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Information in this database comes from the census short form. It describes population and some racial breakdowns.

Population of Mass. cities and towns

The following data is based on preliminary results of the 2000 U.S. Census.

Population rank City or town Population Population
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1990-2000

2000 1990 2000 1990 Number Percent

1 1 Boston 589,141 574,283 14,858 2.59%

2 2 Worcester 172,648 169,759 2,889 1.70%

3 3 Springfield 152,082 156,983 -4,901 -3.12%

4 4 Lowell 105,167 103,439 1,728 1.67%

5 6 Cambridge 101,355 95,802 5,553 5.80%

6 7 Brockton 94,304 92,788 1,516 1.63%

7 5 New Bedford 93,768 99,922 -6,154 -6.16%

8 8 Fall River 91,938 92,703 -765 -0.83%

9 11 Lynn 89,050 81,245 7,805 9.61%

10 9 Quincy 88,025 84,985 3,040 3.58%

11 10 Newton 83,829 82,585 1,244 1.51%

12 12 Somerville 77,478 76,210 1,268 1.66%

13 13 Lawrence 72,043 70,207 1,836 2.62%

14 14 Framingham 66,910 64,989 1,921 2.96%

15 15 Waltham 59,226 57,878 1,348 2.33%

16 21 Haverhill 58,969 51,418 7,551 14.69%

17 18 Brookline 57,107 54,718 2,389 4.37%

18 20 Malden 56,340 53,884 2,456 4.56%

19 22 Taunton 55,976 49,832 6,144 12.33%

20 16 Medford 55,765 57,407 -1,642 -2.86%

21 17 Chicopee 54,653 56,632 -1,979 -3.49%

22 19 Weymouth 53,988 54,063 -75 -0.14%

23 25 Plymouth 51,701 45,608 6,093 13.36%

24 24 Peabody 48,129 47,039 1,090 2.32%

25 30 Barnstable 47,821 40,949 6,872 16.78%

26 28 Revere 47,283 42,786 4,497 10.51%

27 23 Pittsfield 45,793 48,622 -2,829 -5.82%

28 31 Methuen 43,789 39,990 3,799 9.50%

29 26 Arlington 42,389 44,630 -2,241 -5.02%

30 32 Attleboro 42,068 38,383 3,685 9.60%

31 35 Leominster 41,303 38,145 3,158 8.28%

32 36 Salem 40,407 38,091 2,316 6.08%

33 33 Westfield 40,072 38,372 1,700 4.43%

34 34 Beverly 39,862 38,195 1,667 4.36%

35 27 Holyoke 39,838 43,704 -3,866 -8.85%

36 29 Fitchburg 39,102 41,194 -2,092 -5.08%

37 37 Billerica 38,981 37,609 1,372 3.65%

38 39 Everett 38,037 35,701 2,336 6.54%

39 38 Woburn 37,258 35,943 1,315 3.66%

40 44 Marlborough 36,255 31,813 4,442 13.96%

41 51 Chelsea 35,080 28,710 6,370 22.19%

42 40 Amherst 34,874 35,228 -354 -1.00%

43 43 Chelmsford 33,858 32,383 1,475 4.55%

44 41 Braintree 33,828 33,836 -8 -0.02%

45 42 Watertown 32,986 33,284 -298 -0.90%

46 54 Falmouth 32,660 27,960 4,700 16.81%

47 45 Natick 32,170 30,510 1,660 5.44%

48 70 Shrewsbury 31,640 24,146 7,494 31.04%

49 48 Andover 31,247 29,151 2,096 7.19%

50 46 Randolph 30,963 30,093 870 2.89%

51 59 Dartmouth 30,666 27,244 3,422 12.56%

52 49 Lexington 30,355 28,974 1,381 4.77%

53 50 Gloucester 30,273 28,716 1,557 5.42%

54 76 Franklin 29,560 22,095 7,465 33.79%

55 47 Northampton 28,978 29,289 -311 -1.06%

56 55 Needham 28,911 27,557 1,354 4.91%

57 58 Tewksbury 28,851 27,266 1,585 5.81%

58 52 Norwood 28,587 28,700 -113 -0.39%

59 63 Dracut 28,562 25,594 2,968 11.60%

60 57 Agawam 28,144 27,323 821 3.00%

61 56 West Springfield 27,899 27,537 362 1.31%

