Rank	City	2005 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Boston	607,367	0.7%
2	Worcester	174,419	0.3%
3	Springfield	151,507	-0.1%
4	Lowell	103,359	-0.4%
5	Cambridge	103,248	0.4%
6	Brockton	93,895	-0.1%
7	New Bedford	93,060	-0.2%
8	Fall River	91,785	-0.1%
9	Quincy	90,092	0.5%
10	Lynn	88,138	-0.3%
11	Newton	83,581	-0.1%
12	Somerville	76,374	-0.4%
13	Lawrence	71,238	-0.3%
14	Waltham	60,278	0.4%
15	Haverhill	60,107	0.4%
16	Taunton	56,105	-0.0%
17	Chicopee	55,803	0.5%
18	Medford	55,548	-0.1%
19	Malden	55,153	-0.5%
20	Peabody	49,632	0.6%
21	Revere	48,927	0.8%
22	Barnstable Town	48,080	0.0%
23	Pittsfield	44,080	-0.9%
24	Methuen	44,069	0.1%
25	Attleboro	43,165	0.7%
26	Leominster	42,225	0.5%
27	Salem	41,630	0.7%
28	Holyoke	40,551	0.4%
29	Westfield	40,420	0.2%
30	Beverly	39,746	-0.1%
31	Fitchburg	39,569	0.4%
32	Woburn	37,742	0.2%
33	Marlborough	37,615	0.7%
34	Everett	37,357	-0.6%
35	Chelsea	35,506	0.3%
36	Watertown	32,728	-0.2%
37	Franklin	30,802	1.0%
38	Gloucester	30,342	-0.0%
39	Northampton	28,848	-0.1%
40	Agawam	28,812	0.6%
41	West Springfield	28,520	0.5%
42	Melrose	26,486	-0.6%
43	Gardner	21,185	0.4%
44	Newburyport	17,520	0.5%
45	Easthampton	16,070	0.1%
46	North Adams	14,225	-0.7%