Northeast Cities

144 cities

City	State	2026 Pop. ↓	Annual Change	Rank	Type
New York	New York	8,346,955	-0.78%	1	City
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,560,480	-0.43%	2	City
Hempstead	New York	800,777	0.53%	3	Town
Boston	Massachusetts	691,168	1.3%	4	City
Brookhaven	New York	497,541	0.48%	5	Town
Islip	New York	341,430	0.33%	6	Town
Newark	New Jersey	333,459	2.48%	7	City
Jersey City	New Jersey	312,042	1.5%	8	City
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	310,103	0.39%	9	City
Oyster Bay	New York	301,088	0.26%	10	Town
Buffalo	New York	276,146	-0.09%	11	City
North Hempstead	New York	240,082	0.5%	12	Town
Babylon	New York	220,044	0.34%	13	Town
Worcester	Massachusetts	215,436	0.97%	14	City
Yonkers	New York	211,062	0.01%	15	City
Huntington	New York	206,780	0.5%	16	Town
Rochester	New York	205,477	-0.44%	17	City
Providence	Rhode Island	196,657	0.5%	18	City
Paterson	New Jersey	164,315	1.19%	19	City
Ramapo	New York	162,422	1.77%	20	Town
Springfield	Massachusetts	156,224	0.43%	21	City
Bridgeport	Connecticut	153,542	0.64%	22	City
Lakewood	New Jersey	145,783	1.32%	23	Township
Syracuse	New York	145,678	-0.14%	24	City
Elizabeth	New Jersey	145,149	1.66%	25	City
New Haven	Connecticut	141,686	1.48%	26	City
Stamford	Connecticut	140,964	0.65%	27	City
Amherst	New York	131,100	0.09%	28	Town
Allentown	Pennsylvania	127,841	0.28%	29	City
Cambridge	Massachusetts	124,928	1.52%	30	City
Hartford	Connecticut	122,959	0.34%	31	City
Lowell	Massachusetts	122,948	1.04%	32	City
Manchester	New Hampshire	117,774	0.59%	33	City
Smithtown	New York	116,940	0.31%	34	Town
Waterbury	Connecticut	116,917	0.43%	35	City
Edison	New Jersey	113,208	1.44%	36	Township
Woodbridge	New Jersey	108,905	1.3%	37	Township
Brockton	Massachusetts	106,892	0.52%	38	City
Lynn	Massachusetts	106,731	1.54%	39	City
Quincy	Massachusetts	105,694	1.08%	40	City
Albany	New York	102,671	0.66%	41	City
New Bedford	Massachusetts	101,940	0.31%	42	City
Toms River	New Jersey	101,061	0.59%	43	Township
Reading	Pennsylvania	96,508	0.26%	44	City
Hamilton	New Jersey	96,013	1.11%	45	Township
Fall River	Massachusetts	95,477	0.41%	46	City
Greenburgh	New York	95,477	0.8%	47	Town
Norwalk	Connecticut	95,043	0.73%	48	City
Greece	New York	94,612	-0.02%	49	Town
Newton	Massachusetts	93,578	1.56%	50	City
Nashua	New Hampshire	93,297	0.78%	51	City
Trenton	New Jersey	92,813	0.88%	52	City
Clifton	New Jersey	92,558	1.22%	53	City
Erie	Pennsylvania	91,970	-0.52%	54	City
Lawrence	Massachusetts	90,498	0.65%	55	City
Danbury	Connecticut	89,990	0.73%	56	City
Clarkstown	New York	89,415	0.96%	57	Town
Cheektowaga	New York	88,492	0%	58	Town
New Rochelle	New York	88,163	1.53%	59	City
Colonie	New York	87,347	0.47%	60	Town
Upper Darby	Pennsylvania	87,199	0.67%	61	Township
Cranston	Rhode Island	85,286	0.49%	62	City
Somerville	Massachusetts	83,967	1.09%	63	City
Warwick	Rhode Island	83,900	0.21%	64	City
Cherry Hill	New Jersey	81,624	1.64%	65	Township
Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	81,326	1.17%	66	City
Bayonne	New Jersey	79,816	3.42%	67	City
Pawtucket	Rhode Island	77,750	0.49%	68	City
Brick	New Jersey	77,527	0.58%	69	Township
New Britain	Connecticut	77,335	0.96%	70	City
Scranton	Pennsylvania	75,767	-0.09%	71	City
Framingham	Massachusetts	74,835	0.99%	72	City
East Orange	New Jersey	74,070	1.52%	73	City