62 73 North Andover 27,202 22,792 4,410 19.35%

63 60 Stoughton 27,149 26,777 372 1.39%

64 66 North Attleborough 27,143 25,038 2,105 8.41%

65 53 Melrose 27,134 28,150 -1,016 -3.61%

66 65 Milford 26,799 25,355 1,444 5.70%

67 61 Wellesley 26,613 26,615 -2 -0.01%

68 64 Saugus 26,078 25,549 529 2.07%

69 62 Milton 26,062 25,725 337 1.31%

70 69 Danvers 25,212 24,174 1,038 4.29%

71 78 Bridgewater 25,185 21,249 3,936 18.52%

72 79 Yarmouth 24,807 21,174 3,633 17.16%

73 67 Wakefield 24,804 24,825 -21 -0.08%

74 77 Marshfield 24,324 21,531 2,793 12.97%

75 68 Belmont 24,194 24,720 -526 -2.13%

76 74 Reading 23,708 22,539 1,169 5.19%

77 71 Dedham 23,464 23,782 -318 -1.34%

78 72 Burlington 22,876 23,302 -426 -1.83%

79 81 Walpole 22,824 20,212 2,612 12.92%

80 101 Mansfield 22,414 16,568 5,846 35.28%

81 85 Easton 22,299 19,807 2,492 12.58%

82 75 Stoneham 22,219 22,203 16 0.07%

83 95 Wilmington 21,363 17,651 3,712 21.03%

84 87 Ludlow 21,209 18,820 2,389 12.69%

85 80 Winchester 20,810 20,267 543 2.68%

86 89 Canton 20,775 18,530 2,245 12.12%

87 82 Gardner 20,770 20,125 645 3.20%

88 102 Westford 20,754 16,392 4,362 26.61%

89 83 Marblehead 20,377 19,971 406 2.03%

90 86 Wareham 20,335 19,232 1,103 5.74%

91 91 Acton 20,331 17,872 2,459 13.76%

92 110 Sandwich 20,136 15,489 4,647 30.00%

93 92 Middleborough 19,941 17,867 2,074 11.61%

94 84 Hingham 19,882 19,821 61 0.31%

95 107 Bourne 18,721 16,064 2,657 16.54%

96 90 Winthrop 18,303 18,127 176 0.97%

97 94 Somerset 18,234 17,655 579 3.28%

98 88 Greenfield 18,168 18,666 -498 -2.67%

99 96 Hudson 18,113 17,233 880 5.11%

100 120 Norton 18,036 14,265 3,771 26.44%

101 121 Westborough 17,997 14,133 3,864 27.34%

102 99 Scituate 17,863 16,786 1,077 6.42%

103 106 Rockland 17,670 16,123 1,547 9.59%

104 109 Sharon 17,408 15,517 1,891 12.19%

105 93 Southbridge 17,214 17,816 -602 -3.38%

106 100 South Hadley 17,196 16,685 511 3.06%

107 103 Newburyport 17,189 16,317 872 5.34%

108 97 Concord 16,993 17,076 -83 -0.49%

109 118 Pembroke 16,927 14,544 2,383 16.38%

110 119 Sudbury 16,841 14,358 2,483 17.29%

111 114 Amesbury 16,450 14,997 1,453 9.69%

112 104 Webster 16,415 16,196 219 1.35%

113 116 Foxborough 16,246 14,637 1,609 10.99%

114 105 Fairhaven 16,159 16,132 27 0.17%

115 108 Easthampton 15,994 15,537 457 2.94%

116 123 Dennis 15,973 13,864 2,109 15.21%

117 113 Auburn 15,901 15,005 896 5.97%

117 112 Swansea 15,901 15,411 490 3.18%

119 111 Longmeadow 15,633 15,467 166 1.07%

120 117 Holden 15,621 14,628 993 6.79%

121 115 Bellingham 15,314 14,877 437 2.94%

122 132 Grafton 14,894 13,035 1,859 14.26%

123 98 North Adams 14,681 16,797 -2,116 -12.60%

124 140 Ashland 14,674 12,066 2,608 21.61%

125 125 Abington 14,605 13,817 788 5.70%

126 126 Swampscott 14,412 13,650 762 5.58%

127 122 Duxbury 14,248 13,895 353 2.54%

128 124 Westport 14,183 13,852 331 2.39%

129 137 Westwood 14,117 12,557 1,560 12.42%

130 128 East Longmeadow 14,100 13,367 733 5.48%

131 143 Northborough 14,013 11,929 2,084 17.47%

