both have the distinction of having their own MBTA Commuter Rail Stations and post offices. Campello is the smallest neighborhood in the city, but also the most populous. Brockton hosts a baseball team, the Brockton Rox. Brockton is one of the windiest cities in the United States, with an average wind speed of 14.3mph.

New Bedford is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 95,072, making it the sixth-largest city in Massachusetts. New Bedford is nicknamed "The Whaling City" because during the 19th century, the city was one of the most important, if not the most important, whaling ports in the world, along with Nantucket, Massachusetts and New London, Connecticut. The city, along with Fall River and Taunton, make up the three largest cities in the South Coast region of Massachusetts.

Quincy is the largest city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a major part of Metropolitan Boston and is Boston's immediate southern suburb. Its population in 2014 was 93,397, making it the 8th-largest city in the state. Known as the "City of Presidents," Quincy is the birthplace of two U.S. presidents - John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams - as well as John Hancock, a President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Lynn is the 9th largest municipality in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 10 miles north of downtown Boston, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core. An early colonial settlement and industrial center, Lynn was long colloquially referred to as the "City of Sin," owing to its historic reputation for crime and vice. Today, however, the city is known for its large international population, historic architecture, downtown cultural district, loft-style apartments, and public parks and open spaces, which include the oceanfront Lynn Shore Reservation; the 2,200-acre, Frederick Law Olmsted-designed Lynn Woods Reservation; and the High Rock Tower Reservation. The city also is home to the southernmost portion of the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway, Lynn Heritage State Park, and the National Register-listed Diamond Historic District.

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Fall River's population was 88,857 at the 2010 census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.

