Rank	City	2008 Population (Est.)	Growth Rate (Annual)
1	Boston	622,748	0.8%
2	Worcester	175,521	0.2%
3	Springfield	151,342	-0.1%
4	Cambridge	106,238	0.6%
5	Lowell	102,748	-0.3%
6	Brockton	93,015	-0.2%
7	New Bedford	91,150	-0.4%
8	Fall River	90,740	-0.2%
9	Quincy	89,851	0.2%
10	Lynn	86,930	-0.4%
11	Newton	83,262	-0.1%
12	Somerville	75,691	-0.3%
13	Lawrence	69,962	-0.4%
14	Haverhill	60,668	0.4%
15	Waltham	60,325	0.3%
16	Chicopee	56,088	0.3%
17	Taunton	55,612	-0.1%
18	Medford	55,545	-0.0%
19	Malden	55,505	-0.2%
20	Peabody	51,284	0.8%
21	Revere	51,051	1.1%
22	Barnstable Town	46,646	-0.4%
23	Methuen	43,708	-0.1%
24	Attleboro	43,300	0.5%
25	Pittsfield	42,965	-0.9%
26	Leominster	42,217	0.3%
27	Salem	41,421	0.3%
28	Holyoke	40,820	0.3%
29	Westfield	40,774	0.2%
30	Fitchburg	40,243	0.4%
31	Beverly	39,490	-0.1%
32	Woburn	38,476	0.4%
33	Marlborough	37,984	0.5%
34	Everett	37,395	-0.3%
35	Chelsea	36,419	0.5%
36	Watertown	32,728	-0.1%
37	Franklin	31,135	0.7%
38	Gloucester	30,148	-0.1%
39	Agawam	28,757	0.3%
40	Northampton	28,538	-0.2%
41	West Springfield	28,501	0.3%
42	Melrose	26,686	-0.3%
43	Gardner	21,122	0.2%
44	Newburyport	17,335	0.1%
45	Easthampton	16,218	0.2%
46	North Adams	13,874	-0.8%