132 129 Whitman 13,882 13,240 642 4.85%

133 142 North Reading 13,837 12,002 1,835 15.29%

134 134 Holliston 13,801 12,926 875 6.77%

135 135 Wilbraham 13,473 12,635 838 6.63%

136 130 Clinton 13,435 13,222 213 1.61%

137 131 Seekonk 13,425 13,046 379 2.91%

138 136 Oxford 13,352 12,588 764 6.07%

139 171 Hopkinton 13,346 9,191 4,155 45.21%

140 127 Northbridge 13,182 13,371 -189 -1.41%

141 144 Hanover 13,164 11,912 1,252 10.51%

142 145 Wayland 13,100 11,874 1,226 10.33%

143 146 Ipswich 12,987 11,873 1,114 9.38%

144 150 East Bridgewater 12,974 11,104 1,870 16.84%

145 153 Belchertown 12,968 10,579 2,389 22.58%

146 185 Mashpee 12,946 7,884 5,062 64.21%

147 139 Millbury 12,784 12,228 556 4.55%

148 133 Bedford 12,595 12,996 -401 -3.09%

149 141 Palmer 12,497 12,054 443 3.68%

150 162 Medway 12,448 9,931 2,517 25.34%

151 158 Harwich 12,386 10,275 2,111 20.55%

152 154 Medfield 12,273 10,531 1,742 16.54%

153 173 Kingston 11,780 9,045 2,735 30.24%

154 163 Raynham 11,739 9,867 1,872 18.97%

155 147 Spencer 11,691 11,645 46 0.40%

156 149 Lynnfield 11,542 11,274 268 2.38%

157 159 Weston 11,469 10,200 1,269 12.44%

158 148 Athol 11,299 11,451 -152 -1.33%

159 165 Charlton 11,263 9,576 1,687 17.62%

160 152 Carver 11,163 10,590 573 5.41%

161 156 Uxbridge 11,156 10,415 741 7.11%

162 161 Pepperell 11,142 10,098 1,044 10.34%

163 178 Tyngsborough 11,081 8,642 2,439 28.22%

164 155 Hull 11,050 10,466 584 5.58%

165 151 Holbrook 10,785 11,041 -256 -2.32%

166 175 Wrentham 10,554 9,006 1,548 17.19%

167 160 Leicester 10,471 10,191 280 2.75%

168 170 Norfolk 10,460 9,270 1,190 12.84%

169 157 Maynard 10,433 10,325 108 1.05%

170 177 Rehoboth 10,172 8,656 1,516 17.51%

171 166 Acushnet 10,161 9,554 607 6.35%

172 181 Brewster 10,094 8,440 1,654 19.60%

173 167 Dudley 10,036 9,540 496 5.20%

174 186 Lakeville 9,821 7,785 2,036 26.15%

175 169 Norwell 9,765 9,279 486 5.24%

176 164 Ware 9,707 9,808 -101 -1.03%

177 176 Winchendon 9,611 8,805 806 9.15%

178 193 Groton 9,547 7,511 2,036 27.11%

179 216 Nantucket 9,520 6,012 3,508 58.35%

180 174 Hanson 9,495 9,028 467 5.17%

181 172 Lunenburg 9,401 9,117 284 3.12%

182 180 Townsend 9,198 8,496 702 8.26%

183 190 Southwick 8,835 7,667 1,168 15.23%

184 168 Adams 8,809 9,445 -636 -6.73%

185 184 Blackstone 8,804 8,023 781 9.73%

186 205 Southborough 8,781 6,628 2,153 32.48%

187 182 Montague 8,489 8,316 173 2.08%

188 179 Freetown 8,472 8,522 -50 -0.59%

189 183 Williamstown 8,424 8,220 204 2.48%

190 187 Monson 8,359 7,776 583 7.50%

191 196 Hamilton 8,315 7,280 1,035 14.22%

192 203 Sutton 8,250 6,824 1,426 20.90%

193 199 Littleton 8,184 7,051 1,133 16.07%

194 191 Lincoln 8,056 7,666 390 5.09%

195 213 Boxford 7,921 6,266 1,655 26.41%

196 192 Millis 7,902 7,613 289 3.80%

197 188 Sturbridge 7,837 7,775 62 0.80%

198 200 Salisbury 7,827 6,882 945 13.73%

199 194 Rockport 7,767 7,482 285 3.81%

200 234 Middleton 7,744 4,921 2,823 57.37%

201 202 Plainville 7,683 6,871 812 11.82%

