186 cities
| City | Rank | Annual Change ↓ | 2025 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping | 1 | 3.12% | 8,040 | 7,152 |
| Dunbarton | 2 | 2.04% | 3,251 | 3,013 |
| Hillsborough | 3 | 1.66% | 6,190 | 5,940 |
| Merrimack | 4 | 1.51% | 29,809 | 26,835 |
| Chichester | 5 | 1.46% | 2,852 | 2,669 |
| Sutton | 6 | 1.4% | 2,096 | 1,984 |
| Boscawen | 7 | 1.4% | 4,211 | 4,005 |
| Brentwood | 8 | 1.38% | 4,853 | 4,505 |
| Nottingham | 9 | 1.35% | 5,543 | 5,245 |
| Auburn | 10 | 1.31% | 6,345 | 5,975 |
| Fitzwilliam | 11 | 1.29% | 2,515 | 2,357 |
| Stoddard | 12 | 1.24% | 1,467 | 1,383 |
| Effingham | 13 | 1.23% | 1,817 | 1,697 |
| Newbury | 14 | 1.22% | 2,320 | 2,176 |
| Dover | 15 | 1.2% | 34,315 | 32,783 |
| Marlborough | 16 | 1.19% | 2,219 | 2,098 |
| Candia | 17 | 1.14% | 4,266 | 4,017 |
| Pelham | 18 | 1.14% | 14,852 | 14,238 |
| Danville | 19 | 1.06% | 4,674 | 4,415 |
| Jaffrey | 20 | 1.05% | 5,607 | 5,327 |
| Dublin | 21 | 1% | 1,609 | 1,530 |
| New Durham | 22 | 1% | 2,842 | 2,699 |
| Hopkinton | 23 | 0.98% | 6,206 | 5,929 |
| Northfield | 24 | 0.95% | 5,114 | 4,877 |
| Thornton | 25 | 0.94% | 2,890 | 2,708 |
| Laconia | 26 | 0.94% | 17,473 | 16,890 |
| Sandown | 27 | 0.91% | 6,780 | 6,553 |
| Fremont | 28 | 0.9% | 4,943 | 4,745 |
| Franconia | 29 | 0.88% | 1,152 | 1,087 |
| Tuftonboro | 30 | 0.87% | 2,659 | 2,472 |
| Windham | 31 | 0.84% | 16,344 | 15,837 |
| Nashua | 32 | 0.79% | 92,574 | 91,197 |
| Alstead | 33 | 0.78% | 1,940 | 1,870 |
| Barrington | 34 | 0.78% | 9,704 | 9,320 |
| Hooksett | 35 | 0.77% | 15,495 | 14,907 |
| Greenfield | 36 | 0.77% | 1,709 | 1,711 |
| Portsmouth | 37 | 0.76% | 23,113 | 21,991 |
| Hill | 38 | 0.76% | 1,058 | 1,015 |
| Rye | 39 | 0.76% | 5,706 | 5,546 |
| Epsom | 40 | 0.76% | 5,058 | 4,839 |
| Wakefield | 41 | 0.74% | 5,549 | 5,211 |
| Ossipee | 42 | 0.74% | 4,642 | 4,380 |
| Andover | 43 | 0.73% | 2,468 | 2,404 |
| Rindge | 44 | 0.73% | 6,591 | 6,494 |
| Temple | 45 | 0.71% | 1,411 | 1,376 |
| Hudson | 46 | 0.71% | 25,969 | 25,371 |
| Antrim | 47 | 0.7% | 2,739 | 2,650 |
| Lempster | 48 | 0.69% | 1,166 | 1,114 |
| Moultonborough | 49 | 0.67% | 5,278 | 4,937 |
| Salisbury | 50 | 0.66% | 1,514 | 1,427 |
| Londonderry | 51 | 0.66% | 27,281 | 26,104 |
| Pembroke | 52 | 0.66% | 7,617 | 7,206 |
| Washington | 53 | 0.66% | 1,221 | 1,193 |
| New Ipswich | 54 | 0.65% | 5,440 | 5,210 |
| Richmond | 55 | 0.65% | 1,247 | 1,197 |
| Webster | 56 | 0.61% | 1,991 | 1,923 |
| Lincoln | 57 | 0.6% | 1,664 | 1,630 |
| Brookline | 58 | 0.6% | 5,850 | 5,646 |
| Manchester | 59 | 0.6% | 117,080 | 115,512 |
| Litchfield | 60 | 0.58% | 8,604 | 8,469 |
| Sandwich | 61 | 0.58% | 1,553 | 1,473 |
| Walpole | 62 | 0.56% | 3,738 | 3,638 |
| New Boston | 63 | 0.55% | 6,253 | 6,110 |
| Milford | 64 | 0.54% | 16,620 | 16,138 |
| Danbury | 65 | 0.54% | 1,310 | 1,258 |
