Rank	City	2002 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Boston	602,380	2.0%
2	Worcester	172,299	-0.1%
3	Springfield	151,222	-0.4%
4	Lowell	105,108	-0.1%
5	Cambridge	103,989	2.3%
6	Brockton	94,579	0.1%
7	New Bedford	93,831	-0.1%
8	Fall River	92,253	0.1%
9	Lynn	89,572	0.4%
10	Quincy	88,894	0.6%
11	Newton	83,770	-0.0%
12	Somerville	77,292	-0.3%
13	Lawrence	72,448	0.4%
14	Haverhill	59,677	1.0%
15	Waltham	59,008	-0.3%
16	Malden	56,269	-0.0%
17	Taunton	56,227	0.2%
18	Medford	55,684	0.0%
19	Chicopee	54,970	0.4%
20	Peabody	49,044	1.4%
21	Revere	48,502	2.4%
22	Barnstable Town	48,272	0.5%
23	Pittsfield	45,186	-1.1%
24	Methuen	44,434	1.1%
25	Attleboro	42,437	1.2%
26	Leominster	41,948	1.2%
27	Salem	40,688	0.6%
28	Holyoke	40,061	0.4%
29	Westfield	39,995	-0.2%
30	Beverly	39,791	-0.1%
31	Fitchburg	38,967	-0.1%
32	Everett	38,224	-0.2%
33	Woburn	38,036	1.6%
34	Marlborough	37,914	3.6%
35	Chelsea	35,799	2.0%
36	Watertown	33,045	0.1%
37	Gloucester	30,580	0.7%
38	Franklin	29,867	0.8%
39	Northampton	28,792	-0.6%
40	Agawam	28,305	0.4%
41	West Springfield	28,043	0.4%
42	Melrose	27,127	-0.2%
43	Gardner	21,011	0.8%
44	Newburyport	17,338	0.9%
45	Easthampton	15,955	-0.3%
46	North Adams	14,554	-0.7%