Coverage. Style comes from the National Register index, Wikidata and, where the nomination text has been read, from the text itself. Nominations have been read for 50 states and the District of Columbia so far, so 88 of the 88 cities ranked here are in a state already read. This will shift as the rest are read.
1
Waltham, MA city
64,902 residents · 12.7 sq mi ·
20 places in category
· 20 ranked
2.54
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 3.08 · 1.57 / sq mi · composite 97.4
2
Taunton, MA city
60,433 residents · 46.7 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.62
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.99 · 0.26 / sq mi · composite 73.7
3
Portland, ME city
68,854 residents · 21.5 sq mi ·
13 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.58
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.89 · 0.60 / sq mi · composite 81.6
4
Newton, MA city
89,044 residents · 17.8 sq mi ·
12 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.17
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.35 · 0.67 / sq mi · composite 81.6
5
Lynchburg, VA city
79,497 residents · 48.9 sq mi ·
10 places in category
· 20 ranked
1.08
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.26 · 0.20 / sq mi · composite 52.6
6
Medford, MA city
59,354 residents · 8.1 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.83
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 1.01 · 0.74 / sq mi · composite 79
7
Warwick, RI city
83,175 residents · 35.0 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.83
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.96 · 0.23 / sq mi · composite 50
8
Franklin, TN city
87,133 residents · 44.5 sq mi ·
8 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.80
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.92 · 0.18 / sq mi · composite 34.2
9
Troy, NY city
51,033 residents · 10.4 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.78
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.98 · 0.48 / sq mi · composite 68.4
10
Wake Forest, NC town
52,844 residents · 20.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.76
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.95 · 0.25 / sq mi · composite 52.7
11
Somerville, MA city
81,036 residents · 4.1 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.75
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.86 · 1.70 / sq mi · composite 68.4
12
Peabody, MA city
54,695 residents · 16.2 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.74
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.91 · 0.31 / sq mi · composite 55.3
13
New Brunswick, NJ city
56,345 residents · 5.2 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.72
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.89 · 0.96 / sq mi · composite 65.8
14
58,137 residents · 21.3 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.71
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.86 · 0.24 / sq mi · composite 36.9
15
Dubuque, IA city
59,174 residents · 31.3 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.70
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.84 · 0.16 / sq mi · composite 18.4
16
Fall River, MA city
94,082 residents · 33.1 sq mi ·
7 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.66
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.74 · 0.21 / sq mi · composite 26.4
17
Bowling Green, KY city
75,388 residents · 42.0 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.57
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.66 · 0.12 / sq mi · composite 10.6
18
Suffolk, VA city
98,796 residents · 399.2 sq mi ·
6 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.54
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.61 · 0.02 / sq mi · composite 5.3
19
Frederick, MD city
83,395 residents · 24.6 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.52
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.60 · 0.20 / sq mi · composite 13.2
20
Erie, PA city
93,850 residents · 19.1 sq mi ·
5 places in category
· 20 ranked
0.47
per 10,000 residents (adjusted)
raw 0.53 · 0.26 / sq mi · composite 29