Old Bridge	New Jersey	73,162	1.85%	74	Township
Passaic	New Jersey	72,492	1.24%	75	City
Camden	New Jersey	72,421	0.47%	76	City
Southampton	New York	71,948	0.91%	77	Town
Franklin	New Jersey	71,852	1.4%	78	Township
Tonawanda	New York	71,375	-0.03%	79	Town
Mount Vernon	New York	71,218	-0.54%	80	City
Schenectady	New York	70,069	0.41%	81	City
Portland	Maine	69,970	0.29%	82	City
Haverhill	Massachusetts	69,187	0.65%	83	City
Union City	New Jersey	68,924	1.48%	84	City
Plymouth	Massachusetts	68,589	1.42%	85	Town
Malden	Massachusetts	68,399	1.26%	86	City
Gloucester	New Jersey	67,606	0.53%	87	Township
Middletown	New Jersey	67,496	0.41%	88	Township
Fairfield	Connecticut	67,470	1.63%	89	Township
Waltham	Massachusetts	67,217	1.03%	90	City
Union	New Jersey	66,207	2.35%	91	Township
Greenwich	Connecticut	65,798	0.92%	92	Township
Lower Merion	Pennsylvania	65,612	0.7%	93	Township
Brookline	Massachusetts	65,399	1.14%	94	Town
West Hartford	Connecticut	64,740	0.43%	95	Township
Piscataway	New Jersey	64,701	1.54%	96	Township
Revere	Massachusetts	64,174	2.78%	97	City
White Plains	New York	64,045	1.17%	98	City
Vineland	New Jersey	63,786	1.36%	99	City
Irvington	New Jersey	63,708	1.49%	100	Township
Taunton	Massachusetts	63,650	1.36%	101	City
North Bergen	New Jersey	63,552	1.5%	102	Township
Bensalem	Pennsylvania	63,320	0.19%	103	Township
Bristol	Connecticut	62,920	0.58%	104	City
Utica	New York	62,903	-0.6%	105	City
Hamden	Connecticut	61,708	0.16%	106	Township
Hamburg	New York	61,582	0.79%	107	Town
Weymouth Town	Massachusetts	61,391	1.01%	108	City
Jackson	New Jersey	61,212	0.42%	109	Township
Meriden	Connecticut	60,962	0.09%	110	City
Hoboken	New Jersey	60,919	1.47%	111	City
Medford	Massachusetts	60,904	0.83%	112	City
Manchester	Connecticut	60,454	0.42%	113	Township
Hempstead	New York	59,918	0.29%	114	Village
Abington	Pennsylvania	59,909	0.7%	115	Township
Clay	New York	59,839	0.06%	116	Town
New Brunswick	New Jersey	59,327	1.58%	117	City
Perth Amboy	New Jersey	58,721	1.54%	118	City
Lancaster	Pennsylvania	58,690	0.21%	119	City
Plainfield	New Jersey	58,399	1.65%	120	City
Bloomfield	New Jersey	57,082	1.48%	121	Township
Parsippany-Troy Hills	New Jersey	56,889	0.14%	122	Township
Peabody	Massachusetts	56,168	0.67%	123	City
Lower Paxton	Pennsylvania	56,159	0.62%	124	Township
Chicopee	Massachusetts	55,449	0.06%	125	City
Wayne	New Jersey	55,378	1.17%	126	Township
West Haven	Connecticut	55,292	-0.08%	127	City
West New York	New Jersey	55,253	2.1%	128	Town
Howell	New Jersey	55,129	0.67%	129	Township
Stratford	Connecticut	54,934	1.22%	130	Township
Bristol	Pennsylvania	54,353	0.19%	131	Township
Union	New York	53,990	-0.28%	132	Town
Everett	Massachusetts	53,779	1.85%	133	City
East Brunswick	New Jersey	52,908	1.75%	134	Township
Millcreek	Pennsylvania	52,821	-0.22%	135	Township
Haverford	Pennsylvania	51,959	0.65%	136	Township
Monroe	New Jersey	51,781	1.59%	137	Township
East Hartford	Connecticut	51,519	0.38%	138	Township
Troy	New York	50,942	-0.12%	139	City
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,927	0.27%	140	City
Irondequoit	New York	50,590	0.21%	141	Town
West Orange	New Jersey	50,513	1.31%	142	Township
Orangetown	New York	50,449	1.26%	143	Town
Washington	New Jersey	50,386	0.63%	144	Township

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