Most densely populated in Massachusetts

Massachusetts counties and cities ranked by population density.

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

Among counties, Suffolk County leads at 13,426/sq mi.

Among cities & places, Somerville leads at 19,549/sq mi.

Counties

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Suffolk County	13,426/sq mi
2	Middlesex County	1,984/sq mi
3	Norfolk County	1,829/sq mi
4	Essex County	1,639/sq mi
5	Bristol County	1,046/sq mi
6	Plymouth County	808/sq mi
7	Hampden County	750/sq mi
8	Barnstable County	584/sq mi
9	Worcester County	570/sq mi
10	Nantucket County	310/sq mi
11	Hampshire County	297/sq mi
12	Dukes County	201/sq mi
13	Berkshire County	138/sq mi
14	Franklin County	101/sq mi

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	People / sq mi
1	Somerville	19,549/sq mi
2	Cambridge	18,414/sq mi
3	Chelsea	17,785/sq mi
4	Everett	14,411/sq mi
5	Boston	13,735/sq mi
6	Malden	12,986/sq mi
7	Lawrence	12,742/sq mi
8	Revere	10,507/sq mi
9	Winthrop Town	9,434/sq mi
10	Lynn	9,396/sq mi
11	Brookline	9,295/sq mi
12	Arlington	8,948/sq mi
13	Watertown	8,826/sq mi
14	Lowell	8,435/sq mi
15	Medford	7,291/sq mi
16	Melrose	6,296/sq mi
17	Quincy	6,116/sq mi
18	Belmont	5,812/sq mi
19	Worcester	5,501/sq mi
20	Salem	5,334/sq mi
21	Waltham	5,078/sq mi
22	New Bedford	5,036/sq mi
23	Swampscott	5,033/sq mi
24	Newton	4,964/sq mi
25	Brockton	4,926/sq mi
26	Springfield	4,856/sq mi
27	Ocean Grove	4,683/sq mi
28	Marblehead	4,644/sq mi
29	Clinton	4,628/sq mi
30	Webster	4,140/sq mi
31	Stoneham	3,821/sq mi
32	Winchester	3,790/sq mi
33	Green Harbor	3,764/sq mi
34	Wakefield	3,690/sq mi
35	North Plymouth	3,578/sq mi
36	Randolph Town	3,529/sq mi
37	Hull	3,516/sq mi
38	Plymouth	3,508/sq mi
39	Weymouth Town	3,447/sq mi
40	Peabody	3,337/sq mi
41	Woburn	3,257/sq mi
42	Nahant	3,094/sq mi
43	Norwood	3,023/sq mi
44	Wellesley	2,984/sq mi
45	Ipswich	2,932/sq mi
46	Framingham	2,875/sq mi
47	Bliss Corner	2,831/sq mi
48	Fall River	2,831/sq mi
49	Braintree Town	2,817/sq mi
50	Beverly	2,810/sq mi
51	Milford	2,749/sq mi
52	Hudson	2,717/sq mi
53	Saugus	2,654/sq mi
54	Mansfield Center	2,624/sq mi
55	Spencer	2,617/sq mi
56	Needham	2,607/sq mi
57	Reading	2,551/sq mi
58	Andover	2,511/sq mi
59	Dedham	2,445/sq mi
60	Chicopee	2,410/sq mi
61	Methuen	2,388/sq mi
62	Hopedale	2,360/sq mi
63	Somerset	2,310/sq mi
64	Adams	2,279/sq mi
65	Ayer	2,271/sq mi
66	Westborough	2,242/sq mi
67	Burlington	2,232/sq mi
68	Newburyport	2,209/sq mi
69	Foxborough	2,208/sq mi
70	Milton	2,189/sq mi
71	Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock	2,159/sq mi
72	Walpole	2,131/sq mi
73	Danvers	2,103/sq mi
74	Turners Falls	2,077/sq mi
75	North Seekonk	2,075/sq mi
76	Lexington	2,074/sq mi
77	Middleborough Center	2,053/sq mi
78	Hopkinton	2,050/sq mi
79	Vineyard Haven	2,049/sq mi
80	Maynard	2,046/sq mi
81	Northborough	2,046/sq mi
82	Haverhill	2,040/sq mi
83	Sharon	2,013/sq mi
84	Whitinsville	1,990/sq mi
85	Marlborough	1,984/sq mi
86	Acushnet Center	1,973/sq mi
87	Hanscom AFB	1,957/sq mi
88	Winchendon	1,946/sq mi
89	Provincetown	1,939/sq mi
90	Falmouth	1,914/sq mi
91	Nantucket	1,861/sq mi
92	Pinehurst	1,806/sq mi
93	Holyoke	1,793/sq mi
94	West Concord	1,776/sq mi
95	Cochituate	1,756/sq mi
96	Attleboro	1,736/sq mi
97	Longmeadow	1,730/sq mi
98	Hingham	1,725/sq mi
99	West Springfield Town	1,712/sq mi
100	Abington	1,708/sq mi

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