186 cities
| City | Rank | Annual Change ↓ | 2026 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epping | 1 | 3.02% | 8,283 | 7,152 |
| Dunbarton | 2 | 2% | 3,316 | 3,013 |
| Hillsborough | 3 | 1.63% | 6,291 | 5,940 |
| Merrimack | 4 | 1.48% | 30,251 | 26,835 |
| Chichester | 5 | 1.44% | 2,893 | 2,669 |
| Sutton | 6 | 1.38% | 2,125 | 1,984 |
| Boscawen | 7 | 1.38% | 4,269 | 4,005 |
| Brentwood | 8 | 1.36% | 4,919 | 4,505 |
| Nottingham | 9 | 1.34% | 5,617 | 5,245 |
| Auburn | 10 | 1.29% | 6,427 | 5,975 |
| Fitzwilliam | 11 | 1.27% | 2,547 | 2,357 |
| Stoddard | 12 | 1.23% | 1,485 | 1,383 |
| Effingham | 13 | 1.21% | 1,839 | 1,697 |
| Newbury | 14 | 1.21% | 2,348 | 2,176 |
| Dover | 15 | 1.18% | 34,721 | 32,783 |
| Marlborough | 16 | 1.17% | 2,245 | 2,098 |
| Candia | 17 | 1.13% | 4,314 | 4,017 |
| Pelham | 18 | 1.12% | 15,019 | 14,238 |
| Danville | 19 | 1.05% | 4,723 | 4,415 |
| Jaffrey | 20 | 1.03% | 5,665 | 5,327 |
| Dublin | 21 | 0.99% | 1,625 | 1,530 |
| New Durham | 22 | 0.99% | 2,870 | 2,699 |
| Hopkinton | 23 | 0.97% | 6,266 | 5,929 |
| Northfield | 24 | 0.94% | 5,162 | 4,877 |
| Thornton | 25 | 0.93% | 2,917 | 2,708 |
| Laconia | 26 | 0.93% | 17,636 | 16,890 |
| Sandown | 27 | 0.9% | 6,841 | 6,553 |
| Fremont | 28 | 0.89% | 4,987 | 4,745 |
| Franconia | 29 | 0.87% | 1,162 | 1,087 |
| Tuftonboro | 30 | 0.86% | 2,682 | 2,472 |
| Windham | 31 | 0.83% | 16,480 | 15,837 |
| Nashua | 32 | 0.78% | 93,297 | 91,197 |
| Alstead | 33 | 0.77% | 1,955 | 1,870 |
| Barrington | 34 | 0.77% | 9,779 | 9,320 |
| Hooksett | 35 | 0.76% | 15,613 | 14,907 |
| Greenfield | 36 | 0.76% | 1,722 | 1,711 |
| Portsmouth | 37 | 0.76% | 23,288 | 21,991 |
| Hill | 38 | 0.76% | 1,066 | 1,015 |
| Rye | 39 | 0.75% | 5,749 | 5,546 |
| Epsom | 40 | 0.75% | 5,096 | 4,839 |
| Wakefield | 41 | 0.74% | 5,590 | 5,211 |
| Ossipee | 42 | 0.73% | 4,676 | 4,380 |
| Andover | 43 | 0.73% | 2,486 | 2,404 |
| Rindge | 44 | 0.73% | 6,639 | 6,494 |
| Temple | 45 | 0.71% | 1,421 | 1,376 |
| Hudson | 46 | 0.7% | 26,151 | 25,371 |
| Antrim | 47 | 0.69% | 2,758 | 2,650 |
| Lempster | 48 | 0.69% | 1,174 | 1,114 |
| Moultonborough | 49 | 0.66% | 5,313 | 4,937 |
| Salisbury | 50 | 0.66% | 1,524 | 1,427 |
| Londonderry | 51 | 0.66% | 27,461 | 26,104 |
| Pembroke | 52 | 0.66% | 7,667 | 7,206 |
| Washington | 53 | 0.66% | 1,229 | 1,193 |
| New Ipswich | 54 | 0.64% | 5,475 | 5,210 |
| Richmond | 55 | 0.64% | 1,255 | 1,197 |
| Webster | 56 | 0.6% | 2,003 | 1,923 |
| Lincoln | 57 | 0.6% | 1,674 | 1,630 |
| Brookline | 58 | 0.6% | 5,885 | 5,646 |
| Manchester | 59 | 0.59% | 117,774 | 115,512 |
| Litchfield | 60 | 0.58% | 8,654 | 8,469 |
| Sandwich | 61 | 0.58% | 1,562 | 1,473 |
| Walpole | 62 | 0.56% | 3,759 | 3,638 |
| New Boston | 63 | 0.54% | 6,287 | 6,110 |
| Milford | 64 | 0.54% | 16,710 | 16,138 |
