List of cities in New England by population

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.

Historical population

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]

List

The table below contains the following information:

1. The city rank by population as of 2020
2. The name of the state in which the city lies
3. Population as of April 1, 2020, as counted by the 2020 United States Census^[3]
4. Population as of April 1, 2010, according to the 2010 United States Census^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}
5. Percent change in population from April 1, 2010, to April 1, 2020

State capital

State largest city

Rank	Name	State	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change
1.	Boston	Massachusetts	675,647	617,594	+9.40%
2.	Worcester		206,518	181,045	+14.07%
3.	Providence	Rhode Island	190,934	178,042	+7.24%
4.	Springfield	Massachusetts	155,929	153,060	+1.87%
5.	Bridgeport	Connecticut	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	Massachusetts	118,403	105,162	+12.59%
10.	Manchester	New Hampshire	115,644	109,565	+5.55%
11.	Lowell	Massachusetts	115,554	106,519	+8.48%
12.	Waterbury	Connecticut	114,403	110,366	+3.66%
13.	Brockton	Massachusetts	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	New Hampshire	91,322	86,494	+5.58%
19.	Norwalk	Connecticut	91,184	85,603	+6.52%
20.	Lawrence	Massachusetts	89,143	76,377	+16.71%
21.	Newton		88,923	85,146	+4.44%
22.	Danbury	Connecticut	86,518	80,893	+6.95%
23.	Cranston	Rhode Island	82,934	80,387	+3.17%
24.	Warwick		82,823	82,672	+0.18%
25.	Somerville	Massachusetts	81,045	75,754	+6.98%
26.	Pawtucket	Rhode Island	75,604	71,148	+6.26%
27.	New Britain	Connecticut	74,135	73,206	+1.27%
28.	Framingham	Massachusetts	72,362	68,318	+5.92%
29.	Portland	Maine	68,408	66,194	+3.34%
30.	Haverhill	Massachusetts	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	Connecticut	64,083	63,268	+1.29%
34.	Greenwich		63,518	61,171	+3.84%
35.	Brookline	Massachusetts	63,191	58,732	+7.59%
36.	Revere		62,186	51,755	+20.15%
37.	Fairfield	Connecticut	61,512	59,404	+3.55%
38.	Plymouth	Massachusetts	61,217	56,468	+8.41%
39.	Hamden	Connecticut	61,169	60,960	+0.34%
40.	Meriden		60,850	60,868	−0.03%
41.	Bristol		60,833	60,477	+0.59%
42.	Medford	Massachusetts	59,659	56,173	+6.21%
43.	Manchester	Connecticut	59,713	58,241	+2.53%
44.	Taunton	Massachusetts	59,408	55,874	+6.32%
45.	Weymouth		57,437	53,743	+6.87%
46.	West Haven	Connecticut	55,584	55,564	+0.04%
47.	Chicopee	Massachusetts	55,560	55,298	+0.47%
48.	Peabody		54,481	51,251	+6.30%
49.	Methuen		53,059	47,255	+12.28%
50.	Stratford	Connecticut	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	Massachusetts	49,075	41,667	+17.78%
54.	Barnstable		48,916	45,193	+8.24%
55.	Middletown	Connecticut	47,717	47,648	+0.14%
56.	East Providence	Rhode Island	47,139	47,037	+0.22%
57.	Attleboro	Massachusetts	46,461	43,593	+6.58%
58.	Arlington		46,308	42,844	+8.09%
59.	Burlington	Vermont	44,743	42,417	+5.48%
60.	Salem	Massachusetts	44,480	41,340	+7.60%
61.	Wallingford	Connecticut	44,396	45,135	−1.64%
62.	Concord	New Hampshire	43,976	42,695	+3.00%
63.	Pittsfield	Massachusetts	43,927	44,737	−1.81%
64.	Leominster		43,782	40,759	+7.42%
65.	Southington	Connecticut	43,501	43,069	+1.00%
66.	Woonsocket	Rhode Island	43,240	41,186	+4.99%
67.	Beverly	Massachusetts	42,670	39,502	+8.02%
68.	Enfield	Connecticut	42,141	44,654	−5.63%
69.	Billerica	Massachusetts	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	Connecticut	40,869	39,559	+3.31%
74.	Westfield	Massachusetts	40,834	41,094	−0.63%
75.	Chelsea		40,787	35,177	+15.95%
76.	Norwich	Connecticut	40,125	40,493	−0.91%
77.	Groton		38,411	40,115	−4.25%
78.	Amherst	Massachusetts	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	Maine	37,121	36,592	+1.45%
83.	Natick	Massachusetts	37,006	33,006	+12.12%
84.	Trumbull	Connecticut	36,827	36,018	+2.25%
85.	Andover	Massachusetts	36,569	33,201	+10.14%
86.	Cumberland	Rhode Island	36,405	33,506	+8.65%