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	679,413	602,609	12.7%
2	Worcester	185,195	179,994	2.9%
3	Springfield	154,596	152,906	1.1%
4	Cambridge	115,665	103,506	11.7%
5	Lowell	111,249	105,089	5.9%
6	Brockton	95,426	93,869	1.7%
7	New Bedford	95,117	94,945	0.2%
8	Quincy	94,121	90,780	3.7%
9	Lynn	93,617	89,625	4.5%
10	Fall River	89,339	89,482	-0.2%
11	Newton	88,660	83,949	5.6%
12	Somerville	80,434	75,215	6.9%
13	Lawrence	79,841	75,177	6.2%
14	Framingham	71,649	67,339	6.4%
15	Haverhill	63,280	60,203	5.1%
16	Waltham	62,979	59,771	5.4%
17	Malden	61,094	58,180	5.0%
18	Brookline	59,234	57,953	2.2%
19	Medford	57,771	55,451	4.2%
20	Taunton	56,963	55,954	1.8%
21	Weymouth Town	56,384	53,342	5.7%
22	Chicopee	55,661	55,165	0.9%
23	Revere	53,966	50,008	7.9%
24	Peabody	52,865	50,455	4.8%
25	Methuen Town	50,019	46,393	7.8%
26	Everett	45,856	40,560	13.1%
27	Arlington	45,147	42,240	6.9%
28	Attleboro	44,548	43,355	2.8%
29	Barnstable Town	44,314	45,775	-3.2%
30	Salem	43,302	40,964	5.7%
31	Pittsfield	43,058	44,788	-3.9%
32	Beverly	41,731	39,351	6.0%
33	Westfield	41,599	40,974	1.5%
34	Leominster	41,579	40,941	1.6%
35	Fitchburg	40,737	40,214	1.3%
36	Holyoke	40,376	39,885	1.2%
37	Woburn	40,298	37,538	7.4%
38	Chelsea	39,852	34,532	15.4%
39	Marlborough	39,776	37,674	5.6%
40	Braintree Town	37,207	35,122	5.9%
41	Watertown Town	35,103	31,591	11.1%
42	Randolph	33,924	31,661	7.1%
43	Lexington	33,480	30,862	8.5%
44	Franklin Town	33,022	31,023	6.4%
45	Needham	30,735	28,683	7.2%
46	Gloucester	30,049	28,893	4.0%
47	Wellesley	29,201	27,623	5.7%
48	Norwood	29,201	28,375	2.9%
49	Agawam Town	28,744	28,383	1.3%
50	West Springfield Town	28,666	28,287	1.3%
51	Northampton	28,568	28,709	-0.5%
52	Saugus	28,158	26,392	6.7%
53	Melrose	28,116	26,704	5.3%
54	Danvers	27,631	26,113	5.8%
55	Milton	27,568	26,667	3.4%
56	Burlington	27,059	23,926	13.1%
57	Wakefield	26,960	24,620	9.5%
58	Belmont	26,043	24,356	6.9%
59	Milford	25,656	24,949	2.8%
60	Dedham	25,377	24,325	4.3%
61	Reading	25,100	24,261	3.5%
62	Wilmington	23,658	21,891	8.1%
63	Winchester	22,677	21,016	7.9%
64	Stoneham	22,144	21,320	3.9%
65	Gardner	20,555	20,386	0.8%
66	Marblehead	20,488	19,797	3.5%
67	Amherst Center	20,253	19,535	3.7%
68	Winthrop Town	18,535	17,311	7.1%
69	Somerset	18,207	18,185	0.1%
70	Newburyport	17,990	17,288	4.1%
71	Greenfield Town	17,468	17,610	-0.8%
72	Amesbury Town	17,378	16,225	7.1%
73	Southbridge Town	16,894	16,851	0.3%
74	Abington	16,330	15,704	4.0%
75	Easthampton Town	16,023	16,054	-0.2%
76	Longmeadow	15,830	15,759	0.5%
77	Hudson	15,508	14,653	5.8%
78	Swampscott	14,755	13,819	6.8%
79	North Adams	13,089	13,851	-5.5%
80	Lynnfield	12,847	11,487	11.8%
81	Palmer Town	12,251	12,196	0.5%
82	Webster	11,769	11,393	3.3%
83	South Yarmouth	11,624	11,468	1.4%
84	Holbrook	11,036	10,694	3.2%
85	Maynard	10,600	10,036	5.6%
86	Hull	10,424	10,420	0.0%
87	Bridgewater	9,255	7,328	26.3%
88	Andover	9,217	8,586	7.3%
89	Athol	8,412	8,020	4.9%
90	Nantucket	8,034	7,951	1.0%
91	Mansfield Center	7,892	7,601	3.8%
92	West Concord	7,402	6,204	19.3%
93	Middleborough Center	7,333	6,673	9.9%
94	Pinehurst	7,275	7,190	1.2%
95	Clinton	7,181	7,201	-0.3%
96	Plymouth	7,122	6,759	5.4%
97	Cochituate	6,942	6,397	8.5%
98	Whitinsville	6,941	7,055	-1.6%
99	North Amherst	6,891	6,619	4.1%
100	Medfield	6,776	6,564	3.2%
101	Walpole	6,401	6,438	-0.6%
102	Hingham	6,290	5,769	9.0%
103	Kingston	6,205	5,686	9.1%
104	Northborough	6,171	6,054	1.9%
105	Foxborough	5,912	5,113	15.6%
106	Ware	5,907	5,806	1.7%
107	East Falmouth	5,782	5,986	-3.4%
108	Spencer	5,705	5,655	0.9%
109	Oxford	5,662	6,373	-11.2%
110	Sharon	5,655	5,198	8.8%
111	Adams	5,572	5,260	5.9%
112	South Amherst	5,527	4,928	12.2%
113	Scituate	5,482	5,324	3.0%
114	West Yarmouth	5,271	6,103	-13.6%
