Massachusetts Cities by Population (2026)

by Kristen Carney

Updated: February 9, 2026

The most populous cities in Massachusetts are Boston with 666,442, Worcester at 207,055, Springfield with 154,749, Cambridge at 118,796, and Lowell with 118,368. You can get the most current Census population data for all 351 Massachusetts cities, sorted from the most populous cities in Massachusetts to the least, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

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Rank City Population
1 Boston 666,442
2 Worcester 207,055
3 Springfield 154,749
4 Cambridge 118,796
5 Lowell 118,368
6 Brockton 105,386
7 Quincy 102,114
8 Lynn 101,709
9 New Bedford 100,998
10 Fall River 94,082
11 Newton 89,044
12 Lawrence 88,736
13 Somerville 81,036
14 Framingham 72,399
15 Haverhill 67,698
16 Malden 65,906
17 Waltham 64,902
18 Plymouth 63,953
19 Brookline 63,266
20 Taunton 60,433
21 Revere 60,012
22 Medford 59,354
23 Weymouth Town 58,505
24 Chicopee 55,295
25 Peabody 54,695
26 Methuen 53,475
27 Everett 50,045
28 Barnstable Town 49,568
29 Attleboro 46,762
30 Arlington 46,350
31 Salem 44,795
32 Leominster 43,909
33 Pittsfield 43,457
34 Beverly 42,665
35 Billerica 42,003
36 Woburn 41,939
37 Fitchburg 41,798
38 Marlborough 41,647
39 Westfield 40,378
40 Chelsea 39,908
41 Braintree Town 38,899
42 Shrewsbury 38,876
43 Amherst Town 38,182
44 Holyoke 37,813
45 Natick 36,873
46 Andover 36,652
47 Chelmsford 36,446
48 Watertown 35,543
49 Randolph Town 34,878
50 Lexington 34,295
51 Dartmouth 33,328
52 Franklin Town 33,154
53 Falmouth 33,039
54 Dracut 32,574
55 Needham 32,459
56 Norwood 31,542
57 North Andover 31,490
58 Tewksbury 31,273
59 North Attleborough Town 30,984
60 Northampton 30,962
61 Milford 30,431
62 Wellesley 30,347
63 Gloucester 30,075
64 Melrose 29,650
65 Stoughton 29,225
66 Saugus 28,773
67 West Springfield Town 28,772
68 Milton 28,587
69 Agawam Town 28,539
70 Bridgewater Town 28,471
71 Danvers 28,098
72 Wakefield 27,793
73 Belmont 27,175
74 Walpole 26,388
75 Burlington 26,274
76 Marshfield 25,879
77 Reading 25,612
78 Easton 25,316
79 Dedham 25,237
80 Yarmouth 25,224
81 Canton 24,748
82 Westford 24,690
83 Middleborough 24,505
84 Hingham 24,283
85 Acton 24,155
86 Mansfield 23,931
87 Winchester 23,406
88 Stoneham 23,355
89 Wilmington 23,336
90 Wareham 23,302
91 Westborough 21,944
92 Gardner 21,148
93 Ludlow 20,904
94 Sandwich 20,522
95 Marblehead 20,413
96 Bourne 20,323
97 Hudson 20,077
98 Holden 20,064
99 Grafton 19,902
100 Scituate 19,365
101 Hopkinton 19,358
102 Sudbury 19,306
103 Norton 19,240
104 Ashland 18,873
105 Winthrop Town 18,759
106 Newburyport 18,652
107 Foxborough 18,615
108 Sharon 18,574
109 Pembroke 18,382
110 Somerset 18,298
111 Concord 18,223
112 Southbridge Town 17,928
113 South Hadley 17,754
114 Webster 17,748
115 Rockland 17,701
116 Greenfield 17,664
117 Bellingham 17,410
118 Amesbury 17,403
119 Swansea 17,359
120 Abington 17,053
121 Auburn 16,970
122 Westport 16,484
123 Northbridge 16,458
124 East Longmeadow 16,425
125 Westwood 16,318
126 Duxbury 16,185
127 Easthampton 16,086
128 Fairhaven 15,903
129 North Reading 15,765
130 Northborough 15,750
131 Longmeadow 15,696
132 Seekonk 15,694
133 Clinton 15,563
134 Raynham 15,505
135 Belchertown 15,393
136 Mashpee 15,384
137 Whitman 15,295
138 Swampscott 15,277
139 Holliston 15,094
140 Dennis 14,868
141 Hanover 14,845
142 Bedford 14,727
143 Wilbraham 14,572
144 Nantucket 14,483
145 Uxbridge 14,473
146 East Bridgewater 14,456
147 Kingston 14,027
148 Millbury 13,961
149 Ipswich 13,930
150 Wayland 13,914
151 Harwich 13,598
152 Medway 13,436
153 Charlton 13,435
154 Oxford 13,385
155 Medfield 13,068
156 Lynnfield 13,064
157 Rehoboth 13,022
158 North Adams 12,606
159 Tyngsborough 12,550
160 Palmer Town 12,381
161 Wrentham 12,297
162 Athol 12,011
