Most Populous Massachusetts Municipalities in 1980

Name the twenty most populous municipalities in Massachusetts in 1980.

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
562,994	Suffolk	City	Boston
161,799	_________	City	Worcester
152,319	Hampden	City	Springfield
98,478	Bristol	City	New Bedford
95,322	Middlesex	City	Cambridge
95,172	Plymouth	City	Brockton
92,574	Bristol	City	Fall River
92,418	Middlesex	City	Lowell
84,743	Norfolk	City	Quincy
83,682	Middlesex	City	Newton

Population	County	Status	Municipality
78,471	Essex	City	Lynn
77,372	Middlesex	City	Somerville
65,113	Middlesex	Town	Framingham
63,175	Essex	City	Lawrence
58,200	Middlesex	City	Waltham
58,076	Middlesex	City	Medford
55,601	Norfolk	Town	Weymouth
55,112	Hampden	City	Chicopee
55,062	Norfolk	Town	Brookline
53,386	Middlesex	City	Malden