Census releases 2007 Massachusetts population figures

Population of Massachusetts cities and towns

The US Census Bureau has released population estimates for Massachusetts cities and towns as of July 1, 2007. The figures show the North Shore town of Danvers was the fastest growing community from 2006 to 2007, increasing in population by more than 4 percent. The biggest population loser for the year was Chelsea, at 1.3%.

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U.S. cities with a population of more than 100,000

Rank	City or town	2007 population	2006 population	2000 population	% change 2006-7	% change 2000-7
1	Boston	599,351	595,698	589,330	0.61	1.73
2	Worcester	173,966	174,282	173,025	-0.18	0.76
3	Springfield	149,938	150,432	152,091	-0.33	-1.41
4	Lowell	103,512	103,209	105,281	0.29	-1.57
5	Cambridge	101,388	101,396	101,613	-0.01	0.03
6	Brockton	93,092	93,204	94,430	-0.12	-1.29
7	New Bedford	91,849	92,086	93,869	-0.26	-2.05
8	Quincy	91,622	90,724	88,232	0.99	4.09
9	Fall River	90,905	91,027	92,079	-0.13	-1.12
10	Lynn	87,122	87,454	89,190	-0.38	-2.17
11	Newton	83,271	82,804	83,924	0.56	-0.67
12	Somerville	74,405	74,490	77,632	-0.11	-4.12
13	Lawrence	70,066	70,229	72,131	-0.23	-2.74
14	Framingham	64,786	64,750	66,968	0.06	-3.17
15	Haverhill	59,902	59,811	59,123	0.15	1.58
16	Waltham	59,758	59,341	59,278	0.70	0.90
17	Taunton	55,783	55,798	56,093	-0.03	-0.34
18	Malden	55,712	55,585	56,386	0.23	-1.11
19	Medford	55,565	55,681	55,649	-0.21	-0.13
20	Revere	55,341	55,388	47,726	-0.08	17.04
21	Plymouth	55,188	54,957	51,945	0.42	6.74
22	Brookline	54,809	55,040	57,118	-0.42	-4.02
23	Chicopee	53,876	54,155	54,674	-0.52	-1.42
24	Weymouth	53,272	53,409	54,020	-0.26	-1.33
25	Peabody	51,441	51,418	48,325	0.04	6.88
26	Barnstable	46,738	47,101	47,989	-0.77	-2.26
27	Methuen	43,979	43,987	43,918	-0.02	0.43
28	Attleboro	43,113	43,071	42,211	0.10	2.48
29	Pittsfield	42,931	43,121	45,702	-0.44	-6.24
30	Billerica	42,038	41,383	39,064	1.58	7.84
31	Arlington	41,144	41,067	42,410	0.19	-2.94
32	Leominster	41,128	41,256	41,398	-0.31	-0.42
33	Salem	40,922	41,094	40,566	-0.42	1.27
34	Westfield	40,160	40,266	40,116	-0.26	0.22
35	Fitchburg	39,835	39,777	39,192	0.15	1.87
36	Holyoke	39,737	39,976	39,858	-0.60	-0.25
37	Beverly	39,198	39,306	39,936	-0.27	-1.67
38	Chelsea	38,203	38,710	35,372	-1.31	8.90
39	Marlborough	38,065	38,053	36,616	0.03	4.99
40	Everett	37,269	37,001	38,055	0.72	-2.02
41	Woburn	37,042	37,003	37,347	0.11	-0.58
42	Braintree	34,422	34,061	33,847	1.06	1.76
43	Amherst	34,275	34,317	34,884	-0.12	-1.72
44	Chelmsford	34,128	33,707	33,666	1.25	1.51
45	Shrewsbury	33,489	33,027	31,804	1.40	5.84
