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This is a list of all the cities and census-designated places (CDPs) in the northeastern United States with a population of over 50,000 people, according to the 2020 census.^[1]

Cities[edit]

	State capital
	State largest city
	State capital and largest city
	Federal capital

2020 population rank	City	Main county/county equivalent	State	2010 population	2020 population	Change	Land area		2020 population density
TBA eventually (applies to all rows)	Abington Township	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	55,310	58,502	+5.77%	15.52 sq mi	40.2 km²	3,769.46/sq mi	1,455.40/km²
	Albany	Albany County	New York	97,856	99,224	+1.40%	21.40 sq mi	55.4 km²	4,636.64/sq mi	1,790.22/km²
	Allentown	Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	118,032	125,845	+6.62%	17.56 sq mi	45.5 km²	7,166.57/sq mi	2,767.03/km²
	Baltimore	Independent city that does not fall inside any county	Maryland	620,961	585,708	−5.68%	80.95 sq mi	209.7 km²	7,235.43/sq mi	2,793.62/km²
	Bayonne	Hudson County	New Jersey	63,024	71,686	+13.74%	5.82 sq mi	15.1 km²	12,317.18/sq mi	4,755.69/km²
	Bensalem Township	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	60,427	62,707	+3.77%	20.00 sq mi	51.8 km²	3,135.35/sq mi	1,210.57/km²
	Bethlehem	Northampton County	Pennsylvania	74,982	75,781	+1.07%	19.11 sq mi	49.5 km²	3,965.52/sq mi	1,531.10/km²
	Bloomfield	Essex County	New Jersey	47,315	53,105	+12.24%	5.34 sq mi	13.8 km²	9,944.76/sq mi	3,839.69/km²
	Boston	Suffolk County	Massachusetts	617,594	675,647	+9.40%	48.34 sq mi	125.2 km²	13,976.98/sq mi	5,396.54/km²
	Bowie	Prince George's County	Maryland	54,727	58,329	+6.58%	20.44 sq mi	52.9 km²	2,853.67/sq mi	1,101.81/km²
	Brick Township	Ocean County	New Jersey	75,072	73,620	−1.93%	25.61 sq mi	66.3 km²	2,874.66/sq mi	1,109.91/km²
	Bridgeport	Fairfield County^[a]	Connecticut	144,229	148,654	+3.07%	16.00 sq mi	41.4 km²	9,290.88/sq mi	3,587.23/km²
	Bristol	Hartford County	Connecticut	60,477	60,833	+0.59%	26.41 sq mi	68.4 km²	2,303.41/sq mi	889.35/km²
	Bristol Township	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	54,582	54,291	−0.53%	15.89 sq mi	41.2 km²	3,416.68/sq mi	1,319.19/km²
	Buffalo	Erie County	New York	261,310	278,349	+6.52%	40.38 sq mi	104.6 km²	6,893.24/sq mi	2,661.49/km²
	Cambridge	Middlesex County	Massachusetts	105,162	118,403	+12.59%	6.40 sq mi	16.6 km²	18,500.47/sq mi	7,143.07/km²
	Edison	Middlesex County	New Jersey	99,967	107,588	+7.62%	30.06 sq mi	77.9 km²	3,579.11/sq mi	1,381.90/km²
	Elizabeth	Union County	New Jersey	124,969	137,298	+9.87%	12.32 sq mi	31.9 km²	11,144.32/sq mi	4,302.85/km²
