142 cities
| City | State | 2025 Pop. ↓ | Annual Change | Rank | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York City | New York | 8,412,513 | -0.77% | 1 | City |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1,567,198 | -0.43% | 2 | City |
| Hempstead | New York | 796,559 | 0.53% | 3 | Town |
| Boston | Massachusetts | 682,313 | 1.31% | 4 | City |
| Brookhaven | New York | 495,150 | 0.49% | 5 | Town |
| Islip | New York | 340,300 | 0.33% | 6 | Town |
| Newark | New Jersey | 325,381 | 2.55% | 7 | City |
| Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 308,885 | 0.4% | 8 | City |
| Jersey City | New Jersey | 307,433 | 1.52% | 9 | City |
| Oyster Bay | New York | 300,314 | 0.26% | 10 | Town |
| Buffalo | New York | 276,381 | -0.09% | 11 | City |
| North Hempstead | New York | 238,887 | 0.5% | 12 | Town |
| Babylon | New York | 219,305 | 0.34% | 13 | Town |
| Worcester | Massachusetts | 213,361 | 0.98% | 14 | City |
| Yonkers | New York | 211,051 | 0.01% | 15 | City |
| Rochester | New York | 206,379 | -0.44% | 16 | City |
| Huntington | New York | 205,743 | 0.51% | 17 | Town |
| Providence | Rhode Island | 195,681 | 0.5% | 18 | City |
| Paterson | New Jersey | 162,389 | 1.2% | 19 | City |
| Ramapo | New York | 159,598 | 1.8% | 20 | Town |
| Springfield | Massachusetts | 155,556 | 0.43% | 21 | City |
| Bridgeport | Connecticut | 152,570 | 0.64% | 22 | City |
| Syracuse | New York | 145,887 | -0.14% | 23 | City |
| Lakewood | New Jersey | 143,884 | 1.34% | 24 | Township |
| Elizabeth | New Jersey | 142,781 | 1.69% | 25 | City |
| Stamford | Connecticut | 140,049 | 0.66% | 26 | City |
| New Haven | Connecticut | 139,624 | 1.5% | 27 | City |
| Amherst | New York | 130,981 | 0.09% | 28 | Town |
| Allentown | Pennsylvania | 127,489 | 0.28% | 29 | City |
| Cambridge | Massachusetts | 123,057 | 1.54% | 30 | City |
| Hartford | Connecticut | 122,544 | 0.34% | 31 | City |
| Lowell | Massachusetts | 121,683 | 1.05% | 32 | City |
| Manchester | New Hampshire | 117,080 | 0.6% | 33 | City |
| Smithtown | New York | 116,584 | 0.31% | 34 | Town |
| Waterbury | Connecticut | 116,412 | 0.43% | 35 | City |
| Edison | New Jersey | 111,605 | 1.46% | 36 | Township |
| Woodbridge | New Jersey | 107,503 | 1.32% | 37 | Township |
| Brockton | Massachusetts | 106,340 | 0.52% | 38 | City |
| Lynn | Massachusetts | 105,110 | 1.57% | 39 | City |
| Quincy | Massachusetts | 104,564 | 1.09% | 40 | City |
| Albany | New York | 101,994 | 0.67% | 41 | City |
| New Bedford | Massachusetts | 101,629 | 0.31% | 42 | City |
| Toms River | New Jersey | 100,467 | 0.59% | 43 | Township |
| Reading | Pennsylvania | 96,254 | 0.26% | 44 | City |
| Fall River | Massachusetts | 95,083 | 0.42% | 45 | City |
| Hamilton | New Jersey | 94,962 | 1.12% | 46 | Township |
| Greenburgh | New York | 94,716 | 0.81% | 47 | Town |
| Greece | New York | 94,627 | -0.02% | 48 | Town |
| Norwalk | Connecticut | 94,352 | 0.74% | 49 | City |
| Nashua | New Hampshire | 92,574 | 0.79% | 50 | City |
| Erie | Pennsylvania | 92,455 | -0.52% | 51 | City |
| Newton | Massachusetts | 92,139 | 1.59% | 52 | City |
| Trenton | New Jersey | 92,003 | 0.89% | 53 | City |
| Clifton | New Jersey | 91,440 | 1.24% | 54 | City |
| Lawrence | Massachusetts | 89,915 | 0.65% | 55 | City |
| Danbury | Connecticut | 89,341 | 0.73% | 56 | City |
| Clarkstown | New York | 88,565 | 0.97% | 57 | Town |
| Cheektowaga | New York | 88,488 | 0% | 58 | Town |
| Colonie | New York | 86,939 | 0.47% | 59 | Town |
| New Rochelle | New York | 86,837 | 1.55% | 60 | City |
| Upper Darby | Pennsylvania | 86,622 | 0.67% | 61 | Township |
| Cranston | Rhode Island | 84,867 | 0.5% | 62 | City |
| Warwick | Rhode Island | 83,727 | 0.21% | 63 | City |
| Somerville | Massachusetts | 83,058 | 1.11% | 64 | City |
| Bethlehem | Pennsylvania | 80,389 | 1.18% | 65 | City |
| Cherry Hill | New Jersey | 80,306 | 1.67% | 66 | Township |
| Pawtucket | Rhode Island | 77,373 | 0.49% | 67 | City |
| Bayonne | New Jersey | 77,174 | 3.54% | 68 | City |
| Brick | New Jersey | 77,078 | 0.59% | 69 | Township |
| New Britain | Connecticut | 76,603 | 0.96% | 70 | City |
| Scranton | Pennsylvania | 75,836 | -0.09% | 71 | City |
| Framingham | Massachusetts | 74,098 | 1% | 72 | City |
