Area Census 2000 7/1/2008 Absolute Change Relative Change
Massachusetts 6,349,097 6,497,967 148,870 2.34%
Agawam city 28,144 28,091 -53 -0.19%
Attleboro city 42,068 42,833 765 1.82%
Beverly city 39,862 39,343 -519 -1.30%
Boston city 589,141 609,023 19,882 3.37%
Brockton city 94,304 93,007 -1,297 -1.38%
Cambridge city 101,355 105,596 4,241 4.18%
Chelsea city 35,080 41,577 6,497 18.52%
Chicopee city 54,653 54,941 288 0.53%
Easthampton city 15,994 16,195 201 1.26%
Everett city 38,037 37,353 -684 -1.80%
Fall River city 91,938 90,931 -1,007 -1.10%
Fitchburg city 39,102 40,239 1,137 2.91%
Franklin city 29,560 32,148 2,588 8.76%
Gardner city 20,770 20,682 -88 -0.42%
Gloucester city 30,273 30,243 -30 -0.10%
Haverhill city 58,969 61,275 2,306 3.91%
Holyoke city 39,838 39,947 109 0.27%
Lawrence city 72,043 70,014 -2,029 -2.82%
Leominster city 41,303 41,055 -248 -0.60%
Lowell city 105,167 103,615 -1,552 -1.48%
Lynn city 89,050 86,957 -2,093 -2.35%
Malden city 56,340 55,597 -743 -1.32%
Marlborough city 36,255 37,932 1,677 4.63%
Medford city 55,765 55,573 -192 -0.34%
Melrose city 27,134 26,708 -426 -1.57%
Methuen city 43,789 44,055 266 0.61%
New Bedford city 93,768 91,365 -2,403 -2.56%
Newburyport city 17,189 17,542 353 2.05%
Newton city 83,829 82,139 -1,690 -2.02%
North Adams city 14,681 13,711 -970 -6.61%
Northampton city 28,978 28,379 -599 -2.07%
Peabody city 48,129 51,331 3,202 6.65%
Pittsfield city 45,793 42,652 -3,141 -6.86%
Quincy city 88,025 92,339 4,314 4.90%
Revere city 47,283 60,204 12,921 27.33%
Salem city 40,407 41,256 849 2.10%
Somerville city 77,478 75,662 -1,816 -2.34%
Springfield city 152,082 150,640 -1,442 -0.95%
Taunton city 55,976 55,702 -274 -0.49%
Waltham city 59,226 60,236 1,010 1.71%
Watertown city 32,986 32,365 -621 -1.88%
Westfield city 40,072 40,608 536 1.34%
Woburn city 37,258 36,871 -387 -1.04%
Worcester city 172,648 175,011 2,363 1.37%

Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau