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Massachusetts Population Estimates Program

Table 3: Massachusetts 20 Fastest Growing Cities and Towns by Numeric Population Change, April 1, 2010 Base to July 1, 2016

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City or Town	County	April 1, 2010 Base	July 1 Estimate							Cumulative Change from April 1, 2010 Base to July 1, 2016
City or Town	County	April 1, 2010 Base	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Population Change	Rank Change
Boston	Suffolk	617,668	620,701	630,195	641,911	651,090	659,180	665,984	673,184	55,516	1
Somerville	Middlesex	75,725	75,903	76,791	77,805	78,956	79,312	80,184	81,322	5,597	2
Cambridge	Middlesex	105,201	105,019	105,770	106,044	107,640	109,532	109,856	110,651	5,450	3
Everett	Middlesex	41,667	41,774	42,296	42,853	43,447	44,656	45,918	46,340	4,673	4
Chelsea	Suffolk	35,177	35,310	36,131	36,711	37,355	38,205	39,278	39,699	4,522	5
Lowell	Middlesex	106,519	106,733	107,586	108,562	109,578	110,053	110,656	110,558	4,039	6
Newton	Middlesex	85,119	85,405	85,897	87,186	87,786	88,510	88,978	89,045	3,926	7
Lawrence	Essex	76,380	76,605	77,396	78,133	78,674	79,502	80,159	80,209	3,829	8
Worcester	Worcester	180,983	181,810	182,321	182,373	183,006	184,005	184,491	184,508	3,525	9
Framingham	Middlesex	68,326	68,647	69,593	69,996	70,514	70,740	70,916	71,594	3,268	10
Natick	Middlesex	32,997	33,076	33,385	33,810	35,286	35,612	36,131	36,137	3,140	11
Watertown	Middlesex	31,914	31,993	32,226	32,893	33,093	34,073	34,212	35,025	3,111	12
Plymouth	Plymouth	56,473	56,662	57,145	57,277	57,609	58,306	58,659	59,303	2,830	13
Methuen	Essex	47,252	47,362	47,693	48,002	48,545	49,168	49,595	49,917	2,665	14
Billerica	Middlesex	40,243	40,412	41,069	41,479	42,039	42,345	42,644	42,700	2,457	15
Waltham	Middlesex	60,628	60,876	61,335	62,003	62,366	63,043	63,022	63,002	2,374	16
Lynn	Essex	90,329	90,513	90,595	91,228	91,696	92,069	92,673	92,697	2,368	17
Andover	Essex	33,209	33,295	33,871	34,178	34,748	35,061	35,349	35,490	2,281	18
Westford	Middlesex	21,951	22,034	22,449	23,233	23,667	24,012	24,131	24,232	2,281	18
North Andover	Essex	28,352	28,437	28,781	29,023	29,275	29,634	29,985	30,628	2,276	20

UMass Donahue Institute Population Estimates Program. Source data: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2016. U.S. Census Bureau Population Division. May 25, 2017.