87.	Chelmsford	Massachusetts	36,392	33,802	+7.66%
88.	Coventry	Rhode Island	35,688	35,014	+1.92%
89.	Torrington	Connecticut	35,515	36,383	−2.39%
90.	Watertown	Massachusetts	35,329	31,915	+10.70%
91.	Glastonbury	Connecticut	35,159	34,427	+2.13%
92.	Randolph	Massachusetts	34,984	32,158	+8.79%
93.	Lexington		34,454	31,394	+9.75%
94.	Derry	New Hampshire	34,317	33,109	+3.65%
95.	North Providence	Rhode Island	34,114	32,078	+6.35%
96.	Dartmouth	Massachusetts	33,783	34,032	−0.73%
97.	Franklin		33,261	31,635	+5.14%
98.	Dover	New Hampshire	32,741	29,987	+9.18%
99.	Dracut	Massachusetts	32,617	29,457	+10.73%
100.	Falmouth		32,517	31,531	+3.13%
101.	Rochester	New Hampshire	32,492	29,752	+9.21%
102.	Needham	Massachusetts	32,091	28,886	+11.10%
103.	South Kingstown	Rhode Island	31,931	30,639	+4.22%
104.	Bangor	Maine	31,753	33,039	−3.89%
105.	Norwood	Massachusetts	31,611	28,602	+10.52%
106.	Naugatuck	Connecticut	31,519	31,862	−1.08%
107.	Tewksbury	Massachusetts	31,342	28,961	+8.22%
108.	West Warwick	Rhode Island	31,012	29,191	+6.24%
109.	North Andover	Massachusetts	30,915	28,352	+9.04%
110.	North Attleborough		30,834	28,712	+7.39%
111.	Newington	Connecticut	30,536	30,562	−0.09%
112.	Milford	Massachusetts	30,379	27,999	+8.50%
113.	Vernon	Connecticut	30,215	29,179	+3.55%
114.	Salem	New Hampshire	30,089	28,776	+4.56%
115.	Melrose	Massachusetts	29,817	26,983	+10.50%
116.	Gloucester		29,729	28,789	+3.27%
117.	Northampton		29,571	28,549	+3.58%
118.	Johnston	Rhode Island	29,568	28,769	+2.78%
119.	Wellesley	Massachusetts	29,550	27,982	+5.60%
120.	Windsor	Connecticut	29,492	29,044	+1.54%
121.	Stoughton	Massachusetts	29,281	26,962	+8.60%
122.	West Springfield		28,835	28,391	+1.56%
123.	Cheshire	Connecticut	28,733	29,261	−1.80%
124.	Agawam	Massachusetts	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	Connecticut	28,273	28,026	+0.88%
129.	New Milford		28,115	28,142	−0.10%
130.	Danvers	Massachusetts	28,087	26,493	+6.02%
131.	East Haven	Connecticut	27,923	29,257	−4.56%
132.	North Kingstown	Rhode Island	27,732	26,486	+4.70%
133.	New London	Connecticut	27,367	27,620	−0.92%
134.	Wethersfield		27,298	26,668	+2.36%
135.	Belmont	Massachusetts	27,295	24,729	+10.38%
136.	Newtown	Connecticut	27,173	27,560	−1.40%
137.	Westport		27,141	26,391	+2.84%
138.	Wakefield	Massachusetts	27,090	24,932	+8.66%
139.	South Windsor	Connecticut	26,918	25,709	+4.70%
140.	Farmington		26,712	25,340	+5.41%
141.	Merrimack	New Hampshire	26,632	25,494	+4.46%
142.	South Portland	Maine	26,498	25,002	+5.98%
143.	Walpole	Massachusetts	26,383	24,070	+9.61%
144.	Burlington		26,377	24,498	+7.67%
145.	Mansfield	Connecticut	25,892	26,543	−2.45%
146.	Londonderry	New Hampshire	25,826	24,129	+7.03%
147.	Marshfield	Massachusetts	25,825	25,132	+2.76%
148.	Reading		25,518	24,747	+3.12%
149.	Hudson	New Hampshire	25,394	24,467	+3.79%
150.	Dedham	Massachusetts	25,364	24,729	+2.57%
151.	Newport	Rhode Island	25,163	24,672	+1.99%
152.	Easton	Massachusetts	25,058	23,112	+8.42%
153.	Ridgefield	Connecticut	25,033	24,638	+1.60%
154.	Yarmouth	Massachusetts	25,023	23,793	+5.17%

States with the most cities

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

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  2. Worcester, Massachusetts
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  3. Providence, Rhode Island
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  4. Springfield, Massachusetts
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  5. Bridgeport, Connecticut
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  6. Stamford, Connecticut
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  7. New Haven, Connecticut
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  8. Hartford, Connecticut
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  9. Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  10. Manchester, New Hampshire

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References

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