Estimated Percentage Change of Population 2007 to 2008 and Ranking by Percentage Change: Massachusetts Counties
County	% Change 2007-2008	Rank of 2007-2008 % Change
Nantucket County	1.40%	1
Middlesex County	0.86%	2
Suffolk County	0.71%	3
Norfolk County	0.69%	4
Essex County	0.53%	5
Dukes County	0.49%	6
Plymouth County	0.46%	7
Worcester County	0.21%	8
Hampshire County	0.21%	9
Franklin County	0.12%	10
Bristol County	0.11%	11
Hampden County	0.05%	12
Barnstable County	-0.42%	13
Berkshire County	-0.49%	14
Appendix B: UMass Donahue Institute.  Source Data from Annual Estimates of the Population for Minor Civil Divisions in Massachusetts: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (SUB-EST2008-05-25). Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau.            Release Date: July 1, 2009.
Estimated Percentage Change of Population 2007 to 2008 and Ranking by Percentage Change: Minor Civil Divisions in Massachusetts
Geographic Area	% Change 2007-2008	Rank of 2007-2008 % Change
North Reading town	24.19%	1
Berlin town	6.02%	2
Bedford town	4.32%	3
Revere city	3.83%	4
Chelsea city	3.70%	5
Winthrop town	3.62%	6
Groveland town	3.37%	7
Hancock town	3.25%	8
Braintree town	2.87%	9
Stow town	2.64%	10
Sharon town	2.25%	11
Abington town	2.14%	12
Tyngsborough town	2.09%	13
Mansfield town	2.04%	14
Westford town	2.03%	15
Hampden town	1.96%	16
Lincoln town	1.80%	17
Dunstable town	1.78%	18
Saugus town	1.74%	19
Westwood town	1.59%	20
Cambridge city	1.51%	21
Northfield town	1.48%	22
Nantucket town	1.40%	23
Bolton town	1.34%	24
Salisbury town	1.32%	25
Williamsburg town	1.29%	26
Dedham town	1.28%	27
Hawley town	1.20%	28
Ayer town	1.19%	29
Upton town	1.17%	30
Southampton town	1.15%	31
Chilmark town	1.15%	32
Goshen town	1.14%	33
Middleton town	1.13%	34
Aquinnah town	1.13%	35
Rutland town	1.11%	36
Plainville town	1.10%	37
Wenham town	1.08%	38
West Boylston town	1.05%	39
Acton town	1.04%	40
Townsend town	1.04%	41
Norfolk town	1.03%	42
Essex town	1.00%	43
Sudbury town	0.99%	44
East Bridgewater town	0.96%	45
Granville town	0.96%	46
East Longmeadow town	0.95%	47
Hopkinton town	0.94%	48
Everett city	0.93%	49
Wales town	0.91%	50
Franklin city	0.91%	51
Quincy city	0.90%	52
Lynnfield town	0.89%	53
Ashland town	0.89%	54
Wakefield town	0.89%	55
Lakeville town	0.86%	56
Templeton town	0.86%	57
Hudson town	0.85%	58
Hubbardston town	0.83%	59
Pembroke town	0.83%	60
Maynard town	0.81%	61
Newburyport city	0.81%	62
Colrain town	0.80%	63
Haverhill city	0.80%	64
Hanson town	0.79%	65
Newbury town	0.78%	66
West Newbury town	0.78%	67
Dracut town	0.78%	68
Middleborough town	0.77%	69
Marshfield town	0.77%	70
Hingham town	0.76%	71
Leyden town	0.75%	72
Seekonk town	0.74%	73
Rehoboth town	0.74%	74
Littleton town	0.73%	75
Middlefield town	0.72%	76
Monson town	0.72%	77
Needham town	0.72%	78
Petersham town	0.70%	79
Shirley town	0.70%	80
Savoy town	0.70%	81
Belchertown town	0.69%	82
Dighton town	0.69%	83
Oakham town	0.68%	84
Southborough town	0.68%	85
Brimfield town	0.68%	86
Danvers town	0.67%	87
Georgetown town	0.66%	88
Methuen city	0.66%	89
Tolland town	0.66%	90
Douglas town	0.66%	91
Gill town	0.65%	92
Plympton town	0.65%	93
Millville town	0.64%	94
New Braintree town	0.63%	95
Uxbridge town	0.63%	96
Chesterfield town	0.63%	97
West Tisbury town	0.61%	98