| Danbury | 65 | 0.53% | 1,317 | 1,258 |
| Greenland | 66 | 0.53% | 4,170 | 4,066 |
| Canterbury | 67 | 0.52% | 2,493 | 2,387 |
| Rollinsford | 68 | 0.52% | 2,687 | 2,592 |
| Deerfield | 69 | 0.52% | 5,035 | 4,862 |
| Northwood | 70 | 0.51% | 4,750 | 4,643 |
| Plaistow | 71 | 0.51% | 7,951 | 7,838 |
| Troy | 72 | 0.5% | 2,220 | 2,140 |
| Haverhill | 73 | 0.5% | 4,666 | 4,584 |
| Hinsdale | 74 | 0.49% | 4,067 | 3,949 |
| Madison | 75 | 0.47% | 2,751 | 2,579 |
| Wilmot | 76 | 0.47% | 1,485 | 1,409 |
| Bethlehem | 77 | 0.47% | 2,578 | 2,506 |
| Newmarket | 78 | 0.46% | 9,616 | 9,423 |
| Mont Vernon | 79 | 0.41% | 2,705 | 2,597 |
| Lyndeborough | 80 | 0.41% | 1,726 | 1,698 |
| Westmoreland | 81 | 0.4% | 1,751 | 1,707 |
| Wilton | 82 | 0.4% | 4,017 | 3,903 |
| Chesterfield | 83 | 0.38% | 3,688 | 3,558 |
| Raymond | 84 | 0.38% | 11,096 | 10,698 |
| Springfield | 85 | 0.38% | 1,326 | 1,250 |
| Salem | 86 | 0.38% | 31,913 | 30,288 |
| Meredith | 87 | 0.36% | 6,879 | 6,671 |
| Seabrook | 88 | 0.35% | 8,492 | 8,405 |
| Winchester | 89 | 0.35% | 4,285 | 4,141 |
| Swanzey | 90 | 0.35% | 7,515 | 7,289 |
| Lebanon | 91 | 0.34% | 15,495 | 14,308 |
| Barnstead | 92 | 0.34% | 5,070 | 4,924 |
| Newfields | 93 | 0.34% | 1,793 | 1,774 |
| Warner | 94 | 0.34% | 2,990 | 2,936 |
| Middleton | 95 | 0.32% | 1,869 | 1,823 |
| Henniker | 96 | 0.32% | 6,307 | 6,190 |
| Hampstead | 97 | 0.32% | 9,214 | 9,004 |
| Francestown | 98 | 0.3% | 1,655 | 1,607 |
| Peterborough | 99 | 0.29% | 6,471 | 6,357 |
| Campton | 100 | 0.29% | 3,454 | 3,349 |
| Newton | 101 | 0.29% | 4,871 | 4,819 |
| Wolfeboro | 102 | 0.29% | 6,663 | 6,432 |
| Keene | 103 | 0.28% | 23,166 | 23,046 |
| Chester | 104 | 0.28% | 5,352 | 5,239 |
| Exeter | 105 | 0.28% | 16,295 | 16,051 |
| Woodstock | 106 | 0.28% | 1,454 | 1,433 |
| Mason | 107 | 0.27% | 1,469 | 1,445 |
| Gilford | 108 | 0.27% | 7,928 | 7,708 |
| Pittsfield | 109 | 0.26% | 4,164 | 4,078 |
| Alton | 110 | 0.26% | 6,083 | 5,896 |
| Loudon | 111 | 0.26% | 5,770 | 5,591 |
| Deering | 112 | 0.26% | 1,932 | 1,896 |
| Hollis | 113 | 0.25% | 8,790 | 8,363 |
| Somersworth | 114 | 0.24% | 12,276 | 11,925 |
| Canaan | 115 | 0.24% | 3,838 | 3,793 |
| Plainfield | 116 | 0.23% | 2,562 | 2,460 |
| Conway | 117 | 0.23% | 10,344 | 9,845 |
| New London | 118 | 0.22% | 4,480 | 4,409 |
| Rochester | 119 | 0.22% | 33,748 | 32,521 |
| Belmont | 120 | 0.21% | 7,460 | 7,312 |
| Concord | 121 | 0.21% | 44,862 | 44,040 |
| Weare | 122 | 0.21% | 9,258 | 9,081 |
| Plymouth | 123 | 0.2% | 6,647 | 6,700 |
| Amherst | 124 | 0.19% | 11,960 | 11,755 |
| Franklin | 125 | 0.19% | 8,857 | 8,748 |
| Center Harbor | 126 | 0.19% | 1,051 | 1,040 |
| Bartlett | 127 | 0.18% | 3,335 | 3,199 |
| Bath | 128 | 0.18% | 1,113 | 1,078 |
| Milton | 129 | 0.17% | 4,588 | 4,474 |
