Largest by population in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by population.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Massachusetts by population — which have the most people, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Middlesex County leads at 1,622,896.

Among cities & places, Boston leads at 663,972.

Counties

#	Name	Population
1	Middlesex County	1,622,896
2	Worcester County	861,664
3	Essex County	807,258
4	Suffolk County	782,172
5	Norfolk County	724,540
6	Bristol County	578,436
7	Plymouth County	531,889
8	Hampden County	462,853
9	Barnstable County	230,073
10	Hampshire County	156,595
11	Berkshire County	128,047
12	Franklin County	70,922
13	Dukes County	20,751
14	Nantucket County	14,299

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Population
1	Boston	663,972
2	Worcester	205,501
3	Springfield	154,751
4	Cambridge	117,794
5	Lowell	114,799
6	Brockton	105,080
7	Quincy	101,361
8	Lynn	100,905
9	New Bedford	100,731
10	Fall River	93,764
11	Newton	88,504
12	Lawrence	88,297
13	Somerville	80,549
14	Framingham	72,013
15	Haverhill	67,387
16	Malden	65,509
17	Waltham	64,723
18	Brookline	62,822
19	Revere	59,933
20	Taunton	59,719
21	Medford	59,062
22	Weymouth Town	57,786
23	Chicopee	55,213
24	Peabody	54,180
25	Methuen	53,043
26	Everett	49,236
27	Barnstable Town	49,232
28	Attleboro	46,499
29	Arlington	46,015
30	Salem	44,241
31	Leominster	43,697
32	Pittsfield	43,559
33	Beverly	42,408
34	Fitchburg	41,633
35	Marlborough	41,398
36	Woburn	41,205
37	Westfield	40,673
38	Chelsea	39,460
39	Braintree Town	38,762
40	Holyoke	37,949
41	Amherst Town	35,472
42	Watertown	35,270
43	Randolph Town	34,683
44	Lexington	34,085
45	Franklin Town	33,067
46	Needham	32,059
47	Norwood	31,380
48	North Attleborough Town	30,842
49	Wellesley	29,906
50	Gloucester	29,862
51	Melrose	29,488
52	Bridgewater Town	28,669
53	Northampton	28,640
54	West Springfield Town	28,635
55	Saugus	28,599
56	Agawam Town	28,510
57	Milton	28,481
58	Danvers	27,924
59	Milford	27,919
60	Wakefield	27,284
61	Belmont	27,009
62	Burlington	26,223
63	Reading	25,448
64	Dedham	25,109
65	Wilmington	23,195
66	Stoneham	22,986
67	Winchester	22,862
68	Gardner	21,075
69	Marblehead	20,334
70	Winthrop Town	18,807
71	Newburyport	18,444
72	Somerset	18,246
73	Southbridge Town	17,806
74	Greenfield	17,662
75	Amesbury	17,277
76	Abington	17,008
77	Easthampton	16,103
78	Longmeadow	15,724
79	Hudson	15,610
80	Swampscott	15,209
81	Lynnfield	12,964
82	North Adams	12,660
83	Palmer Town	12,372
84	Webster	12,300
85	South Yarmouth	11,642
86	Holbrook	11,320
87	Nantucket	10,837
88	Maynard	10,663
89	Hull	10,098
90	Andover	9,261
91	Athol	8,711
92	Middleborough Center	8,064
93	Plymouth	7,852
94	Whitinsville	7,250
95	Mansfield Center	7,232
96	Clinton	6,908
97	Pinehurst	6,737
98	Northborough	6,720
99	Cochituate	6,688
100	East Falmouth	6,415

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