| City | Rank | Annual Change ↓ | 2026 Pop. | 2020 Pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | 1 | 3.01% | 5,071 | 4,492 |
| Londonderry | 2 | 2.75% | 28,610 | 26,104 |
| New Durham | 3 | 2.73% | 2,969 | 2,699 |
| Epping | 4 | 2.38% | 8,163 | 7,153 |
| Dover | 5 | 2.08% | 35,343 | 32,790 |
| Litchfield | 6 | 1.73% | 8,855 | 8,467 |
| Dunbarton | 7 | 1.64% | 3,286 | 3,012 |
| Tuftonboro | 8 | 1.42% | 2,716 | 2,475 |
| Auburn | 9 | 1.4% | 6,425 | 5,972 |
| Danbury | 10 | 1.37% | 1,335 | 1,255 |
| Newmarket | 11 | 1.34% | 9,776 | 9,423 |
| Greenfield | 12 | 1.33% | 1,750 | 1,712 |
| Thornton | 13 | 1.24% | 2,931 | 2,707 |
| Antrim | 14 | 1.23% | 2,791 | 2,651 |
| Merrimack | 15 | 1.22% | 30,062 | 26,835 |
| Lyndeborough | 16 | 1.21% | 1,751 | 1,695 |
| Northwood | 17 | 1.18% | 4,813 | 4,642 |
| New Ipswich | 18 | 1.17% | 5,531 | 5,210 |
| Newbury | 19 | 1.08% | 2,337 | 2,177 |
| Lebanon | 20 | 1.07% | 15,646 | 14,309 |
| Dublin | 21 | 1.06% | 1,622 | 1,528 |
| Stoddard | 22 | 1.02% | 1,483 | 1,386 |
| Jackson | 23 | 1.02% | 1,093 | 1,033 |
| Pelham | 24 | 0.99% | 14,975 | 14,237 |
| Washington | 25 | 0.98% | 1,233 | 1,193 |
| New Boston | 26 | 0.96% | 6,336 | 6,107 |
| Boscawen | 27 | 0.94% | 4,295 | 4,005 |
| Effingham | 28 | 0.93% | 1,836 | 1,701 |
| Milford | 29 | 0.92% | 16,840 | 16,139 |
| Candia | 30 | 0.92% | 4,287 | 4,017 |
| Francestown | 31 | 0.9% | 1,673 | 1,607 |
| Moultonborough | 32 | 0.85% | 5,338 | 4,938 |
| Lincoln | 33 | 0.84% | 1,678 | 1,630 |
| Hudson | 34 | 0.82% | 26,215 | 25,367 |
| Wilton | 35 | 0.8% | 4,047 | 3,904 |
| Salisbury | 36 | 0.79% | 1,528 | 1,428 |
| Chichester | 37 | 0.78% | 2,856 | 2,670 |
| Marlborough | 38 | 0.77% | 2,218 | 2,092 |
| Salem | 39 | 0.77% | 32,114 | 30,284 |
| Bethlehem | 40 | 0.74% | 2,594 | 2,512 |
| Hollis | 41 | 0.74% | 8,884 | 8,364 |
| Hillsborough | 42 | 0.73% | 6,179 | 5,936 |
| Epsom | 43 | 0.73% | 5,094 | 4,841 |
| Fremont | 44 | 0.73% | 4,959 | 4,742 |
| Atkinson | 45 | 0.73% | 7,451 | 7,100 |
| Pembroke | 46 | 0.73% | 7,634 | 7,204 |
| Bennington | 47 | 0.72% | 1,529 | 1,495 |
| Ossipee | 48 | 0.72% | 4,632 | 4,349 |
| Brookline | 49 | 0.72% | 5,900 | 5,647 |
| Westmoreland | 50 | 0.68% | 1,769 | 1,709 |
| Jaffrey | 51 | 0.67% | 5,671 | 5,334 |
| Rye | 52 | 0.67% | 5,727 | 5,534 |
| Weare | 53 | 0.67% | 9,353 | 9,085 |
| Peterborough | 54 | 0.66% | 6,542 | 6,350 |
| Mont Vernon | 55 | 0.63% | 2,715 | 2,596 |
| Bath | 56 | 0.63% | 1,119 | 1,077 |
| Franconia | 57 | 0.61% | 1,150 | 1,085 |
| Lempster | 58 | 0.6% | 1,169 | 1,113 |
| Nottingham | 59 | 0.6% | 5,523 | 5,243 |
| Portsmouth | 60 | 0.59% | 23,164 | 21,990 |
| Middleton | 61 | 0.59% | 1,874 | 1,818 |
| Sandown | 62 | 0.58% | 6,792 | 6,567 |
| Chesterfield | 63 | 0.57% | 3,705 | 3,558 |
| Temple | 64 | 0.57% | 1,418 | 1,377 |
| Hancock | 65 | 0.57% | 1,773 | 1,729 |