| Greenland | 66 | 0.53% | 4,148 | 4,066 |
| Canterbury | 67 | 0.53% | 2,480 | 2,387 |
| Rollinsford | 68 | 0.53% | 2,673 | 2,592 |
| Deerfield | 69 | 0.52% | 5,009 | 4,862 |
| Northwood | 70 | 0.51% | 4,726 | 4,643 |
| Plaistow | 71 | 0.51% | 7,911 | 7,838 |
| Troy | 72 | 0.5% | 2,209 | 2,140 |
| Haverhill | 73 | 0.5% | 4,643 | 4,584 |
| Hinsdale | 74 | 0.5% | 4,047 | 3,949 |
| Madison | 75 | 0.48% | 2,738 | 2,579 |
| Wilmot | 76 | 0.48% | 1,478 | 1,409 |
| Bethlehem | 77 | 0.47% | 2,566 | 2,506 |
| Newmarket | 78 | 0.46% | 9,572 | 9,423 |
| Mont Vernon | 79 | 0.41% | 2,694 | 2,597 |
| Lyndeborough | 80 | 0.41% | 1,719 | 1,698 |
| Westmoreland | 81 | 0.4% | 1,744 | 1,707 |
| Wilton | 82 | 0.4% | 4,001 | 3,903 |
| Chesterfield | 83 | 0.38% | 3,674 | 3,558 |
| Raymond | 84 | 0.38% | 11,054 | 10,698 |
| Springfield | 85 | 0.38% | 1,321 | 1,250 |
| Salem | 86 | 0.38% | 31,793 | 30,288 |
| Meredith | 87 | 0.37% | 6,854 | 6,671 |
| Seabrook | 88 | 0.36% | 8,462 | 8,405 |
| Winchester | 89 | 0.35% | 4,270 | 4,141 |
| Swanzey | 90 | 0.35% | 7,489 | 7,289 |
| Lebanon | 91 | 0.34% | 15,442 | 14,308 |
| Barnstead | 92 | 0.34% | 5,053 | 4,924 |
| Newfields | 93 | 0.34% | 1,787 | 1,774 |
| Warner | 94 | 0.34% | 2,980 | 2,936 |
| Middleton | 95 | 0.32% | 1,863 | 1,823 |
| Henniker | 96 | 0.32% | 6,287 | 6,190 |
| Hampstead | 97 | 0.32% | 9,185 | 9,004 |
| Francestown | 98 | 0.3% | 1,650 | 1,607 |
| Peterborough | 99 | 0.3% | 6,452 | 6,357 |
| Campton | 100 | 0.29% | 3,444 | 3,349 |
| Newton | 101 | 0.29% | 4,857 | 4,819 |
| Wolfeboro | 102 | 0.29% | 6,644 | 6,432 |
| Keene | 103 | 0.28% | 23,101 | 23,046 |
| Chester | 104 | 0.28% | 5,337 | 5,239 |
| Exeter | 105 | 0.28% | 16,250 | 16,051 |
| Woodstock | 106 | 0.28% | 1,450 | 1,433 |
| Mason | 107 | 0.27% | 1,465 | 1,445 |
| Gilford | 108 | 0.27% | 7,907 | 7,708 |
| Pittsfield | 109 | 0.27% | 4,153 | 4,078 |
| Alton | 110 | 0.26% | 6,067 | 5,896 |
| Loudon | 111 | 0.26% | 5,755 | 5,591 |
| Deering | 112 | 0.26% | 1,927 | 1,896 |
| Hollis | 113 | 0.25% | 8,768 | 8,363 |
| Somersworth | 114 | 0.24% | 12,247 | 11,925 |
| Canaan | 115 | 0.24% | 3,829 | 3,793 |
| Plainfield | 116 | 0.24% | 2,556 | 2,460 |
| Conway | 117 | 0.23% | 10,320 | 9,845 |
| New London | 118 | 0.22% | 4,470 | 4,409 |
| Rochester | 119 | 0.22% | 33,673 | 32,521 |
| Belmont | 120 | 0.22% | 7,444 | 7,312 |
| Concord | 121 | 0.21% | 44,768 | 44,040 |
| Weare | 122 | 0.21% | 9,239 | 9,081 |
| Plymouth | 123 | 0.2% | 6,634 | 6,700 |
| Amherst | 124 | 0.19% | 11,937 | 11,755 |
| Franklin | 125 | 0.19% | 8,840 | 8,748 |
| Center Harbor | 126 | 0.19% | 1,049 | 1,040 |
| Bartlett | 127 | 0.18% | 3,329 | 3,199 |
| Bath | 128 | 0.18% | 1,111 | 1,078 |
| Milton | 129 | 0.17% | 4,580 | 4,474 |
| Kingston | 130 | 0.17% | 6,304 | 6,193 |
| Bradford | 131 | 0.17% | 1,725 | 1,661 |
| Sunapee | 132 | 0.17% | 3,465 | 3,351 |
