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Population per Square Mile

Rate	Town	Pop / Sq. Mi.	Population
1	Somerville	18,920	74,356
2	Cambridge	14,993	93,707
3	Chelsea	14,843	27,608
4	Boston	12,784	558,394
5	Winthrop	11,093	17,305
6	Everett	10,418	35,006
7	Malden	10,384	52,749
8	Lawrence	10,194	68,807
9	Arlington	8,428	43,656
10	Brookline	8,178	54,137
11	Watertown	8,002	32,490
12	Lynn	7,695	80,563
13	Lowell	7,547	100,973
14	Revere	7,019	41,761
15	Medford	6,844	56,190
16	Melrose	5,798	27,426
17	Belmont	5,238	24,044
18	Quincy	5,181	85,532
19	Salem	4,757	38,008
20	Waltham	4,610	57,214
21	Marblehead	4,539	19,973
22	Newton	4,483	80,238
23	Swampscott	4,440	13,676
24	Brockton	4,320	92,324
25	Hull	4,309	10,472
26	Stoneham	3,670	22,131
27	Nahant	3,637	3,782
28	Winchester	3,444	20,318
29	Wakefield	3,368	24,756
30	Weymouth	3,284	54,847
31	Randolph	3,031	30,554
32	Peabody	2,940	48,365
33	Woburn	2,848	36,628
34	Norwood	2,760	28,899
35	Framingham	2,698	64,536
36	Wellesley	2,668	26,809
37	Beverly	2,549	38,596
38	Braintree	2,533	34,708
39	Saugus	2,479	26,223
40	Reading	2,333	22,956
41	Dedham	2,261	23,741
42	Needham	2,226	27,828
43	Natick	2,104	31,310
44	Whitman	2,051	13,743
45	Newburyport	1,995	16,558
46	Maynard	1,987	10,412
47	Burlington	1,984	23,493
48	Milton	1,969	25,794
49	Methuen	1,831	41,029
50	Danvers	1,794	24,467
51	Lexington	1,789	29,484
52	Rockland	1,720	17,236
53	Milford	1,703	25,194
54	Stoughton	1,691	27,481
55	Haverhill	1,629	53,952
56	Marlborough	1,571	32,974
57	Billerica	1,526	38,861
58	Holbrook	1,519	11,092
59	Hudson	1,518	17,695
60	Chelmsford	1,486	33,484
61	Abington	1,473	14,683
62	Tewksbury	1,384	28,644
63	Dracut	1,332	27,769
64	Shrewsbury	1,288	26,771
65	Amesbury	1,248	15,784
66	Wilmington	1,164	19,874
67	Westwood	1,160	12,935
68	Gloucester	1,118	29,267
69	Lynnfield	1,099	11,232
70	Walpole	1,082	22,251
71	Rockport	1,080	7,580
72	Canton	1,069	20,314
73	Avon	1,060	4,611
74	Ashland	1,043	12,940
75	Scituate	1,020	17,242
76	Bedford	996	13,676
77	Franklin	995	26,664
78	Andover	993	30,891
79	Medway	982	11,391
80	North_Reading	974	12,919
81	Acton	940	18,851
82	Mansfield	930	18,806
83	North_Andover	912	24,283
84	Hingham	902	20,265
85	Bridgewater	868	23,692
86	Hanover	834	12,891
87	Foxborough	810	16,011
88	Marshfield	808	22,911
89	Medfield	795	11,467
90	Wayland	788	12,041
91	Pembroke	744	16,010
92	Easton	722	20,970
93	Cohasset	717	7,070
94	Westborough	713	15,005
95	Concord	713	17,792
96	Sharon	708	16,684
97	Holliston	708	13,381
98	East_Bridgewater	702	12,133
99	ManchesterbytheSea	694	5,357
100	Northborough	693	12,801
101	Norfolk	688	10,389
102	Merrimac	655	5,670
103	Millis	654	7,965
104	Groveland	630	5,610
105	Hanson	627	9,512
106	Sudbury	621	15,130
107	Duxbury	617	15,007
108	Westford	616	18,642
109	Weston	609	10,448
110	Wenham	571	4,423
111	Kingston	563	10,447
112	Norton	561	15,659
113	Lincoln	543	7,899
114	Georgetown	538	7,054
115	Southborough	536	7,388
116	Raynham	518	10,513
117	Hamilton	511	7,487
118	Plymouth	495	48,329
119	Topsfield	476	6,098
120	Littleton	467	7,695
121	Norwell	460	9,652
122	Wrentham	456	10,049
123	Salisbury	451	7,093
124	West_Bridgewater	429	6,647
125	Halifax	424	6,844
126	Hopkinton	409	10,805
127	Middleton	394	5,624
128	Boxborough	383	3,979
129	Ipswich	372	12,352
130	Boxford	359	8,550
131	Dover	355	5,383
132	Stow	324	5,731
133	Carlisle	299	4,599
134	Carver	294	11,289
135	Lakeville	291	8,596
136	West_Newbury	278	3,871
137	Middleborough	274	19,200
138	Rowley	273	5,196
139	Newbury	250	5,985
140	Sherborn	243	4,107
141	Essex	238	3,368
142	Berlin	179	2,332
143	Plympton	175	2,614
144	Bolton	165	3,279


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