| Windham | 66 | 0.57% | 16,351 | 15,836 |
| Fitzwilliam | 67 | 0.56% | 2,514 | 2,362 |
| Haverhill | 68 | 0.56% | 4,693 | 4,590 |
| Nashua | 69 | 0.56% | 92,949 | 91,195 |
| Loudon | 70 | 0.55% | 5,813 | 5,600 |
| Manchester | 71 | 0.54% | 117,453 | 115,507 |
| Amherst | 72 | 0.54% | 12,050 | 11,755 |
| Greenland | 73 | 0.53% | 4,165 | 4,066 |
| Greenville | 74 | 0.49% | 2,039 | 1,975 |
| Plymouth | 75 | 0.49% | 6,754 | 6,698 |
| Andover | 76 | 0.49% | 2,468 | 2,403 |
| Danville | 77 | 0.47% | 4,672 | 4,418 |
| Northfield | 78 | 0.47% | 5,105 | 4,875 |
| Wolfeboro | 79 | 0.45% | 6,667 | 6,436 |
| Bow | 80 | 0.45% | 8,453 | 8,247 |
| Henniker | 81 | 0.45% | 6,284 | 6,201 |
| Bedford | 82 | 0.45% | 24,080 | 23,446 |
| Rochester | 83 | 0.4% | 33,851 | 32,514 |
| Chester | 84 | 0.39% | 5,343 | 5,226 |
| Plainfield | 85 | 0.39% | 2,570 | 2,461 |
| Sandwich | 86 | 0.39% | 1,554 | 1,472 |
| Hill | 87 | 0.38% | 1,052 | 1,013 |
| Allenstown | 88 | 0.37% | 4,900 | 4,715 |
| Barrington | 89 | 0.36% | 9,677 | 9,324 |
| Deerfield | 90 | 0.36% | 5,007 | 4,856 |
| Bartlett | 91 | 0.33% | 3,346 | 3,199 |
| New Hampton | 92 | 0.33% | 2,436 | 2,378 |
| Canaan | 93 | 0.31% | 3,845 | 3,793 |
| Alstead | 94 | 0.31% | 1,934 | 1,868 |
| Warner | 95 | 0.31% | 2,911 | 2,932 |
| Franklin | 96 | 0.29% | 8,865 | 8,747 |
| Bradford | 97 | 0.29% | 1,728 | 1,660 |
| Wakefield | 98 | 0.29% | 5,574 | 5,240 |
| Goffstown | 99 | 0.27% | 18,658 | 18,559 |
| Wilmot | 100 | 0.27% | 1,475 | 1,409 |
| Pittsfield | 101 | 0.27% | 4,159 | 4,079 |
| Deering | 102 | 0.26% | 1,938 | 1,896 |
| Grantham | 103 | 0.26% | 3,491 | 3,407 |
| Winchester | 104 | 0.26% | 4,292 | 4,139 |
| Raymond | 105 | 0.24% | 11,077 | 10,705 |
| Conway | 106 | 0.24% | 10,333 | 9,843 |
| Colebrook | 107 | 0.24% | 2,115 | 2,082 |
| Newport | 108 | 0.23% | 6,432 | 6,301 |
| Rindge | 109 | 0.23% | 6,517 | 6,491 |
| Mason | 110 | 0.21% | 1,463 | 1,441 |
| Webster | 111 | 0.2% | 1,976 | 1,920 |
| Center Harbor | 112 | 0.19% | 1,051 | 1,041 |
| Meredith | 113 | 0.19% | 6,867 | 6,677 |
| Jefferson | 114 | 0.19% | 1,065 | 1,045 |
| Barnstead | 115 | 0.18% | 5,047 | 4,924 |
| Hooksett | 116 | 0.17% | 15,372 | 14,912 |
| Canterbury | 117 | 0.16% | 2,467 | 2,388 |
| Sutton | 118 | 0.15% | 2,067 | 1,985 |
| Newton | 119 | 0.12% | 4,857 | 4,824 |
| Campton | 120 | 0.12% | 3,440 | 3,350 |
| Madison | 121 | 0.11% | 2,731 | 2,578 |
| Kensington | 122 | 0.1% | 2,094 | 2,091 |
| Bridgewater | 123 | 0.08% | 1,186 | 1,159 |
| Grafton | 124 | 0.07% | 1,412 | 1,382 |
| Gilford | 125 | 0.06% | 7,903 | 7,717 |
| Cornish | 126 | 0.06% | 1,647 | 1,614 |
| Concord | 127 | 0.05% | 44,621 | 44,047 |
| Troy | 128 | 0.05% | 2,199 | 2,138 |
| East Kingston | 129 | 0.04% | 2,435 | 2,438 |
| Charlestown | 130 | 0.04% | 4,926 | 4,806 |
| Hopkinton | 131 | 0.03% | 6,122 | 5,924 |
| Plaistow | 132 | 0.03% | 7,850 | 7,834 |
