Ranking · New Hampshire · Population

Largest cities in New Hampshire by population.

All 13 cities in New Hampshire rank by 2025 resident population (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025). Manchester and Nashua lead the state. Growth figures show the five-year change from the April 2020 census base to the July 2025 estimate — within a single vintage.

Source U.S. Census · PEP
Vintage V2025
Reference 2025-07-01
Geography New Hampshire · cities reported under PEP
Coverage 13 cities
Last build 2026-06-17

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All 13 cities in New Hampshire by 2025 population.
Rank	City	2025 pop	2020 base	5-yr Δ	5-yr Δ %
#1	Manchester	116,818	115,660	1,158	+1.0%
#2	Nashua	92,435	91,335	1,100	+1.2%
#3	Concord	44,597	44,000	597	+1.4%
#4	Dover	34,623	32,758	1,865	+5.7%
#5	Rochester	33,716	32,489	1,227	+3.8%
#6	Keene	23,072	23,036	36	+0.2%
#7	Portsmouth	23,028	21,960	1,068	+4.9%
#8	Laconia	17,246	16,873	373	+2.2%
#9	Lebanon	15,481	14,295	1,186	+8.3%
#10	Claremont	13,032	12,953	79	+0.6%
#11	Somersworth	12,171	11,864	307	+2.6%
#12	Berlin	9,502	9,427	75	+0.8%
#13	Franklin	8,839	8,740	99	+1.1%

All 13 cities in New Hampshire.

Source detail for this table

Values in this table inherit the source agency, native geography, transformation, and caveats below.

Source detail

2025 population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.

Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

2020 Census base population

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation: Copied from the Vintage 2025 April 1, 2020 base and joined by Census GEOID.

Known limit: This is the PEP base for the 2020s estimate series; do not mix it with older PEP vintages as if they were one continuous methodology.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

Population change

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Census PEP subcounty place records, using values inside the same Vintage 2025 release.
Transformation: Computed as a displayed-year estimate minus the comparison-year estimate from the same vintage, then ranked or filtered as needed.

Known limit: Annual estimates can be revised with each vintage; this is not a decennial count or net-migration table.

Methodology Original source

Source detail

Population rank

Source agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset: Census PEP
Vintage / period: Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography: Included Census place/consolidated-city universe after the site inclusion rules are applied.
Transformation: Ranks are computed from the site CSV with standard competition ranking, so ties share a rank and the next rank is skipped.

Known limit: Ranks are only within this city/place universe, not all counties, CDPs, metros, or total U.S. population.

Methodology Original source

Methodology · New Hampshire population ranking

New Hampshire cities ranked by Census Vintage 2025 estimates.

New Hampshire ranking uses Census Vintage 2025 Population Estimates Program data as of July 1, 2025. Ranks are state-scoped, using standard competition ranking ("1224"): tied cities share the lower rank and the next rank is skipped. Growth shown is 2020 base → 2025 — within-vintage; no 2010→2025 figures appear here per methodology §6.

This page covers every city for which Census publishes annual PEP estimates in New Hampshire: standard incorporated places, any consolidated city-county governments, and (where applicable) DC or Urban Honolulu. Census-designated places (CDPs) are excluded with one named exception — Urban Honolulu. In states like Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, many residents live in towns and townships rather than incorporated cities; PEP does not publish annual estimates for those places (a V1 limitation), so the city counts for MCD-heavy states may be lower than expected.

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