202 189 Great Barrington 7,527 7,725 -198 -2.56%

203 195 Orange 7,518 7,312 206 2.82%

204 208 Halifax 7,500 6,526 974 14.92%

205 206 West Boylston 7,481 6,611 870 13.16%

206 204 Lancaster 7,380 6,661 719 10.79%

207 212 Georgetown 7,377 6,384 993 15.55%

208 201 Ayer 7,287 6,871 416 6.05%

209 198 Cohasset 7,261 7,075 186 2.63%

210 209 Sterling 7,257 6,481 776 11.97%

211 225 Douglas 7,045 5,438 1,607 29.55%

212 214 Westminster 6,907 6,191 716 11.57%

213 197 Dalton 6,892 7,155 -263 -3.68%

214 210 Templeton 6,799 6,438 361 5.61%

215 223 Newbury 6,717 5,623 1,094 19.46%

216 211 West Bridgewater 6,634 6,389 245 3.83%

217 207 Chatham 6,625 6,579 46 0.70%

218 215 Shirley 6,373 6,118 255 4.17%

219 233 Rutland 6,353 4,936 1,417 28.71%

220 219 Orleans 6,341 5,838 503 8.62%

221 217 Mattapoisett 6,268 5,850 418 7.15%

222 222 Dighton 6,175 5,631 544 9.66%

223 220 Topsfield 6,141 5,754 387 6.73%

224 230 Merrimac 6,138 5,166 972 18.82%

225 224 Granby 6,132 5,565 567 10.19%

226 229 Groveland 6,038 5,214 824 15.80%

227 218 Lee 5,985 5,849 136 2.33%

228 138 Harvard 5,981 12,329 -6,348 -51.49%

229 221 Hopedale 5,907 5,666 241 4.25%

230 227 Stow 5,902 5,328 574 10.77%

231 247 Berkley 5,749 4,237 1,512 35.69%

232 238 Upton 5,642 4,677 965 20.63%

233 235 Dover 5,558 4,915 643 13.08%

234 226 Ashburnham 5,546 5,433 113 2.08%

235 244 Rowley 5,500 4,452 1,048 23.54%

236 243 Eastham 5,453 4,462 991 22.21%

237 242 Southampton 5,387 4,478 909 20.30%

238 251 Mendon 5,286 4,010 1,276 31.82%

239 228 Manchester 5,228 5,286 -58 -1.10%

240 236 Hampden 5,171 4,709 462 9.81%

241 241 Marion 5,123 4,496 627 13.95%

242 240 Barre 5,113 4,546 567 12.47%

243 231 Lenox 5,077 5,069 8 0.16%

244 261 Boxborough 4,868 3,343 1,525 45.62%

245 248 Hadley 4,793 4,231 562 13.28%

246 245 Warren 4,776 4,437 339 7.64%

247 232 Deerfield 4,750 5,018 -268 -5.34%

248 246 Carlisle 4,717 4,333 384 8.86%

249 237 North Brookfield 4,683 4,708 -25 -0.53%

250 253 Rochester 4,581 3,921 660 16.83%

251 239 Avon 4,443 4,558 -115 -2.52%

252 249 Wenham 4,440 4,212 228 5.41%

253 250 Paxton 4,386 4,047 339 8.38%

254 252 Sherborn 4,200 3,989 211 5.29%

255 259 West Newbury 4,149 3,421 728 21.28%

256 265 Bolton 4,148 3,134 1,014 32.35%

257 257 Boylston 4,008 3,517 491 13.96%

258 274 Hubbardston 3,909 2,797 1,112 39.76%

259 256 West Brookfield 3,804 3,532 272 7.70%

260 267 Edgartown 3,779 3,062 717 23.42%

261 260 Sunderland 3,777 3,399 378 11.12%

262 266 Tisbury 3,755 3,120 635 20.35%

263 273 Oak Bluffs 3,713 2,804 909 32.42%

264 254 Nahant 3,632 3,828 -196 -5.12%

265 255 Provincetown 3,431 3,561 -130 -3.65%

266 258 Cheshire 3,401 3,479 -78 -2.24%

267 263 Princeton 3,353 3,189 164 5.14%

268 269 Brimfield 3,339 3,001 338 11.26%

269 271 Sheffield 3,335 2,910 425 14.60%

270 262 Essex 3,267 3,260 7 0.21%

271 264 Hatfield 3,249 3,184 65 2.04%

272 270 Brookfield 3,051 2,968 83 2.80%

273 268 Lanesborough 2,990 3,032 -42 -1.39%

274 272 Northfield 2,951 2,838 113 3.98%

