Brockton — UN urban centre
Brockton: 71,037 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #8,736 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 8499; territory: United States (USA). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 42.0839, -71.0197. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 52,791 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 55,878 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 57,114 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 60,110 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 69,535 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 71,115 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 71,037 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 71,068 | Projection |
| 2035 | 71,022 | Projection |
| 2040 | 70,837 | Projection |
| 2045 | 70,634 | Projection |
| 2050 | 70,213 | Projection |
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