163 Spencer 12,008
164 Lakeville 11,944
165 Dudley 11,929
166 Lunenburg 11,902
167 Carver 11,712
168 Norfolk 11,673
169 Pepperell 11,663
170 Weston 11,579
171 Groton 11,390
172 Holbrook 11,380
173 Norwell 11,361
174 Leicester 11,113
175 Maynard 10,712
176 Hanson 10,660
177 Acushnet 10,624
178 Southborough 10,493
179 Winchendon 10,440
180 Brewster 10,420
181 Littleton 10,280
182 Hull 10,138
183 Ware 10,048
184 Sturbridge 9,960
185 Plainville 9,943
186 Middleton 9,816
187 Sutton 9,452
188 Rutland 9,353
189 Freetown 9,285
190 Salisbury 9,281
191 Blackstone 9,255
192 Southwick 9,217
193 Douglas 9,207
194 Williamstown 9,150
195 Townsend 9,100
196 Millis 8,888
197 Ayer 8,645
198 Lancaster 8,606
199 Montague 8,482
200 Georgetown 8,474
201 Cohasset 8,427
202 Westminster 8,374
203 Templeton 8,252
204 Boxford 8,208
205 Dighton 8,193
206 Upton 8,189
207 Sterling 8,183
208 Monson 8,136
209 Adams 8,074
210 West Boylston 7,782
211 Halifax 7,748
212 West Bridgewater 7,708
213 Hamilton 7,600
214 Orange 7,573
215 Great Barrington 7,202
216 Stow 7,165
217 Rockport 7,009
218 Shirley 6,976
219 Lincoln 6,948
220 Harvard 6,927
221 Berkley 6,829
222 TIE Newbury 6,777
222 TIE Groveland 6,777
224 Merrimac 6,748
225 Chatham 6,681
226 Mattapoisett 6,634
227 Topsfield 6,564
228 TIE Orleans 6,415
228 TIE Ashburnham 6,415
230 Mendon 6,325
231 Dalton 6,256
232 Rowley 6,251
233 Southampton 6,230
234 Granby 6,080
235 Hopedale 6,027
236 Dover 5,930
237 Rochester 5,837
238 Eastham 5,811
239 Bolton 5,737
240 Lee 5,719
241 Barre 5,572
242 Boxborough 5,496
243 Oak Bluffs 5,407
244 Manchester-by-the-Sea 5,403
245 Marion 5,310
246 Hadley 5,306
247 Edgartown 5,278
248 Carlisle 5,239
249 Deerfield 5,158
250 Lenox 5,079
251 Warren 5,009
252 Paxton 5,002
253 Boylston 4,948
254 Hampden 4,946
255 Wenham 4,929
256 Tisbury 4,893
257 Avon 4,774
258 North Brookfield 4,760
259 West Newbury 4,591
260 Sherborn 4,427
261 Wellfleet 4,404
262 Hubbardston 4,371
263 West Brookfield 3,859
264 Brimfield 3,705
265 Provincetown 3,703
266 Essex 3,701
267 Sunderland 3,641
268 Princeton 3,529
269 Brookfield 3,460
270 Dunstable 3,408
271 Berlin 3,378
272 Sheffield 3,330
273 TIE Nahant 3,325
273 TIE Hatfield 3,325
275 Cheshire 3,216
276 Ashby 3,211
277 Millville 3,160
278 West Tisbury 3,080
279 Lanesborough 3,028
280 Plympton 2,935
281 Northfield 2,872
282 Williamsburg 2,694
283 Hardwick 2,684
284 Holland 2,583
285 Huntington 2,220
286 East Brookfield 2,166
287 Bernardston 2,164
288 Stockbridge 2,056
289 Buckland 2,036
290 Becket 1,962
291 Wales 1,929
292 Shutesbury 1,910
293 Phillipston 1,895
294 Ashfield 1,893
295 Hinsdale 1,859
296 Granville 1,846
297 Conway 1,755
298 Gill 1,740
299 Truro 1,708
300 Erving 1,703
301 Clarksburg 1,667
302 Oakham 1,639
303 Colrain 1,627
304 Otis 1,624
305 Leverett 1,608
306 Chilmark 1,578
307 Shelburne 1,567
308 Westhampton 1,552
309 New Marlborough 1,501
310 Whately 1,499
311 Royalston 1,460
312 Richmond 1,403
313 Pelham 1,335
314 West Stockbridge 1,250
315 Chester 1,240
316 Egremont 1,230
317 Russell 1,197
318 Petersham 1,185
319 Blandford 1,156
320 Charlemont 1,118
321 Windsor 1,065
322 Chesterfield 1,055
323 New Salem 1,054
324 Worthington 1,021
325 Sandisfield 994
326 New Braintree 973
327 Monterey 954
328 Goshen 915
329 Cummington 902
330 Wendell 850
331 Montgomery 796
332 Savoy 795
333 Warwick 776
334 Heath 765
335 Hancock 752
336 Florida 668
337 Aquinnah 666
338 Leyden 637
339 Peru 630
340 Plainfield 616
341 Tolland 540
342 Washington 526
343 Tyringham 494
344 Rowe 453
345 Alford 433
346 Middlefield 352
347 Hawley 277
348 New Ashford 257
349 Mount Washington 193
350 Monroe 122
351 Gosnold 31
  • United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. January 29, 2026. http://www.census.gov/.

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