Millis town	0.61%	99
Dover town	0.61%	100
Whitman town	0.61%	101
Winchendon town	0.60%	102
Tewksbury town	0.60%	103
Carlisle town	0.60%	104
Tyringham town	0.59%	105
Wilmington town	0.59%	106
Groton town	0.59%	107
Erving town	0.58%	108
Manchester-by-the-Sea town	0.57%	109
Wellesley town	0.57%	110
Lexington town	0.56%	111
Plymouth town	0.56%	112
North Brookfield town	0.56%	113
Montgomery town	0.56%	114
Becket town	0.56%	115
Foxborough town	0.55%	116
Billerica town	0.55%	117
Waltham city	0.54%	118
Holliston town	0.54%	119
Burlington town	0.54%	120
Duxbury town	0.53%	121
Andover town	0.53%	122
Wareham town	0.53%	123
Ashburnham town	0.52%	124
Pepperell town	0.51%	125
Gloucester city	0.51%	126
Rockland town	0.51%	127
Otis town	0.50%	128
Belmont town	0.50%	129
Huntington town	0.50%	130
Rochester town	0.50%	131
South Hadley town	0.50%	132
Concord town	0.50%	133
Boxford town	0.49%	134
Northborough town	0.49%	135
Amesbury town	0.49%	136
Norwood town	0.49%	137
Medway town	0.49%	138
Wayland town	0.49%	139
Grafton town	0.49%	140
Melrose city	0.49%	141
Rowley town	0.47%	142
Malden city	0.47%	143
Weston town	0.46%	144
Natick town	0.46%	145
Norton town	0.46%	146
Winchester town	0.45%	147
Barre town	0.44%	148
Wrentham town	0.44%	149
Scituate town	0.44%	150
Holden town	0.44%	151
Newton city	0.44%	152
Boxborough town	0.43%	153
North Andover town	0.43%	154
Edgartown town	0.43%	155
Ipswich town	0.43%	156
Merrimac town	0.43%	157
Hanover town	0.42%	158
Sutton town	0.42%	159
Reading town	0.42%	160
Dudley town	0.42%	161
Lowell city	0.41%	162
Sherborn town	0.41%	163
Charlton town	0.40%	164
Leverett town	0.40%	165
Rockport town	0.40%	166
Tisbury town	0.40%	167
Worthington town	0.39%	168
Westport town	0.39%	169
Arlington town	0.38%	170
Westhampton town	0.38%	171
Medfield town	0.38%	172
Mattapoisett town	0.37%	173
Egremont town	0.37%	174
Canton town	0.37%	175
Topsfield town	0.36%	176
Westborough town	0.36%	177
Westminster town	0.35%	178
Oak Bluffs town	0.35%	179
Woburn city	0.33%	180
Marlborough city	0.33%	181
Berkley town	0.33%	182
Whately town	0.32%	183
Ludlow town	0.32%	184
Conway town	0.32%	185
Northbridge town	0.31%	186
Chelmsford town	0.31%	187
Bridgewater town	0.31%	188
Sturbridge town	0.30%	189
Rowe town	0.29%	190
Lawrence city	0.29%	191
Stoughton town	0.29%	192
Phillipston town	0.28%	193
Peabody city	0.28%	194
Walpole town	0.28%	195
Ashfield town	0.28%	196
Harvard town	0.27%	197
Milford town	0.26%	198
Bellingham town	0.26%	199
Stoneham town	0.25%	200
Norwell town	0.24%	201
Framingham town	0.24%	202
Weymouth town	0.23%	203
Avon town	0.23%	204
Lunenburg town	0.23%	205
Swampscott town	0.23%	206
Chicopee city	0.23%	207
Lancaster town	0.23%	208
Hardwick town	0.23%	209
Fitchburg city	0.23%	210
Marblehead town	0.23%	211
Easthampton city	0.22%	212
Boylston town	0.21%	213
Watertown city	0.21%	214
Beverly city	0.21%	215
Salem city	0.20%	216
Holland town	0.20%	217
Warren town	0.20%	218
Mendon town	0.19%	219
Lynn city	0.19%	220
Hamilton town	0.18%	221
Bernardston town	0.18%	222
Freetown town	0.18%	223
Leicester town	0.17%	224
Nahant town	0.17%	225
Ashby town	0.17%	226
Holbrook town	0.17%	227
Shutesbury town	0.16%	228
Raynham town	0.16%	229
Sterling town	0.14%	230
Leominster city	0.13%	231
Eastham town	0.13%	232
Cohasset town	0.13%	233