| Kingston | 130 | 0.17% | 6,315 | 6,193 |
| Bradford | 131 | 0.17% | 1,728 | 1,661 |
| Sunapee | 132 | 0.17% | 3,471 | 3,351 |
| Bow | 133 | 0.15% | 8,423 | 8,246 |
| Greenville | 134 | 0.15% | 2,011 | 1,972 |
| Allenstown | 135 | 0.15% | 4,779 | 4,712 |
| Kensington | 136 | 0.14% | 2,101 | 2,095 |
| Derry | 137 | 0.14% | 34,156 | 34,080 |
| Enfield | 138 | 0.13% | 4,494 | 4,450 |
| Hampton Falls | 139 | 0.13% | 2,402 | 2,404 |
| Newport | 140 | 0.12% | 6,434 | 6,300 |
| Atkinson | 141 | 0.12% | 7,373 | 7,097 |
| Hampton | 142 | 0.12% | 16,486 | 16,233 |
| Bedford | 143 | 0.1% | 23,904 | 23,446 |
| Holderness | 144 | 0.1% | 2,034 | 2,005 |
| Jackson | 145 | 0.09% | 1,072 | 1,033 |
| Strafford | 146 | 0.09% | 4,347 | 4,236 |
| Bridgewater | 147 | 0.08% | 1,186 | 1,158 |
| Grafton | 148 | 0.07% | 1,416 | 1,382 |
| Bennington | 149 | 0.07% | 1,509 | 1,495 |
| Hancock | 150 | 0.06% | 1,755 | 1,729 |
| Stratham | 151 | 0.04% | 7,763 | 7,692 |
| Grantham | 152 | 0.03% | 3,485 | 3,409 |
| Gilmanton | 153 | 0.02% | 4,074 | 3,955 |
| East Kingston | 154 | 0% | 2,436 | 2,438 |
| North Hampton | 155 | 0% | 4,539 | 4,539 |
| Littleton | 156 | -0.05% | 6,026 | 6,003 |
| Bristol | 157 | -0.06% | 3,272 | 3,259 |
| Lisbon | 158 | -0.06% | 1,636 | 1,627 |
| Goffstown | 159 | -0.07% | 18,462 | 18,564 |
| Colebrook | 160 | -0.1% | 2,096 | 2,081 |
| Lee | 161 | -0.11% | 4,576 | 4,525 |
| Cornish | 162 | -0.12% | 1,644 | 1,616 |
| New Hampton | 163 | -0.12% | 2,419 | 2,378 |
| Durham | 164 | -0.14% | 15,228 | 15,557 |
| Hanover | 165 | -0.14% | 11,971 | 11,884 |
| Madbury | 166 | -0.15% | 1,939 | 1,911 |
| Claremont | 167 | -0.18% | 13,057 | 12,953 |
| Charlestown | 168 | -0.22% | 4,897 | 4,801 |
| Gorham | 169 | -0.22% | 2,661 | 2,692 |
| Ashland | 170 | -0.26% | 1,944 | 1,940 |
| Tilton | 171 | -0.27% | 4,094 | 3,967 |
| Whitefield | 172 | -0.28% | 2,514 | 2,494 |
| Sanbornton | 173 | -0.3% | 3,039 | 3,033 |
| Farmington | 174 | -0.32% | 6,762 | 6,708 |
| Lancaster | 175 | -0.34% | 3,190 | 3,211 |
| Alexandria | 176 | -0.4% | 1,745 | 1,776 |
| Rumney | 177 | -0.4% | 1,483 | 1,494 |
| Orford | 178 | -0.41% | 1,227 | 1,239 |
| Lyme | 179 | -0.41% | 1,716 | 1,743 |
| Tamworth | 180 | -0.45% | 2,876 | 2,831 |
| Unity | 181 | -0.46% | 1,507 | 1,509 |
| Northumberland | 182 | -0.52% | 2,085 | 2,125 |
| Jefferson | 183 | -0.57% | 1,048 | 1,047 |
| Freedom | 184 | -0.59% | 1,696 | 1,690 |
| Milan | 185 | -0.59% | 1,343 | 1,357 |
| Berlin | 186 | -0.61% | 9,136 | 9,406 |
New Hampshire's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Epping leads with 3.02% annualized growth, followed by Dunbarton (2%) and Hillsborough (1.63%). The largest population centers are Manchester (117,774), Nashua (93,297), and Concord (44,862). 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 3.2% annually.