Population of Medford.
| 1776 | 967 |
| 1784 | 981 |
| 1790 | 1,020 |
| 1800 | 11,14 |
| 1810 | 1,440 |
| 1820 | 1,474 |
| 1830 | 1,755 |
| 1840 | 2,478 |
| 1850 | 3,749 |
| 1855 | 4,603 |
| 1860 | 4,831 |
| 1865 | 4,839 |
| 1870 | 5,717 |
| 1875 | 6,627 |
| 1880 | 7,573 |
| 1885 | 9,041 |
| 1890 | 11,770 |
| 1895 | 14,774 |
| 1900 | 18,244 |
| 1905 | 19,686 |
| 1910 | 23,150 |
In September, 1891, Medford had 12,100 people, enough to claim a city charter.
With the decadence of Medford ship-building began the house and road building Mr. Brooks mentioned and which we have thus reviewed, and with it the growth of the town and city, with its many comforts of the present day.