	Hartford	Hartford County^[a]	Connecticut	124,775	121,054	−2.98%	17.38 sq mi	45.0 km²	6,965.13/sq mi	2,689.25/km²
	Jersey City	Hudson County	New Jersey	247,597	292,449	+18.11%	14.75 sq mi	38.2 km²	19,827.05/sq mi	7,655.27/km²
	Lakewood Township	Ocean County	New Jersey	92,843	135,158	+45.58%	24.68 sq mi	63.9 km²	5,476.42/sq mi	2,114.46/km²
	Lowell	Middlesex County	Massachusetts	106,519	115,554	+8.48%	13.61 sq mi	35.2 km²	8,490.37/sq mi	3,278.15/km²
	Lynn	Essex County	Massachusetts	90,329	101,253	+12.09%	10.74 sq mi	27.8 km²	9,427.65/sq mi	3,640.04/km²
	Manchester	Hillsborough County	New Hampshire	109,565	115,644	+5.55%	33.07 sq mi	85.7 km²	3,496.95/sq mi	1,350.18/km²
	New Bedford	Bristol County	Massachusetts	95,072	101,079	+6.32%	20.00 sq mi	51.8 km²	5,053.95/sq mi	1,951.34/km²
	New Haven	New Haven County^[a]	Connecticut	129,779	134,023	+3.27%	18.69 sq mi	48.4 km²	7,170.84/sq mi	2,768.68/km²
	New York City	Queens County ^[b]	New York	8,175,133	8,804,190	+7.69%	300.46 sq mi	778.2 km²	29,302.37/sq mi	11,313.71/km²
	Newark	Essex County	New Jersey	277,140	311,549	+12.42%	24.14 sq mi	62.5 km²	12,905.92/sq mi	4,983.00/km²
	Paterson	Passaic County	New Jersey	146,199	159,732	+9.26%	8.41 sq mi	21.8 km²	18,993.10/sq mi	7,333.28/km²
	Philadelphia	Consolidated city-county, coextensive with Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania	1,526,006	1,603,797	+5.10%	134.36 sq mi	348.0 km²	11,936.57/sq mi	4,608.74/km²
	Pittsburgh	Allegheny County	Pennsylvania	305,704	302,971	−0.89%	55.38 sq mi	143.4 km²	5,470.77/sq mi	2,112.28/km²
	Providence	Providence County	Rhode Island	178,042	190,934	+7.24%	18.41 sq mi	47.7 km²	10,371.21/sq mi	4,004.35/km²
	Quincy	Norfolk County	Massachusetts	92,271	101,636	+10.15%	16.57 sq mi	42.9 km²	6,133.74/sq mi	2,368.25/km²
	Rochester	Monroe County	New York	210,565	211,328	+0.36%	35.76 sq mi	92.6 km²	5,909.62/sq mi	2,281.72/km²
	Springfield	Hampden County	Massachusetts	153,060	155,929	+1.87%	31.87 sq mi	82.5 km²	4,892.66/sq mi	1,889.07/km²
	Stamford	Fairfield County^[a]	Connecticut	122,643	135,470	+10.46%	37.62 sq mi	97.4 km²	3,601.01/sq mi	1,390.36/km²
	Syracuse	Onondaga County	New York	145,170	148,620	+2.38%	25.06 sq mi	64.9 km²	5,930.57/sq mi	2,289.81/km²
	Washington	District of Columbia^[c]	District of Columbia	601,723	689,545	+14.60%	61.05 sq mi	158.1 km²	11,294.76/sq mi	4,360.93/km²
	Waterbury	New Haven County^[a]	Connecticut	110,366	114,403	+3.66%	28.52 sq mi	73.9 km²	4,011.33/sq mi	1,548.78/km²
	Worcester	Worcester County	Massachusetts	181,045	206,518	+14.07%	37.36 sq mi	96.8 km²	5,527.78/sq mi	2,134.29/km²
	Yonkers	Westchester County	New York	195,976	211,569	+7.96%	18.01 sq mi	46.6 km²	11,747.31/sq mi	4,535.66/km²