46	Andover	33,284	33,276	32,049	0.02	4.10
47	Falmouth	33,247	33,394	32,813	-0.44	1.80
48	Watertown	32,521	32,159	33,004	1.13	-1.41
49	Natick	31,975	31,880	32,231	0.30	-0.61
50	Franklin	31,381	31,153	29,627	0.73	6.16
51	Dartmouth	31,241	31,221	30,777	0.06	1.88
52	Lexington	30,332	30,226	30,419	0.35	-0.08
53	Gloucester	30,308	30,377	30,346	-0.23	0.12
54	Randolph	30,168	30,214	30,981	-0.15	-2.57
55	Tewksbury	29,607	29,412	28,937	0.66	2.62
56	Dracut	29,498	29,379	28,633	0.41	3.28
57	Northampton	28,411	28,468	28,975	-0.20	-1.96
58	Agawam	28,333	28,369	28,175	-0.13	0.68
59	Needham	28,263	28,264	28,521	0.00	-0.75
60	Norwood	28,172	28,261	28,603	-0.31	-1.45
61	North Attleborough	27,907	27,807	27,222	0.36	2.81
62	North Andover	27,637	27,034	26,567	2.23	4.39
63	West Springfield	27,603	27,709	27,909	-0.38	-1.06
64	Milford	27,263	27,329	26,800	-0.24	2.03
65	Saugus	27,192	26,940	26,136	0.94	4.27
66	Wellesley	26,985	26,900	27,066	0.32	-0.23
67	Stoughton	26,951	26,803	27,171	0.55	-0.73
68	Melrose	26,782	26,661	27,147	0.45	-1.30
69	Danvers	26,736	25,678	25,047	4.12	6.96
70	Milton	25,691	25,810	26,074	-0.46	-1.42
71	Bridgewater	25,514	25,464	25,263	0.20	1.31
72	Burlington	25,034	24,890	22,908	0.58	9.43
73	Wakefield	24,706	24,583	24,833	0.50	-0.40
74	Marshfield	24,576	24,576	24,389	0.00	1.04
75	Dedham	24,132	23,530	23,475	2.56	2.85
76	Yarmouth	24,010	24,209	24,884	-0.82	-3.21
77	Belmont	23,356	23,303	24,203	0.23	-3.46
78	Reading	23,129	23,082	23,733	0.20	-2.45
79	Walpole	23,086	23,082	22,873	0.02	1.15
80	Mansfield	22,993	22,981	22,486	0.05	2.58
81	Easton	22,969	22,925	22,355	0.19	3.00
82	Hingham	22,394	21,559	19,935	3.87	12.63
83	Ludlow	22,062	21,852	21,241	0.96	4.02
84	Canton	21,916	21,692	20,845	1.03	5.49
85	Westford	21,790	21,497	20,830	1.36	5.02
86	Wilmington	21,679	21,521	21,416	0.73	1.48
87	Stoneham	21,508	21,467	22,239	0.19	-3.20
88	Middleborough	21,245	21,087	20,028	0.75	6.54
89	Wareham	21,154	21,103	20,406	0.24	4.03
90	Winchester	21,137	21,087	20,866	0.24	1.57
91	Acton	20,753	20,582	20,425	0.83	2.08
92	Gardner	20,613	20,665	20,819	-0.25	-0.76
93	Sandwich	20,255	20,385	20,236	-0.64	0.59
94	Winthrop	20,154	20,343	18,455	-0.93	10.11
95	Marblehead	20,039	20,107	20,406	-0.34	-1.66
96	Hudson	19,580	19,444	18,159	0.70	8.10
97	Norton	19,222	19,154	18,108	0.36	6.58
98	Bourne	19,023	19,114	18,826	-0.48	1.61
99	Pembroke	18,595	18,543	16,999	0.28	9.85
100	Westborough	18,459	18,507	18,070	-0.26	2.57
101	Somerset	18,268	18,339	18,293	-0.39	0.19
102	Scituate	17,881	17,895	17,898	-0.08	0.10
103	Rockland	17,780	17,710	17,711	0.40	0.62
104	Greenfield	17,706	17,778	18,152	-0.40	-2.54