115	Rockport	5,245	5,312	-1.3%
116	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	5,190	4,886	6.2%
117	Bliss Corner	5,137	5,649	-9.1%
118	Yarmouth Port	5,045	5,176	-2.5%
119	Marshfield	4,976	4,445	11.9%
120	Salisbury	4,927	4,891	0.7%
121	East Harwich	4,859	4,694	3.5%
122	North Scituate	4,804	5,493	-12.5%
123	Smith Mills	4,717	4,825	-2.2%
124	Bellingham	4,652	4,574	1.7%
125	Raynham Center	4,522	4,079	10.9%
126	North Westport	4,515	4,193	7.7%
127	Williamstown	4,446	3,845	15.6%
128	Forestdale	4,403	4,237	3.9%
129	Ipswich	4,384	3,997	9.7%
130	Millis-Clicquot	4,350	4,493	-3.2%
131	Turners Falls	4,100	4,550	-9.9%
132	Northwest Harwich	4,033	4,346	-7.2%
133	Westborough	3,986	3,961	0.6%
134	Orange	3,837	3,849	-0.3%
135	North Plymouth	3,787	3,782	0.1%
136	Wareham Center	3,690	2,874	28.4%
137	South Dennis	3,684	3,800	-3.1%
138	Sagamore	3,673	3,652	0.6%
139	Winchendon	3,662	4,024	-9.0%
140	South Duxbury	3,613	3,377	7.0%
141	Mattapoisett Center	3,594	2,907	23.6%
142	Falmouth	3,508	3,982	-11.9%
143	Nahant	3,495	3,431	1.9%
144	Hopedale	3,488	4,014	-13.1%
145	East Sandwich	3,478	3,823	-9.0%
146	Buzzards Bay	3,431	3,723	-7.8%
147	Littleton Common	3,402	2,890	17.7%
148	Wilbraham	3,385	3,258	3.9%
149	Dennis Port	3,373	3,436	-1.8%
150	Topsfield	3,362	2,857	17.7%
151	North Pembroke	3,255	2,746	18.5%
152	Fiskdale	3,166	2,544	24.4%
153	Acushnet Center	3,136	2,611	20.1%
154	Pocasset	3,069	2,691	14.0%
155	Monument Beach	2,984	2,622	13.8%
156	Ocean Grove	2,963	3,074	-3.6%
157	North Lakeville	2,936	2,150	36.6%
158	East Douglas	2,908	2,303	26.3%
159	Cordaville	2,905	2,749	5.7%
160	Norton Center	2,879	2,604	10.6%
161	Sandwich	2,866	2,968	-3.4%
162	Hopkinton	2,844	2,048	38.9%
163	Belchertown	2,841	2,395	18.6%
164	Boxford	2,744	2,406	14.0%
165	North Falmouth	2,698	3,187	-15.3%
166	Provincetown	2,628	2,851	-7.8%
167	Ayer	2,604	2,350	10.8%
168	Pepperell	2,573	2,423	6.2%
169	Green Harbor-Cedar Crest	2,565	2,189	17.2%
170	North Seekonk	2,534	2,588	-2.1%
171	Dover	2,533	2,390	6.0%
172	Upton	2,529	2,814	-10.1%
173	Great Barrington	2,492	2,376	4.9%
174	East Dennis	2,366	2,939	-19.5%
175	Dennis	2,360	2,360	0.0%
176	Marshfield Hills	2,337	2,455	-4.8%
177	White Island Shores	2,322	2,342	-0.9%
178	North Brookfield	2,269	2,007	13.1%
179	West Dennis	2,179	2,022	7.8%
180	West Wareham	2,173	2,085	4.2%
181	Sturbridge	2,169	2,152	0.8%
182	Rutland	2,121	2,320	-8.6%
183	Hanscom Afb	2,048	0	nan%
184	Lunenburg	2,023	1,492	35.6%
185	Lenox	1,998	1,435	39.2%
186	Devens	1,913	1,874	2.1%
187	Baldwinville	1,894	2,002	-5.4%
188	Vineyard Haven	1,887	2,470	-23.6%
189	Weweantic	1,880	1,971	-4.6%
190	Orleans	1,867	1,548	20.6%
191	South Deerfield	1,859	1,801	3.2%
192	Lee	1,841	2,123	-13.3%
193	West Falmouth	1,835	1,514	21.2%
194	Monson Center	1,811	2,073	-12.6%
195	Shirley	1,782	1,475	20.8%
196	Brewster	1,757	2,108	-16.7%
197	Shelburne Falls	1,756	1,736	1.2%
198	Harwich Port	1,739	1,478	17.7%
199	Duxbury	1,668	1,672	-0.2%
200	Hanson	1,640	1,886	-13.0%
201	Rowley	1,628	1,365	19.3%
202	Teaticket	1,597	1,701	-6.1%
203	East Pepperell	1,592	2,009	-20.8%
204	South Lancaster	1,588	1,749	-9.2%
205	North Eastham	1,548	1,648	-6.1%
206	Harwich Center	1,511	1,773	-14.8%
207	Chatham	1,480	1,751	-15.5%
208	Essex	1,376	1,538	-10.5%
209	Townsend	1,372	825	66.3%
210	Holland	1,365	1,658	-17.7%
211	Hatfield	1,352	1,407	-3.9%
212	The Pinehills	1,350	910	48.4%
213	West Brookfield	1,330	1,666	-20.2%
214	Granby	1,318	1,227	7.4%
215	West Chatham	1,272	1,134	12.2%
216	Millers Falls	1,239	1,298	-4.5%
217	Northfield	1,237	969	27.7%
218	Bourne	1,169	1,263	-7.4%
219	Groton	1,147	1,340	-14.4%
220	East Brookfield	1,124	1,266	-11.2%
221	Marion Center	1,070	1,155	-7.4%
222	Barre	1,068	1,075	-0.7%

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