Southwick town	0.13%	234
Brookline town	0.12%	235
Sandisfield town	0.12%	236
Easton town	0.12%	237
Granby town	0.11%	238
Shrewsbury town	0.11%	239
Boston city	0.11%	240
Holyoke city	0.11%	241
Paxton town	0.11%	242
Swansea town	0.11%	243
Auburn town	0.10%	244
Carver town	0.10%	245
New Salem town	0.10%	246
Buckland town	0.10%	247
Palmer town	0.10%	248
Somerville city	0.10%	249
West Bridgewater town	0.09%	250
Randolph town	0.08%	251
Oxford town	0.08%	252
Halifax town	0.08%	253
Hatfield town	0.06%	254
Medford city	0.06%	255
Provincetown town	0.06%	256
Dartmouth town	0.06%	257
Kingston town	0.06%	258
Deerfield town	0.04%	259
Blackstone town	0.03%	260
Orange town	0.03%	261
Millbury town	0.02%	262
Wilbraham town	0.02%	263
Athol town	0.02%	264
Amherst town	0.01%	265
Taunton city	0.00%	266
Charlemont town	0.00%	267
Florida town	0.00%	267
Monroe town	0.00%	267
New Ashford town	0.00%	267
Royalston town	0.00%	267
West Springfield city	-0.01%	272
Greenfield town	-0.02%	273
Attleboro city	-0.03%	274
Milton town	-0.03%	275
Mashpee town	-0.04%	276
Fall River city	-0.04%	277
Worcester city	-0.04%	278
Gardner city	-0.06%	279
Hull town	-0.06%	280
Brockton city	-0.08%	281
Truro town	-0.09%	282
Shelburne town	-0.10%	283
Westfield city	-0.10%	284
Ware town	-0.10%	285
Cummington town	-0.10%	286
Northampton city	-0.11%	287
Marion town	-0.12%	288
Webster town	-0.12%	289
Heath town	-0.13%	290
Warwick town	-0.13%	291
Clinton town	-0.14%	292
North Attleborough town	-0.14%	293
Falmouth town	-0.14%	294
Hopedale town	-0.15%	295
Hadley town	-0.15%	296
Fairhaven town	-0.15%	297
Agawam city	-0.15%	298
Southbridge town	-0.18%	299
Springfield city	-0.19%	300
New Bedford city	-0.19%	301
Montague town	-0.20%	302
Chatham town	-0.21%	303
Princeton town	-0.23%	304
Peru town	-0.24%	305
Cheshire town	-0.24%	306
Sunderland town	-0.24%	307
Acushnet town	-0.25%	308
Alford town	-0.25%	309
Pelham town	-0.29%	310
West Brookfield town	-0.29%	311
Somerset town	-0.30%	312
Wendell town	-0.30%	313
Spencer town	-0.31%	314
Bourne town	-0.33%	315
Longmeadow town	-0.33%	316
East Brookfield town	-0.34%	317
Lee town	-0.35%	318
Russell town	-0.35%	319
Sheffield town	-0.36%	320
Clarksburg town	-0.37%	321
Sandwich town	-0.37%	322
Harwich town	-0.37%	323
Chester town	-0.39%	324
Blandford town	-0.39%	325
Lenox town	-0.41%	326
Dalton town	-0.45%	327
New Marlborough town	-0.46%	328
Brewster town	-0.48%	329
Williamstown town	-0.49%	330
Brookfield town	-0.50%	331
Plainfield town	-0.51%	332
Stockbridge town	-0.54%	333
Orleans town	-0.54%	334
Adams town	-0.55%	335
Great Barrington town	-0.55%	336
Dennis town	-0.56%	337
Pittsfield city	-0.60%	338
Wellfleet town	-0.62%	339
West Stockbridge town	-0.62%	340
Monterey town	-0.63%	341
Barnstable Town city	-0.71%	342
Mount Washington town	-0.73%	343
Washington town	-0.73%	344
Yarmouth town	-0.75%	345
Richmond town	-0.82%	346
Windsor town	-0.82%	347
Lanesborough town	-0.83%	348
North Adams city	-0.85%	349
Hinsdale town	-0.88%	350
Gosnold town	-1.19%	351
Appendix B: UMass Donahue Institute. Source Data from Annual Estimates of the Population for Minor Civil Divisions in Massachusetts: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 (SUB-EST2008-05-25). Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau.            Release Date: July 1, 2009