105	Grafton	17,525	17,284	14,985	1.39	17.66
106	Sudbury	17,159	17,024	16,912	0.79	1.89
107	Newburyport	17,144	17,198	17,231	-0.31	-0.26
108	Sharon	17,033	17,079	17,433	-0.27	-2.15
109	South Hadley	16,952	16,956	17,203	-0.02	-1.43
110	Southbridge	16,926	16,996	17,248	-0.41	-1.67
111	Concord	16,840	16,786	17,016	0.32	-0.90
112	Webster	16,705	16,708	16,458	-0.02	1.77
113	Holden	16,581	16,549	15,698	0.19	6.15
114	Amesbury	16,429	16,441	16,495	-0.07	-0.13
115	Abington	16,365	16,208	14,682	0.97	12.05
116	Foxborough	16,298	16,214	16,275	0.52	0.32
117	Auburn	16,259	16,259	15,951	0.00	2.25
118	Swansea	16,237	16,142	15,945	0.59	2.11
119	Fairhaven	16,124	16,171	16,196	-0.29	-0.22
120	Easthampton	16,064	15,999	16,002	0.41	0.44
121	Bellingham	15,908	15,837	15,353	0.45	3.88
122	Ashland	15,796	15,675	14,791	0.77	7.65
123	Dennis	15,473	15,597	16,020	-0.80	-3.13
124	Longmeadow	15,315	15,405	15,639	-0.58	-2.03
125	East Longmeadow	15,222	14,862	14,141	2.42	7.96
126	Westport	15,136	15,062	14,235	0.49	6.72
127	Northborough	14,611	14,578	14,050	0.23	4.27
128	Duxbury	14,444	14,447	14,286	-0.02	1.38
129	Whitman	14,385	14,308	13,955	0.54	3.62
130	Northbridge	14,375	14,325	13,222	0.35	9.05
131	Hopkinton	14,307	14,169	13,447	0.97	7.20
132	Mashpee	14,261	14,257	13,079	0.03	10.16
133	Wilbraham	14,032	13,974	13,514	0.42	4.15
134	Clinton	14,030	14,063	13,479	-0.23	4.43
135	North Reading	14,021	13,947	13,871	0.53	1.33
136	Westwood	14,010	13,781	14,131	1.66	-0.76
137	Swampscott	13,994	14,048	14,432	-0.38	-2.90
138	Belchertown	13,971	13,874	13,026	0.70	7.73
139	Hanover	13,966	13,967	13,211	-0.01	6.09
140	Holliston	13,941	13,893	13,844	0.35	1.01
141	East Bridgewater	13,879	13,792	13,038	0.63	6.98
142	Raynham	13,641	13,597	11,797	0.32	16.20
143	Oxford	13,641	13,615	13,405	0.19	2.16
144	North Adams	13,617	13,725	14,648	-0.79	-7.25
145	Seekonk	13,593	13,579	13,459	0.10	1.25
146	Millbury	13,470	13,515	12,844	-0.33	5.37
147	Ipswich	13,245	13,212	13,035	0.25	1.99
148	Bedford	13,146	12,878	12,615	2.08	4.37
149	Wayland	13,017	12,968	13,135	0.38	-0.63
150	Palmer	12,849	12,860	12,520	-0.09	2.82
151	Medway	12,749	12,770	12,494	-0.16	2.42
152	Uxbridge	12,634	12,523	11,243	0.89	13.25
153	Charlton	12,576	12,479	11,337	0.78	11.66
154	Harwich	12,387	12,463	12,440	-0.61	0.01
155	Kingston	12,339	12,347	11,827	-0.06	4.75
156	Medfield	12,266	12,252	12,309	0.11	-0.06
157	Spencer	12,006	12,010	11,727	-0.03	2.69
158	Tyngsborough	11,860	11,540	11,129	2.77	7.03
159	Weston	11,698	11,644	11,499	0.46	2.00
160	Athol	11,601	11,578	11,319	0.20	2.69
161	Carver	11,547	11,456	11,192	0.79	3.44
162	Rehoboth	11,484	11,317	10,251	1.48	12.90
