Northeast Cities

144 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York	New York	8,546,038	-0.45%	1	City
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,567,280	-0.44%	2	City
Hempstead	New York	796,269	0.07%	3	Town
Boston	Massachusetts	671,635	-0.2%	4	City
Brookhaven	New York	497,748	0.27%	5	Town
Islip	New York	340,934	0.02%	6	Town
Newark	New Jersey	327,454	1.13%	7	City
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	308,597	0.31%	8	City
Jersey City	New Jersey	303,303	0.43%	9	City
Oyster Bay	New York	301,359	0.08%	10	Town
Buffalo	New York	274,006	-0.22%	11	City
North Hempstead	New York	239,359	0.16%	12	Town
Babylon	New York	219,919	0.07%	13	Town
Worcester	Massachusetts	215,778	0.9%	14	City
Yonkers	New York	212,739	0.06%	15	City
Huntington	New York	206,155	0.13%	16	Town
Rochester	New York	204,932	-0.57%	17	City
Providence	Rhode Island	196,192	0.45%	18	City
Ramapo	New York	163,287	1.07%	19	Town
Paterson	New Jersey	161,849	0.03%	20	City
Springfield	Massachusetts	155,014	0.2%	21	City
Bridgeport	Connecticut	153,208	0.61%	22	City
Lakewood	New Jersey	145,126	0.95%	23	Township
Syracuse	New York	144,220	-0.47%	24	City
Elizabeth	New Jersey	141,795	0.08%	25	City
New Haven	Connecticut	140,916	1.54%	26	City
Stamford	Connecticut	140,509	0.7%	27	City
Amherst	New York	130,132	-0.24%	28	Town
Allentown	Pennsylvania	126,067	0.02%	29	City
Cambridge	Massachusetts	123,339	0.61%	30	City
Hartford	Connecticut	122,321	0.28%	31	City
Lowell	Massachusetts	119,847	-0.1%	32	City
Manchester	New Hampshire	117,453	0.54%	33	City
Smithtown	New York	116,900	0.05%	34	Town
Waterbury	Connecticut	116,177	0.35%	35	City
Edison	New Jersey	109,132	0.05%	36	Township
Brockton	Massachusetts	106,078	-0.05%	37	City
Lynn	Massachusetts	104,710	0.45%	38	City
Woodbridge	New Jersey	104,499	-0.29%	39	Township
Quincy	Massachusetts	103,699	0.51%	40	City
Albany	New York	102,305	0.6%	41	City
New Bedford	Massachusetts	102,044	0.21%	42	City
Toms River	New Jersey	101,621	0.72%	43	Township
Reading	Pennsylvania	96,019	0.2%	44	City
Fall River	Massachusetts	95,563	0.28%	45	City
Norwalk	Connecticut	95,205	0.74%	46	City
Greenburgh	New York	94,850	0.33%	47	Town
Greece	New York	94,370	-0.12%	48	Town
Hamilton	New Jersey	94,267	0.12%	49	Township
Nashua	New Hampshire	92,949	0.56%	50	City
Trenton	New Jersey	91,702	0.21%	51	City
Newton	Massachusetts	91,483	0.82%	52	City
Clifton	New Jersey	91,227	0.11%	53	City
Erie	Pennsylvania	91,194	-0.7%	54	City
Clarkstown	New York	89,943	0.32%	55	Town
Danbury	Connecticut	89,744	0.8%	56	City
Lawrence	Massachusetts	89,147	-0.19%	57	City
Cheektowaga	New York	88,117	-0.05%	58	Town
Colonie	New York	87,246	0.47%	59	Town
New Rochelle	New York	87,229	1.59%	60	City
Upper Darby	Pennsylvania	85,405	-0.06%	61	Township
Cranston	Rhode Island	85,026	0.45%	62	City
Somerville	Massachusetts	84,334	0.15%	63	City
Warwick	Rhode Island	84,327	0.17%	64	City
Cherry Hill	New Jersey	80,987	1.28%	65	Township
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	80,563	1.15%	66	City
Brick	New Jersey	77,928	0.68%	67	Township
Pawtucket	Rhode Island	77,403	0.44%	68	City
New Britain	Connecticut	76,969	0.9%	69	City
Bayonne	New Jersey	75,475	0.98%	70	City
Scranton	Pennsylvania	75,392	-0.16%	71	City
Framingham	Massachusetts	72,952	-0.09%	72	City
East Orange	New Jersey	72,217	0.08%	73	City
Southampton	New York	72,137	0.75%	74	Town
Mount Vernon	New York	71,952	-0.49%	75	City
Passaic	New Jersey	71,357	0.03%	76	City