| Bow | 133 | 0.15% | 8,410 | 8,246 |
| Greenville | 134 | 0.15% | 2,008 | 1,972 |
| Allenstown | 135 | 0.15% | 4,772 | 4,712 |
| Kensington | 136 | 0.14% | 2,098 | 2,095 |
| Derry | 137 | 0.14% | 34,109 | 34,080 |
| Enfield | 138 | 0.13% | 4,488 | 4,450 |
| Hampton Falls | 139 | 0.13% | 2,399 | 2,404 |
| Newport | 140 | 0.12% | 6,426 | 6,300 |
| Atkinson | 141 | 0.12% | 7,364 | 7,097 |
| Hampton | 142 | 0.12% | 16,467 | 16,233 |
| Bedford | 143 | 0.1% | 23,880 | 23,446 |
| Holderness | 144 | 0.1% | 2,032 | 2,005 |
| Jackson | 145 | 0.09% | 1,071 | 1,033 |
| Strafford | 146 | 0.09% | 4,343 | 4,236 |
| Bridgewater | 147 | 0.08% | 1,185 | 1,158 |
| Grafton | 148 | 0.07% | 1,415 | 1,382 |
| Bennington | 149 | 0.07% | 1,508 | 1,495 |
| Hancock | 150 | 0.06% | 1,754 | 1,729 |
| Stratham | 151 | 0.04% | 7,760 | 7,692 |
| Grantham | 152 | 0.03% | 3,484 | 3,409 |
| Gilmanton | 153 | 0.02% | 4,073 | 3,955 |
| East Kingston | 154 | 0% | 2,436 | 2,438 |
| North Hampton | 155 | 0% | 4,539 | 4,539 |
| Littleton | 156 | -0.05% | 6,029 | 6,003 |
| Bristol | 157 | -0.06% | 3,274 | 3,259 |
| Lisbon | 158 | -0.06% | 1,637 | 1,627 |
| Goffstown | 159 | -0.07% | 18,475 | 18,564 |
| Colebrook | 160 | -0.1% | 2,098 | 2,081 |
| Lee | 161 | -0.11% | 4,581 | 4,525 |
| Cornish | 162 | -0.12% | 1,646 | 1,616 |
| New Hampton | 163 | -0.12% | 2,422 | 2,378 |
| Durham | 164 | -0.14% | 15,249 | 15,557 |
| Hanover | 165 | -0.14% | 11,988 | 11,884 |
| Madbury | 166 | -0.15% | 1,942 | 1,911 |
| Claremont | 167 | -0.18% | 13,081 | 12,953 |
| Charlestown | 168 | -0.22% | 4,908 | 4,801 |
| Gorham | 169 | -0.22% | 2,667 | 2,692 |
| Ashland | 170 | -0.26% | 1,949 | 1,940 |
| Tilton | 171 | -0.27% | 4,105 | 3,967 |
| Whitefield | 172 | -0.28% | 2,521 | 2,494 |
| Sanbornton | 173 | -0.29% | 3,048 | 3,033 |
| Farmington | 174 | -0.32% | 6,784 | 6,708 |
| Lancaster | 175 | -0.34% | 3,201 | 3,211 |
| Alexandria | 176 | -0.4% | 1,752 | 1,776 |
| Rumney | 177 | -0.4% | 1,489 | 1,494 |
| Orford | 178 | -0.4% | 1,232 | 1,239 |
| Lyme | 179 | -0.4% | 1,723 | 1,743 |
| Tamworth | 180 | -0.45% | 2,889 | 2,831 |
| Unity | 181 | -0.46% | 1,514 | 1,509 |
| Northumberland | 182 | -0.52% | 2,096 | 2,125 |
| Jefferson | 183 | -0.57% | 1,054 | 1,047 |
| Freedom | 184 | -0.58% | 1,706 | 1,690 |
| Milan | 185 | -0.59% | 1,351 | 1,357 |
| Berlin | 186 | -0.61% | 9,192 | 9,406 |
New Hampshire's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Epping leads with 3.12% annualized growth, followed by Dunbarton (2.04%) and Hillsborough (1.66%). The largest population centers are Manchester (117,080), Nashua (92,574), and Concord (44,768). Of the 186 cities over 1,000 population, 155 are growing while 31 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged 0.41% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 2.7% annually.