163	Pepperell	11,409	11,397	11,180	0.11	2.52
164	Lynnfield	11,382	11,373	11,563	0.08	-1.39
165	Wrentham	11,116	11,096	10,611	0.18	5.32
166	Hull	11,067	11,113	11,090	-0.41	0.15
167	Leicester	10,982	10,927	10,513	0.50	4.88
168	Dudley	10,780	10,756	10,097	0.22	7.41
169	Holbrook	10,663	10,691	10,794	-0.26	-1.13
170	Norfolk	10,646	10,564	10,488	0.78	1.78
171	Groton	10,641	10,595	9,625	0.43	11.31
172	Lakeville	10,587	10,553	9,888	0.32	7.80
173	Nantucket	10,531	10,372	9,577	1.53	10.62
174	Acushnet	10,443	10,466	10,196	-0.22	2.78
175	Norwell	10,271	10,262	9,821	0.09	5.18
176	Maynard	10,177	10,178	10,444	-0.01	-2.45
177	Winchendon	10,130	10,075	9,646	0.55	5.40
178	Brewster	10,023	10,085	10,139	-0.61	-0.70
179	Hanson	9,956	9,884	9,534	0.73	4.86
180	Lunenburg	9,948	9,938	9,454	0.10	5.82
181	Ware	9,933	9,932	9,715	0.01	2.32
182	Southborough	9,484	9,483	8,835	0.01	8.01
183	Southwick	9,431	9,446	8,846	-0.16	6.75
184	Townsend	9,374	9,326	9,217	0.51	1.91
185	Middleton	9,347	9,270	7,925	0.83	20.70
186	Sturbridge	9,102	8,905	7,890	2.21	16.14
187	Blackstone	9,042	9,048	8,915	-0.07	1.76
188	Sutton	9,015	8,974	8,314	0.46	9.27
189	Freetown	8,935	8,918	8,510	0.19	5.47
190	Monson	8,788	8,748	8,378	0.46	5.13
191	Littleton	8,714	8,646	8,236	0.79	6.48
192	Salisbury	8,521	8,386	7,851	1.61	8.87
193	Montague	8,334	8,364	8,467	-0.36	-1.58
194	Plainville	8,311	8,230	7,724	0.98	8.17
195	Adams	8,214	8,270	8,791	-0.68	-6.75
196	Hamilton	8,188	8,220	8,334	-0.39	-1.53
197	Georgetown	8,147	8,060	7,432	1.08	10.44
198	Williamstown	8,108	8,135	8,413	-0.33	-3.75
199	Boxford	8,074	8,077	7,963	-0.04	1.93
200	Lincoln	7,994	7,946	8,072	0.60	-0.77
201	Millis	7,927	7,943	7,920	-0.20	0.32
202	Douglas	7,924	7,900	7,108	0.30	12.48
203	Sterling	7,874	7,791	7,296	1.07	8.50
204	Rutland	7,846	7,555	6,399	3.85	23.50
205	Orange	7,796	7,750	7,523	0.59	3.70
206	Templeton	7,783	7,643	6,836	1.83	14.47
207	West Boylston	7,779	7,732	7,502	0.61	3.98
208	Shirley	7,726	7,660	7,631	0.86	1.44
209	Halifax	7,700	7,705	7,523	-0.06	2.67
210	Rockport	7,633	7,640	7,780	-0.09	-1.73
211	Westminster	7,388	7,369	6,939	0.26	6.96
212	Great Barrington	7,372	7,377	7,522	-0.07	-2.03
213	Ayer	7,369	7,313	7,300	0.77	1.13
214	Cohasset	7,182	7,197	7,269	-0.21	-1.09
215	Lancaster	7,047	6,924	6,417	1.78	10.42
216	Newbury	6,926	6,911	6,739	0.22	3.11
217	Groveland	6,923	6,727	6,051	2.91	14.66
218	Dighton	6,748	6,681	6,210	1.00	9.28
219	Chatham	6,726	6,744	6,657	-0.27	1.52
220	West Bridgewater	6,679	6,699	6,658	-0.30	0.68
221	Dalton	6,582	6,599	6,881	-0.26	-4.50
222	Upton	6,526	6,438	5,757	1.37	14.23
223	Mattapoisett	6,447	6,438	6,285	0.14	2.86