275 275 Ashby 2,845 2,717 128 4.71%

276 282 Dunstable 2,829 2,236 593 26.52%

277 277 Wellfleet 2,749 2,493 256 10.27%

278 283 Millville 2,724 2,236 488 21.82%

279 280 Plympton 2,637 2,384 253 10.61%

280 279 Hardwick 2,622 2,385 237 9.94%

281 295 West Tisbury 2,467 1,704 763 44.78%

282 276 Williamsburg 2,427 2,515 -88 -3.50%

283 284 Holland 2,407 2,185 222 10.16%

284 281 Berlin 2,380 2,293 87 3.79%

285 278 Stockbridge 2,276 2,408 -132 -5.48%

286 288 Huntington 2,174 1,987 187 9.41%

287 285 Bernardston 2,155 2,048 107 5.22%

288 286 East Brookfield 2,097 2,033 64 3.15%

289 299 Truro 2,087 1,573 514 32.68%

290 287 Shelburne 2,058 2,012 46 2.29%

291 290 Buckland 1,991 1,928 63 3.27%

292 289 Hinsdale 1,872 1,959 -87 -4.44%

293 292 Colrain 1,813 1,757 56 3.19%

294 301 Shutesbury 1,810 1,561 249 15.95%

295 302 Conway 1,809 1,529 280 18.31%

296 294 Ashfield 1,800 1,715 85 4.96%

297 306 Becket 1,755 1,481 274 18.50%

298 300 Wales 1,737 1,566 171 10.92%

299 293 Clarksburg 1,686 1,745 -59 -3.38%

300 303 Oakham 1,673 1,503 170 11.31%

301 291 Leverett 1,663 1,785 -122 -6.83%

302 297 Russell 1,657 1,594 63 3.95%

303 304 Phillipston 1,621 1,485 136 9.16%

304 296 Richmond 1,604 1,677 -73 -4.35%

305 308 Whately 1,573 1,375 198 14.40%

306 307 Granville 1,521 1,403 118 8.41%

307 314 New Marlborough 1,494 1,240 254 20.48%

308 311 Westhampton 1,468 1,327 141 10.63%

309 310 Erving 1,467 1,372 95 6.92%

310 305 West Stockbridge 1,416 1,483 -67 -4.52%

311 309 Pelham 1,403 1,373 30 2.18%

312 320 Otis 1,365 1,073 292 27.21%

313 298 Gill 1,363 1,583 -220 -13.90%

314 313 Charlemont 1,358 1,249 109 8.73%

315 315 Egremont 1,345 1,229 116 9.44%

316 312 Chester 1,308 1,280 28 2.19%

317 317 Worthington 1,270 1,156 114 9.86%

318 318 Royalston 1,254 1,147 107 9.33%

319 316 Blandford 1,214 1,187 27 2.27%

320 321 Chesterfield 1,201 1,048 153 14.60%

321 319 Petersham 1,180 1,131 49 4.33%

322 322 Wendell 986 899 87 9.68%

323 327 Cummington 978 785 193 24.59%

324 325 Monterey 934 805 129 16.02%

325 326 New Salem 929 802 127 15.84%

326 323 New Braintree 927 881 46 5.22%

327 324 Goshen 921 830 91 10.96%

328 329 Windsor 875 770 105 13.64%

329 336 Chilmark 843 650 193 29.69%

330 334 Sandisfield 824 667 157 23.54%

331 328 Peru 821 779 42 5.39%

332 333 Heath 805 716 89 12.43%

333 335 Leyden 772 662 110 16.62%

334 332 Warwick 750 740 10 1.35%

335 338 Hancock 721 628 93 14.81%

336 337 Savoy 705 634 71 11.20%

337 331 Florida 676 742 -66 -8.89%

338 330 Montgomery 654 759 -105 -13.83%

339 340 Plainfield 589 571 18 3.15%

340 339 Washington 544 615 -71 -11.54%

341 342 Middlefield 542 392 150 38.27%

342 346 Tolland 426 289 137 47.40%

343 341 Alford 399 418 -19 -4.55%

344 343 Rowe 351 378 -27 -7.14%

345 344 Tyringham 350 369 -19 -5.15%

346 347 Aquinnah 344 201 143 71.14%

347 345 Hawley 336 317 19 5.99%

348 348 New Ashford 247 192 55 28.65%

349 349 Mount Washington 130 135 -5 -3.70%

350 350 Monroe 93 115 -22 -19.13%

351 351 Gosnold 86 98 -12 -12.24%