Most Populous Massachusetts Municipalities in 1940

Name the twenty most populous municipalities in Massachusetts in 1940.

City proper populations; towns are included!

Due to incomplete data, only municipalities that still exist today (in some form) are included.

If a municipality has city status now but was a town at the time of the census, it is considered a town for this quiz.

Source: citypopulation.de

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Population	County	Status	Municipality
770,816	Suffolk	City	Boston
193,634	_________	City	Worcester
149,554	Hampden	City	Springfield
115,428	Bristol	City	Fall River
110,879	Middlesex	City	Cambridge
110,341	Bristol	City	New Bedford
102,177	Middlesex	City	Somerville
101,389	Middlesex	City	Lowell
98,123	Essex	City	Lynn
84,323	Essex	City	Lawrence

Population	County	Status	Municipality
75,810	Norfolk	City	Quincy
69,873	Middlesex	City	Newton
63,083	Middlesex	City	Medford
62,343	Plymouth	City	Brockton
58,010	Middlesex	City	Malden
53,750	Hampden	City	Holyoke
49,786	Norfolk	Town	Brookline
49,684	Berkshire	City	Pittsfield
46,784	Middlesex	City	Everett
46,752	Essex	City	Haverhill