224	Berkley	6,433	6,359	5,787	1.16	11.90
225	Merrimac	6,425	6,352	6,159	1.15	4.68
226	Stow	6,327	6,217	5,933	1.77	7.20
227	Orleans	6,315	6,360	6,364	-0.71	-0.41
228	Granby	6,285	6,286	6,145	-0.02	2.50
229	Hopedale	6,165	6,183	5,932	-0.29	4.37
230	Topsfield	6,067	6,093	6,159	-0.43	-1.21
231	Harvard	6,001	6,014	5,999	-0.22	0.33
232	Southampton	5,962	5,902	5,405	1.02	10.67
233	Ashburnham	5,959	5,953	5,573	0.10	7.45
234	Rowley	5,839	5,839	5,513	0.00	6.16
235	Lee	5,803	5,805	5,978	-0.03	-3.04
236	Mendon	5,767	5,726	5,342	0.72	8.77
237	Dover	5,627	5,620	5,574	0.12	1.24
238	Eastham	5,445	5,476	5,483	-0.57	-0.15
239	Barre	5,419	5,388	5,139	0.58	5.98
240	Hampden	5,305	5,301	5,182	0.08	2.59
241	Manchester-by-the-Sea	5,265	5,257	5,240	0.15	0.71
242	Rochester	5,218	5,202	4,605	0.31	13.91
243	Marion	5,217	5,230	5,144	-0.25	1.83
244	Lenox	5,105	5,116	5,094	-0.22	0.55
245	Boxborough	5,097	5,072	4,883	0.49	4.70
246	Warren	5,071	5,060	4,782	0.22	6.18
247	Carlisle	4,882	4,851	4,737	0.64	3.50
248	North Brookfield	4,819	4,795	4,699	0.50	2.90
249	Hadley	4,787	4,789	4,796	-0.04	-0.13
250	Deerfield	4,731	4,753	4,748	-0.46	-0.40
251	Wenham	4,615	4,595	4,673	0.44	-0.88
252	Paxton	4,530	4,536	4,403	-0.13	3.28
253	Bolton	4,481	4,440	4,165	0.92	8.03
254	Hubbardston	4,461	4,390	3,942	1.62	14.12
255	Avon	4,303	4,312	4,446	-0.21	-3.15
256	West Newbury	4,269	4,260	4,162	0.21	2.89
257	Boylston	4,266	4,225	4,022	0.97	6.44
258	Sherborn	4,217	4,212	4,207	0.12	0.40
259	Edgartown	3,920	3,902	3,799	0.46	3.73
260	West Brookfield	3,826	3,842	3,816	-0.42	0.58
261	Tisbury	3,805	3,785	3,773	0.53	1.33
262	Oak Bluffs	3,731	3,744	3,734	-0.35	0.48
263	Sunderland	3,721	3,740	3,778	-0.51	-1.48
264	Brimfield	3,695	3,676	3,356	0.52	10.66
265	Nahant	3,519	3,532	3,636	-0.37	-3.11
266	Princeton	3,494	3,497	3,367	-0.09	4.21
267	Provincetown	3,390	3,396	3,445	-0.18	-1.19
268	Sheffield	3,334	3,338	3,336	-0.12	-0.03
269	Essex	3,323	3,299	3,280	0.73	1.71
270	Cheshire	3,299	3,314	3,400	-0.45	-3.00
271	Dunstable	3,290	3,221	2,852	2.14	16.30
272	Hatfield	3,258	3,245	3,253	0.40	0.31
273	Brookfield	3,030	3,048	3,060	-0.59	-0.69
274	Northfield	2,985	2,986	2,946	-0.03	1.15
275	Ashby	2,944	2,943	2,855	0.03	3.48
276	Lanesborough	2,891	2,910	2,993	-0.65	-3.44
277	Millville	2,834	2,852	2,655	-0.63	7.27
278	Plympton	2,772	2,735	2,644	1.35	5.12
279	Wellfleet	2,748	2,772	2,761	-0.87	-0.04
280	Berlin	2,699	2,700	2,396	-0.04	13.40
281	Hardwick	2,650	2,649	2,630	0.04	1.07
282	West Tisbury	2,628	2,631	2,489	-0.11	6.53
283	Holland	2,532	2,526	2,411	0.24	5.19
284	Williamsburg	2,440	2,427	2,425	0.54	0.54
285	Stockbridge	2,232	2,237	2,274	-0.22	-1.93