| Hinsdale | 133 | 0% | 4,034 | 3,953 |
| Enfield | 134 | -0.02% | 4,469 | 4,452 |
| Lancaster | 135 | -0.03% | 3,217 | 3,214 |
| Holderness | 136 | -0.05% | 2,023 | 2,006 |
| Hampstead | 137 | -0.05% | 9,105 | 8,998 |
| Seabrook | 138 | -0.07% | 8,424 | 8,403 |
| Exeter | 139 | -0.07% | 16,201 | 16,067 |
| Whitefield | 140 | -0.08% | 2,533 | 2,497 |
| Belmont | 141 | -0.08% | 7,402 | 7,310 |
| Sunapee | 142 | -0.09% | 3,439 | 3,349 |
| Stratham | 143 | -0.09% | 7,728 | 7,688 |
| Sanbornton | 144 | -0.1% | 3,035 | 3,031 |
| Alton | 145 | -0.1% | 6,030 | 5,897 |
| Berlin | 146 | -0.11% | 9,492 | 9,409 |
| New London | 147 | -0.11% | 4,406 | 4,412 |
| Laconia | 148 | -0.12% | 17,226 | 16,882 |
| Gilmanton | 149 | -0.12% | 4,055 | 3,955 |
| Swanzey | 150 | -0.13% | 7,451 | 7,292 |
| Derry | 151 | -0.14% | 33,944 | 34,080 |
| Littleton | 152 | -0.15% | 5,994 | 5,995 |
| Springfield | 153 | -0.15% | 1,304 | 1,245 |
| Ashland | 154 | -0.15% | 1,940 | 1,939 |
| Kingston | 155 | -0.16% | 6,278 | 6,192 |
| Newfields | 156 | -0.17% | 1,772 | 1,775 |
| Hanover | 157 | -0.17% | 12,033 | 11,878 |
| North Hampton | 158 | -0.18% | 4,518 | 4,539 |
| Walpole | 159 | -0.19% | 3,699 | 3,639 |
| Unity | 160 | -0.2% | 1,525 | 1,516 |
| Keene | 161 | -0.2% | 23,025 | 23,049 |
| Hampton | 162 | -0.23% | 16,343 | 16,233 |
| Richmond | 163 | -0.24% | 1,231 | 1,195 |
| Claremont | 164 | -0.26% | 12,998 | 12,952 |
| Strafford | 165 | -0.28% | 4,326 | 4,244 |
| Lisbon | 166 | -0.31% | 1,621 | 1,625 |
| Bristol | 167 | -0.34% | 3,240 | 3,260 |
| Lyme | 168 | -0.35% | 1,709 | 1,742 |
| Somersworth | 169 | -0.37% | 12,126 | 11,933 |
| Hampton Falls | 170 | -0.38% | 2,370 | 2,401 |
| Northumberland | 171 | -0.38% | 2,088 | 2,125 |
| Tamworth | 172 | -0.41% | 2,883 | 2,831 |
| Milton | 173 | -0.42% | 4,543 | 4,474 |
| Milan | 174 | -0.44% | 1,348 | 1,360 |
| Gorham | 175 | -0.45% | 2,649 | 2,693 |
| Tilton | 176 | -0.46% | 4,073 | 3,967 |
| Freedom | 177 | -0.47% | 1,699 | 1,690 |
| Durham | 178 | -0.48% | 15,272 | 15,564 |
| Woodstock | 179 | -0.49% | 1,432 | 1,433 |
| Rumney | 180 | -0.54% | 1,471 | 1,492 |
| Orford | 181 | -0.57% | 1,222 | 1,240 |
| Lee | 182 | -0.64% | 4,534 | 4,529 |
| Rollinsford | 183 | -0.69% | 2,603 | 2,578 |
| Alexandria | 184 | -0.69% | 1,728 | 1,775 |
| Farmington | 185 | -0.77% | 6,729 | 6,707 |
| Madbury | 186 | -0.99% | 1,908 | 1,910 |
New Hampshire's cities with over 1,000 residents show varied growth patterns from 2020 to 2025. Brentwood leads with 3.01% annualized growth, followed by Londonderry (2.75%) and New Durham (2.73%). The largest population centers are Manchester (117,453), Nashua (92,949), and Concord (44,621). Of the 186 cities over 1,000 population, 133 are growing while 53 experienced population decline. Overall, cities averaged 0.38% annualized growth, with total urban population growing by 3.17% annually.