# 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.

## List

The table below contains the following information:
* The city rank by population as of 2020
* The name of the state in which the city lies
* Population as of April 1, 2020, as counted by the 2020 United States Census
* Population as of April 1, 2010, according to the 2010 United States Census
* 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Connecticut | 135,470 | 122,643 | +10.46% |
| 7. | New Haven | Connecticut | 134,023 | 129,779 | +3.27% |
| 8. | Hartford | Connecticut | 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 | Massachusetts | 101,636 | 92,271 | +10.15% |
| 15. | Lynn | Massachusetts | 101,253 | 90,329 | +12.09% |
| 16. | New Bedford | Massachusetts | 101,079 | 95,072 | +6.32% |
| 17. | Fall River | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Rhode Island | 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 | Massachusetts | 66,263 | 59,450 | +11.46% |
| 32. | Waltham | Massachusetts | 65,218 | 60,632 | +7.56% |
| 33. | West Hartford | Connecticut | 64,083 | 63,268 | +1.29% |
| 34. | Greenwich | Connecticut | 63,518 | 61,171 | +3.84% |
| 35. | Brookline | Massachusetts | 63,191 | 58,732 | +7.59% |
| 36. | Revere | Massachusetts | 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 | Connecticut | 60,850 | 60,868 | −0.03% |
| 41. | Bristol | Connecticut | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 54,481 | 51,251 | +6.30% |
| 49. | Methuen | Massachusetts | 53,059 | 47,255 | +12.28% |
| 50. | Stratford | Connecticut | 52,355 | 51,384 | +1.89% |
| 51. | East Hartford | Connecticut | 51,045 | 51,252 | −0.40% |
| 52. | Milford | Connecticut | 50,558 | 52,759 | −4.17% |
| 53. | Everett | Massachusetts | 49,075 | 41,667 | +17.78% |
| 54. | Barnstable | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 41,946 | 40,318 | +4.04% |
| 71. | Marlborough | Massachusetts | 41,793 | 38,499 | +8.56% |
| 72. | Woburn | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 40,787 | 35,177 | +15.95% |
| 76. | Norwich | Connecticut | 40,125 | 40,493 | −0.91% |
| 77. | Groton | Connecticut | 38,411 | 40,115 | −4.25% |
| 78. | Amherst | Massachusetts | 39,263 | 37,819 | +3.82% |
| 79. | Braintree | Massachusetts | 39,143 | 35,744 | +9.51% |
| 80. | Shrewsbury | Massachusetts | 38,325 | 35,608 | +7.63% |
| 81. | Holyoke | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 29,729 | 28,789 | +3.27% |
| 117. | Northampton | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 28,633 | 26,563 | +7.79% |
| 126. | Milton | Massachusetts | 28,630 | 27,003 | +6.03% |
| 127. | Saugus | Massachusetts | 28,619 | 26,628 | +7.48% |
| 128. | Branford | Connecticut | 28,273 | 28,026 | +0.88% |
| 129. | New Milford | Connecticut | 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 | Connecticut | 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 | Connecticut | 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 | Connecticut | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 | Massachusetts | 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 |

## Gallery

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