286	Bernardston	2,225	2,216	2,153	0.41	3.25
287	Huntington	2,193	2,188	2,176	0.23	0.87
288	Truro	2,134	2,139	2,097	-0.23	2.25
289	East Brookfield	2,069	2,079	2,102	-0.48	-1.34
290	Shelburne	2,036	2,040	2,056	-0.20	-1.07
291	Buckland	1,990	1,998	1,989	-0.40	-0.05
292	Hinsdale	1,937	1,949	1,873	-0.62	3.47
293	Oakham	1,906	1,895	1,683	0.58	13.93
294	Conway	1,884	1,882	1,807	0.11	4.15
295	Wales	1,844	1,829	1,740	0.82	6.16
296	Colrain	1,840	1,835	1,811	0.27	1.49
297	Shutesbury	1,834	1,831	1,804	0.16	1.55
298	Ashfield	1,815	1,819	1,798	-0.22	0.83
299	Becket	1,797	1,783	1,753	0.79	2.39
300	Phillipston	1,787	1,769	1,626	1.02	10.10
301	Leverett	1,746	1,735	1,692	0.63	2.83
302	Russell	1,730	1,732	1,659	-0.12	4.41
303	Granville	1,676	1,659	1,528	1.02	10.05
304	Clarksburg	1,631	1,637	1,685	-0.37	-3.26
305	Richmond	1,591	1,595	1,605	-0.25	-0.81
306	Westhampton	1,586	1,577	1,474	0.57	8.04
307	Whately	1,555	1,558	1,562	-0.19	-0.51
308	Erving	1,537	1,556	1,470	-1.22	4.77
309	New Marlborough	1,521	1,521	1,496	0.00	1.81
310	West Stockbridge	1,447	1,445	1,419	0.14	2.19
311	Pelham	1,404	1,403	1,405	0.07	0.07
312	Otis	1,394	1,379	1,364	1.09	2.12
313	Royalston	1,380	1,371	1,260	0.66	10.05
314	Gill	1,379	1,379	1,362	0.00	1.17
315	Charlemont	1,367	1,367	1,357	0.00	0.66
316	Egremont	1,350	1,350	1,344	0.00	0.37
317	Chester	1,296	1,303	1,309	-0.54	-0.92
318	Petersham	1,283	1,278	1,184	0.39	8.73
319	Blandford	1,279	1,269	1,216	0.79	5.35
320	Chesterfield	1,273	1,268	1,206	0.39	6.00
321	Worthington	1,272	1,276	1,273	-0.31	0.16
322	New Braintree	1,112	1,094	936	1.65	19.96
323	Hancock	1,082	1,085	720	-0.28	50.07
324	Wendell	1,003	1,002	985	0.10	1.72
325	New Salem	990	977	928	1.33	6.57
326	Cummington	974	977	978	-0.31	-0.41
327	Chilmark	963	949	850	1.48	14.23
328	Monterey	960	955	937	0.52	2.56
329	Goshen	956	954	924	0.21	3.80
330	Windsor	856	855	874	0.12	-2.17
331	Peru	838	838	820	0.00	2.07
332	Sandisfield	837	833	824	0.48	1.58
333	Leyden	802	807	774	-0.62	3.89
334	Heath	797	796	803	0.13	-0.99
335	Montgomery	754	749	660	0.67	15.29
336	Warwick	750	753	752	-0.40	0.00
337	Savoy	720	712	705	1.12	2.13
338	Florida	678	670	675	1.19	0.30
339	Plainfield	600	598	590	0.33	1.87
340	Middlefield	551	546	543	0.92	1.66
341	Washington	548	543	543	0.92	0.74
342	Tolland	451	447	424	0.89	6.37
343	Alford	394	394	399	0.00	-1.25
344	Aquinnah	354	353	346	0.28	2.91
345	Rowe	347	349	351	-0.57	-1.14
346	Tyringham	343	345	351	-0.58	-2.00
347	Hawley	336	338	336	-0.59	0.00
348	New Ashford	248	246	248	0.81	0.40
349	Mount Washington	138	137	130	0.73	6.15
350	Monroe	96	97	93	-1.03	3.23
351	Gosnold	84	84	86	0.00	-2.33