Camden	New Jersey	71,181	-0.35%	77	City
Old Bridge	New Jersey	70,634	0.58%	78	Township
Tonawanda	New York	70,595	-0.36%	79	Town
Portland	Maine	70,070	0.23%	80	City
Schenectady	New York	70,055	0.84%	81	City
Franklin	New Jersey	68,980	-0.18%	82	Township
Plymouth	Massachusetts	68,758	1.34%	83	Town
Haverhill	Massachusetts	68,306	-0.08%	84	City
Gloucester	New Jersey	67,298	0.32%	85	Township
Middletown	New Jersey	67,204	0.1%	86	Township
Union City	New Jersey	66,937	0.42%	87	City
Fairfield	Connecticut	66,622	0.54%	88	Township
Malden	Massachusetts	66,362	-0.01%	89	City
Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	64,977	0.44%	90	Township
Greenwich	Connecticut	64,960	0.25%	91	Township
Waltham	Massachusetts	64,896	-0.22%	92	City
West Hartford	Connecticut	64,694	0.7%	93	Township
Union	New Jersey	63,732	0.09%	94	Township
White Plains	New York	63,647	1.23%	95	City
Brookline	Massachusetts	63,421	0.01%	96	Town
Vineland	New Jersey	63,095	0.63%	97	City
Taunton	Massachusetts	62,837	0.5%	98	City
Bristol	Connecticut	62,686	0.55%	99	City
Bensalem	Pennsylvania	62,648	-0.22%	100	Township
Utica	New York	62,511	-0.74%	101	City
Piscataway	New Jersey	62,323	0.11%	102	Township
Irvington	New Jersey	62,255	0.04%	103	Township
North Bergen	New Jersey	61,787	0.49%	104	Township
Hamden	Connecticut	61,729	-0.15%	105	Township
Jackson	New Jersey	61,616	0.55%	106	Township
Hamburg	New York	61,104	0.55%	107	Town
Meriden	Connecticut	60,871	0.1%	108	City
Hempstead	New York	60,048	0.38%	109	Village
Revere	Massachusetts	59,907	-0.39%	110	City
Manchester	Connecticut	59,888	0.19%	111	Township
Medford	Massachusetts	59,790	-0.07%	112	City
Weymouth Town	Massachusetts	59,779	0.03%	113	City
Hoboken	New Jersey	59,312	0.48%	114	City
Clay	New York	59,078	-0.35%	115	Town
Abington	Pennsylvania	58,547	-0.19%	116	Township
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	58,435	0.12%	117	City
Plainfield	New Jersey	57,385	0.43%	118	City
New Brunswick	New Jersey	57,265	0.23%	119	City
Perth Amboy	New Jersey	57,097	0.63%	120	City
Bloomfield	New Jersey	56,948	1.02%	121	Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills	New Jersey	56,724	0.16%	122	Township
Everett	Massachusetts	55,934	4.41%	123	City
Peabody	Massachusetts	55,927	-0.05%	124	City
Howell	New Jersey	55,864	1.28%	125	Township
Lower Paxton	Pennsylvania	55,632	0.12%	126	Township
Chicopee	Massachusetts	55,329	0.03%	127	City
West Haven	Connecticut	55,318	-0.06%	128	City
Wayne	New Jersey	54,857	0.07%	129	Township
Bristol	Pennsylvania	54,164	0.19%	130	Township
Stratford	Connecticut	54,071	0.3%	131	Township
Union	New York	53,848	-0.23%	132	Town
West New York	New Jersey	53,780	1.11%	133	Town
Millcreek	Pennsylvania	52,480	-0.38%	134	Township
Rye	New York	51,339	2.66%	135	Town
East Hartford	Connecticut	51,022	0.11%	136	Township
Haverford	Pennsylvania	50,980	-0.03%	137	Township
Troy	New York	50,787	-0.25%	138	City
East Brunswick	New Jersey	50,780	0.2%	139	Township
Orangetown	New York	50,676	0.59%	140	Town
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,644	0.24%	141	City
Barnstable Town	Massachusetts	50,134	0.07%	142	City
Palm Tree	New York	50,080	6.22%	143	Town
Irondequoit	New York	50,060	-0.24%	144	Town

States Within the Northeast Region

For this list, the Northeast Region is defined as the 9 states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Sources

City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024