| East Orange | New Jersey | 72,960 | 1.54% | 73 | City |
| Camden | New Jersey | 72,085 | 0.47% | 74 | City |
| Old Bridge | New Jersey | 71,834 | 1.88% | 75 | Township |
| Mount Vernon | New York | 71,608 | -0.54% | 76 | City |
| Passaic | New Jersey | 71,607 | 1.25% | 77 | City |
| Tonawanda | New York | 71,393 | -0.03% | 78 | Town |
| Southampton | New York | 71,297 | 0.92% | 79 | Town |
| Franklin | New Jersey | 70,857 | 1.42% | 80 | Township |
| Schenectady | New York | 69,782 | 0.41% | 81 | City |
| Portland | Maine | 69,769 | 0.29% | 82 | City |
| Haverhill | Massachusetts | 68,739 | 0.66% | 83 | City |
| Union City | New Jersey | 67,921 | 1.5% | 84 | City |
| Plymouth | Massachusetts | 67,626 | 1.44% | 85 | Town |
| Malden | Massachusetts | 67,546 | 1.28% | 86 | City |
| Gloucester | New Jersey | 67,251 | 0.53% | 87 | Township |
| Middletown | New Jersey | 67,218 | 0.42% | 88 | Township |
| Waltham | Massachusetts | 66,533 | 1.04% | 89 | City |
| Fairfield | Connecticut | 66,385 | 1.66% | 90 | Township |
| Greenwich | Connecticut | 65,196 | 0.93% | 91 | Township |
| Lower Merion | Pennsylvania | 65,157 | 0.7% | 92 | Township |
| Union | New Jersey | 64,689 | 2.4% | 93 | Township |
| Brookline | Massachusetts | 64,662 | 1.15% | 94 | Town |
| West Hartford | Connecticut | 64,462 | 0.43% | 95 | Township |
| Piscataway | New Jersey | 63,717 | 1.57% | 96 | Township |
| White Plains | New York | 63,303 | 1.19% | 97 | City |
| Utica | New York | 63,281 | -0.6% | 98 | City |
| Bensalem | Pennsylvania | 63,200 | 0.19% | 99 | Township |
| Vineland | New Jersey | 62,928 | 1.38% | 100 | City |
| Taunton | Massachusetts | 62,793 | 1.38% | 101 | City |
| Irvington | New Jersey | 62,773 | 1.51% | 102 | Township |
| North Bergen | New Jersey | 62,610 | 1.53% | 103 | Township |
| Bristol | Connecticut | 62,557 | 0.58% | 104 | City |
| Revere | Massachusetts | 62,438 | 2.86% | 105 | City |
| Hamden | Connecticut | 61,609 | 0.16% | 106 | Township |
| Hamburg | New York | 61,097 | 0.8% | 107 | Town |
| Jackson | New Jersey | 60,958 | 0.42% | 108 | Township |
| Meriden | Connecticut | 60,905 | 0.09% | 109 | City |
| Weymouth Town | Massachusetts | 60,775 | 1.02% | 110 | City |
| Medford | Massachusetts | 60,401 | 0.84% | 111 | City |
| Manchester | Connecticut | 60,201 | 0.42% | 112 | Township |
| Hoboken | New Jersey | 60,034 | 1.5% | 113 | City |
| Clay | New York | 59,801 | 0.06% | 114 | Town |
| Hempstead | New York | 59,743 | 0.29% | 115 | Village |
| Abington | Pennsylvania | 59,492 | 0.71% | 116 | Township |
| Lancaster | Pennsylvania | 58,565 | 0.21% | 117 | City |
| New Brunswick | New Jersey | 58,407 | 1.6% | 118 | City |
| Perth Amboy | New Jersey | 57,830 | 1.56% | 119 | City |
| Plainfield | New Jersey | 57,453 | 1.67% | 120 | City |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | New Jersey | 56,809 | 0.14% | 121 | Township |
| Bloomfield | New Jersey | 56,249 | 1.5% | 122 | Township |
| Lower Paxton | Pennsylvania | 55,812 | 0.63% | 123 | Township |
| Peabody | Massachusetts | 55,793 | 0.68% | 124 | City |
| Chicopee | Massachusetts | 55,415 | 0.06% | 125 | City |
| West Haven | Connecticut | 55,335 | -0.08% | 126 | City |
| Howell | New Jersey | 54,763 | 0.67% | 127 | Township |
| Wayne | New Jersey | 54,737 | 1.18% | 128 | Township |
| Stratford | Connecticut | 54,272 | 1.23% | 129 | Township |
| Bristol | Pennsylvania | 54,249 | 0.19% | 130 | Township |
| Union | New York | 54,144 | -0.28% | 131 | Town |
| West New York | New Jersey | 54,114 | 2.15% | 132 | Town |
| Millcreek | Pennsylvania | 52,940 | -0.22% | 133 | Township |
| Everett | Massachusetts | 52,802 | 1.89% | 134 | City |
| East Brunswick | New Jersey | 51,997 | 1.78% | 135 | Township |
| Haverford | Pennsylvania | 51,625 | 0.65% | 136 | Township |
| East Hartford | Connecticut | 51,323 | 0.38% | 137 | Township |
| Troy | New York | 51,003 | -0.12% | 138 | City |
| Monroe | New Jersey | 50,969 | 1.62% | 139 | Township |
| Harrisburg | Pennsylvania | 50,788 | 0.27% | 140 | City |
| Irondequoit | New York | 50,485 | 0.21% | 141 | Town |
| Washington | New Jersey | 50,071 | 0.63% | 142 | Township |
For this list, the Northeast Region is defined as the 9 states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.