Census-designated places (CDPs)[edit]

Census-designated place	Main county/county equivalent	State	2010 population	2020 population	Change	Land area		2020 population density
Aspen Hill	Montgomery County	Maryland	48,759	51,063	+4.73%	9.50 sq mi	24.6 km²	5,375.05/sq mi	2,075.32/km²
Bel Air South	Harford County	Maryland	47,709	57,648	+20.83%	21.27 sq mi	55.1 km²	2,710.30/sq mi	1,046.45/km²
Bethesda	Montgomery County	Maryland	60,858	68,056	+11.83%	13.26 sq mi	34.3 km²	5,132.43/sq mi	1,981.64/km²
Brentwood	Suffolk County	New York	60,664	62,387	+2.84%	10.95 sq mi	28.4 km²	5,697.44/sq mi	2,199.79/km²
Cheektowaga	Erie County	New York	75,178	76,829	+2.20%	25.38 sq mi	65.7 km²	3,027.15/sq mi	1,168.79/km²
Columbia	Howard County	Maryland	99,615	104,681	+5.09%	31.93 sq mi	82.7 km²	3,278.45/sq mi	1,265.82/km²
Dundalk	Baltimore County	Maryland	63,597	67,796	+6.60%	13.09 sq mi	33.9 km²	5,179.22/sq mi	1,999.71/km²
Ellicott City	Howard County	Maryland	65,834	75,947	+15.36%	30.01 sq mi	77.7 km²	2,530.72/sq mi	977.12/km²
Germantown	Montgomery County	Maryland	86,395	91,249	+5.62%	17.03 sq mi	44.1 km²	5,358.13/sq mi	2,068.79/km²
Glen Burnie	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	NA	72,891	NA	17.31 sq mi	44.8 km²	4,210.92/sq mi	1,625.85/km²
Irondequoit	Monroe County	New York	51,692	51,043	−1.26%	14.99 sq mi	38.8 km²	3,405.14/sq mi	1,314.73/km²
Lakewood	Ocean County	New Jersey	53,805	69,398	+28.98%	7.08 sq mi	18.3 km²	9,801.98/sq mi	3,784.57/km²
Levittown	Nassau County	New York	51,881	51,758	−0.24%	6.81 sq mi	17.6 km²	7,600.29/sq mi	2,934.49/km²
Levittown	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	52,983	52,699	−0.54%	10.30 sq mi	26.7 km²	5,116.41/sq mi	1,975.46/km²
North Bethesda	Montgomery County	Maryland	43,828	50,094	+14.30%	8.87 sq mi	23.0 km²	5,647.58/sq mi	2,180.54/km²
Severn	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	44,231	57,118	+29.14%	18.34 sq mi	47.5 km²	3,114.39/sq mi	1,202.47/km²
Silver Spring	Montgomery County	Maryland	71,452	81,015	+13.38%	7.88 sq mi	20.4 km²	10,281.09/sq mi	3,969.55/km²
Toms River	Ocean County	New Jersey	88,791	92,830	+4.55%	39.00 sq mi	101.0 km²	2,380.26/sq mi	919.02/km²
Tonawanda	Erie County	New York	73,567	72,636	−1.27%	18.70 sq mi	48.4 km²	3,884.28/sq mi	1,499.73/km²
Towson	Baltimore County	Maryland	55,197	59,553	+7.89%	14.15 sq mi	36.6 km²	4,208.69/sq mi	1,624.98/km²
Waldorf	Charles County	Maryland	67,752	81,410	+20.16%	36.24 sq mi	93.9 km²	2,246.41/sq mi	867.34/km²
Wheaton	Montgomery County	Maryland	48,284	52,150	+8.01%	6.90 sq mi	17.9 km²	7,557.97/sq mi	2,918.15/km²

Distribution[edit]

State	Abbreviation	Number of communities above 50,000 in population as of 2020	2020 census population
Connecticut	CT	TBA eventually (applies to all rows)	3,605,944
Delaware	DE		989,948
District of Columbia	DC	1	689,545
Maine	ME		1,362,359
Maryland	MD		6,177,224
Massachusetts	MA		7,029,917
New Hampshire	NH		1,377,529
New Jersey	NJ		9,288,994
New York	NY		20,201,249
Pennsylvania	PA		13,002,700
Rhode Island	RI		1,097,379
Vermont	VT		643,077
Total			65,465,865

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Connecticut no longer has functioning county governments.
^ New York City (1) is not divided into counties, instead boroughs, (2) city limits extend into 5 boroughs (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, which are also known as Bronx County, Kings County, New York County, Queens County, and Richmond County, respectively.) and, (3) Queens County (aka. the borough of Queens) is just the largest borough by area, and due to the definition of the main county/county equivalent being the county or equivalent in the most of the city's territory lies in this article, Queens County is listed as the county in which New York City is located in.)
^ Washington is the only city in the District of Columbia, and the 2 are coextensive names.

References[edit]

^ "City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2020". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[Connecticutcountygovernments-2] Connecticut no longer has functioning county governments.

[NewYorkCityboroughs-3] New York City (1) is not divided into counties, instead boroughs, (2) city limits extend into 5 boroughs (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, which are also known as Bronx County, Kings County, New York County, Queens County, and Richmond County, respectively.) and, (3) Queens County (aka. the borough of Queens) is just the largest borough by area, and due to the definition of the main county/county equivalent being the county or equivalent in the most of the city's territory lies in this article, Queens County is listed as the county in which New York City is located in.)

[DistrictofColumbia-4] Washington is the only city in the District of Columbia, and the 2 are coextensive names.

[PopEstCities-1] "City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2020". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

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Cities[edit]

Census-designated places (CDPs)[edit]

Distribution[edit]

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