Rank	City	2000 Population	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Boston	590,433	0.3%
2	Worcester	172,500	0.2%
3	Springfield	151,895	-0.3%
4	Lowell	105,181	0.2%
5	Cambridge	101,683	0.6%
6	Brockton	94,455	0.2%
7	New Bedford	93,896	-0.5%
8	Fall River	92,116	-0.1%
9	Lynn	89,210	0.9%
10	Quincy	88,351	0.4%
11	Newton	83,788	0.1%
12	Somerville	77,510	0.2%
13	Lawrence	72,176	0.3%
14	Waltham	59,214	0.2%
15	Haverhill	59,113	1.5%
16	Malden	56,296	0.4%
17	Taunton	56,119	1.2%
18	Medford	55,662	-0.3%
19	Chicopee	54,735	-0.3%
20	Peabody	48,376	0.3%
21	Barnstable Town	48,054	1.6%
22	Revere	47,383	1.0%
23	Pittsfield	45,704	-0.7%
24	Methuen	43,952	0.9%
25	Attleboro	41,954	0.9%
26	Leominster	41,469	0.9%
27	Salem	40,450	0.6%
28	Westfield	40,084	0.4%
29	Holyoke	39,883	-0.9%
30	Beverly	39,842	0.4%
31	Fitchburg	39,010	-0.7%
32	Everett	38,291	0.7%
33	Woburn	37,420	0.4%
34	Marlborough	36,612	1.4%
35	Chelsea	35,105	2.0%
36	Watertown	33,003	-0.1%
37	Gloucester	30,357	0.6%
38	Franklin	29,633	3.0%
39	Northampton	28,974	-0.1%
40	Agawam	28,184	0.3%
41	West Springfield	27,936	–
42	Melrose	27,183	-0.3%
43	Gardner	20,839	0.3%
44	Newburyport	17,183	0.5%
45	Easthampton	16,003	–
46	North Adams	14,651	-1.5%